Posts Tagged ‘software’
Trusteer Rapport for Mac
Trusteer Rapport is a piece of security software to help protect your Mac’s internet browser against key logging and phishing attacks. It is being pushed by a number of large banks including NatWest, ING and First Direct. I’ve previously written about using Trusteer Rapport on a PC , and today I’m putting up some screen shots of what it [...]
Setup Trusteer Rapport to protect other websites
Trusteer Rapport helps to stop key loggers from stealing your passwords, and stops viruses or spyware from seeing what you are doing in your web browser. Many banks are now offering it for free download. You can for example download it from NatWest’s website here – even if you aren’t a NatWest customer. It is preconfigured to protect a [...]
Trusteer Rapport password leakage problem
If you bank online then there is a good chance you will have been prompted to install a software product called Trusteer Rapport. It is recommended by NatWest, HSBC, First Direct and a whole list of others. Trusteer Rapport helps increase the security of your Windows operating system by attempting to block keystroke logging attempts, screen [...]
Friend Quotes – My first Facebook ‘app’
A few weeks ago I finished my first Facebook 'app'... Well, 'app' is too grand a word. All it does it display a random selection of your friend's quotes on your Facebook profile page. I wrote it just to see how easy it was to make a very simple Facebook extension. As it turns out it was very easy. Everything you need is on their official [...]
Writing and releasing a free software tool in two weeks
Two weeks ago I started a mini-project to write a simple piece of software in C#, package it up and release it. Although I had initially given myself two weeks, the actual time I spent on this project was less than a week due to a pest problem, a birthday, and a family visit. The purpose of this project was to learn the basics of a new programming [...]
Self Assessment and clever PDFs
For 05-06 I was able to use the HMRC free online self-assessment tax form which proved to be very easy to fill in and which did most of the tax calculations automatically. This year I wasn’t able to do this as I needed to fill in the Capital Gains Tax supplement. This supplement isn’t included in the sections available on the HMRC free online [...]
