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October 31, 2004
Google Desktop Search Plus
This includes the ability to add new extensions not yet supported by Google, such as:
.xml
.log (mIRC and Trillian)
.cs, .vb (Visual Studio .NET source code files)
.frm, .bas, .cls (Visual Basic 6 source code files)
any other extension that can be indexed as text (not PDFs etc.)
You can also remove support for any of the extensions that Google included and you do not want indexed.
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10 resume secrets
1. Using technology is preferable to having it use you. A digital resume is the main contact medium for 70 percent of the nation's employers. Not crafting your resume consistent with Internet and search technology will severely limit your reach.
2. Prepare resumes in both presentation (designed for printed copies) and digital (electronic delivery) forms. Understand the implications, limitations and strengths of each.
3. Take the time to do it right. There are very few jobs that do not require a resume as a prerequisite to even being considered as a candidate.
4. The quality of the opportunities you are considered for is a function of the quality of your resume and how you get it delivered.
5. Know yourself and what you want. Until you have examined and weighed both internal factors (your values, interests, skills, accomplishments, capabilities) and external factors (growth companies, corporate values, niche opportunities), you are not equipped to make a compelling case for the kind of work you seek.
6. Gear your resume toward where you want to be by focusing on your future career or job goals. If you rely only on past jobs, you will be preparing a historical document that tells where you have been, not where you are headed.
7. Customize your resumes for the individual jobs you are after. One size does not fit all. You are an individual with distinction.
8. Target delivery of your resume precisely. The best resume in the world will not help you unless it gets to the right person.
9. Avoid generalities. Use objective and summary statements that are custom-tailored to each separate job target. An objective statement tells the reader what you want, and a summary statement shows why you should be considered for the job.
10. Pay close attention to keywords and skills descriptions so you will pass unimpeded through screening filters. At the same time, include material that demonstrates success and accomplishment related to the specific job, so the human reader is motivated to see you.
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Smiling stingray
Cool snapshot I just came across...
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Today's News
Swedish study links tooth loss to memory loss. Think of your teeth as little USB drives
When sunbathing in your driveway, make sure you don't have bad drivers coming to visit
Teacher kicks student for wearing Republican shirt
If you're a laboratory frog at California State University, don't expect dinner anytime soon
Bus falls off 650-foot cliff. Probably wouldn't be a big deal except it was full of people
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Happy Halloween
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Help this polar bear celebrate Halloween
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Presidential Halloween costumes
Bush
Cheney
Kerry
Edwards
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October 29, 2004
Today's Links
Game - Table Tenis
Really addictive table tennis game
Video - Cat without gravity
Video of a cat in space
Link - Getting married on a video game?
This definetly makes you a geek
Video - Amazing card trick
This is the coolest card trick ever
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The choice
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Brain scan reveals difference between democrats and republicans
Republicans are the red line and democrats are the blue line... read the article for more info
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October 28, 2004
Ashlee Simpson iPod Karaoke Edition
Like no other, iPod Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition stands out. Virgin white, it features the new Apple Fast-Forward Click Button and, on the flip side, complete how to use instructions. Available for just $349, it comes with enough money to use a pay phone for calling your daddy, your agent or both, when you get caught lip syncing live on national television. We have also included some Kleenex for those special times when your entire fan base realizes your nothing but a talentless hack.
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Demoticon Dictionary
For all you MSNMers, here's how to use emoticons...
"
= I am a homo"
"
" = I am from New Zealand"
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Today's Links
Link - This guy responds to all his spam
A website about a guy that responds to all the spam he gets
Link - Underwater pumpkin carving
Flash - Pumpkin Carving
Carve a virtual pumpkin
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50 ways to have fun in the computer lab
1. Log on, wait a sec, then get a frightened look on your face and
scream "Oh my God! They've found me!" and bolt.
2. Laugh uncontrollably for about 3 minutes & then suddenly stop
and look suspiciously at everyone who looks at you.
3. When your computer is turned off, complain to the monitor on
duty that you can't get the damn thing to work. After he/she's
turned it on, wait 5 minutes,turn it off again, & repeat the
process for a good half hour.
4. Type frantically, often stopping to look at the person next to
you evily.
5. Before anyone else is in the lab, connect each computer to a
different screen than the one it's set up with.
6. Write a program that plays the "Smurfs" theme song and play
it at the highest volume possible over & over again.
7. Work normally for a while. Suddenly look amazingly startled
by something on the screen and crawl underneath the desk.
8. Ask the person next to you if they know how to tap into
top-secret Pentagon files.
9. Use Interactive Send to make passes at people you don't know.
10. Make a small ritual sacrifice to the computer before you turn
it on.
11. Bring a chainsaw, but don't use it. If anyone asks why you have
it, say "Just in case..." mysteriously.
12. Type on VAX for a while. Suddenly start cursing for 3 minutes
at everything bad about your life. Then stop and continue
typing.
13. Enter the lab, undress, and start staring at other people as
if they're crazy while typing.
14. Light candles in a pentagram around your terminal before
starting.
15. Ask around for a spare disk. Offer $2. Keep asking until
someone agrees. Then, pull a disk out of your fly and say,
"Oops, I forgot."
16. Every time you press Return and there is processing time
required, pray "Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease," and
scream "YES!" when it finishes.
17. "DISK FIGHT!!!"
18. Start making out with the person at the terminal next to you
(It helps if you know them, but this is also a great way to make
new friends).
19. Put a straw in your mouth and put your hands in your pockets.
Type by hitting the keys with the straw.
20. If you're sitting in a swivel chair, spin around singing
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" whenever there is processing time
required.
21. Draw a pictue of a woman (or man) on a piece of paper, tape it
to your monitor. Try to seduce it. Act like it hates you and
then complain loudly that women (men) are worthless.
22. Try to stick a Ninetendo cartridge into the 3 1/2 disk drive.
When it doesn't work, get the supervisor.
23. When you are on an IBM, and when you turn it on, ask loudly
where the smiling Apple face is.
24. Print out the complete works of Shakespeare, then when its
all done (two days later) say that all you wanted was one line.
25. Sit and stare at the screen, biting your nails noisily. After
doing this for a while, spit them out at the feet of the person
next to you.
26. Stare at the screen, grind your teeth, stop, look at the person
next to you, grinding. Repeat procedure, making sure you never
provoke the person enough to let them blow up, as this releases
tension, and it is far more effective to let them linger.
27. If you have long hair, take a typing break, look for split ends,
cut them and deposit them on your neighbor's keyboard as you
leave.
28. Put a large, gold-framed portrait of the British Royal Family
on your desk and loudly proclaim that it inspires you.
29. Come to the lab wearing several layers of socks. Remove shoes
and place them of top of the monitor. Remove socks layer by
layer and drape them around the monitor. Exclaim sudden haiku
about the aesthetic beauty of cotton on plastic.
