The 10 Most Annoying Programs on the Internet

ZDNet UK has just published contributor Rupert Goodwins' brilliant list of the 10 most annoying programs on the Internet. I'm not sure if Goodwins had help from the other ZDNet editors or if this incisive, spot-on list flew out of his mind alone. Either way, it's good enough to make you laugh and cry at the same time. Here's the list. As you click each Gallery thumbnail to access the list and read the well-written annoyance descriptions, you may think of some other annoying products. Let us know. In the meantime, Goodwins' ZDNet list is an excellent overview.

Undersea Cables Mysteriously Cut In Middle East

The idea of someone going around cutting undersea data cables is bound to bring any IT reliant middle eastern the night terrors. But apparently this seems to be exactly the case. In recent weeks there have been 5 undersea cables cut/broken/sabotaged, and no one seems able to point out the culprits. Is some kind of action by a cyber wing of Al Quaeda or economic and cyber terrorism by other radicals? The cables affected are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the SeaMeWe-4 and FLAG Europe-Asia cable near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast and the FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran. The news is however that three of these will be repaired within the week.

New Reviews on KSN - Friday March 2, 2007

Review of Photo Mechanic 4 - digital photo sorting & tagging Review of the Microsoft Zune Media Player - new competition for the iPod Review of the Nikon D40 Digital SLR camera - entry level SLR Review of Norton Internet Security 2007 - the biggest keeps getting bigger Review of jetAudio v6.28 VX Plus - audio/video media player