2005 February

Looks as if Opera has made strides to declare a ‘no phishing zone‘. The commercial browser maker has been working to make sure those that use and let’s be honest; pay for their browser, have a safe browsing experience. Makes sense to me. I am thrilled to see them take such an active roll along […]

Even with the growth of the mighty Firefox still pushing forward, it is great to see that the growth has not come to a screeching halt. Still, I know from experience that people still use Internet Explorer by the truck load. Some do it because that is their choice, while vast numbers of other people […]

I never take any joy in reporting that someone who has worked to create so much joy in the lives of so many passed on, but here it goes regardless. The BBC reports that the man behind the Mac project all those years ago is no longer with us. It was because of Jef Raskin […]

“Secunia Advisory: SA14384
Critical: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: ImageGalleryPlugin 1.x (TWiki plugin)
Select a product and view a complete list of all Patched/Unpatched Secunia advisories affecting it.
CVE reference: CAN-2005-0516
Description:
Florian Weimer has reported a vulnerability in the TWiki Image Gallery plugin, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
The problem is that some […]

Dave, I heard from a friend recently that eBay offers some capabilities that let you check your credit score and that of other people who might be buying your products? I find it hard to believe and poking around eBay I didn’t see anything to substantiate what my friend is saying. What’s the story?

March 2, 2004 will be a special day for the folks at Yahoo. It is hard to believe they have really been around for ten years. Makes me feel like an old man! Well, that would have made me 12 years old when they got started up. They have come a […]

Receiving SMS messages from mobile phones to Skype participants has been possible for a few weeks now. But with the implementation of Skype to SMS; well, let’s just say that this will really make a huge dent in my Skype usage. If this works, I will be able to send my own SMS messages to […]

Well good for them! I am glad to see that they have moved on to a GoDaddy server space that is meeting their needs. But wait, they actually are not all that happy with their current setup either.
My advice is to look at Apollo Hosting. Back when I was running Inside Matt’s Head, they […]

So, advertising on a search engine has a greater impact than we once thought! Apparently, both Yahoo and Google saw a ratings drop that might have made people a little anxious as we tend to have high expectations from both companies. The belief behind the whole thing seems to be that the drop was spurred […]

So they released a new version of Firefox! Cool, but have they addressed the PDF issue that many people have voiced concerns about? Not from what I am seeing which I have to say, is quite irritating. Regardless, they did make sure that there are needed patches for various security issues, and this is always […]

First it was HP. Now it’s IBM. I wonder where this is going? Maybe next to Dell? Hmm…
IBM has cooled its already none-too-warm support for Intel’s Itanium processor, a server chip that competes with Big Blue’s own Power family, CNET News.com has learned.
Citing tepid market demand, the world’s largest server seller has for the […]

Is AOL taking a page from Google? Boy, it certainly appears so from what I am reading at InternetWeek. AOL’s Local Search includes movie, map and yellow page information. While I am a little suspicious as to the quality of this service, I will certainly reserve my final judgment until I can try this out […]

Granted, the current MSN Messenger does have some pretty decent video features. However, InfoWorld is reporting that Microsoft is working to make sure that their Real Time Collaboration software is get the press it deserves. While a number of details or specifics are a little fuzzy right now, if this program is successful, it could […]

Your printer software is indicating that you are running low on ink. OK, time to head down to the store for some new cartridges, right? Not so fast. As it turns out, there are some concerns according to the BBC, that printer companies may be using a chip that is giving false information to the […]

Software engineers at Microsoft Corp.’s security research team have confirmed the existence of a bug in the Internet Explorer browser that opens the door to URL spoofing attacks.
The flaw, which has been widely reported on public mailing lists, can be exploited by a malicious attacker to spoof the URL of a pop-up advertisement and has […]

Funny what happens when someone makes a mistake in grammar. Here’s one recently published as part of a legal notice in a class action settlement:
“The settlement will pay people who…died while using [drug name]…. If you qualify, you may ask for payment.”
Bureaucracy often leads to some real zingers. Here’s one from a letter sent to […]

I am glad to see Microsoft taking an active approach with this Blue Screen problem that has plagued people getting the ‘INVALID_PROCESS_ATTACH_ATTEMPT’ error. Service Pack 2 was on the case and it was patched thanks to the efforts of the security folks from Microsoft. Glad to see the proactive move guys, good job. :o)

Robert Buderi of TechnologyReveiw.com writes: “Can a firm have too much innovation to handle?
It happens. And that problem was the dominant issue for a small group of executives from Microsoft’s Beijing research lab when they held a retreat in November 2002 at a spa in Zhuhai, not far from China’s border with Macao. Relaxing in […]

Maya Dollarhide of TechnologyReveiw.com writes: “A new radio telescope array has been developed by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute and the University of California at Berkeley that will shed some cosmic noise, and give scientists a better view of one million stars scattered throughout the universe.
A new radio telescope array has been developed […]

Michael Kanellos, of CNET News.com writes: “Advanced Micro Devices is expected to show off a dual-core processor for desktops at its headquarters Wednesday, but is keeping tight lipped about the details.
The chip, code-named Toledo, will feature two separate Athlon 64 processing cores on the same piece of silicon. It will start appearing in PCs in […]