Want a tip from an insider?
Once I read about a rather unusual fraud scheme. In essence, some 1000 random people would receive letters, 500 of which claimed, that stock A would …
Skype hacked?
According to this blog , some Chinese engineers claim, that they managed to reverse-engineer the protocol, used in Skype VoIP products. They are also …
Skype 1.3 beta for Linux
After almost a year of development, the long-awaited Linux version of Skype with proper sound support has been released . It definitely seems faster …
Firefox 2.0 nearing release
Firefox 1.5 is quite cool, but the forthcoming Firefox 2.0 should be even better. Built-in spellchecker and a few other user-visible features, and a …
Diaper tax
According to an article in FT, EU is actively discussing the issue of taxes on diapers. I especially liked the phase, that it has “exposed a …
C++ web development framework
2020 update: this article was written well over a decade ago. Feel free to take a look at my recent thoughts on the subject of web development. Some …
EU: no borders?
According to an article on BBC, the EU Commission plans to increase competition by introducing international telecom regulator and removing …
Flash 8 for Linux
It looks like there is no Flash player ver. 8 for Linux. The only information, available on the Internet on this issue is a blog entry by some …
Bottoms up!
Working in financial sector in the UK definitely requires a strong liver, since visiting a pub is one of the most popular forms of socializing. It is …