News from SSIWEB

Opera Security Update

Opera users are urged to update their browser software following the discovery of a security flaw that creates a means for hackers to read local files using a form of cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability stems from a failure by Opera to restrict JavaScript privileges, for example, when ... read more
Date - 20 June 2005
Category - Internet News

Google Acquires Dodgeball

The search giant has acquired Dodgeball.com, a free text-message service that lets users tell a list of their selected friends their location at any moment. A user "checks in" at a given location, sending his or her location information to other Dodgeball-using friends who happen to be ... read more
Date - 19 May 2005
Category - Internet News

SSI Helps Develop National First Web Based Software

The Training Station, a unique service created to develop business training and make it more accessible throughout Somerset and the first of its kind in the UK, has chosen SSIWEB to develop the web based software needed to develop its 'Matrix' - an up-to-date comprehensive database of ... read more
Date - 10 May 2005
Category - SSIWeb

"Phishing" fraud on the rise

The number of phishing email messages intercepted by Symantec grew 300 percent since June 2004, while spam e-mail traffic intercepted by Symantec increased by 77 percent and reports of serious software vulnerabilities grew by 13 percent, according to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. On ... read more
Date - 21 March 2005
Category - Internet News

British ISPs Set To Hand Over File Sharer Names

The movie and film industry is getting tough on file sharers and the British music industry is no exception. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has successfully applied to the High Court to force ISPs to hand over the names of 31 high-volume file sharers. The ISPs have 14 days to comply, a ... read more
Date - 14 March 2005
Category - Internet News

Kontrolit v2.00 Released

Version 2.00 of Kontrol it replaces our SAM CMS system and represents a major rewrite from the ground up.  The back end architecture has been upgraded allowing Kontrol it to provide solutions to Enterprise levels.  A summary of the new features: Powered by MS SQL 2000 database engine ... read more
Date - 07 March 2005
Category - SSIWeb

Macintosh Creator Jef Raskin Dies at 61

Apple employee number 31 and head of the team that created the first Macintosh, Jef Raskin, has died at the age of 61. Raskin pioneered using a graphical interface and mouse in his desire to make computers easier to use. But despite initiating the project, Raskin never saw his Macintosh make its 1 ... read more
Date - 28 February 2005
Category - Internet News

Alliance touts holographic disc 'revolution'

Forget HD DVD, forget Blu-ray Disc, the future is the HVD - the Holographic Versatile Disc. So claim six Japanese companies, led by Optware and including Fuji Photo Film, who last week launched the HVD Alliance to promote the "revolutionary" format to hardware manufacturers, disc press ... read more
Date - 07 February 2005
Category - Internet News

French court says Non! to Google's adwords

A French court has ruled that Google's keyword advertising service infringes on the trademark of Le Meridian Hotels, and has ordered the company to stop using the trademark to trigger advertisements for Le Meridian's competitors. The judge ordered Google to pay all court fees, and a €2000 ( ... read more
Date - 21 January 2005
Category - Internet News

New Hosting

Due to recent hardware & software upgrades to our hosting services, we are pleased to announce details of our hosting packages. For more information, please read our hosting information section. All of our hosting remains in Telehouse, London to ensure we maintain our performance and reliabi ... read more
Date - 20 December 2004
Category - SSIWeb

Bagle variant outstrips Google-bashing worm

A new variant of the Bagle email worm is spreading rapidly across the internet today. Email filtering firm BlackSpider Technologies reports that it was blocking 2000 copies of Bagle-AT an hour since its first appearance earlier this morning. Emails infected with Bagle-AT come with one of several ... read more
Date - 29 October 2004
Category - Internet News

IE patch 'imminent'

As recently reported on theRegister.com, Microsoft may break its normal patch cycle to issue a fix for the vulnerability infamously exploited by last month's Download.Ject (AKA Scob) attack. Microsoft UK have not named an exact date, but suggested a fix should be available "within the ... read more
Date - 02 August 2004
Category - Internet News

Trojan Virus Alert

Hackers have used spamming software to distribute thousands of copies of a new Trojan. Email filtering firm MessageLabs alone has intercepted more than 4,000 copies of the Demonize-T Trojan over the last 24 hours. Demonize-T is a multi-stage Trojan that uses an object data exploit in Internet E ... read more
Date - 27 June 2004
Category - Internet News

New NT website traffic statistics software

We have recently upgraded our NT website statistics service. This provides all of our clients with up-to-date information about their website. Our clients can see who their visitors are, where they came from and what they did on their website. It is also possible to find out which search engine ... read more
Date - 28 April 2004
Category - SSIWeb

LINUX Statistics Upgraded

As part of our continued drive to improve existing services, we have upgraded our LINUX website statistics. The new statistics are now password protected, available under a sub domain, easier to read and updated every day. All existing clients have been migrated over to the new service. However ... read more
Date - 28 April 2004
Category - SSIWeb

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