My first job after uni was with a firm of management consultants back when funny emails were just starting to get circulated. One of the funniest emails I received was a copy of a presentation a management consultant had sent to his girlfriend to explain in consultant-speak why she was being downsized i.e. [...]

After spending a whole day in a security workshop, I’ve been on the look out for security related stories and I’ve just seen one that scared the life out of me. Despite the huge amount of education we in the ISP community have provided over the last couple of years, one in twelve computers [...]

I’m not sure why anyone would want to do this, given that there are perfectly good services like Trillian out there, but following these instructions will allow Google Talk to connect to AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo!
Out of curiosity I had a go at setting it all up but I gave up halfway through.

Microsoft and Yahoo! are expected to announce later on today that their two instant messaging programs will become interoperable. A combined 49.2 million users worldwide will be able to chat and talk to each other for free - very close to AOL’s 51.5 million.
For years the three companies have been talking about allowing interoperability, [...]

I just read on TechDigest that Orange have launched Push To Talk, which allows users to make ‘walkie talkie’ calls to other mobile users i.e. your phone only transmits/receives when someone is speaking.I was stunned to see that the service costs 15p per minute. I was expecting something a lot cheaper, particularly as I think [...]