the foobar zone

What with my recent move to Mac-istan, I'd really like to be able to ditch my last two remaining PC dependencies, namely Visio and an accounting package which generally works well and has some remote comprehension of the vagaries of the irish tax system.

One in 10 web pages laced with malware - Google, screamed the The Register, in one of its characteristic gutter-press style headlines.

Now, you've always got to take El Reg with a pinch of salt. God bless them in there: sometimes they write stuff worth reading, but other times you're left scratching your head and asking yourself why in bejaysus they write such a load of complete bollox. Tabloid headline syndrome or something? Sure looks like it to me.