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 Link Of The Day - Great Technical Information - Daniel Jones - jonesnco David S. Cargo's (Computer / Technical) Bookmarks Prevent keyloggers from grabbing your passwords one in three laptop computers fail within the first three years they’re owned - 11/17/2009 Gathered 6/02/2010: iPhone Woes Revealed In FCC, FTC Consumer Complaints Rumor: Apple Prepping a $99 Google TV Competitor Gathered 6/01/2010: IBM Distributes Malware At Security Conference Gathered 5/30/2010: Boy fixes cracked iPhone screen for $21.95 Gathered 5/28/2010: HP knocks IBM from top spot in server sales Gathered 4/27/2010: Which is the best laptop? Apple Inc. & Dell Inc. were in the middle of the pack, with an 18 percent failure rate - 11/17/2009. One in three laptop computers fail within the first three years they’re owned Gathered 4/25/2010: EMC profit jumps 92% Apple passes Microsoft for second place in S&P 500 Apple tops Consumer Reports survey... Gathered 4/24/2010: CD Burners Leave "Fingerprints" White House Donates Drupal Code Gathered 4/23/2010: McAfee software goes berserk, misidentifies harmless file and locks up PCs around the world Inside Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Beta NZXT IU01: Expand Your External USB Capabilities, Internally Dell UltraSharp U2711 Review Gathered 4/22/2010: WirelessHD Receives HDCP Blessing Are More Sockets in Intel's Future? Gathered 4/21/2010: VIA Launches 64-Bit Nano E-Series CPUs Gathered 4/20/010: Bluetooth 4.0 Announced Gathered 4/04/2010: I was in Lowes the other day (4/2/2010) - they have about 25 new types of LED Bulbs (not as bright as their CFL nor Incandescent counterparts) Wonder Material Graphene Becomes Lighting for Future Devices and Homes Gathered 4/03/2010: US, Europe, Japan agree on data center efficiency metric Firefox regains some lost browser share ground Senators ramp up cyberwar rhetoric Adobe, Foxit examine new no-bug-needed PDF hack See also: PDF Vulnerabilities Malicious PDF file doesn't need a software vulnerability Gathered 3/17/2010: 256 GIGABYTES -Super Talent Introduces Encrypted USB 3.0 SuperCrypt Drive Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.14 was released on 3/17/2010. Gathered 3/07/2010: Windows Phone 7: A complete reset - Use SilverLight or XNA Gathered 2/21/2010: AMD Updates Catalyst Graphics Driver Gathered 2/15/2010: Sony Ericsson To Pre-Load Gokivo Navigator Onto New Windows Mobile Handsets Photoshop App Tops 6 Million Downloads On The iPhone XML BILLING - The European Commission has published a study about electronic invoicing which will change existing procedures Gathered 2/11/2010: Malicious Firefox Add-ons Installed Trojans - 2/11/2010 Google Plans To Deliver 1Gb/sec Fiber-Optic Broadband Network To More Than 50,000 Homes Scammers Hop on iPad Bandwagon Gathered 2/09/2010: Utilities To Bolster Smart Grid Cybersecurity Gathered 2/08/2010: IDIOTS - Version numbers to be banned on HDMI cables IDIOTS - Version numbers to be banned on HDMI cables - hdmi.org Google Enlists NSA To Defend Its Data Intel Brings vPro To Core Processors Gathered 2/07/2010: Browser Fingerprinting Can ID You Without Cookies Google to end support for IE6 Gathered 2/06/2010: Researcher Cracks Security Of Widely Used Computer Chip Fake Microsoft Outlook Update Installs Trojan, then fakes SSL connections SSL Crack Shows You Must Advance Your Security - Security from eWeek Reports of a successful exploit of the SSL Renegotiation Vulnerability? Gathered 1/24/2010: PGP Corporation Announces New Data Protection Solutions For Mac And Linux Enterprise Users Gathered 1/21/2010: Firefox 3.6 Goes Gold - Norton tool bar not yet compatible (1/22/2010) Gathered 1/21/2010: If you live in California, you may need to buy a home electricity generator (my opinion) - Jerry Brown is again running for Governor Gathered 1/20/2010: Patent Reveals Possible Groundbreaking Multi-Touch Features for Apple’s iSlate PHOTOGRAPHY 360deg view - Go to the bottom and it will tell you what to do Gathered 1/15/2010: A Quick And Dirty Fix For The 27-inch iMac Screen Problem Introducing… The 27-inch (Apple iMac) iLemon Gathered 1/07/2010: ex-CA Governor Jerry Brown running AGAIN for CA Governor in 2010 - Remember his previous terms as Governor??? Gathered 1/05/2010: Quattro Wireless to be acquired by Apple Gathered 1/04/2010: US DEBT CLOCK Gathered 12/31/09: Common Cell Phone Encryption Cracked, Published Online Code That Protects Most Cellphone Calls Is Deciphered - NYTimes.com GSM call encryption code cracked, published for the whole world to view Iraqi insurgents using $26 software to monitor Predator video feeds Russia's Armageddon plan to save Earth from collision with meteors JVC Launches Dual Wireless and Super-Slim Soundbar Systems Broadcom First to Ship True Single Chip Blu-ray Solution Gathered 12/30/09: FIRE ALL EXECUTIVES - Top WAL-MART Executives Enjoy Guaranteed Retirement Plans BBB ranks top 10 scams of 2009 The Future of Data Storage: FCoE, SSD Mergers, But No Clouds - Henry Newman (Storage) Salaries Rise as Storage Grows - PDF - bitpipe.com AMD Does RAID On a Chip (Dot Hill's RAIDCore VRA technology) Gathered 12/26/09: Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Industry. Finally. Apple’s New Tablet To Be Baptized iSlate? Let’s Dig A Little Deeper Gathered 12/15/09: World Wide Telescope - free Microsoft product interesting clock!! - You can