Monthly Archives: February 2005

Internet Explorer down below 90%

For the first time since Internet Explorer overran Netscape, IE’s market share is below 90%.

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Digital camera washes ashore with tsunami pictures

A Seattle man performing relief work in Thailand found a digital camera washed up on shore. The camera was destroyed, but the memory card was still readable. On the card was found the final pictures of a Vancouver couple vacationing … Continue reading

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Most addictive flash game ever

No lie, play this game.

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GoDaddy.com offering free SSL certificates to open source projects

If you’re an open source developer, GoDaddy.com is offering a free SSL certificate.

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Maze written entirely in CSS

If you have any doubt to the power of CSS, try this maze written entirely in CSS. No javascript.

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11% of identity fraud is online

A study from the Better Business Bureau found that only 11% of identity theft involves online methods. Half of, just over 5% of the total, online identity theft comes from spyware installed on users machines. As comparison, greater than 30% … Continue reading

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$1,000 for reading the EULA

To prove that nobody read the end user license agreements when installing software, PC-Pitstop added a clause in to theirs promising “consideration” to the first person who emailed the company. Four months and 3,000 download later, someone finally did. He … Continue reading

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Iranian blogger sentenced to 14 years

Arash Sigarchi, a 28-year-old journalist, was sentenced by Iranian courts to 14 years in prison. His ‘crimes’ are listed in a 12 page document, and the crimes range from espionage to insulting the country’s leaders. It appears that the conviction … Continue reading

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20 most critical internet security vulnerabilities

If you’re up for a little light reading on computer security, here’s 69 pages listing the top 10 vulnerabilities affecting Unix / Linux based servers and the top 10 for Windows servers.

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US Military may shut down garage door openers

What would you do if you came home tonight and your garage door wouldn’t open? Probably what most people do: cuss at it and then go inside for some fresh batteries. But, what if that didn’t work. What if all … Continue reading

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