Week - 24 The Dark Side of the Web

I felt quite ill when I read about Malware and phishing scams!! I'm sure I have some sort of corrupt virus on my Laptop at home! Suddenly my Laptop simply stops working if I have left it idle for more than 15mins. Has behaved like this previously so I am very suspicious about it. I have also received phone calls on my Landline telling me I have a virus on my computer and 'they' can assist! I wonder if I really do have one and how do 'they' know if I do!
The Internet and all the 2.1 tools that are part of our lives are all so so exciting and mostly alot of fun and very useful. The one dark side is that there are people out there ready, willing and capable of disrupting and damaging innocent lives by corrupting the very device that has us all sharing and caring around the world!

Week 23 - Mashups Revisited

I've enjoyed looking at some of the newish Mashups as part of Week 23. The news Mashup was one I liked. I guess because the others were mostly US based I didn't really get into them. The one I use most often though is from 2.0 - Google Maps. It's just so good for finding your way to somewhere you are unfamiliar with! Also good for highlighting the location of your library. Has actual photos of particular building at a particular address so have a visual idea of what building you are looking for - as long as it's up to date.
I haven't actually played with Mashups or made my own but appreciate the value of many of them.