30. Take the keyboard and sit under the computer. Type up your
paper like this. Then go to the lab supervisor and complain
about the bad working conditions.
31. Laugh hysterically, shout "You will all perish in flames!!!" and
continue working.
32. Bring some dry ice & make it look like your computer is smoking.
33. Assign a musical note to every key (ie. the Delete key is A
Flat, the B key is F sharp, etc.). Whenever you hit a key,
hum its note loudly. Write an entire paper this way.
34. Attempt to eat your computer's mouse.
35. Borrow someone else's keyboard by reaching over, saying "Excuse
me, mind if I borrow this for a sec?", unplugging the keyboard &
taking it.
36. Bring in a bunch of magnets and have fun.
37. When doing calculations, pull out an abacus and say that
sometimes the old ways are best.
38. Play Pong for hours on the most powerful computer in the lab.
39. Make a loud noise of hitting the same key over and over again
until you see that your neighbor is noticing (You can hit the
space bar so your fill isn't affected). Then look at your
neighbor's keyboard. Hit his/her delete key several times,
erasing an entire word. While you do this, ask: "Does *your*
delete key work?" Shake your head, and resume hitting the space
bar on your keyboard. Keep doing this until you've deleted
about a page of your neighbor's document. Then, suddenly
exclaim: "Well, whaddya know? I've been hitting the space bar
this whole time. No wonder it wasn't deleting! Ha!" Print out
your document and leave.
40. Remove your disk from the drive and hide it. Go to the lab
monitor and complain that your computer ate your disk. (For
special effects, put some Elmer's Glue on or around the disk
drive. Claim that the computer is drooling.)
41. Stare at the person's next to your's screen, look really
puzzled, burst out laughing, and say "You did that?" loudly.
Keep laughing, grab your stuff and leave, howling as you go.
42. Point at the screen. Chant in a made up language while making
elaborate hand gestures for a minute or two. Press return or the
mouse, then leap back and yell "COVEEEEERRRRRR!" peek up from
under the table, walk back to the computer and say. "Oh, good.
It worked this time," and calmly start to type again.
43. Keep looking at invisible bugs and trying to swat them.
44. See who's online. Send a total stranger a talk request. Talk to
them like you've known them all your lives. Hangup before they
get a chance to figure out you're a total stranger.
45. Bring an small tape player with a tape of really absurd sound
effects. Pretend it's the computer and look really lost.
46. Pull out a pencil. Start writing on the screen. Complain that
the lead doesn't work.
47. Come into the computer lab wearing several endangered species of
flowers in your hair. Smile incessantly. Type a sentence, then
laugh happily, exclaim "You're such a marvel!!", and kiss the
screen. Repeat this after every sentence. As your ecstasy
mounts, also hug the keyboard. Finally, hug your neighbor, then
the computer assistant, and walk out.
48. Run into the computer lab, shout "Armageddon is here!!!!!", then
calmly sit down and begin to type.
49. Quietly walk into the computer lab with a Black and Decker
chainsaw, rev that baby up, and then walk up to the nearest
person and say, "Give me that computer or you'll be feeding my
pet crocodile for the next week".
50. Two words: Tesla Coil.
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Firefox 1.0 RC1
This new release of firefox includes over 250 bug fixes since Firefox 1.0 PR.
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Eclipse photos from around the world
See last night's eclipse photos at this website
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October 27, 2004
Total lunar eclipse tonight
Enthusiastic skywatchers try to never miss a total eclipse of the Moon. The spectacle is often more beautiful and interesting than one would think. The next opportunity is Wednesday, Oct. 27.
The Moon, normally lit by sunlight, will enter and later emerge from the shadow of Earth. Much of the change will be obvious. But secondary phenomena may be overlooked.
This chronology includes some of the things you might expect to see. Probably not all of those mentioned will occur because no two eclipses are exactly the same. But many will, and those who know what to look for have a better chance of seeing it!
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Interesting new search engine
"Mooter is an innovative young company which aims to help you effectively navigate through information. We use intelligent algorithms to understand the meanings of bodies of information, and cluster the themes within them. We dynamically personalize your searching experience to make it as effortless as possible."
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Britney Spears at a new low
Here's a picture of Britney Spears with acne cream, wearing a "Seize the Ass" hat, and picking her nose...
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AIM Fix 1.0
free AIM VIRUS REMOVAL - Remove all known AIM viruses with one consolidated removal tool
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Today's News
Lee Malvo gets life in prison without parole
Man pledges love to 15-year-old by mailing her father his pinkie. Twice
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October 26, 2004
ABC Early Voting Poll: Bush Ahead
ABC News reported Tuesday that polling of people who have already voted shows George Bush with the lead over John Kerry by a significant margin, 51% to 47%.
The network reports that this early voting represents 1 in every ten voters who will likely vote through Election Day.
But the poll results "doesn't mean Bush is 'winning' the absentee vote; the difference is within sampling tolerances. And among all likely voters, including those waiting for Election Day, the race is essentially tied: Forty-nine percent support Kerry and 48 percent Bush, with 1 percent for Ralph Nader in interviews Friday through Monday."
ABC's early voting polls also don't show results for key battleground states like Florida and Ohio. Democrats are already saying privately that results in key states look good for Kerry.
From NewsMax.com
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iPod Photo
New iPod for pictures - 65k color screen. Has an AV cable so you can hook it up to your TV and make a slideshow. Starts shipping in a few weeks
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Graphene, the world’s first 2-dimensional fabric
Researchers at The University of Manchester and Chernogolovka, Russia have created the first-ever single-atom-thick substance, a fabric they call “graphene”. The substance is stable, flexible, and highly conductive, and researchers believe it could be used to create computers made from a single molecule. Professor Andre Geim at The University of Manchester was able to extract a single plane of graphite crystal, resulting in the new fabric. The hope is that the fabric will be used in the future to create nanotubes, transistors for microscopic computers, that could result in some seriously small electronic gadgetry.
[via engadget]
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Build a Linux machine for $100
Now that Steve Ballmer wants to make PC's cost $100 to bring down software piracy, you can build a Linux machine for just $100... and all the software is free!
$18 - Celeron 700MHz 66MHz 128K FCPGA CPU OEM (socket 370)
$25 - ASUS MEW-AM Mainboard Socket 370 supporting Intel Celeron 300~533+ Onboard sound/video
$40 - 1 512mb Stick of PC100 Ram $58 if 2 256mb sticks are required.
$3 - Encore - 10/100 VIA Chipset NIC
$24 - COMP-USA ATX Case w 250W Power Supply.
