Jun 09
Angry Birds in Meatspace
Hardware, Lost&found, Shiny Things, SoftwareFor a long time, I´ve wanted to play Angry Brids in real life. Turns out you can:
May 24
Follow the skipping spam
Security, SoftwareAs a hommage to a great series by the SANS Institute, called “Follow the bouncing malware”, I decided to write a piece over an interesting little piece of spam I found in my mailbox today.
The message in question caught my attention because it was addressed with my full (first and last name) and started with “Hello Frank”. This is unusual for untargeted spam these days, so I decided to have a look.
Read the rest of this story to see what I found out.
Dec 07
Botched Launches: WoW Cataclysm
Rants, SoftwareThe title “Failed Launch of the Month” in December goes to Blizzard.
An extensive media campaign to sell Cataclysm, the latest add-on for the popular Word of Warcraft game, did exactly what it was supposed to do: Get lots of new (and returning) players to buy it. And this, apparently, was something Blizzard wasn`t prepared for.
