Jeffrey Parson, the creator of the ‘Blaster’ worm was sentenced today to 18 months in jail. 18 months is the shortest sentence possible under Parson’s plea agreement. Prosecutors were apparently aiming for the maximum sentence of 37 months.
At its 2003 peak, the Blaster virus had infected over 50,000 computers.
Parson is hoping [...]
This is a pretty cool idea, and I’m sure more have followed suit. Kyle Van Horn taped a disposable camera to foam core board and dropped it in the mail to a friend. On the board he asked any postal workers who handle it to take a picture. Kyle admits [...]
This February a new magazine is coming out of Europe. It’s called Free Software Magazine, and focuses on free software. You can subscribe to a print version, but they have a PDF version available for free on their site.
Trust me – it’s addictive. The text is Japanese, but the concept is pretty simple. You click to start a chain reaction of explosions. 150 is a perfect score.
Lexus Landcruiser 100 models LX470 and LS430 are apparently vulnerable to a new virus spreading through the on-board cell phone.
The virus appears to only affect the navigation system. Fortunately, the brake and steering systems are not under total control of the computer. But, it’s a scary thought that a future virus [...]
Amazon.com introduced the first phase of a new service called A9.com Yellow Pages. With this release, the phone directory includes 20 million images from 10 cities to make it easy to find what you’re looking for.
When the user clicks on a business; they are shown contact information, a map, reviews, and a [...]
Is the iPod just too mainstream for you. If you feel up to the challenge, try building this MP3 player inside a Altoids tin.
PHP is an interpreted language; and as such, the computer needs to process the script each time it is run. Honestly, I don’t know much about the internal workings of PHP; so I don’t know how it handles comments in the code. More specifically, I don’t know how well it handles comments. [...]
Do you miss your Nintendo, GameBoy, or Sega? Click on over to EveryVideoGame.com. Just don’t do it while you’re at work. You won’t get anything finished :-)
A recent job posting on Google’s web site has led to speculation that the search engine giant plans to buy unused fiber optic lines. These so-called ‘dark fiber’ lines are fiber optic lines, typically dating from the dot-com boom of the nineties, that is now laying unused. The high costs of getting these [...]