$2 - Generic heatsink
Total = $112
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Today's News
Don't let your child swallow two magnets at the same time. One is okay
Father and daughter pepper-sprayed by intruder. Intruder gets sprayed with lead by father
More then half of all wireless data to cellphones is porn.
Florida hurricanes expose pirate treasure on beach, Arrrrr
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October 25, 2004
Today's Links
Flash - Kung-fu
Reminds me of old gameboy games
Flash - Ant city
You are a giant ant with a magnifying glass
Link - Young Justin Timberlake
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Do I even need to comment on this one?
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Xandros Recruits Desktop OS Testers
By Nate Mook, BetaNews
October 21, 2004, 11:37 AM
With the third version of its Linux desktop nearing release, Xandros has begun accepting beta test applications.
Little is known about Xandros Desktop OS 3.0, but the latest Linux kernel and software packages such as KDE are expected to be included. Xandros touts "unrivaled compatibility with Microsoft Windows" with its operating system, which it purchased from Corel and licensed to Lindows -- now known as Linspire -- for its low-cost PCs.
Xandros says it will select beta testers with a broad range of experiences, from novice to expert Linux users.
"We are soon entering the final development phase of this exciting new release and our Quality Assurance team is looking for beta testers with all types and levels of experience to put our software to the acid test," said Ming Poon, VP for Software Development at Xandros.
The final version of Xandros Desktop OS 3.0 is scheduled for release before the end of the year. "Our Version 3 release will set a new standard for mainstream desktop features and usability," said Poon.
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Today's News
Kids flood school to get out of exam
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October 23, 2004
Today's News
Plague found in Colorado Springs. Suddenly that flu vaccine shortage isn't sounding too bad
Two bank robbers forced to flee after one accidentally drops bogus gun, watches it shatter on floor
As if typhoons aren't enough -- massive quakes hit back-to-back in Japan
9/11 Commission member announces Bin Laden located
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October 22, 2004
McDonalds Ads gone bad
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Today's Links
Video - Florida Voting
The truth about Florida Polls
News- Man charged with forgery tries to get out of jail with a forged document
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Google Reports Increased Profits
"According to Yahoo! News, Google has reported increased profits compared to the year-ago numbers in its first quarterly earnings report as a publicly held company. Google's revenue figures more than doubled, leaping to $805.9 million from $393.9 million. Google shares closed today at $149.38."
[via /.]
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Would You Drink This Water?
NEWater looks like any other glacier-clear bottled H20. Except, reports Salon, it gushes from the toilets of Singapore instead of a bubbling spring. NEWater is the product of Singapore's new water-treatment system, and it's wastewater that's been purified through advanced synthetic membranes called ZeeWeed, which could help 20% of the world's population that doesn't have easy access to clean water."
[via /.]
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Today's News
Man up on drug charges appears in court with "cocaine" t-shirt. Hilarity does not ensue
The universe was born at 6:00 pm on Saturday October 22, 4004 BC. Today is its 6,000th birthday
National Hurricane Center finally realizes their storm track forecasts suck
You know there's a nip in the air when 20 crabs rain down on you
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October 21, 2004
Google Desktop Search Under Fire
"Cnn and many other sources are jumping on the Google-privacy-bash bandwagon, they are carrying stories warning of more privacy implications regarding Google's Desktop Search, "if it's installed on computers at libraries and Internet cafes, users could unwittingly allow people who follow them on the PCs, for example, to see sensitive information in e-mails they've exchanged. That could mean revealed passwords, conversations with doctors, or viewed Web pages detailing online purchases." ... Type in "hotmail.com" and you'll get copies, or stored caches, of messages that previous users have seen. Enter an e-mail address and you can read all the messages sent to and from that address. Type "password" and get password reminders that were sent back via e-mail."
[via /.]
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Today's News
Wal-Mart bans Jon Stewart's new book "America" for indecency
Human genes: 20,000. Mustard genes: 27,000
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October 20, 2004
Get firefox
It's sooo much better than IE....
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More Geek Pick-up Lines
1. You had me at "Hello World"
2. Mind if I run a sniffer to see if your ports are open?
3. You make me want to upgrade my Tivo.
4. You can put a Trojan on my Hard Drive anytime
5. Have you ever googled yourself?
6. How about we do a little peer-to-peer saliva swapping?
7. With my IQ and your body we could begin a arace of genetic superchildren to conquer the earth.
8. I'm attracted to you so strongly, scientists will hvae to develop a fifth fundamental force.
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Today's News
Just in case you were wondering, Henry Earl is in jail. Again
Extra 2.6 million flu shots found in the attic, next to the Constitution
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October 19, 2004
Tiny remote to turn off almost any TV
This nifty little device called the TV B Gone is a keychain fob that you can use to turn off a TV in bars, airports, etc.
The keychain has only one button which will spit out over 209 different TV codes to eventually find the right one and turn the TV off.
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More Links
Video - Indian Call Center
A guy decides that he would rather take his computer to India than talk to an Indian on the phone
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Today's News
The dangers of jumping into a pile of raked leaves now includes total paralysis
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October 18, 2004
Today's Links
News - Analyst: Gas Prices Jump With Oil Prices
This guy is pretty smart
Link - Dare the Idiots
Dare these guys to do anything and then they will do it
Flash - Desert Beagle
Don't stare at this for too long or else you will go crazy
Link - Dog owners are sadists
The weird things people dress their dogs in
Flash - Stage Dive
Gets really boring after a while
Game - Control those balls
Good puzzle game
Link - How Caffeine Works
For all you coffee drinkers, Coke drinkers, and Jolt gum eaters...this is for you
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GMail Drive 1.02
GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files to.
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Today's News
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Things Google Plans to Do with Their IPO Money
If you can't tell, I'm on a role with Google stuff right now...
1. From this day forward, always get extra cheese on the pizza
2. Hire staff to create Google in more silly languages like Klingon and French
3. Hire hitmen to take care of all of the bloggers involved in Google bombing
4. Buy t-shirts for everyone saying, "My company had an IPO and all I got were these lousy stock options worth $30,000,000."
5. Quit while they're ahead
6. Pay marketing company 1.2 billion for 10 new words that rhyme with Google
7. Stop using Froogle to buy their toner cartridges
8. Prove once and for all that money really can buy happiness
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Google Expands Search Empire with Life Search
By Jeremy Mikesell
Mountain View, CA - Following quickly after the beta release of it new Desktop Search technology. Google unveiled the latest product in their ever-growing line of search utilities, Google Life Search.
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Laura Casper, Google's director of consumer web products states, "We think of this as the photographic memory you never had. Simply type in what you are looking for and Google Life Search will quickly locate that item. For example if I enter 'car keys' Life Search responds with the result 'In your pocket', and there they are right where it said! There is also a cached version to show you were your keys were."
