Apr 132008
Apr 172008
Human brain developed for hundreds of thousands of centuries sustaining the concept of risk that assistance ed us to stay alive running from predators and hiding from security threats. On one side, this million-year experience makes our consciousness of risk a pretty flawless one, since it help ed us to survive during hundreds of thousands of centuries of rebirth, but on the other hand, the word risk sounds a little bit exaggerated especially when quoted by Web computer security specialist s of today.
As Marcus Ranum, Chief Security Officer of Tenable Web work Security and author of The Myth of Homeland Security, explains, cybercrime gives you a criminal with a means of automation and anonymity, needs very little in word s of information technology knowledge or equipment, and can cross worldwide borderlines very fast, making it more effortless to hide and more burdensome to be prosecuted.
It seems that offenders developed in a very similar way our perception of risk did, from regular robbers with arms running around and killing people, to somehow less violent, yet very dangerous individuals whose targets are now online banking accounts and laptops of millions of users international.
The latest news from England’s major retail bankers says, that if your online banking account has been wiped out and you didn’t use any Cyberspace safety software equipped with antivirus and antispyware eg Norton 360, you entirely are to be blamed for the amount that is lost and they won’t compensate you a penny. Banks even embedded a clause in the recently updated Banking Code, that says they are not liable for any losing of money if your PC doesn’t have antispyware software with the updated self-replicating malware definition installed. Sounds marvelous, doesn’t it?
They don’t risk their lives to get money, they don’t shoot at anyone any more, they don’t even do any physical harm to their victims. Today’s crime exercised online, the Internet crime, uses safeness holes and threats to PC safety in software and equipment to sneak money from peoples’ pockets sitting right in the front of their computer machines. No need to shoot, nor to threat anybody. Just a few smart code snippets smuggled into the victim’s PC via email or a booby-trapped website and you are done. Simple as that.
According to recent Cyberspace computer safety and online identity fraud research, the British Police are being informed about a new cybercrime event every 10 seconds. This accounted for over GBP 300 millions amount that is lost for private and business bank customers in the Great Britain in 2007. However, many online computer safety professional s claim that vast majority of cybercrime s are never reported because they haven’t been detected or were of a lesser severity.
Having that said, you, the Cyberspace user, are solely liable for your doings online. And whether you get your online banking password snatched and money robbed by hackers, chances are no one except you will pay for this. So, whether your computer isn’t properly protected you may be running a risk of getting hacked and your identity becomes an easy target for those knowing how to steal it. To make sure this won’t happen, get yourself a copy of a free antispyware software that are available to transfer from various vendors today. Enjoy your online!
Apr 132008
Dear readers of AskSalomon,
This is the 9th update of the Review a Website for $50 Contest .
As you can see from previous updates, the contest is getting a lot of high quality reviews.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do.
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Review Writer: Llamalord
Writer Website: Another Day Wasted
Website to Review: www.jasonemry.com
Review Requested: here by Jason
After having a peak at your site I must say Im impressed. There were a few bits which I didnt like and alot I did like, break it down now!!!
Content:
The content itself made for a good read, I mainly stuck to the blog link on this as the other pages seem to hurt my eyes alittle (the pink page and the status page), after a while I tried out the other links ( hydrogenmafia etc ) shame they wernt part of your site… and that hydrogenmafia almost killed my pc. But over all good content
Layout:
Apart from the status page and the pink page (just for the colours not really doing my eyes any good), I did like the full use of the java menu at the top, rare to see a good little widget like that. Everything else about the site was good.
Ease of use:
I couldnt find a single problem with your site, nice and easily laid out, nothing at all went wrong (well aoart from hydrogenmafia locking my PC for a min or two lol). Nicely done
Over all:
Over all I liked your site, was a good read and it was well made, in the idea the colour choice is your own, and my review is the opinion of ONE person not the whole internet so I cant say “you would do better if you….”. All I can say is that if it is working then keep doing it. Well done on a good site.
5 out of 5 
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Apr 132008
Dear readers of AskSalomon,
This is the 8th update of the Review a Website for $50 Contest .
As you can see from previous updates, the contest is getting a lot of high quality reviews.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do.
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Review Writer: Gema
Writer Website: N/A
Website to Review: Studentstyle
Review Requested: here by legendary11
A few comments on the style:
Nice clean layout with a good use of the white space. The blue text looks good on the white and the 3 cartoon characters used on the main header and home page are very cool. Good choice of font for the title and heading graphics gives it a modern feel suitable for a student’s site. The blue color carries throughout the site giving it a connected feel. Simple but relaxed, which gives the confident sensation that all you will read here will be only honest and truthful info. Nice little favicon too.
Comments on the usability and layout:
First: I find the navigability good and easy to use; the links on the left side bar speak for themselves and so do the navigation tabs on the top. At the time of this review there were some links on the left side bar that didn’t work but I imagine this had to do with the site being fairly new and expanding all the time with new content.
Having said that and after checking the site in IE, Firefox and Safari the difference in appearance between browsers (at the time) made it clear that Safari would show a nicer layout.
Firefox and IE:
-The left side bar displays links with a description for each link which makes you scroll all the way down before you find what you want; a bit annoying but, I guess this is the owners preference; perhaps this way they make sure you read the content all the way down at the same time that you search through the links.
-Updates column shows in the center of the screen.
Screenshot view in IE and Firefox:
Safari:
-The left side bar displayed links with no description
-Updates column displayed on the right side which I think is where it should be, so that the main text remains centered.
(The browsers compatibility has been fixed and the above view is how it currently looks like)
Screenshot view in Safari:
Content:
Although not all links were working at the time of this review, I can already say that there are some nice articles on several categories; to name a few: the roommate problems section, student budgeting, Students Should Know, safe sex section ( would be nice to mention the source of the articles posted on this one since they talk about pills and injections, some medical ref. would be nice ), etc.. The cooking tips are very useful; I would like to see some pictures there for inspiration…
To resume:
A nice site full of potential. I personally have great expectations for this site and especially for the idea behind it; it still needs some hours of work and more content, so perhaps it would help the users and the creators to have more interaction with visitors by allowing them to post comments and hints somewhere? (Just a suggestion.)
It also would be nice to make it a more international site to attract the interest of students from other countries. It is good the way it is anyway if the owner wants to target one or two countries.
If it was fully functional I would give it a 5 but since there are still a lot of changes going on I’ll rate it 4 out of 5 stars. Well done!
(A small note: this site is having so many changes lately that this review may be out dated when you read it)
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