The shambles over cybercrime

Despite the increase in online fraud, enforcement of the law is a mess since the dissolution of the specialist agency set up to fight it, says Pete Warren

Been the victim of online fraud? Until recently you would have reported it to the police, but now the onus on investigating such crimes lies not with the boys in blue but with the banking industry. On April 1, the Association of Chief Police Officers announced that it would no longer be ... Full Blog

Google pays £310m for email security firm

The technology empire Google is paying $625m (£310m) for a Californian email security specialist, Postini, which is in the front line of the global online war against spam, with 35,000 business clients.

Funded out of Google's spare cash, the deal is part of a strategy by the company to expand its range of offerings for business users, Google Apps, which already includes spreadsheets, word processing tools, calendars and Gmail messaging.

Postini is an expert in filtering ... Full Blog

Pizza Delivery

"What's the usual tip?" a man growled when, Jason, a college boy delivered his pizza.

"Well," Jason replied, "this is my first delivery, but the other guys said that if I got a quarter out of you, I'd be doing great."

"Is that so?" grunted the man. "In that case, here's five dollars."

"Thanks," Jason said, "I'll put it in my college fund."

"By the way, what are you ... Full Blog

Elderly Couple at McDonalds

A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonald's. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the older gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them.

Then the old man poured half of the soft drink into the extra cup and set that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her ... Full Blog

Stuck On The Island

An ambitious yuppie finally decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life... until the boat sank! The man found himself swept up on the shore of an island with no other people, no supplies... Nothing. Only bananas and coconuts.

After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to him.

In disbelief he asks her: "Where did you come from? How ... Full Blog