select the subject and time span for each category Gathered 12/14/09: Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo, world's first manned commercial spaceship You, too, can be a Martian Twilp - Tracking the world’s programming languages popularity in real time Gathered 12/09/09: Facebook Rolls Out Its New Privacy Settings LED Breathes New Life into Monitor Market LG Rolls Out 3D LCDs with Full HD Resolution Boxee and D-Link Unveil The Boxee Box EMC Reorganizes as Insiders Sell Shares VCs optimistic about Southeast Regulators Investigate Toyota Engine Stalls Gathered 12/07/09: An In-Depth Look At Pivot, Microsoft’s Newest Data Visualization Tool Apple Has Acquired Lala Gathered 12/04/09: FCC’s broadband coordinator warns of spectrum shortage The BrowserMob equivalent of a “hosts file” Gathered 11/28/09: Toyota Announces Details of NEW Remedy to Address,Potential Accelerator Pedal Entrapment Triangle on list for RadioShack HQ Leather, Bonded Leather, Pleather & Vinyl Garmin Nuvi 755T - My latest (11/2009) recommended GPS GPS Features that we desire (and Have) Gathered 11/23/09: New worm creates botnet out of jailbroken iPhones (informally called "Duh" or "Ikee.B") Another iPhone worm - and this time it's malicious Hacked iPhones held hostage for 5 Euros What's New in Microsoft Office 2010? Microsoft Office 2010: An Intriguing Beta Five Best Features in the Office 2010 Beta Ciena tops Nokia Siemens in Nortel auction - 11/23/2009 Report uncovers burning details on iPods Apple tablet seen delayed to late 2010 Flash Cookies Delete Them FLASH COOKIE INFORMATION - THEY ARE TRACKING YOU Study: Chinese drywall causes metal corrosion - WELL, WE KNEW THAT Lt. Gov. Kottkamp sues over Chinese drywall in home Gathered 11/22/09: the new ATA TRIM command for SSDs Gathered 11/20/09: Cell phone security: How safe is your information? - WRAL-TV California Approves New Energy Efficient TV Regulations AMIMON Introduces Wireless HD Modules for the Notebook Market Gathered 11/18/09: Sony Ericsson to close RTP, NC operations, 400 lost jobs (computer) Fan without Blades ("Air Multiplier") Gathered 11/17/09: one in three laptop computers fail within the first three years they’re owned Gathered 11/15/09: Microsoft confirms first UNpatched Windows 7 zero-day bug ZiiLABS Introduces 1080p Blu-ray Quality Handheld Media Processor Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View 'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge -scheduled for release Feb. 2, 2010 Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' is a Trojan Gathered 11/13/09: HP-3Com aftershocks could hit Triangle (RTP, NC) (will HP buy Avaya?) Lockheed Martin and Unicoi Systems Sign Agreement to Study Vocoder Technology Use H-P To Acquire 3Com For $2.7B Triple Engine Browser Lunascape (Firefox, Internet Explorer And Chrome All-In-One) Now Supports Triple Add-Ons Gathered 11/12/09: IBM Study: Moving to the Cloud: An Introduction to Cloud Computing in Government Norrkross MorphX (MAC only) Gathered 11/11/09: Intel Wants Servers to Have Open FCoE Inside EMC plans a new Atmos — and a possible partnership with Cisco and VMware First Impressions of the Motorola Droid; BlackBerry Bold 9700 Not So Bold Logitech announced that it is purchasing Austin-based LifeSize Communications (an HD company) Bogus-Software-Patents-That-Need-to-Get-Busted Get started with Selenium! (testing plugin for Firefox) Gathered 11/08/09: Discover new places to visit by seeing where your friends have been - Plarker Gathered 11/05/09: Walmart picks Cree lights for 650 stores Nasty Gmail Bug Erroneously Marks Unread E-mails As Read Gathered 10/16/09: FDA to study negative effects of Lasik eye surgery Gathered 10/15/09: For the fourth time this year, Adobe has admitted that hackers were using malicious PDF documents to break into Windows PCs Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat - Release date: October 13, 2009 Snow Leopard Bug Deletes All User Data Five Fixes for Five Password Security Problems - Google PASSWORD INFORMATION GET Sophos Free encryption tool (ALL Windows OSes) (I have NOT tried it) Gathered 10/14/09: Sidekick Data Loss: T-Mobile's Unending Nightmare Gathered 10/13/09: recovery form for you to use to restore access if your account has been locked Microsoft is blocking access to thousands of Windows Live Hotmail accounts after passwords were stolen Sony Shows Off New Camera, 3D System Phishing Scheme Almost Catches FBI Chief Data Robotics Inc - Santa Clara, California. Company Web site: http://www.datarobotics.com Gathered 10/07/09: Brocade For Sale: QLogic Should Acquire Extreme Networks Gathered 10/05/09: A history of the elusive Apple tablet, in links Gathered 10/04/09: Review: the awesome Retro-Bit handheld Genesis (game machine) 10 easy ways to play with Linux without leaving Windows Suite of cross-platform text-to-speech tools, with which a computer reads text aloud Device Doctor - Freeware Windows Driver Updater 10 easy ways to play with Linux without leaving Windows Gathered 9/30/09: retrofit LED bulbs out later this year that can pay their replacement costs in one year Gathered 9/25/09: NoScript 1.9.9.01 has been released Gathered 9/23/09: Nanolasers to Speed Computers The House That RFID Built Gathered 9/17/09: Some keyloggers can read the Microsoft Windows Clipboard, too Gathered 9/14/09: OMG - 802.11n was FINALLY ratified Sept 14, 2009 - do we even care anymore? Ratified - IEEE 802.3at-2009 Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus standard - 51 watts over existing CAT5e-and-above cables Gathered 9/10/09: New Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.32.18 has been released - 9/10/2009 Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 16 Released - 9/10/2009 - You may wish to UNCHECK the Install Open Office box Firefox 3.5.3 has been released Gathered 9/09/09: How to determine a NAS system's scalability Gathered 9/01/09: Google Maps Now Show SPEED of traffic On The Back Roads WEBCAST - 9/17/2009 - Migrating 12,000+ LOTUS-NOTES employees to Google Apps in 48 hours IBM’s Lithium-Air Battery ‘High Concept’ Car OMG - What a WASTE (my opinion) - IBM patents TV remote that blogs, tweets - probably makes money anyway Gathered 8/31/09: Goodbye? to physical Fibre Channel - FC is being killed by SAS and FCoE "Attack Trace" search engine: Is your website being targeted by malware? Gathered 8/25/09: Cisco Wireless LANs at risk from 'skyjacking' flaw German hackers crack GSM encryption Gathered 8/18/09: Intel, Micron Break Out 3-Bit-Per-Cell... Gathered 8/10/09: Boobytrapped images pose threat to Apple users Free download: New version of Sophos Anti-Rootkit Twitter topples under denial-of-service attack Gathered 8/05/09: Firefox 3.0.13 has been released - 8/05/2009 Gathered 8/01/09: Black Hat '09 Shines Light on Security NoScript 1.9.7.7 has been released Gathered 7/30/09: Associated Press has a new DRM Gathered 7/29/09: Firms braced for emergency patches from Microsoft on 7/28/2009 LSI buys ONStor, enters NAS business IBM to buy SAS competitor SPSS for $1.2B Gathered 7/24/09: Critial Alert - Adobe Flash Vulnerability Affects Flash Player and Other Adobe Products 7/23/2009 Gathered 7/21/09: The complete guide to using Gmail with Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail Gathered 7/13/09: Microsoft FINALLY fixing ActiveX bug - Tuesday 7/14/2009 I WOULD WAIT BEFORE INSTALLING FIREFOX 3.5 - DURING THE INSTALL (MAY NOT BE RELATED), MY NORTON 360 WAS DISABLED AND REQUIRED A RE-INSTALL OF NORTON's ANTI-VIRUS. (The product KEY was removed, and I was not able to re-enter it). Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5, which you can download What To Look For In Firefox 3.5 INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN NORTON AND FIREFOX 3.5 NORTON JUST RELEASED (7/13/2009 - Two days EARLY) THE "FIX": Compatability of Norton 360 with Firefox 3.5 Compatability of Norton Internet Security 2009 with Firefox 3.5 Symantec website, and they said they are due to release a hotfix on 7-15 Lost Norton toolbar with Firefox 3.5 Firefox 3.5 - mozillaZine Forums Re: Norton Tool Bar in Firefox 3.5 final - Norton Internet ... Norton Tool Bar in Firefox 3.5 final - Norton Internet Security ... has anyone else noticed the problem with firefox 3.5 where real player 11 and norton pluggins are now not compatible? My only problem so far with 3.5 is I lost my Norton toolbar with the ID Safe Firefox 3.5 - The bookmarks and history system will not be functional Firefox 3.5 out - Page 3 - Wilders Security Forums Gathered 7/11/09: Ebook Vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID-enabled Credit Cards - 7/11/2009 Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft’s Silverlight 3 Gathered 7/10/09: Firefox 3.5 Boasts Major Improvements HTML 5 HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight? - The Industry Standard HTML 5: Ogg Theora Vs H.264 In The Battle For A Web Video Standard Gathered 7/09/09: IBM Reveals New Data Masking Technology UnitedHealth, Cisco Systems to partner on telehealth technology EMC beats out NetApp for Data Domain Analysis: EMC or NetApp Will Pay Way Too Much for Data Domain http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/07/06/daily68.html?ed=2009-07-09&ana=e_du_pap">Sprint will outsource network operations, 6,000 employees to Ericsson CAN FAT PATCH AVOID MICROSOFT/Linux LAWSUITS? RUSSIAN ANDROID PHONE BOASTS DUAL DISPLAYS NOKIA'S OPEN SOURCE MOBILE STACK GETS QT BLUETOOTH SDK PUMPS UP ANDROID'S PROFILES 223 MILLION OPEN SOURCE SMARTPHONES BY 2014? Lenovo signs up to help Google; Red Hat may become involved Gathered 7/08/09: SMS vulnerability on iPhone - 7/5/2009 Solid State Drive Developers Try to Catch STEC - Linkedin Gathered 7/01/09: Hacking the iPAQ with Linux, for fun and profit Complete Linux & UNIX Information Gathered 6/26/09: Direct flights to RIO or Hawaii from Charlotte, NC Gathered 6/25/09: Samsung 2693HM LCD monitor reviews TV / Monitor Test Patterns - lagom.nl Gathered 6/22/09: Price Barrier to Blu-ray Falling Away? $ 129 from Bestbuy Bill Targets Time Warner's Bandwidth Cap Plans Abstract Textures, Background Photos - free stock images - Creative Element Gathered 6/20/09: Hacker Hits URL Shortening Service Cligs Google Expands Site Dedicated to Fighting Malicious Ads Gathered 6/16/09: Data Domain favors NetApp over EMC Interesting & Unusual Web Sites - David Woodsmall Gathered 6/12/09: Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 14 Released Firefox version 3.0.11 is out Gathered 6/11/09: MS made Firefox very UNSAFE unless you Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension - USE IE, NOT Firefox Microsoft will release Windows 7 on October 22, Gathered 6/10/09: NetApp Bid Four Times for Data Domain Fedora 11 Delivers Big Feature Boost to Latest Linux Distro Apple unveils new iPhone 