2007 May

I had no idea how much work goes into manufacturing camera lenses. I imagined that each lens was cut completely by machines and camera lenses were turned out by the hundreds everyday.
This video shows the extensive and laborious steps that go into making a video camera lens but the same exact process is used to […]

If you been thinking about making the move to Vista because of safety improvements, think again. Computer World published a report last month that Malware will thrive on the operating system.
“Malware technology will evolve just like a business,” says Vlad Gorelik, chief technology officer at Sana Security. “There are definitely improved protections [in Vista] with […]

ICANN has followed through and brokered an agreement allowing RegisterFly to transfer 850,000 domain names to GoDaddy.com.
“We worked with ICANN to effect a migration of the RegisterFly domains to GoDaddy.com and help those customers left in limbo,” said GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder Bob Parsons. “It’s what many RegisterFly customers asked us to do. After they […]

Choosing and registering a domain name can be very tricky. It’s hard enough coming up with a domain thats easy to spell and for people to remember but it’s also nearly impossible to find one those that are available. Sometimes you need to resort to looking at expired domain name or domains that are close […]

Step 1) Buy an Apple Remote.
Step 2) Find Mac users to torture.
Step 3) Press the Menu button and let the fun begin.

Tags: apple computer, apple computers, funny, funny video, funny videos

Beware of files embedded inside .RTF files. The embeded files will appear to be a .DOC, .PDF, .TXT or some other type of typically harmless file but it’s actually an executable file that contains malware. If opened yoursystem with be infected
Virus authors are using this old method of infection as MANY anti-virus programs are unable […]

There is a new variant to Skype Worms that attempts to spread by passing malicious links to everyone on the infected user’s contact list in AIM, ICQ, Messenger, Miranda, MSN Messenger, Trillian, and Yahoo.
If you receive an Instant Message from a contact and it includes a link use caution before clicking on that link!
As always […]

Bob Zitter, HBO’s Chief Technology Officer, wants to rename DRM, “DCE” or “Digital Consumer Enablement” in order to trick consumers into thinking it’s not quite as nasty.
At National Cable & Telecommunications Association show in Las Vegas, Zitter said:
Digital Consumer Enablement, would more accurately describe technology that allows consumers “to use content in ways they haven’t […]

Recently the Chicago Sun-Times tested sushi restaurants to see if what they were serving as red snapper was actually red snapper. Out of 14 restaurants tested none were snapper.
While this is labeling is not dangerous, the latest case of mislabeled fish is very serious.
The FDA is warning about mislabeled monkfish that’s actually puffer fish. […]

Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook sales are making the PC notebook vendors very jealous and some are even panicking.
New research from NPD Group indicates that PC unit growth in April of 2007 rose 14 percent year-over-year, while notebook sales grew even faster — rising 30 percent over the same period. Apple, however still […]

The FDA has approved respirators for use during public health emergencies such as pandemics or biological terrorist attacks.
These two filtering facepiece respirators, manufactured by St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M Company (and called the 3M Respirator 8612F and 8670F), will be available to the general public without a prescription.
The devices are also certified as N95 filtering facepiece […]

While unsweetened Ice Tea is almost a healthy choice many people are ordering those fancy blended coffee drinks that many coffee, donut, and fast food stores are offering. However many of these are over 800 calories can can contain as much as 46 grams of fat!
According to the HungyGirl the top five to be avoided […]

Since Monday many XM Radio subscribers had trouble receiving XM signals for nearly 24 hours. An email XM sent to subscribers stated:
You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full […]

Earlier today I overheard some parents talking about how traditional punishments stopped working for today’s teens and it got me thinking. Sending a teen to their bedroom really isn’t much of a punishment. They have so much to do in there that it’s fun - and making them stay home isn’t much of a discouragement […]

A known flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer’s handling of iframes allows the Gozi Trojan to sneak in systems and thanks to new packing messages it can evade detection from some anti-virus and anti-malware programs.
Gozi installs a keylogger and grabs sensitive data including bank account and credit card numbers, user names, passwords and Social Security numbers […]

Since Linden Labs has allowed anonymous users to use Second Life, it has been alleged there has been a spike in the amount of people using the service to trade child porn, act out sexual fantasies with adults posing as children with childlike avatars, and also to prey on children exploring Second Life.
Regrettably we now […]

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University has created this fair use film that explains copyright principals through the use of parody of Disney film clips.

Very entertaining and funny if you stick through to watch the whole video.
[A Fair(y) Use Tale]

Tags: disney, copyright, copyright law, copyright laws, copyright protection, copyrights, digital rights management, drm, intellectual property, […]

If you take Avandia (rosiglitazone) and have heart disease or are at high risk for a heart attack you should talk to your doctor immediately.
Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase of risk for heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients who take Avandia.
The FDA isn’t […]

Web developers and Web site designers that ignore Mac users by not testing their Web sites to ensure they work properly with Safari and on the Mac OS are making a big mistake and that mistake is getting bigger.
In the last eight months the amount of people that surf the Web with an Apple […]

Has your bank account ever had ATM withdrawals that you didn’t make? If so you could have been a victim of skimming.
Clever thieves are making magnetic readers that fit over the card slot on ATMs to capture the card’s number and magnetic data as the card is inserted into the machine. They also install a […]