Google based the software on its internet search engine, and technology it acquired from MindScan, which it picked up with money raised in its IPO. It takes up to three days to index a person's entire brain, during which time the person must remain motionless in front of the computer. "That shouldn't be hard for the geeks interested in the service," said Casper.
Several regular contributors to the tech site Slashdot posted reports of suspected problems in the new search algorithm saying they entered the term "life" and were presented with a "Result Not Found" error. They were presented, however, with several ads for internet dating services and online gaming sites.
Google stressed the company will not be able to peer into people's thoughts. Privacy advocates, however, claim this is another step by the search engine giant into people's personal lives. Joshua Brandt from Public Privacy Research an independent privacy review firm charges, "This is the end of the personal privacy. Google now knows everything you read on the web, they search your e-mail and now they know about the dope hiding in your sock drawer."
Brandt offered to show how this information was transmitted secretly to Google headquarters, but was unable to locate his laptop computer, which he claims he "just saw a few minutes ago in his office."
In response to privacy concerns Google's Casper claims, "These accusations are groundless and Brandt's laptop is exactly where he left it this morning; in the truck of his car."
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Google Desktop Search
I just installed this and its awesome. You can search through Outlook mail, AOL IMs, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Web history, HTTPS, and much more with this. Once you go to Google.com, it shows another category for "Desktop". There's also been some controversy about privacy issues, but Google's privacy policy states that no information is sent to them unless you choose to send non-personal usage data and crash reports. Anyway, I love it... Click here to download
Here are some screenshots...
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October 17, 2004
SAT Answers
The following questions and answers were collated from SAT tests given in Springdale, Arkansas in 2000 to 16-year-old students!
(Don't laugh too hard - one of these may be the president someday.)
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: What is a planet?
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
Q; Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (E.g., abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A,E,I,O and U.
Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.
Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: What is the most common form of birth control?
A: Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section."
A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome.
Q: What is a seizure?
A: A Roman emperor.
Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are sick at the airport
Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.
Q: What does the word "benign" mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab wears on his head.
Q: What's a Hindu?
A: It lays eggs
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Dropload... store files online for later use
You can use this free service to drop off a file and it will be stored on their server for 7 days... use it to share your mp3's with friends, etc. 100mb limit
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Tim's Chemistry Exam
"This is basically the 'best of' from my mid year chemistry exam. It's not entirely brilliant, but perhaps it's a good bit of entertainment. The teacher wrote 'not marked' on the front, but most of it actually did get marked, so I guess it took a while before [s]he realised that I was just playing around."
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Will Google say Hello to IM?
Google watchers abuzz about the search darling's new desktop tool are already betting on its next product: instant chat.
Such speculation isn't new, but it's gained legs as some intriguing facts have come to light this week. First, although few people seem to realize it, Google already owns an instant-messaging (IM) client called Hello that it picked up this summer with its acquisition of photo-sharing service Picasa.
Meanwhile, code uncovered in the Google Desktop Search tool released Tuesday suggests that the company may have broader plans to integrate IM into its growing list of products.
Richard Smith, a well-known security consultant, said he examined the code in the desktop application and found included in the program files a new protocol: "google_im://". (A protocol allows desktop software to interact with the Web browser.) "This is a good sign there's an IM client," he said.
A Google representative said the protocol flagged by Smith does not hint at a pending Google IM product; rather, it is merely a component used to capture IM data from America Online Instant Messenger and make it searchable on the desktop.
Smith also unearthed some of the history behind the desktop search application, the most ambitious new product launch for Google since its $1.7 billion initial public offering earlier this year. For example, before it was named Google Desktop Search, the software was code-named Total Recall, according to a file name detected in the software by Smith. Google confirmed the handle and said the project had also previously taken the code name "Fluffy Bunny."
Right or wrong, the guesswork is a seemingly irresistible sport among technology buffs and investors, driving endless speculation about Google's next steps and perpetuating a Wonka-like mystique about the company. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, founded in 1998, has also been rumored in the last year to be working on a Web browser, a thin-client operating system, and a searchable digital archive of library and reference material, supposedly code-named Project Ocean.
To be sure, it's not a stretch to imagine Google's future. Just look at its past. In six years, the company has gone from a straightforward search engine to a Web portal extraordinaire, with an advertising network, comparison shopping service, e-mail and Web publishing products.
Perhaps half the fun in the conjecture is the detective work involved in tracking a highly secretive company.
Smith ran a string utility search on the binary files in the desktop application, found the protocol "googlemail://" and next to it "google_im://." He speculated that the Google e-mail protocol could eventually help the desktop application interact with the company's free Web-based search service, Gmail.
Web loggers at the Digital Life conference in New York were atwitter with the possibilities of a Google IM tool.
Google has incorporated Picasa's photo-sharing technology into its Blogger Web publishing service to help people publish photos to their blogs. But it has largely kept Picasa's IM technology under wraps.
"It's a good bet that as Google integrates Picasa better with the rest of its services, Hello will be its chat client, with full feature support for Gmail and Google Desktop. And if you are worried about security, Google claims that it's more secure than AOL Instant Messenger," said Nathan Weinberg, who runs the InsideGoogle blog.
[via C|Net]
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Great picture
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Theme: If insects ruled the world...
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October 16, 2004
Today's News
Is that a Northern Snakehead in the Great Lakes, or are you just happy to see me?
Cow leads police, firefighters and animal control officers on really, really low-speed chase
Day before yesterday, man watches"The Day After Tomorrow," then burns down his home
95 cars in multiple accidents shut down I-95. Cleanup expected to take 95 hours and cost $95 million
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October 15, 2004
Coke versus Pepsi: It's all in the head
The preference for Coke versus Pepsi is not only a matter for the tongue to decide, Samuel McClure and his colleagues have found. Brain scans of people tasting the soft drinks reveal that knowing which drink they're tasting affects their preference and activates memory-related brain regions that recall cultural influences. Thus, say the researchers, they have shown neurologically how a culturally based brand image influences a behavioral choice.
These choices are affected by perception, wrote the researchers, because "there are visual images and marketing messages that have insinuated themselves into the nervous systems of humans that consume the drinks."
Even though scientists have long believed that such cultural messages affect taste perception, there had been no direct neural probes to test the effect, wrote the researchers. Findings about the effects of such cultural information on the brain have important medical implications, they wrote.
"There is literally a growing crisis in obesity, type II diabetes, and all their sequelae that result directly from or are exacerbated by overconsumption of calories. It is now strongly suspected that one major culprit is sugared colas," they wrote.
Besides the health implications of studying soft drink preference, the researchers decided to use Coke and Pepsi because-- even though the two drinks are nearly identical chemically and physically--people routinely strongly favor one over the other. Thus, the two soft drinks made excellent subjects for rigorous experimental studies.
