From lambasting Sony, to praising Google. What’s up with that? Well, I am hearing rumors from the webmaster and Internet marketing circles that Google is taking aggressive steps to remove web pollution sites from their index. These sites are also known as spam sites and other less-than-flattering names. I’ve railed against these garbage sites in…

There’s a very interesting story that has been circulating on the web for the last few days regarding some software that is being installed on people’s computers by a copy-protected music CD from Sony BMG music. This particular music CD uses copy-protection technology to limit the number of copies that can be made of the…

There’s a new kid on the block, and he’s a particularly tough and nasty bully. He goes by the name Root Kit, and he’s changing the rules of the game where malicious programs are concerned. In the good old days, computer virus creators would create a new virus and unleash it on the world. It…

Check out this fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times that takes a look behind the scenes of a Nigerian 419 Scam operation. There is certainly an abundance of information about these scams in numerous locations around the net, so it is amazing to me that some people are still falling for this stuff. A…

At times I have to wonder if the major software developers have some kind of secret agreement with the hard disk manufacturers that involves using up as much disk space as possible on customers’ computers. This is nothing new, but since I recently re-installed the operating system and all the application programs on my PC,…

A while back, I related the story of how I was once foolish enough to respond to a spammer’s e-mail, using my actual e-mail address, and tell him what I thought of his spam. Well, there was at least one spammer that apparently decided he wanted to pay me back for having the nerve to…

Most people who are active on the Internet have probably heard terms like spyware, adware, and perhaps even malware. These are all terms used to describe software that invades people’s computers for the purposes of making money for someone else. These program are designed to invade a victim’s computer without the owner’s knowledge and can…

One of the great things about blogs is that they traditionally allow people to comment on their content, and provide a neat interactive environment for blog readers and writers. Well, like everything else in life (I know, I know, you are probably sick of hearing this from me) there is always a generous inventory of…