Firefox 2, the latest from Mozilla has been released. There is a lot happening in the arena of the "browser
wars".

On the surface, not much appears to have changed. Firefox 2 is
skinned slightly differently. The tabs have a glassy look about them.

What's new:

Session Restore: If you computer crashes, Firefox 2 will resume with same tabs opened up for you.

Spell check: If you are typing in a form, Firefox 2
will check your spelling as you go. There are a variety of dictionaries
available. The default is US English, but it is easy to install
Australian English, French, Hungarian or what ever you want.

Security: You get a warning if you get a site with cross domain scripting (a common tactic in phishing sites).

Live Titles: Live Titles are regularly updated
summaries of the most important information on a Web page. As the
information on the page gets updated, so does your Live Title.

These are just some of the features available. On the down side,
some of your Firefox 1 extensions might not work. According to the
reviews we've read, uninstalling Firefox 2 is not a clean process- it
leaves some files behind. It doesn't quite fully support all the
standards supported by the W3C organisation.

In our opinion, we think Firefox 2 is worth the upgrade.

Spam used to just a nuisance. A little bit of junk email here and there. Hit delete and forget it. Now it is turning into a major headache. Some spam contains viruses. A lot is just plain fraud. The fraud ranges from spam proporting to be from your bank asking you to click a fake link to supply your net banking login and password, to the Nigerian scams, to advertising products that have doubtful claims.

The nature of the computer virus has changed over the years. It used to be that the humble floppy disk was the vector for transmission. Now that has changed . The number one vector is email.

The Federal government has come good with one of the promises that is to introduce mandatory Internet filtering. They want to introduce what's called a "clean" feed. People will be able to opt out. But will it actually solve the problem?

Over the last couple of years a number of people have been caught out by "Renewal Notices" for Australian .com.au domain names being sent out. Some of our customers lost their .com.au domain names because they paid a "renewal notice". The company took the money but soon after cashing the cheque went belly up. The result was that the domain name was not renewed and it lapsed. The flow-on was that the client's website went off air.