PHP Programming

Spam has become a worldwide epidemic, and prevention is the current focus. A day will come when a cure is sought more aggressively than a bandage, but for now companies are making tons of money selling us filters and spam prevention kits. Our approach at the PHP Kemist is to byte back with encrypted or obfuscated email addresses that spamBots cannot scrape or harvest from your web pages. (more…)

ICO Image Files

ICO file extensions are used for Icon File Formats. Originally intended for icons in Microsoft Windows. This file format is identical to the CUR cursor file format for Windows, differing only in the header byte tag that declares it a cursor or an icon. This article gives an overview of the ICO file format and a summary of ICO image production. (more…)

As a business owner, risks are a given. Operational risks. Management risks. Privacy risks. All of these risks are intensified when you leave the office, says Victoria Fodale, Program Manager/Analyst, for Scottsdale, Ariz.-based research firm In-Stat. “The small business owner is mobile a lot of the time. They probably carry a PDA or a smart phone or a notebook that contains business-critical information,” she explains. “But being mobile can become a liability if this information is lost or stolen.” You can minimize your risks, however, by following a few simple tips, detailed below. (more…)

Broadband services and the ability to work remotely may have huge benefits when it comes to productivity. But without proper protection they leave you and your network exposed to a variety of incursions. Denial of Service attacks, for example, can deprive you of access to a resource such as your network, e-mail or your website and can destroy files and programming on your computer systems. A Trojan Horse on the other hand is a piece of programming that sneaks onto your system and lurks until it’s triggered by a date or event, at which time it activates and destroys files or creates a back door for intruders to enter. Attacks such as these can cost you a considerable amount of time and money. However they can be avoided by installing a firewall across your systems. (more…)

BURLINGTON, Vt. - When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing child pornography.

But when they tried to examine the images after his arrest, authorities were stymied by a password-protected encryption program.

Now Boucher is caught in a cyber-age quandary: The government wants him to give up the password, but doing so could violate his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by revealing the contents of the files.

Experts say the case could have broad computer privacy implications for people who cross borders with computers, PDAs and other devices that are subject to inspection. (more…)