2007 July

Two new domain search tools make finding the perfect domain a bit easier and instant.
Instant Domain Search and Ajax Lookup both check to see if any domain you type in is available as you type it.
Ajax Windows is a bit slower than Instant Domain search but Instant doesn’t check as many extensions. With Ajax […]

The Mozilla Corporation has released version 2.0.0.6 of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
This update contains mostly security and bug fixes and is a recommended update for all Firefox users.
Firefox is a free, open source, web browser and I highly recommend it over Internet Explorer.
[Mozilla Firefox Mirrors]

Tags: firefox, web browser

Techdirt reported that McAfee’s CEO has been pushing for new laws to deal with cybercrime.
He says cybercrime is now a bigger business than illegal drug trafficking in the US, and that the punishment doled out to cybercriminals isn’t an effective deterrent. He may have a valid point there, but new laws and sentencing guidelines don’t […]

If your computer starts talking and making threats it might already be too late for your data.
A new virus being spread over P2P networks, through USB drives, discs, and infected web sites starts talking once it has infected a system.
It uses the Windows Text Reader to say outloud, “You has [sic] been infected. I […]

Belkin’s Mouse Trap Mouse Pad is a great little mouse pad that also doubles as a zippered pouch.
It can hold your mouse, usb cables, power brick, usb drives and anything else that you might need to store. It’s also great if you have to get up and move somewhere else at a moment’s notice. […]

Do social networking sites expose business systems to security risk? Natasha Lomas is examining just that in an article posted at Silicon.com.
According to credit information provider Equifax, fraudsters could make off with users’ personal information in order to commit ID theft - and the company is urging web users to limit the amount of info […]

If you’re overwhelmed by the amount of email you receive, Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero process for productive email management is for you.
Mann spoke at Google on Monday to explain his Inbox Zero concept and how you can process your email through actions. The video has been made available by Google:

Tags: email, business email, email […]

If you use Panda Antivirus you’ll want to take note of this and perform an update immediately.
US-CERT is warning that they learned of a buffer overflow vulnerability in Panda Antivirus.
This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by passing a crafted “.EXE” file to the Panda Antivirus file parsing […]

Is your laptop or notebook computer looking grungy? It doesn’t take a lot of effort to clean it up and make it look new again.
Turn off, unplug the notebook, and remove the battery before starting. Then use a very lightly damp clean rag to remove the worst of the dirt. Start on the screen, then […]

Typically the official bookstore for your school doesn’t have the lowest prices. In fact, most overcharge even on used books.
You can save a lot on your textbooks this year with these special links to Amazon.com’s Textbook Store
New Textbooks: For a limited time only, save up to 30% on over 100,000 new textbooks. You can […]

My wife was talked into buying a pair of Southwing SA505 Bluetooth stereo headphones by a slick salesman and I’ve got to declare them the worst product we’ve ever owned.
The sound quality is abysmal. Even if you hold your bluetooth enabled phone up to them. Move it two feet away and it’s worse than an […]

No one likes getting a speeding ticket and even a minor traffic infraction can skyrocket your insurance. If you play it smart you might be able to talk yourself out of one or even beat it, if it comes to court.
For starters watch this video for some of the most basic tips to beat a […]

My eyeglasses are driving me nuts! They’re always dirty and I’m sick of all the smears.
Microfiber cloths and lens cleaning solution work great until the cloth has been used a dozen or so times, then it just starts to smear my glasses even more. This continues even after throughly cleaning those cloths as instructed. […]

Only 30% of people that bought the Zune like it, reports MacWorld.
Microsoft recently confirmed it has sold just over a million Zunes - but recent research says most Zune owners rue the day they ever dipped into their pocket to pick one up, with 70 per cent of Zune owners planning to ditch the device […]

Have you seen a Smart Car? Currently, they’re available in Europe and Canada but you sometimes see them in the US.
They’re a very tiny car, three can actually fit in a normal sized parking space!
When you first see one, I think everyone immediately wonders what they’ll look like after an accident. A British […]

Researchers are claiming they’ve found a serious found buffer overflow exploit on Apple’s iPhone which allows code to be executed as root.
The exploit is delivered via a malicious web page opened in the Safari browser on the iPhone. There are several delivery vectors that an attacker might utilize to get a victim to open such […]

If PDF and DOC spam wasn’t annoying enough, now spammers, malware attackers, and pump and dump schemers are resorting to using Excel xls files to spread their messages.
The files are usually contained within zip files but may also just be sent as an xls file attachment.
As always, don’t open email attachments unless you’re expecting the […]

Ever since my wife learned about Desktop Tower Defense (after she caught her boss playing midday at work), she has been playing the damn game non-stop.
Desktop Tower Defense is a free Flash game that requires you to lay out towers and attack creeps that you must stop from reaching the other side of the board […]

The Sinowal.FY and Gpcode.ai Trojan viruses are spreading pretty rapidly and have a new sinister twist to them.
Once a user is tricked in to opening either of their payload files, the Trojans encrypt all or most of the user’s files and data and then demands a $300 ransom in exchange for the decryption instructions.
The ransom […]

The hottest trend now for attackers that use password stealers and key-loggers is to capture and sell logins for to Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) and others social networking communities in addition to banking sites.
Crooks not only win money by collecting, selling or using usernames and passwords from online banking and e-commerce. There […]