2005 March

Even with the other search engine giants expanding themselves, Google is really beginning to see some serious growth. As the Washington Post so clearly points out, Google’s careful hiring practices are going to be a bit difficult as the search engine works to spread its employment wings.

Just for fun, I recently signed up for an AOL account through one of those ubiquitous free CDROMS, and now that I’ve poked around a bit, I’ve decided to shut it down. It’s time to return to the real Internet. But I’m a bit stymied. How do I cancel my AOL account?

Lyme Disease & Rife Machines By Bryan Rosner is a unique book that demonstrates what lay people can do, but the billion dollar medical industry can’t or won’t do. This example clearly affirms the self-empowerment theme of the Share the Wealth site.
It’s an erudite balance between electromedical, mainstream, and alternate approaches in dealing with disease. […]

Microsoft has released Windows XP 64-bit edition and Windows 2003 Server SP-1 to manufacturing. This is NOT to say that you can get your hands on them, yet, but it’s only a matter of days or weeks (usually about 3 weeks) before you can. A lot of people (including me!) are eagerly awaiting XP64.
It […]

Definition of Outdoor Barbecuing
It’s the only type of cooking a “real” man will do. When a man volunteers to do such cooking, the following chain of events is put into motion:
(1) The woman goes to the store.
(2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places […]

To be honest, the news of iPods being stolen on a regular basis should not be that big of a surprise. I means seriously folks, these media devices are not cheap. So it is logical to assume that the theft of such items will only continue to climb, right?

“Hewlett-Packard has selected Mark Hurd, NCR chief executive, as its next CEO, according to a source close to the board.
Hurd’s appointment comes less than two months after HP ousted former chief executive Carly Fiorina.
Hurd will serve as president and chief executive, with Patricia Dunn retaining the chairwoman title, the source said. Hurd is expected to […]

“Black Duck Software Inc. on Monday rolled out an on-demand service that allows developers and due diligence teams to examine software projects for open source code in order to make sure their licensing obligations are being met.
Called protexIP/OnDemand, the Internet-based service helps developers more quickly deal with compliance requirements related to intellectual property, which typically […]

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“Since taking office two years ago, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has turned Brazil into a tropical outpost of the free software movement.
Looking to save millions of dollars in royalties and licensing fees, Mr. da Silva has instructed government ministries and state-run companies to gradually switch from costly […]

Well, Bobby Knight is back in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994.
Knight, who left in disgrace after falling out of favor in Indiana with his bad temper and strict discipline, took a Texas Tech team that was used to losing and turned it into a regular invitee to the Big Dance.
Why is […]

Darren Barefoot writes:
Hi folks,
I’m doing the 30-Hour Famine.
The 30-Hour Famine is a program run by World Vision Canada, an NGO that fights hunger in the developing world. For 30 hours on April 1st and 2nd, I won’t eat, as a kind of symbolic gesture of support for the 800 million malnourished and starving people in […]

“Arbor Networks Inc. says it is attempting to make it easier for service providers to share information about Internet threats through a new program called the Fingerprint Sharing Initiative.
The program, being introduced this week, uses Arbor’s PeakFlow SP platform, which is used by service providers to sniff out distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks, worms and other […]

Proven to be iffy in the ’90s, another company is going to try that whole ‘free service’ angle in exchange for tolerating ads. What they had better remember is that unless that ads are remotely targeted, it will likely have some problems keeping this VoIP service afloat.

I hear ya. No one really digs the idea of pop-up ads on their TiVo boxes. But as long as we continue to enjoy that fast forward button, we might just have to make a sacrifice someplace. To be frank, I could not care less about a pop-up ad on my TiVo box just so […]

“Why Use Thunderbird?
Thunderbird gives you a faster, safer, and more productive email experience. We designed Thunderbird to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail so you can get back to reading your mail. Read on to find out more about the reasons why you should use Thunderbird as your mail client and RSS reader.
“If you’ve […]

Supreme Court justices cast a critical eye Tuesday on entertainment industry proposals for quashing file-swapping, while making clear they had little sympathy for ongoing piracy on peer-to-peer networks.
Keep an eye on this one, folks, gonna affect a lot of things!

“Secunia Advisory: SA14731
Release Date: 2005-03-29
Critical: Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
OS: NetComm NB1300
Chris Rock has reported a vulnerability in NetComm NB1300, allowing malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of traffic. This makes it possible to cause the device to stop responding by flooding […]

“The pre-recorded voice on the other end of the phone was not what 17-year old Joyce Johns — whose parents had just been shot in the living room of their home — wanted to hear.
“Stop,” the voice began. “You must dial 911 from another telephone; 911 is not available from this telephone line. No emergency […]

“Ocean waves provide a predictable source of energy that is easily tapped, and will likely have minimal impact on the environment, but the U.S. government is not pursuing this renewable resource.
Recent advancements in the technology indicate that with a relatively small investment from the government, wave energy could soon compete with other renewable sources.
Wave energy […]

“What Germans can teach us about e-mail.
North America and Europe are two continents divided by a common technology: e-mail. Techno-optimists assure us that e-mail - along with the Internet and satellite TV - make the world smaller. That may be true in a technical sense. I can send a message from my home in Miami […]