In their study, the researchers first determined the Coke versus Pepsi preference of 67 volunteer subjects, both by asking them and by subjecting them to blind taste tests. They then gave the subjects sips of one drink or the other as they scanned the subjects' brains using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this widely used imaging technique, harmless magnetic fields and radio signals are used to measure blood flow in regions of the brain, with such flow indicating brain activity levels. In the experiments, the sips were preceded by either "anonymous" cues of flashes of light or pictures of a Coke or Pepsi can.
The experimental design enabled the researchers to discover the specific brain regions activated when the subjects used only taste information versus when they also had brand identification. While the researchers found no influence of brand knowledge for Pepsi, they found a dramatic effect of the Coke label on behavioral preference. The brand knowledge of Coke both influenced their preference and activated brain areas including the "dorsolateral prefrontal cortex" and the hippocampus. Both of these areas are implicated in modifying behavior based on emotion and affect. In particular, wrote the researchers, their findings suggest "that the hippocampus may participate in recalling cultural information that biases preference judgments."
The researchers concluded that their findings indicate that two separate brain systems--one involving taste and one recalling cultural influence--in the prefrontal cortex interact to determine preferences.
That being said... Coke is better
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Front page has cleaned up their code
The bad thing is that it's still better than the old version
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Tracing printers: Your home printouts of the Anarchist Cookbook anonymous no more
Just when you thought printing out those reams of terrorist training pamphlets at home was perfectly safe, along comes some nosy Purdue researchers who’ve developed a technique to trace documents to their original printers (both laser and eventually inkjet, they claim). Apparently subtle print characteristics and “intrinsic signatures” left by the printers can act like a fingerprint, or more accurately, like a person’s handwriting style. We know this is supposed to be used for tracing terrorists and counterfeiters and everything, but we’re going to immediately demand they trace the origins of all this Spock-on-Kirk fanfic we found on the subway the other day.
[via Engadget]
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Today's News
Nearly one-in-four businesses rely on pirated software. Your boss wants immunity
According to report from Popular Science, your job is not as bad as being an Anal Wart Researcher
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October 14, 2004
Google sms service
When we originally reported about Google’s new SMS service, we were pretty sure they would be rolling out new search features and functions over time. Looks like this may be happening for driving directions sooner than later. As MobileTracker reports, sending a “directions” message to Google SMS (46645, or GOOGL), returns “Looking for driving directions? Unfortunately this feature is not yet supported.” Of course, this sort of thing would require a more complex search string, something like “Directions 10016 1300 Fann St 92804” in order to get from zip 10016 to 1300 Fann St. in the 92804 zip code, unless it already saves where you’re starting from. That might a lot to ask for (esp. since Google SMS is already free), but we can hope, can’t we?
[via Engadget]
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Google Desktop Search Beta
Publisher's Description:
Google Desktop Search provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks.
Google Desktop Search introduces new ways to access relevant and timely information. When you view a web page in Internet Explorer, it "caches" or stores its content so that you can later look at that same version of the page, even if its live content has changed or you're offline. It organizes email search results into conversations, so that all email messages in the same thread are grouped into a single search result.
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Zeus robotic system being tested for wireless space surgery
A robotic surgical system called Zeus is being tested for remote, wireless surgy done underwater aimed at a near same procedure in space. In Key Largo, Florida the Aquarius lab will be doing a gall bladder removal surgery on a dummy. The surgens in Ontario, controlling the whole things through the Zeus robotics system, several thousand miles away. The idea is that if a astronaut in space needs a surgery instead of coming back to earth they can get into a suit and have a Zeus robot do the surgery.
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Today's News
Today's "97 cats, seven dogs, several reptiles and a seagull" story brought to by Yonkers, New York
"While police debated what to do with the snake on the tracks, a train rumbled into the station"
Cell phones will soon be able to double as credit cards. What could possibly go wrong?
Easy Bake Oven championships taking place in NYC today. No matter who wins, the judges lose
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Today's Links
Game - Catch the numbers
Try to catch the numbers in order
Game - Get the car out
Try to get the car out of the lot
Flash - The Llama Song
The llama song, what more is there to say?
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October 13, 2004
Cell Phones Double as Credit Card
Motorola is the latest company to move towards adding a payment function to its line of cell phones, the company announced this week
The payment function will be based on Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology. NFC is a short-range wireless technology that can be used for a variety of functions, such as payment, identification, and communication.
When used for communications, NFC can allow a handset to wirelessly transfer a digital photograph to an NFC-enabled television or download digital music files from a computer. The technology is also used in contactless smart cards for payment and transport systems in Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
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Transmitting Data Via Led
We know what you’re thinking. Crazy flashing lights equals Pokemon-style seizures, but the Japanese scientists who have developed a method of communicating by flashing LED lights at extremely high rates that are faster than the human eye can possibly detect. They’re investigating it as an alternative to using radio waves for position detection (which they is way too inaccurate and theoretically their LED system is precise to within a few millimeters), and also for creating traffic signals which can beam information to your car.
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Run Mac OS X on your PC
Maui X-Stream (extreme, get it?) has launched CherryOS, a Mac OS X software emulator for $50 that lets you simulate a G4 Mac on your PC. It runs at 80 percent efficiency, meaning if you had a 2Ghz PC, you would be running your CherryOS on roughly a 1.6Ghz G4, the other 20 percent of CPU cycles being used up by the emulator (color us skeptical about how well the emulator actually works). They’re also working on a standalone version where you don’t even need Windows at all, but we’re sure Apple will have something to say about that sooner or later. This reminded us of the free PowerPC emulator PearPC, but that didn’t exactly set the world on fire either and now development on the project seems to have waned. If you’re not quite ready to take the plunge but still want that OS X look and feel, check out our guide to turning your PC into a Mac.
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Wireless purple pill
The aptly-named "Jonah" pill contains a wireless temperature sensor to remotely monitor your vital signs. The pill is part of the VitalSense physiological monitoring system designed by the Mini Mitter Company in collaboration with the US Army.
minimitter101104.2"VitalSense proved to be a real lifesaver in a recent study of wildland firefighters in Montana. The study was designed to evaluate heat stress in high intensity work environments. Canadian coaches used VitalSense to evaluate the physiological status of Canadian triathletes training for all three legs (swimming, biking and running) of their event in the 2004 summer Olympics. In another athletic related study, Nike® is using VitalSense to test heat dissipation in clothing."
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Today's Links
Link - ebay selling a submarine
Need a $1,000,000 sub-marine?