3GS, cuts some prices Hopkins professor helps send robot to nearly unknown ocean floor Intel to buy software maker Wind River for $884M Review: New Intel chips power skinny laptops Study: Craigslist revenue to climb 23 pct to $100M Periodic table gets a new element Gathered 6/04/09: N.C. lures Apple to build $1B data center Agile testing link treasure trove Gathered 6/01/09: Research In Motion Completes Acquisition of Certicom Gathered 5/26/09: CircuitCity.com comes back to life Gathered 5/25/09: NoScript 1.9.3.3 is out NIC Maker Accelerates Gaming on its Network Interface Cards Gathered 5/22/09: Hacked Sites Install Google-Targeting Malware Web Site Hijack Morphs, Continues to Grow Gathered 5/16/09: Microsoft Closes PowerPoint Zero-day Hole - May 12, 2009 Gathered 5/15/09: Cloud Computing Data in Motion Deduplication See also ENCRYPTION Grid Computing See also Secure Connections Virtualization Gathered 5/14/09: NoScript 1.9.2.8 is out Adobe Reader has been updated Gathered 5/02/09: The US Federal Government defines Cloud Computing (Draft) Gathered 5/02/09: Firefox 3.0.10 is out Gathered 4/25/09: Critical vulnerability in plug-in for IrfanView image viewer Gathered 4/15/09: Nemesis: Symantec Website Open to XSS Vulnerability - 4/15/2009 Gathered 4/10/09: Google searches for holy grail of Python performance - 5x improvement? - Unladen Swallow project Gathered 4/09/09: Dell and HP balk at replacing bad Nvidia chip - scroll down Thunderbird (free email program) 2.0.0.21 has been released Gathered 4/03/09: Microsoft, Citrix join forces against VMware Gathered 3/26/09: Do NOT go to Mexico - many more kidnappings Gathered 3/21/09: UWB Group Hands off to Wireless USB, Bluetooth & DISBANDS Online Fraud Hits Airlines Hard Power Grid Is Found Susceptible to Cyberattack Gathered 3/20/09: Computer Security Conference - CSC 2009 - Myrtle Beach, SC on March 26-27, 2009 Group publishes specification for improving interoperability of IP video surveillance The Security Certification Directory Malware fall-out after dirty bomb news report in *your* city Waled (Malware) explosion in your city! Gathered 3/19/09: eWEEK Labs' Tests of Microsoft IE 8 Show Web Browser Is a Must-Upgrade Internet Explorer 8: What You Need to Know Review: IE 8 Shows Great Improvement, but Still Behind Rivals It's The Launch Of IE 8 Holy Realistic Smoke! Nvidia Brings PhysX Engine to PlayStation 3 UK Trials Biometric ID Cards Gathered 3/18/09: N.C. is 2nd best for business, Chief Executive magazine study says Report: IBM in talks to buy Sun for $6.5B Gathered 3/16/09: NoScript 1.9.1 is out Gathered 3/15/09: Duke research taking bite out of peanut allergies It May Be Time to Abandon Adobe Gathered 3/13/09: Microsoft puts the kibosh on Facebook worm Koobface D.C.'s top IT security official charged with bribery Why I won't be turning off Internet Explorer 8 New beta paves way for Firefox 3.5 Apple ready for third generation of iPhone Palm, Sprint provide few new details on the Pre iTunes 8.1 plugs malicious podcast security hole Gathered 3/12/09: Hackers sell pirated iTunes gift cards Revised disabling AutoRun in Windows XP Gathered 3/09/09: Java version 6 Update 12 is out Gathered 3/07/09: Firefox 3.0.7 is out Gathered 3/06/09: Newman! U.S. Postal Service Buys Mansions with Tax Payers Monies Piecemeal Layoffs Avoid Warning Laws Gathered 3/05/09: FedEx Offices Nationwide, to offer free resume printing March 10 CNN says Plastic types (look on the bottom of the container): 1 2 4 & 5 considered SAFE for foods 3, 6 & 7 - may break down over time/heat - considered NOT SAFE FOR FOOD BPA - considered a hormone disruptor, often found in plastic type # 7 CNN Tech - Decoding symbols on plastic - WHAT's SAFE - Video Understanding Plastic Codes - PDF Department of Defense selects teams for $497M biometric IDs IBM Partners with Voltaire on 40-GB Ethernet Switch a list of all the companies that used the most number of H1-B visas to recruit workers from overseas Free Citrix XenServer for Everybody Gathered 3/04/09: A Trillion Lines of Code? CFOs see no recovery until 2010, Duke study says Beige Book: Economy slows in N.C., rest of region A Return To Antenna TV? How to Rescue a Wet Cell Phone: Tech Triage - Video RetailMeNot - by the same people - Find and share instant discounts (Windows) Startup-Delay - allows you to delay programs (you specify the delay) when booting Has mixed reviews, be sure to read how to UNinstall it properly (one of the Reviews). One person claims it crashes Vista -but his review was prior to this release, so who knows? Gathered 2/28/09: Marvell Introduces SheevaPlug, Plug Computing Initiative Subject: Stimulus projects--wanna job? Marvell Unveils 'Plug Computing' Platform Nortel to cut another 3,200 jobs List of H.264 Broadcast deployments Gathered 2/23/09: Ritz / Wolf Camera files for bankruptcy AT&T to invest $1B in global network, new business services, IBM partnership Amid LTE Buzz, WiMax Moves Forward Nokia says the company's flagship N series smartphones will be incorporating Skype into the devices Gathered 2/2/09: NoScript 1.9.0.5 is out Firefox 3.0.6 is out Ubuntu now has 'cloud computing inside' Data retention bills to benefit Hollywood 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy Heart pill to banish bad memories EFF: Nevada bill would outlaw RFID security research Most iPhone applications gathering dust Elgan: Legalize cell phone jammers? Gathered 