Ok, now Aunty really has heard of everything. And just in case you haven’t, here it is… The Internet Urinal Yes, you read that right. The Internet Urinal. Those whacky guys over at ThinkGeek.com have taken the ordinary portable urinal (with female adaptor!), and added something to it in order…

Rogue Amoeba, the software company who has brought us such innovative software as Audio Hijack and Nicecast, have done it again with Airfoil. Airfoil, Rogue Ameoba’s newest offering, allows you to stream audio from just about any program, wirelessly, to your Airport Express wireless network hub, which in turn streams…

From Across the Pond, written by Andrew Robinson over at Spamfo: We’ve seen the offering from Lycos, makelovenotspam which is no longer available, and the more recent software aimed at 419ers entitled the mugu marauder.  So what next, Spampires want you to pay to download software which has the same…

April 12th is the very last day. That’s when the clock runs, and the deadline looms. And here you thought it was April 15th. Nope, it’s the twelfth. Because we’re not talking about the day your taxes are due. On no. We’re talking about the day that your Windows XP…

You know that spam which everyone gets for penis enlargement supplements? (Uh, you do all get that, don’t you? Or maybe that’s just Aunty…) Well, believe it or not, some people actually buy that stuff! (Remember Aunty’s rant about people who buy things from spam?) Not only that, but apparently…

Benjamin Park was caught red-handed when a homeowner’s webcam caught real-time pictures of him burgling the house – even though Park also stole the computer to which the webcam was attached! Duncan Grisby, a British software engineer, had thought the webcam-based security system up three years ago…just before his house…

Here’s an interesting scenario: Someone somehow manages to get your credit card number (of course you would never fall for a phisher’s bait… your virus, spyware and firewall software are all up-to-date… you don’t leave your card lying around… and who uses paper credit card transaction receipts any more to…

Yesterday Aunty wrote to tell you about the Mugu Marauder, a new “art project” by an organization calling themselves “Artists Against 419”. The project has participants link to images from 419 scammer’s websites and display them on the participant’s own website, causing the displayed images to eat into the scammer’s…

A group calling themselves “Artists Against 419” are asking Windows users to take part in their Mugu Marauder “art” project and take down the scam sites hosted by so-called “419 scammers”. The “Mugu” in “Mugu Marauder” apparently is the term which the 419 scammers themselves use for an intended victim…

It’s that time of year – nearly spring, when a young man’s fancy turns to love, couples think about Valentine’s Day, and wage-earners think about..filing taxes. And as their special Valentines to you, Intuit, the makers of Quicken, would like to give you a sunset..but no, not a beautiful, picturesque…

Australian Internet device and software maker Exinda, Inc. has developed a system which allows employers to snoop on the online browsing habits of their employees. Said Con Nikolouzakis, Director of Exinda, “If you use your office computer for Internet banking and booking theater tickets, you’re fine. If you choose to…

The next time you are tempted to borrow someone’s copy of their favourite software, take note: software developers, sick of having their software pirated, are starting to boobytrap it. That’s right. In an interesting twist, it is being reported that Anton Tomov, author of, among other things, Pocket Mechanic for…

Those of you who have been playing along at home may be aware that Microsoft was called on the carpet in Europe on unfair competition charges. The claim was that by bundling Windows Media Player with Windows XP, Microsoft was gaining an unfair advantage over competing media players, such as…

Consider it Netscape’s valentine to the world. Netscape, now a division of Time Warner, which in turn is a subsidiary of America Online, will be releasing a beta version of its new Netscape 8 on Thursday, February 17th (so mark your calendars!) Netscape 8 is touted as having, among other…

The Windows Genuine Advantage Program (WGA) is a way for the Microsoft bouncer to check your Windows’ I.D. at the door.