Archive for 14 January 2005
New Bluetooth Safety Guidelines
14 January 2005 in Phones | Comments (0)
Following the spread of worms and other pestwares via Bluetooth between phones running Symbian, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released new safety guidelines for Bluetooth phones. One guideline, or tip, is:
Users should not accept files from unknown or suspicious entities. Users should not download or install unknown or suspicious software. If the origin of the software is unknown, it should not be installed. If the device gives a security warning during installation, carefully consider if installation should continue.
Sounds like good ol’ sense to me, but unfortunately not to everyone. Many people think “wow, great someone is sending me free software” and choose to install the worm Cabir or some other virus/worm/pestware. I wonder where common sense in computing has gone? 
What Is In A Name, Java?
14 January 2005 in Rant | Comments (0)
Ok, so I’m supposed to download JRE (Java Runtime Environment) to be able to run a JAR (Java Archive) on my desktop PC running Windows XP. Well, naturally Microsoft isn’t allowed to distribute Java with Windows, so I go to the home of Java — Sun’s homepage — to download the JRE. I try my luck with the Downloads link and argghghgh, find a whole mess of information overload that almost gives me a headache. There are some links reffering to Java but no Java JRE to be found. 