News - Google to fight crime
Google is now helping the law
News - 60 women fights crocodile
Hopefully the oldest person to fight a crocodile
Link - Optical Illusions
Website full of optical illusions
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Cool game
Game - Yeti 7: Snowboarding
The latest addition to the Yeti Sports games
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Today's News
Professional wrestler accused of being a little too realistic after stabbing opponent 14 times
Britney wants to change her last name to "Federline." Apparently "McUsedupskank" was already taken
"Caffeine withdrawal" may officially become a mental disorder
Man asks Kinko's employee for help copying child porn. Jailarity ensues (with mugshot)
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October 12, 2004
MSN Messenger hit by virus, outage
12.10.2004 13:10:46
Robert Lemos
CNET News.com
October 12, 2004, 09:30 BST
Microsoft has admitted that it is battling with its instant messaging service on two fronts, after a technical glitch caused service outages and a virus propagated itself over the service
People using Microsoft's instant-messaging software, MSN Messenger, may have been a mite lonely this weekend, with only a virus to keep them company.
The software giant acknowledged on Monday that it continued to battle a technical glitch that prevented MSN users from logging on to the service's instant-messaging system for the past three days. The problems, which several users complained about on discussion forums frequented by network administrators, caused several hours of outages on Monday morning.
The problems also coincided with the emergence of a new computer virus, known as Funner, that spreads using the MSN instant-messaging service and tries to direct people to a Web site, www.78p.com. However, security software firm Symantec found no evidence that the virus, which had only spread to a small number of PCs, had caused any disruptions.
"From what we have been able to see, it tries to send itself out to all of your MSN Messenger contacts," said Oliver Friedrichs, senior director of Symantec's security response team. "But we have only seen about 34 submissions in the last 24 hours -- really not that significant."
The virus changes the configuration of an infected computer so that users who try to browse to one of more than 900 Web sites will be redirected to www.78p.com, according to information on Symantec's Web site. The virus may also attempt to download additional functionality from the site. The site, however, appears to be down.
By early afternoon on Monday, a representative of Microsoft said, the company had fixed the issues that had prevented its users from logging on to Messenger.
"The system is now back up and running," the spokesperson said at 1 p.m. PDT. "We believe that the problem is now fixed." The spokesperson did not comment on whether there was a connection between the new virus and the outage.
The spokesperson would not give further details about the problem, except to say that the Monday morning outage was due to "administrative maintenance".
The latest outage for the Microsoft Network was the focus of a discussion among network administrators on the mailing list for the North American Network Operators Group.
"Problems were going on all day [Sunday]," said one member, who did not know until he saw the discussion that the problem was more widespread. "Good to know that I am not alone."
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Hackers can launch attacks over IM
12.10.2004 13:12:12
Dan Ilett
ZDNet UK
October 11, 2004, 15:05 BST
Hackers have created a 'proof-of-concept' instant messaging tool that can scan and disable networks
Security experts have discovered an instant messaging tool that could change the way denial-of-service (DoS) attacks are performed.
Combining the open-source tool nmap -- a program that discovers devices on a network -- with an IM bot, hackers can infiltrate, steal information and carry out denial-of-service attacks on networks, says the director of security for Whitehat UK, Jason Hart.
IM runs over port 80, which is often regarded as a trusted port because Internet traffic travels through it. Nmap uses ping requests and port scans to discover network devices.
"The bot could send itself to 10,000 addresses, which could then attack one IP address," said Hart. "This means that denial-of-service attack has taken on a whole new meaning. What's worrying is that this would look internal."
If instructed, the nmap bot is capable of a DoS attack by sending a massive amount of pings, a term hackers have dubbed 'the ping of death'.
"IM has always been a major concern," said Hart. "Just imagine the consequences -- it can do a ping of death from an internal address, which confuses administrators. And the technology might not know to protect from the inside."
For the bot to run, it must be executed via either a download, an attachment, or a .JPEG file, and so won't run automatically. However, many of these approaches require little or no social engineering -- hence the huge increase in simple phishing attacks. Although the tool is still in its proof-of-concept stage, Hart said that he has been able to make it work in the lab, and that it may already have been used in the real world, but simply been undetected.
"Between now and Christmas we're going to see some major developments in the hacking world," he added.
Many firms favour IM over email to get around compliance regulations, which require them to log all emails. In this year's SANS top 20 vulnerabilities, threat research director Ross Patel highlighted IM as a major cause for concern.
Whitehat's Hart advised companies to avoid use of IM: "Don't use instant messenger. Anything going over port 80 should be checked and controlled. The easiest way of preventing the bot is by stopping people installing software."
To see a proof-of-concept example of the nmap bot, see: http://www.sharp-ideas.net.
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Jackson 'bid to buy ghost'
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Today's Links
Game - Do you have ninja skills?
You are a ninja and have to get around the soldiers and stay away from the star
Link - MS Paint masterpiece
This guy spent five hours making this, only in paint
Flash - Scrabble
A sad movie about scrabble
Flash - Egg Song
Someone had way too much time on there hands
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October 11, 2004
Gmail hack 0.9b
Lost your Gmail password? (or your friend's?)
Now you can perform a brute force/dictionary attact against Gmail accounts
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Threat or nuisance?
What exactly is a "nuisance level" of terrorism, anyway? How were terrorists only a nuisance before 9/11, when they suddenly (in Kerry's world) became a threat? How can you tell when your terrorists are at that mythical, tolerable September 10th level? A handy guide might help.
Nuisance: Terrorists who set a bag of dog crap on fire on the doormat, then ring the bell and run away.
Threat: Terrorists who set up IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) and run away.
Nuisance: Terrorists who give their victims a wedgie.
Threat: Terrorists who behead their victims on video.
Nuisance: Terrorists who wear outrageous clothing to make a statement.
Threat: Terrorists who commit mass murder to make a statement.
Nuisance: Terrorists who demand your lunch money.
Threat: Terrorists who demand criminals be freed from prison.
Nuisance: Terrorists who take pennies from the "take a penny" dish at the 7-11 without ever leaving one.
Threat: Terrorists who take hostages.
Nuisance: Terrorists who steal cars for a joyride.
Threat: Terrorists who blow up cars.
Nuisance: Terrorists who skip school.
Threat: Terrorists who take over schools.
Nuisance: Terrorists with spitballs.
Threat: Terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.
Nuisance: Terrorists who paint graffiti on buildings.
Threat: Terrorists who blow up buildings.
Nuisance: Terrorists who send 'spam' email.
Threat: Terrorists who send anthrax in the mail.
Nuisance: Terrorists who blast loud music while you are trying to sleep.
Threat: Terrorists who blast national monuments, mosques, churches...
Nuisance: Terrorists who spend their time hanging out at the mall.
Threat: Terrorists who spend their time plotting to blow up the mall.
Perhaps when terrorists are reduced to the threat level of high school juvenile delinquents, we can treat them as such. As long as they continue to plot mass murder and destruction, I suggest we continue to fight them -- and those who train, harbor and support them -- exactly as we've begun.