2/16/09: Permanent fix needed for DNS security issues, Kaminsky warns at Black Hat Hackers exploit unpatched Adobe Reader bug Some left out in switch from analog to digital signal - they had plenty of warning www.bankbandits.org. CraftBits - craft resource site with free step-by-step instructions SOME Digital TV delayed to June 12 Gathered 2/05/09: Suits hit Wal-Mart, Netflix - suit says Netflix customers pay artificially high prices Indian artifacts online Gathered 1/28/09: IBM Makes 4.4 BILLION lays off workers, apparently to raise stock price? - IBM Employees Sound Off on Job Cuts Gathered 1/16/09: Circuit City to close stores, go into liquidation NoScript 1.8.9 is out Enhancing Solar Cells with Nanoparticles - improved by a factor of more than ten CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors WiFi is no longer a viable secure connection New PALM "Pre" rated one-of-the best smart phone at CES, will be on Sprint in 6 months Gathered 1/02/09: XP available until MAY 2009, but dealers must order before January 31, 2009 Researchers hack VeriSign's SSL scheme for securing Web sites Microsoft: MD5 hack poses no major threats to users Researchers hack VeriSign's SSL scheme for securing Web sites Gmail notice touts Chrome and Firefox, dismisses IE as too slow MIT project uses nanotech to deliver drugs for fighting cancer, AIDS NoScript 1.8.8.5 is out Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 is out Gathered 11/23/08: NoScript 1.8.6 is out Java 6.0.10 is out Gathered 11/20/08: Seagate, McAfee, Dell Hook Up for Self-encrypting Notebooks Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 is out Firefox 3.0.4 is out Gathered 9/17/08: Space station computer virus raises security concerns Gathered 9/13/08: DVD Copy Application Coming from RealNetworks SD Cards Will Soon Be Embedded Gathered 9/12/08: WinMorph is a free high performance morphing and warping software MediaMonkey - MediaMonkey may take care of your MP3 TAGS for you Firefox extensions to bring back Dead Web Pages Gathered 9/11/08: Adobe's new FREE basic, online Photoshop Express Spam Reporting Addresses - Extensive list of Sites for Reporting SPAM Gathered 9/10/08: The 10 Most Innovative Web Search Engines 10 Things You Should Know About MS Office Alternatives IBM's Lotus Symphony Is OpenOffice in Eclipse Clothing Finjan Finds Database of 8,700 Stolen FTP Credentials Gathered 9/09/08: Germany leads 'clean coal' pilot - can CO2 be locked underground forever? Germany leads 'clean coal' pilot - stores it's own CO2 emissions Crossed signals over HD Radio's future Gathered 9/07/08: find HD radio stations First Look at the New Acrobat 9 Enterprise SSDs Gathered 8/12/08: Scam centers on voter registration Gathered 8/07/08: NoScript - Version 1.7.8 - Extension for Firefox - YOU NEED THIS PROTECTION Gathered 7/27/08: How to Calibrate Your HDTV - PC World Samsung Plans 256GB 2 1/2" SATA-II replacement, Solid-State Drive - a drop in replacment Gathered 7/25/08: Drug for deadly prostate cancer Amid complaints that Vista is hurting the development of solid state drives, SanDisk now says it is working with Microsoft to optimize SSDs for Windows Sysinternals Suite Build 07/24/08 Autoruns 9.32shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. Hole forces Qantas plane to land A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, Legendary Studios, a gaming company he started that builds creative, nonviolent games Gathered 7/24/08: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 is out Gathered 7/16/08: NoScript - Version 1.7.7 - Extension for Firefox - YOU NEED THIS PROTECTION Gathered 7/13/08: I have had to de-activate ZoneAlarm Pro in-order-to get any Internet access. NOW THERE IS A FIX FOR THE ABOVE PROBLEM - Installation of Microsoft Update KB951748 (7/8/08) may result in loss of Internet connectivity. Click here for more information on how to resolve this ZoneAlarm/Microsoft issue Gathered 7/09/08: Latest Microsoft XP updates (July 8, 2008) seem to have killed ZoneAlarm Pro. I have had to de-activate ZoneAlarm Pro in-order-to get any Internet access. 7/13/08: NOW THERE IS A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM - Installation of Microsoft Update KB951748 (7/8/08) may result in loss of Internet connectivity. Click here for more information on how to resolve this ZoneAlarm/Microsoft issue Gathered 7/03/08: Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords ISO approves PDF as an international standard (ISO 32000-1) Microsoft issues FIX for PCs crippled by XP SP3 update American Airlines set to test in-flight Web access Apple Time Machine flaws raise reliability questions Phony escrow services cheat online car shoppers Gathered 6/25/08: NoScript 1.7.1 was released today Gathered 6/23/08: Study Calls for 1G Broadband in US Dawn of the Megazooms Don't take your passwords to the grave (but do NOT go anytime soon) Which big banks protect you best? HP Contributes Source Code For Unix File System FCC Moves Forward With Free Wireless Plan Open Source Consumer Electronics: Neuros OSD Antec Three Hundred: Compact, Inexpensive and Cool PC Case ($60) Rackable Systems to Seed the Cloud (WEB 2.0) Raleigh police: Thieves pose as utility workers Gathered 6/22/08: SmartFTP is no longer free for personal use. RATS: DO NOT UPDATE TO SmartFTP VERSION 3.0.1018.1 - IT EXPIRES IN FIVE DAYS Gathered 6/21/08: StumbleUpon Version 3.23 was released. Federal