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My first and second (and third) impression was "this must be an April Fools' joke... I'm sure it must be.

source: e-edition.metro.co.uk (you can put any fake email in their box).

More on Comodo as it seems that there was another attempt to generate more SSL certs. Very interesting is that COMODOHACKER explains ...

We [should] all know that trusting third party SSL roots is bad, but if you are still not convinced then read how Comodo's SSL service was compromised. In short a reseller account was broken into and from th...

Today I found a copy of Metro in the tube and actually picked it up. of course the main news, like everywhere else this Monday morning, was about the earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis around Japan. What disturbed me a bit ...

The other evening I attended a conference by RMS on Free Software and digital exclusion. The talk was interesting and motivating as usual, even though I already agree with 99.99% of what he had to say. There was one point however where in response to a question he said:

It appears that some just want to help out the Libyan people so much that they are willing to help them by surprise.. . It's almost comical how MI6 and SAS officers got caught by some farmers and were then han...

And not just that, it's also won the "Outstanding Contribution to Open Source/ Linux/Free Software" award at this years Linux New Media Awards. We are all happy to finally have a Free Debian distribution, remember, if the hardware doesn't work with the Free kernel then you should ...

I've heard from a few sources that people who have previously signed up to Jobsike.co.uk have been receiving massive amounts of Spam starting just today. This leads me to believe that Jobsite.co.uk's database has been stolen and now many members are being spammed from what appears to be job offer...

The Playstation is a console that people spend money to buy, the company then uses part of the big profits to attack those who try to understand how it works and find other ways of using the device. Of course some people would only buy the console in the first place if they could actually do some...

And what a shitstorm this could very well be.. Money is currently (no pun intended) being spread upon the peoples of Saudi Arabia in an attempt to prevent them from committing illegal actions like, protests.

The next move could be on

I have noticed lately in a few bug reports that oldstable, Lenny, seems to have fewer security issues than the new stable, Squeeze. The most common phrase in the latest security updates is:

I noticed that Nominet has set up a website to educate people about how the Internets works. It's called knowtheinternet.org.uk. Thing is, after 1 click I started to wonder if this was a lolsite or they were actually trying to educate people, I say this...