Dene Mackenzie's blog

Late last week, Oracle was distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous the US Department of Homeland Security said people should stop using it.

Just when you thought it was safe to move back into social media, Facebook will be giving you a little reminder it wants more than your email address, wedding pictures and political beliefs.

Surveys on internet use always fascinate me. UMR Research released new research last week that said 76% of New Zealanders who are online use Facebook, up 7% since 2011.

Normally, I am not too worried about whether my GPS tracking is turned on when I am using my smartphone.

Can anyone understand the European Union's antitrust regulators?

With Megaupload and Kim Dotcom top of some minds, it seemed entirely appropriate that The Pirate Bay emerged back into the headlines again last week.

An article published last week was written by a woman feeling relieved and emancipated for removing herself from Facebook. She claimed that she had returned to phoning her friends when she needed contact and that when she felt the urge to check the world's largest social media site, she did something else, like read.

If you have ever wondered what some vague rap lyric means, there there could be a site coming your way soon.

As I celebrated my birthday last week, I got a reminder of how quickly time passes when a release about MySpace landed in my inbox.

One of the oddest emails to pop up in my email last week was entitled: Red Alert, Daily Deals from The Warehouse. Now, at first I could only see Red Alert and I wondered aloud why on earth the Labour Party had emailed me at my private address and what it was all about.