court limits access to workers' e-mail Millions download new FireFox 3 browser Verizon speeds up FiOS Internet Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (July - December 2007) Gathered 6/16/08: NoScript - Version 1.6.9.3 - Extension for Firefox - YOU NEED THIS PROTECTION Gathered 6/13/08: Top OEMs to sell XP PCs down to the wire (June 30, 2008) New RF remote control spec planned for consumer devices Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network going from zero to 32 million Users in three years, analyst says Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network Deployment Strategies, Market Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges Gathered 6/12/08: SECURITY - Click Here VIRUSES, TROJANS, WORMS, Etc. - Click Here Gathered 6/11/08: Webroot's WINDOW WASHER Version: 6.5.5 (build 153) was released Gathered 6/07/08: NoScript - version 1.6.9, a free FireFox Extension that blocks Cross-Site Scripting, is Out Gathered 6/06/08: NEW, WORSE VERSION OF A DATA HELD FOR RANSOM VIRUS DETECTED - 6/5/2008 Cyber-crooks switch to dynamic code obfuscation to avoid being detected by virus signatures Gathered 6/05/08: Caribou Coffee, Starbucks roll out free WiFi I'm using SiteAdvisor to try help prevent getting Malware CBS bought C/Net - ugh? what YOU and your kid want for Xmas Gathered 6/04/08: Comcast Compressing HDTV Signals to Fit Three Shows into Two Shows' Bandwidth - PICTURE IS WORSE Gathered 5/24/08: HOW TO COPY A CD or DVD USING "ImgBurn" Gathered 5/23/08: APPARENTLY ZONE ALARM & OTHER MALWARE DETECTORS ARE GIVING FALSE POSTIVES ABOUT: Win32.Trojan.Spy.Agent.kb Gathered 5/21/08: Flaw Endangers Debian-Based Encryption Keys Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) Gathered 5/18/08: SHERLOCK - The Codec Detective! (What Codecs are on your Windows system? - are they broken?) Gathered 5/16/08: RUBotted - a free program to find Out if Your PC is Part of a Botnet Gathered 4/24/08: How Windows XP contributes to global warming Toyota Prius - Power Split Device (PSD) HP admits to selling pre-infected USB flash-floppy drives Analysis of Microsoft XP Service Pack 2 - Steve Friedl Gathered 4/18/08: Switch paves way for super iPods MiFare RFID crack more extensive than previously thought Production Volkswagen Up! Promises up to 94 MPG XP SP3 Coming April 21 for OEMs, MSDN/TechNet Subscribers Adobe Pushes for Open Digital Cinema File Format Gathered 4/13/08: Microsoft Windows updates of 4/8/2008 broke a lot of FTP programs, uncluding my WS_FTP95 (on XP) - I had to switch to SmartFTP Client - free for personal use. Ferret out Windows' system-info hiding places An IBM breakthrough in memory Intel Quickpath Interconnect looms - even on slots and cables Intel Quickpath Interconnect looms - even on slots and cables Spyware Horror Story: Toxic Wine - A WINE Virus effecting Linux systems Gathered 4/05/08: Symantec confirms ActiveX bugs in its own consumer software - 4/4/2008 CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO) technology that eliminates the need for quartz crystals Vendor disk failure rates: Myth or metric? Gathered 4/04/08: cell phones towers in homes - usatoday Tracking dots raise privacy concerns Firefox 3 beta 5 released Act soon to try out your TV's converter Wireless of future may use TV band Adobe's Lightroom 2 beta broadens editing horizons RDU Noise Information - PDF ASSURANCE TRIPLE TRED - PASSENGER ALL SEASON Motion detector that can handle Fluorescent lights Gathered 3/28/08: Adobe's new FREE basic, online Photoshop Express Gathered 3/06/08: MSI Showcases Stirling Engine Heatsink - benefits of a cooler with a fan without drawing any power Gathered 3/03/08: FCC approves T-Mobile's buy of SunCom Gathered 3/01/08: MSI Showcases Stirling Engine Heatsink - benefits of a cooler with a fan without drawing any power Mercedes Shows Off 40 MPG Vision GLK BlueTec Hybrid Concept Massive 280 MW Solar Plant Coming to Arizona in 2011 Gathered 2/21/08: Addressing the Superuser Threat: Securing Access to Server Operating Systems 2008 Internet Security Trends Report Gathered 2/13/08: Major Linux security Hole Found Gathered 2/11/08: Can TECH Search engine "Mahalo" save us from Google, Digg, and Wikipedia? Mahalo - a Blog about it Gathered 2/10/08: Be very careful opening ANY Valentine emails - VALENTINE's DAY (2/14/2008) Storm Worm Valentine's Day "Storm Worm" Virus Coming - Switched: Gadgets ... Warnings over Valentine's Day storm worm - News - Tech.co.uk SANS Internet Storm Center - Valentine's Storm Worm WORMS - Recent Attacks Gathered 1/12/08: IBM to administer the government's DTV rebate coupons Gathered 1/11/08: Security design: Why UAC will not work - It's security's dirty little secret: Not having your users logged in as root or administrator will not stop malware Smart Ways to Use Mozilla Firefox free AVG Anti-Root All Privacy & Security Downloads - PC World CES: SentrySafe's Water- and Fireproof Backup Drive guerrillamail - disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes HDMI device adds CEC-capability to consumer electronic, PC designs Microsoft Rumored to Buy Logitech "Green" Light Bulb Buying Guide - CBS Researcher spots year's first QuickTime bug Linux guru offers sneak peek at Kernel Report Security advocates say “vicinity-read” RFID threatens passport holders' privacy Hijacking Printers For Spamming cross-site scripting Phony iPhone Upgrade Hides Malware create any size