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Blogging tool users still waiting for security fix
11.10.2004 09:30:10
WordPress flaw could allow hackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks
Ian Lynch, vnunet.com 04 Oct 2004
Users are waiting for an update for the hypertext preprocessor (PHP)-based open source blogging tool WordPress, to fix security vulnerabilities identified in the software last week.
Security consultant Secunia has advised WordPress users to consider alternatives because of the vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious hackers to conduct cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks and redirect users to sites under their control.
Citing researcher Thomas Waldegger's warning last Wednesday, Secunia reported: "Input passed to certain parameters in various scripts isn't properly verified before it is returned to the user.
"This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site by tricking the user into visiting a malicious website or follow a specially crafted link."
On its forums WordPress expressed disappointment that Waldegger apparently bypassed usual courtesy by publishing his advisory only shortly after warning the firm of his discovery.
WordPress said in a post: "The [development team] were made aware of this shortly before the public announcement, and we were already working on fixes before the information was released to the public.
"We are disappointed that we were not given the opportunity to release fixes for the problems before the information was made public, as is the usual courtesy in the security community. However, that's water under the bridge at this point.
"Expect a WordPress 1.2.1 release soon, which will address these issues. We're including a few other minor bugfixes while we're at it."
Although the vulnerabilities have been given a rating of 'less critical' by Secunia, some users are still nervous.
One posted to the WordPress forum this morning: "I've tried to read up on XSS aka CSS, trying to figure out exactly what this vulnerability will let people do, either to or through my site. I still really don't know.
"But I do know that every minute my site remains unpatched (I don't know how to do it, other than take it offline) is another minute of anxiety. I figure it's just a matter of time until some bot sends the word back that my site's ripe for the picking."
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Ever more mobile Gmail, but “safe” this time
We want Gmail made mobile as much as anyone (okay, maybe a little more), but to date things have been more than a little sketch when it comes to getting it on your PPC or smartphone. So it’s nice to know that if you’ve got a trusted network of your own, you can remotely access your Gmail account from your Pocket PC without needing to do much out of the ordinary (if you’re a sysadmin, that is). The trick: just VPN to your network, use terminal services to start up a Windows session, and open Gmail up with IE. Not a great hack or anything, but it’s still useful if you know how to make those things work.
[via Engadget]
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Segway Centaur
The purists will argue that it defeats the whole purpose, but you gotta admit there’s a certain inevitability to the Centaur, a four-wheeled ATV which uses all the same gyroscopic balancing techno-stuff found in the original Segway HT (and can even balance on its rear wheels), but goes way faster and is apparently aimed at that very small subset of geeks who are also into off-roading. Just a prototype for the moment, but the Centaur could be weirding out mountain bikers before the end of next year.
[via Engadget]
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Star wars kid Easter Egg in Tony Hawk game
For Tony Hawk Underground 2 --
"On the Boston level if you ollie through the glass windows on one of the buildings (it's one or two to the left of the one where Ben Franklin is hiding) you land in a living room with a flat panel tv on the wall. If you stand in front of the TV Ghyslain gets up and shouts something about watching Star Wars (which you're now preventing). Hitting O (on the PS2) will result in him showing off his moves."
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More Links
Video - The Battery
A battery falls off a desk and triggers a series of chain reactions
Other - Flying Man
Guy jumps out of a plane with wings on his back and flies like Superman
Viral - Charal
Viral for some French steakhouse
Posted by Ryan at 09:23 PM | Comments (0)
Today's News
Scientists find way to "turn off" cancer
Due to automatic bill payments, no one notices man's death for two years
21,000 pounds of tomato sauce unleashed upon I-95 in Connecticut
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Today's Links
Link - How popular is your name?
Pretty neet site, see how many people in the world have your first, and last name
Game - Mars Rover
You are a military tank on mars, and have to shoot at the incoming aliens
Link - John Kerry playing football
Looks like we have a new NFL star on our hands
Link - Bill Gates home
Take a tour Bill Gates home, or should I say City
Link - Never pour gasoline down the toilet
Good news article
Game - Kill them Tubbies
Kill the TeleTubbies
Link - World's smallest MP3 player
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October 10, 2004
Here's a 400 year old supernova
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What are the odds of dying?
See every possible way to die and what your chances are of dying in any one of those ways...
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Another cool fireplace
The Tubular fireplace...
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Photoshop an unlikely Halloween costume.
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Bitscanner - Bluetooth Scanner
Bitscanner is a tool that extracts as much information as possible from a Bluetooth device without the requirement to pair. A detailed information screen extracts HCI and SDP information, and maintains an open connection to monitor the RSSI and link quality. btscanner is based on the BlueZ Bluetooth stack, which is included with recent Linux kernels, and the BlueZ toolset. Using the information gathered from these sources, it is possible to make educated guesses as to the host device type.
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Cool picture of smoke in a tree
Just found this and thought it was cool
Posted by Ryan at 12:44 PM | Comments (0)
Google Print
Google's new service, Google Print, allows you to find text in any book. They are hoping to index millions of books. However, when searching Google Print, you are unable to:
1. print the page to a PostScript file,
2. right-click on the page at all,
3. save the page to disk (the image would somehow not be downloaded at all),
4. view the precious image in Page Info/Media (although I could see which image it was),
5. save the precious image in Page Info/Media,
6. find the precious image in the DOM Inspector (which seemed like the really heavy artillery)
If you think that using Mozilla or turning Javascript off gets around this... it doesn't
But of course, eventually there's gonna be a way around it, which you can find
Here
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New JibJab video
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Second Presidential Debate Audio Torrent
In case you missed the second presidential debate, you can download it through BitTorrent Here
Posted by Ryan at 12:29 PM | Comments (0)
Today's News
High school has "Cross-Dressing Day." Not that there's anything wrong with that
Puddle of water causes airliner to skid off runway (with pic)
In an odd twist, solar eclipse will end before it begins
Drunk passenger decides to be an idiot on flight carrying police rugby team. Hilarity ensues
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October 09, 2004
Today's Links
Video - Take them out
Cockpit footage of desctruction
Link - Mangas, Mozzilla
Thunderbird and Firefox dressed up as anime characters
Game - Count the stars
Try to count the stars
Game - The dodge Squad
Touch the ninjas with your pointers
Video - Building a plane
I thought that building my computer would be complex, but an airplane unbelievable that someone could do such a thing
Video - The llama Song
Very annoying, almost as bad as the badger song
Link - Hamster powered night light
Have a hamster and need a new night light, but you don't want to pay the electric bill, here is a solution
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October 07, 2004
FireOrb Fireplace
Here's a cool new fireplace. All you do is drill a hole in your ceiling, stick the fireplace through, and you've got a fireplace sitting in your room.
