(image courtesy of Lifehacker) Hmm…so even Notepad needs permission to access the internet? Okay, well actually this happened when Notepad was opened to view the source of a webpage in IE7, but still! LifeHacker (which has recently been redesigned, and…
55 Ways to Have Fun With Google
Philipp Lenssen, author of the book 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google, is giving away free copies in PDF format as an e-book for those of us who are interested in reading it but can’t afford the cash, wouldn’t…
The Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet
Leslie Franke brings us the perfect utility for folks who are looking to brush up on some of the hidden and not-so-hidden features in Firefox. Ways to make the browser run more smoothly, easier ways to get to the tools…
Insecure.org’s 2006 Top 100 Network Security Tools
Insecure.org [ http://www.insecure.org/ ] has published its 2006 list of its top 100 network security tools, it’s first since 2003. Among the winners are expected high profile (and high powered) tools like Nessus, Snort, TCPdump, and Ettercap, to name a…
Website Highlight :: SS64.com
The website SS64.com [ http://www.ss64.com/ ] contains what’s probably the definitive list of command line commands for Oracle 9i, Windows NT/XP, Unix/Linux BASH commands, and terminal commands for Mac OS X. If you’ve ever been curious about getting under the…
AT&T Rewrites Rules: Your Data Isn’t Yours
(image courtesy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation) Wow. Not only did AT&T (now the megacompany that includes SBC and Bell South and what was AT&T) collaborate freely and without court order with the NSA’s spying program of eavesdropping on both…
14-Year Old Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault
(image courtesy of CNN) A 14 year old girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 19 year old who lied in his MySpace profile to gain her trust, has filed a lawsuit against MySpace for failing to take sufficient…
AOL Cancellation Hell
Adding more logs to the “Why I’ll never subscribe to AOL” fire: (okay, full disclosure: I actually used to be an AOL member, way way way back in the day when I didn’t know what broadband was, and it was…
Cool Download :: Ejector
(image courtesy of 43 Folders) Ejector is a little Mac OS X only application that, when running, sits in the menu bar and provides a kind of one-click point to eject your network drives, attached USB or Firewire drives, essentially…
Bill Gates Announces Resignation
Bill Gates, the man himself, announced today that he was tired of working full time with Microsoft as their Chief Software Architect and part time with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-the philanthropic effort that Bill funds with his own…