wall posters from any size imagesTotally Free To Use! Gathered 1/10/08: Car That Doubles as a Backup Generator for Your House Funai announces Blu-ray player for less than $300 Pioneer gets to absolute black with plasma prototype Spaceport America - New Mexico, USA, 2007 Gathered 1/07/08: Flue shots & other vaccines available to travelers at Atlanta'a Airport 2008 Cosumer Electroncs Show (CES) Gathered 1/03/08: IBM buys another data storage company, Israeli XIV Gathered 1/02/08: News flash: Honda tops Toyota Gathered 1/01/08: We bought the Corolla S Apply for your $40 government TV converter box coupon Gathered 12/28/07 - I'm NEW CAR SHOPPING TODAY: ACCENT (Hyundai) ELANTRA (Hyundai) KIA NISSAN RIO (Kia) SUZUKI SX4 (Suzuki) Toyota COROLLA Toyota MATRIX VERSA (Nissan) Gathered 12/27/07 - I'm NEW CAR SHOPPING TODAY: ACCORD (Honda) Chevrolet CIVIC (Honda) COBALT (Chevrolet) ELEMENT (Honda) FIT (Honda) Honda Honda ACCORD Honda CIVIC Honda FIT Honda ELEMENT Hyundai Mazda MAZDA 3 MAZDA 6 RAV4 (Toyota) Suburu Toyota Toyota RAV4 Toyota YARIS YARIS (Toyota) Gathered 12/09/07: Microsoft issues Vista, XP service pack blockers - Tool blocks automatic download of Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 for as long as a year Gathered 12/03/07: Identity theft at the gas station - how to avoid - video Other Identify Theft tips and information Gathered 11/29/07: Zone Alarm Pro Version 7.0.462.000 has been released Gathered 11/21/07: Nancy Pelosi tries to force the Salvation Army to hire people who can't speak English Gathered 11/16/07: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 is out Gathered 11/08/07: Dangerous Made-In-China Products: 2007 Timeline - www.who-sucks.com Recall ordered for toy that turns into Date Rape drug (GHB) when swallowed - Boing Boing Ceramic Heaters Recalled By Lasko; Heaters Could Pose A Fire Hazard - Model#s 5132, 5345, 5362, 5364, 5420, 5532, 5534 and 5566 Lasko Products Inc. Recall of Space Heaters CPSC Recall Alert: Ceramic Heaters Recalled By Lasko | All ... Lasko Recalls Box and Pivoting Floor Fans Posing Fire Hazard Lasko Products - Frequently Asked Questions About Fan Recall Gathered 10/10/07: The Best Linux System Repair Distribution Gets Better Gathered 10/08/07: Is Your Kid Going to Jail Before College? IE 7 Update Drops WGA Validation Requirement (updates available to illegal copies of IE) Gathered 9/28/07: Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user's privacy Sprint's Tiny, High-Speed EVDO Modem Gathered 9/27/07: Can you spot a phish? Play Carnegie Mellon’s game and see Gathered 9/26/07: HDMI 1.3a AV Receivers are out No. 1 China electronics chain to sell Dell PCs Epson's PictureMate Dash photo printer gratifies Backup battery device works Microsoft is quietly telling PC makers they can offer a Windows XP "downgrade" Vista Made Easy: 50 Tips And Tricks First Look: Revision 4 of KDE (K Desktop Excel 2007 Contains Serious Multiplication Bug Ten Must-Have Gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar NetApp-Sun rivalry heats up Gathered 9/25/07: SUN is buying: Cluster File Systems, Inc., creators of (LUSTRE File System - October 1, 2007 This is the "oops" list . . . enjoy Gathered 9/16/07: Windows Updater Performing Unauthorized Updates of Itself? Reverse Outsourcing May Soon Become the Norm as Indian Firms Looks to Hire in U.S. Patent Reform Moves to Senate Facebook Parts Walled Garden, Triggers Privacy Concerns Gathered 8/27/07: New battery is paper thin Voting machine maker illegally sold uncertified systems in California Gathered 8/25/07: RALEIGH, NC STAGE 1 WATER RESTRICTIONS Raleigh sells water to at least 4 other cities. Raleigh Stage 1 Water Restrictions START TUESDAY August 28, 2007 Raleigh Tightening Valve on Outdoor Water Uses :: WRAL.com Stage 1 water restrictions Gathered 8/18/07: Security Articles and Resources - Computerworld Flash drive offers keypad PIN security Infected job search sites,including the popular Monster.com,lead to info theft for 46,000 Spouse cyberspying dangerous, possibly illegal (would anyone care?) Could audio watermarking help make MP3s free? Gathered 8/14/07: Just Say "No Thank You" to Data Disclosure Gathered 8/08/07: Cisco to drop Linksys brand Gathered 7/26/07: LG Debuts New Hybrid Disc Drives - read discs in all currently available formats, including CDs, DVDs, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Patent Reform Fast-tracked Through Senate Committee Ask Allows Users to 'Erase' Searches Top 10 New Features in Windows Server 2008 Gathered 7/23/07: RFID slowly moves out of supply chain Gathered 7/19/07: What are CIOs Getting Paid? Gathered 7/17/07: New USB Turntables Simplify Vinyl-to-MP3 Conversion Gathered 7/15/07: Uh-O Canada: The Newest Nearshore (Job) Threat? LEAD-FREE, toxic-free Water Hoses | Raleigh To Implement New Rules For In-Ground Irrigation Systems - June 28, 2007 Raleigh Year-Round Lawn Irrigation Water Rules Q&A Updated raleigh Year-Round Water Rationing Ordinace #2007 - 235 Gathered 7/11/07: Interesting - latest (7/10/2007) Microsoft XP updates INCLUDE Intel's Processor Patches Gathered 7/06/07: Gadgets will eat almost all of your electricity usage, even on standby The Pokey DVD Drive Newest Firefox 3.0 preview sets stage for beta this month (July, 2007) Video Game Technology Co, Emergent, expanding it's Chapel Hill offices Gathered 7/02/07: PCI Express extensions take aim at AMD Gathered 7/01/07: TiVo Series3 and JVC receivers throw DRM fit - Engadget iPhone and iPod accessories: what works, what doesn't Gathered 6/20/07: MPack Trojan Attack Claims 10,000 Web Sites - 6/18/2007 Gathered 6/18/07: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - Hitachi 1 TB HDD - $399 list DRM in Windows Vista Gathered 5/27/07: Bausch & Lomb: ReNu MultiPlus Solution (and others) Voluntary Recall - Bacterial Contamination BBB: Be Wary of Travel-Related Fraud Abbott Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Baby Formula Gathered 5/25/07: NC Govenor Easly's Hurricane Disaster Supply Kit Recommendations DISASTER PREPAREDNESS & SUPPLIES Gathered 5/22/07: Passports may take over 12 weeks for processing - pay for expedited service You can call this number for your passport status, or go online Gathered 5/16/07: How does the small arrow on your computer monitor work when we move the mouse? Gathered 5/15/07: Apple and friends hit with Cease & Detest for "actively avoiding" use of DRM tech OH-BOY! - HBO's Bob Zitter wants to call DRM "Digital Consumer Enablement" Understanding Single Instance Storage (SIS) - White paper Gathered 5/14/07: Java Security Traps Worsen - 5/9/2007 ANI Trojan Sticks It to Tom's Hardware - patch was available Gathered 5/13/07: Windows VISTA May corrupt iPODS, apple warns Apple: Vista May Corrupt iPods - Software - IT Channel News by CRN ... Vista's Safely Remove Hardware feature and the Windows Explorer "Eject may corrupt iPods - iTunes patch Gathered 5/11/07: Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system Some cheaper LCDs display only 6-bit color, not the usual 8-bit Gathered 5/09/07: UMPC - Ultra-Mobile PC Puma 5 cable modem chip pounces on Docsis 3.0 transition If you get bored.... - Apple Picking Gathered 5/08/07: Living Organism found in high-level nuclear waste MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site You've Been Hacked: Don't Compound the Problem Ubuntu plans mobile Linux version TI's Puma 5 cable modem chip pounces on Docsis 3.0 transition Gathered 4/26/07: Meet the New Linux Kernel: 2.6.21 Florida Might Be Tech's Next Big Hub IBM Mainframes Go 3-D Gathered 4/30/07: Gathered 4/23/07: Mac Hacked Via Safari Browser Gathered 4/22/07: 12 Ways to Be A Security Idiot - 12 Slides Gathered 4/21/07: TASKLIST can ouput running process info to a file Gathered 4/20/07: JavaScript Attacks get Slicker Toshiba Takes the Lead with 200GB Mobile Storage Device Gathered 4/16/07: Microsoft says it has no evidence that the Office 2007 suite is vulnerable to reported flaws Gathered 4/09/07: Eneloop NiMH batteries, that hold charge MUCH longer - INFO Here Eneloop NiMH batteries, that hold charge MUCH longer - BUY Here (Amazon) Join the fight against phishing - Report Phishers - PhishTank WEP can now be cracked in less than ONE MINUTE Gathered 4/06/07: Computer Security Threats - Chart of Characteristics - CACI Gathered 4/05/07: ACID Engine Scans Web for Pirated Multimedia FireFox users really need to install the Microsft ANI (Animated Cursor) Patch, issued 4/3/2007 - Security Bulletin MS07-017 New Sysinternals tools from Microsoft Apple Unveils Eight-Core Mac Pro 8 Core Mac Pro...out now Gathered 4/03/07: iTunes to sell all EMI (except Beatles) songs WITHOUT DRM Kill Spyware by Hand Gathered 3/31/07: Warning: many dryer sheets allegedly contain cancer causing chemicals Gathered 3/28/07: Samsung recalls SD cards due to defective controller IC Toshiba 5GB PC Card Drive Gathered 3/17/07: Federal agencies ban Windows Vista Gathered 3/10/07: Recent Antivirus Tests 2007 anti-virtus software report - anti-virus-software-review Gathered 3/06/07: SEVERE WEATHER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS FLASHLIGHTS - Emergency CARBON MONOXIDE - Detecting & Poisoning Emergency Escape Ladders FIRE DETECTORS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS GAS DETECTORS (natural gas) N95 Particulate Masks Generators, Natural Gas RADIOS - Emergency SMOKE DETECTORS Surge Protectors Surge Protectors - WHOLE HOUSE WIND-UP Emgergency Flashlights & Radios Gathered 3/05/07: Security Hinges Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters GFI/GFCI WATER LEAKS - INSIDE HOUSE WATER LEAKS - OUTSIDE HOUSE THX has an HDTV Video Display Certification Gathered 3/04/07: Viruses Attacking USB Devices Stolen iPods - who has yours? Greenpeace was booted from MacExpo in London for noting that iPods contain toxic chemicals. The new iPod Shuffle uses the minijack for power and music, it does NOT have the docking connector required by many non-Apple iPod products. Gathered 2/19/07: Blu-ray and HD DVD encryption cracked? 3GSM Windows Vista: CNET's complete guide Nvideia's 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS ($300) Upgrade to Vista from scratch Gathered 2/02/07: HP bought Mercury Interactive/Astra (creator of test tools: Loadrunner, Loadtest...). Gathered 1/25/07: eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Linux Distributions Gathered 1/21/07: Office 2007—Something New - eWeek OpenOffice has a WMF vulnerability Create sophisticated professional diagrams with Microsoft Word tools - download Carbon Monoxide - CO1 Fire and Smoke Detectors Natural Gas & Propane Detectors Natural Gas Home Standby Electric Generators Gathered 1/20/07: MacFUSE Release Opens Up File Systems on Mac OS X Gathered 2/24/06: Flu Wiki CDC bird flu page:

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