There is a Zero-day Adobe flash exploit being actively distributed in the wild using SQL injection attacks onto many websites (Securityfocus thinks about 20,000 or more). Reported to be a password sniffer. Yet another reason to run the excellent Firefox addon NoScript. Sources: 1, 2
Categories: Site Updates
I started writing for MakeUseOf, which is a blog for web application and other free, useful programs! I just posted an article on Ditching your cable company with free, legal alternatives. Summary: Ditching your cable company has never been more viable than it is today. The rise of online, streaming TV shows allows you to [...]
Categories: Reviews,Site Updates,Television
Tagged: Ditch Your Cable Company, web application
I recently formatted my laptop and installed Windows first, using half of the hard drive, and then installing Ubuntu 7.10 on the other half. It had been a while since I tried Ubuntu – it has a come a long way – but that is another story. The install worked fine, however at the end, [...]
Categories: Linux,Site Updates,System Administration,Ubuntu
I’ve used RSS readers in the past – they are great for aggregating information from sites which I view. However – adding all of my daily sites, as well as all of my ‘sometimes’ sites I quickly have 50 or 100 RSS Feeds and it is impossible to keep up to date on feeds because [...]
Categories: Site Updates,Software,Tech
Tagged: duplicate, feed, feed reader, Google, posts, rss, wanted, web mirror
I’m trying to get more people to contact me via Skype rather than cell phone – so feel free to use the ‘Skype Me’ button on the right; or Add me to your contact list. By the way, Skype, why won’t you get Caller ID working for US based phone numbers? This is the only [...]
Categories: Programs,Site Updates,Software,Tech
Tagged: caller id, caller identification, cellular telephone, skype, United States, VOIP
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