Posted by Ryan at 07:34 PM | Comments (0)
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Demo
This is the demo for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the next step in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series allowing you to build your very own theme park for 45 minutes.
Posted by Ryan at 07:22 PM | Comments (0)
Google Launches SMS Service
Google has decided to add another service to the seemingly hundreds they have already... An SMS based search. To search Google via SMS, all you have to do is send a text message of your search query to 46645 (GOOGL). Google will then send you your text-based results within a minute. The fact that it can't have links does affect the typical ability to search Google, because if you found something you wouldn't be able to go to it, therefore it only gives you certain results such as Local business listings, product prices and comparisons, dictionary definitions, and more. For example, if you wanted to find some nice burnt, overpriced coffee, just send your SMS with a query of "Starbucks 30062", and it will return results of any Starbucks that are in that Zip Code. Google is planning to add onto their SMS service so you aren't only limited to businesses, prices, and definitions.
Posted by Ryan at 07:01 PM | Comments (0)
Today's News
For the first time in five years, nobody shot anybody in Chicago yesterday
Scientists make flu virus as deadly as the 1918 strain. What could possibly go wrong?
Chinese engineers figure out how to wash an entire car with 0.3 liters of water
Posted by Ryan at 06:33 PM | Comments (0)
October 06, 2004
Signs you're in a geek's kitchen
1. The stove has been sanded and given a layer of cooling paste for optimum performance
2. The only cook book is entitled "cooking with Mountain Dew"
3. There's less food in the fridge than they keyboard
4. The freezer is filled with dead hard drives
5. The microwave runs Linux: It cooks 20% more efficiently and never leaves a cold spot
Posted by Ryan at 10:30 PM | Comments (0)
Gmail Filesystem for Windows
Now you can use your Gmail account as a hard drive...
This program creates a shell extension in Windows Explorer, enabling you to see your Gmail acocunt as another hard drive, where you can make new folders, copy, paste, drag and drop... everything a normal drive would do... just remember that its gonna be a few thousand times slower than your normal hard drive and you can only store files that are up to 10mb in size (Google's Gmail attachment limit)
Posted by Ryan at 10:18 PM | Comments (0)
Yet another Google competitor
There have been a lot of them lately... Here's the latest...
Snap: The "invisible" search engine...
I'm not sure what makes it better than Google, but its worth a try
Soooo adding this one onto my list of favorite search engines, here they are...
Yahoo
Google
a9 - Amazon's new search technology
Clusty - uses clusters of computers to perform searches... I guess that makes it faster?
Snap
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Today's News
Man dressed as Darth Vader tries to rob pizza delivery guy
Man punches stepson. Police come. Man sets police on fire
Ashton Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering
Your car can now give you a speeding ticket
Reality TV is out of ideas: Cameras will follow Tommy Lee as he enrolls at University of Nebraska
J-Lo tells us the secret of a long-lasting relationship
Today's "Tractor trailer spills potassium cyanide on highway" story brought to you by Lancaster, PA
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October 05, 2004
Google aptitude test... how eligible are you to work at Google?
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OSXbox
Well I'm sure that everybody out there would just love to put Mac OSX on their XBOX, not to mention break a few dozen license agreements... but some guy that has way too much free time has done exactly that, and posted instructions for anyone else that has as much free time as him. To give you a little hint of what you would be getting yourself into, it involves having a modded XBOX, a Mac OSX install disk, the Pear PC emulator, and a ton of free time. It all pays off though with one of the slowest ever Mac OX machines that money can buy..
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Today's News
Suspect in drive-by shootings caps the night by accidentally shooting himself in the head
Mount St. Helens is blowing more smoke
Canadian submarine issues distress call off Irish coast. In other news, Canada has submarines
Singapore bank accidentally destroys safe deposit boxes and their contents
Boeing 737 gets stuck in airport pavement
Today's fear-mongering article: America's flu vaccine supply cut in half just in time for flu season
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October 04, 2004
Today's Links
Flash - The truth about MAC users
Make sure you watch the whole video
Link - New $50 bill
Its actually got color
Game - Multi-Pong
Harder version of regular pong
Link - Illusions
Cool optical illusions
Game - Shoot-um game
Shoot the tin cans
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Mt. St. Helens Hotel...
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Today's News
Earth hit three times by powerful X-ray bursts. Let me be the first to welcome our alien overlords
Who gets more wet in the rain, a walker or a runner? Here comes the science
Telemarkers: "Do Not Call list will destroy us." Supreme Court: "Go to hell"
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October 03, 2004
MSN Messenger 7 Beta
This is a beta release of MSN Messenger 7... pretty cool
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Google has more competition
A new search engine called "Clusty" is attempting to beat out Google. It already has an encyclopedia and "gossip" search. The name "clusty" is because it is from a cluster of servers... anyway, just go see it...
and speaking of beating out google, check out my new favorite search engine, a9
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Mount Saint Helens VolcanoCam
Watch the volcano erupt in realtime
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Non-biased president comparison
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Today's News
Man has been struck by lightning five times already. His friends just call him "L-Rod"
Men use counterfeit money in store. Return merchandise later for refund. Get counterfeit money back
Mount St Helens evacuated due to strong tremor, 2nd steam explosion. Here comes the magma
Country Music causes people to commit suicide; here comes the science
55 year old Billy Joel marries 23 year old fiancee
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October 02, 2004
Photoshop some of the lesser-known security features of the new $50 bill
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Presidential debate audio torrent
In case anyone missed it and has the slightest bit of interest in hearing possibly one of the most boring things ever.......
Click here to download the full audio debate with bit torrent
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Neiman Marcus' 2004 Christmas Catalog
Neiman Marcus has just released their 2004 Christmas catalog. Some of the notable items of it are the 230'-log Zeppelin (as pictured to the right), which only costs $10 million. There's also a $1.5 million bowling alley.
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October 01, 2004
Today's News
Japan discovers heaviest element known to man. To call it "Japonium"
Mount St. Helens erupting. (Link updated, with pic)
Live CBS video feed from Mount St Helens. Reporters in background don't know sound is on
Apocalypse hopefuls get excited as another volcano blows its top in Mexico. No word on giant flies
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Least active SourceForge Projects...
1. GNU Bonzai Buddy (GBB) - Bringing Bonzai Buddy to Linux
2. GoatSS - goatse.cx screensaver module
3. WideOpen - Opens up all your ports for examination by the outside world
4. Dancing Steve - Steve Ballmer dancing desktop
5. YAMsC - Yet Another Minesweeper Clone
6. AdGaim - Adds multiple ad windows to GAIM
7. WULinux - Automatically downloads Windows updates to Linux to take up hard drive space
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Cool Game
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