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How much of your business is in the cloud?
Cloud Computing Information Super Highway
Hello readers…what a month this has been. I must admit, this month has actually been busier than any other “June” in the last 7 years of my business history. I guess it’s a good thing – I’m not complaining… Anyway, but before I shoot off on a tangent, let me bring your focus onto something that you as a business need to be thinking about going forward.
I am certain that most of you (one of my 8,000 odd readers) would have come across the term “Cloud Computing” – well if you havent then here you go – Cloud Computing.
Here’s how our corporate website defines it
http://www.genesisweb.co.nz/genesis+interactive/content/What+is+cloud+computing/58
Here’s how I personally define it – The central nervous system of the operating system of 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
The Internet is about to CHANGE in a big way
This article will surely raise some questions for you. But no matter what, please remain calm
To innovate or not to innovate?
The other day while driving back from a meeting across the shore, I had one of those “flashes”. I happen to get these flashes quite often and it is these that are responsible for some of the most innovative “stuff” we have come up with at Genesis Interactive.
This blog post is not about all the past flashes so I’ll get straight into it now.
The flash: We have this plethora of online “channels” around us; social networking sites, blogging platforms, microblogging platforms, email systems, online softwrae, webpages etc. It seems like we have reached a point in history where innovation exhaustion is inevitable. Here’s what I mean. If you are someone like me, you will have a massive online footprint. Google yourself and you will quickly find out what the “online world” knows about you, your past, your present and God knows what else.
Who is going to consolidate all this informaiton, all this data? How is this going to be done? When?
You have one login for Google services, another for Acrobat; then comes the multiple logins for social media sites, twitter, facebook, myspace, bebo, LinkedIn and so on…Keeping all these logins the same is a major risk making you vulnerable to identity thefts – guess or crack one login and you’ve got access to virtually the life of a person.
Notice I mention these social media platforms in lower cases – signifying that there is nothing “unique” about these names to be considered a Proper Noun. Read the rest of this entry »
Cyber Terrorism: MSN.co.nz Hacked
While I am not surprised, the msn.co.nz website has been hacked by a global hacker team that goes by the name of Peace Crew.
The hacker group have also hacked other high profile websites, according to the BBC. Earlier this year, the US Army website, and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s website were hacked by the group. The group replaced pages with white space and a photograph of a boy throwing stones at an Israeli tank in Gaza.
The hacked sites also carried pictures of the Israeli, American and British flags with a red line through them.
No prizes for guessing the religious agenda of this group.
On this particular occasion, msn.co.nz, which usually displays news stories now shows a photograph of Microsoft (ex) boss Bill Gates with pie on his face. The photograph was taken after French anarchist Paul Godin hurled a pie at Billy in April, 1998.
Apparently all the MSN.co.nz sub domains are also unreachable.
A Google Search revealed msn.co.nz in the following state:
What happens when you search msn.co.nz on Google.co.nz
But if you go to www.msn.co.nz you will see this
The current "Hacked" state of www.msn.co.nz
Apparently the NZ Herald tried contacting MSN but the receptionist said “No one’s here to comment”. Typical Microsoft.
Here’s the actual screenshot
Did you want some proof - click to view full size.
Conficker – A Problem Made in China
On April 1st, 2009 the world will see the most sophisticted Malware of all times. If you thought the Y2K was a bug, then this one should remind you of “Eight Legged Freaks”. This one is bad….really bad.
Beware of this new Malware.
The conficker worm is believed to have originated in China and there is speculation amid developers that this is the same worm that breached the Pentagon firewalls some 9 months ago.
When last we checked, about a week ago, Conficker had already spread to 9 million PCs, with little sign of slowing. Now it has infected at least 10 million PCs and experts believe there may be up to 350 million vulnerable computers out there.
On Wednesday, Conficker will run an update where its latest version will be automatically downloaded to cause further damage. Here’s a quick list of things you need to know about conficker before it affects your computer. Read the rest of this entry »
