Very Important Update!
If your a Firefox Browser user you'll want very much to get this update! There was a hole found that will allow your computer to be taken over! Firefox by far is a GREAT browser and to think this is the first real prob found so far...unlike IE! I posted more here!
Googles Home Page...Personalize it
Been a few.....
Update: the computer I have been working on is done! Just need to do up the bill and return their computer.
Thursday, Tea and I did a 39.5 mile mountain bike ride on Stoney Creek Rails to Trails.
Friday, did a 8.5 mile hike in the mountains on Mountain Top Trail. Been awhile from the last time I was on a mountain trail. Saturday I knew it! Gots to get out one or two times a month hiking and do a few mile walking and bike too each month and not to stop when the snow comes! ;)
Just came across a few very useful tool as in protecting your computers while your surfing the "WWW" and to find all of those bad things that get on your computer while surfing the "www"!
Links are here: HIJACKED, SPYWARE DOCTOR & ShieldsUp! Check them out and try and use to protect your computer! Download while they are FREE! And get this one too while it's still free! ZONE ALARM 5.5
Over the Weekend..
I'm working on a computer that has been down for almost a year. They had taken it to some place to have it workon and they were told it was a bad hard drive? I got it and now it's up and running! I'm still adding programs and waiting for RAMM to come in the mail.
Watched a old movie Saturday night "Hackers" and it came out in 1995! I think it's very good, good enough that I bought it!
Didn't get to play with "ELive" over the weekend, but from what I did get to see it's a very cool OS! Download it and just see yourself!
More later.......... ;)
I Got Mail!
Hey, my order from Amazon came yesterday! Well part of it, that is. What did come was "The Art of Deception", "The Da Vinci Code" and a DVD " Pirates of Silicon Valley"! Still a book to come that I ordered for Tea, " Going Alone: Women's Adventures"! Plus, I added a few books to my wish list too! ;)I gave a new OS a test drive last night called, ELive! So far seems to be pretty cool OS, I'll get more into it this weekend! I'm also playing with the idea of doing open source software dimo type of videos? Still need to learn how to go about it? But, it more of a way for me to learn and start useing all of the software I have downloaded. But, that to come later.Till I return, ;)
Commodore 64
Introduced:January 1982
Released:September 1982
How many:~17 million
Price:US $595.
CPU:MOS 6510, 1MHz
Sound:SID 6581, 3 channels of sound
RAM:64K
Display:25 X 40 text 320 X 200, 16 colors max
Ports:TV, RGB & composite video 2 joysticks, cartridge port serial peripheral port
Peripherals: cassette recorder printer, modem external 170K floppy drive
OS:ROM BASICAlthough they look like an unimpessive keyboard-like box, the C-64 was wildly popular. More C-64's have been sold than any other single computer system, even to this day. That's about 17 million systems, according to the Commodore 1993 Annual Report. The C-64 looks nearly identical to the Commodore VIC-20, released in 1981. They are similar, but the C-64 is more powerful with more features. The 64's microprocessors support two high-resolution graphic modes, smooth scrolling, "sprites", bit mapping, character collision resolution and character mapped graphics, not to mention three channels of complex sound. All this make it an excellent game machine, which is what it excelled at the most, with thousands of software titles release and numerous peripherals to extend its capabilities. Commodore continued to improve reliablilty, as well as reduce manufacturing costs. Eventually, it cost only about $25.00 to manufacture, and the consumer price of the C-64 dropped to around $200.00.Obsolete Technology WebsitePacket Sniffers. OrgNotacon.org
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One Step Forward, Two Steps BackHacking Google AdWordsHacking Google Map's Satellite ImageryGooglejacking by ExampleHome Depot's Lousy SecuritySYN-ful ExperimentThe University of InsecurityCreating AIM MayhemAIM Eavesdropping HoleNetwork Vigilantism Using Port 113Hacking Encrypted HTMLPasswords from WindowsData Mining with PerlA Yahoo! Restriction DefeatedSpying on the Library ParadisePoker.com Blackjack CrackedWhere Have all the Implants Gone?Adding Sub-Domain Support to YourFree DotTK Domain Getting More from T-Mobile Remote Unix Execution Via a Cell Phone NCR: Barcodes to Passwords Defeating BitPim RestrictionsFun with School ID Numbers Remote Secrets Revealed2600 The Hacker Quarterly (summer 2005)
Exclusive: New Gmail Feature
Anonymous source tips me off to a feature just added to Gmail: Send mail as. Now you can give your outgoing as any other email address you own. Here’s the evidence, in case your account doesn’t have it yet:Check it out here!
Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed
If you've been wondering why Windows Vista has taken a long time to reach Beta 1, we can now tell you why: there are seven separate editions of Vista headed your way. OK, that's not the reason for the delay, but how else do you introduce that many OS versions, without invoking Snow White & friends? Join me know as I romp through the various editions, many of which you'll see are just barely differentiated.
First up, there's Starter Edition, which like XP Starter Edition, is a crippled (and lame) product aimed at the two-thirds world. It will limit users to three concurrent applications, and provide only basic TCP/IP networking, and won't be suitable for most games. The next step up is Home Basic Edition, which is really the sibling to today's Windows XP Home. However, as the name suggests, there's also Home Premium Edition, and this is where we start to split features like hairs and create a gaggle of products. HPE will build on the the Basic Edition by adding, most notably, the next-generation of Media Center capabilities, including support for HDTV, DVD authoring, and even DVD ripping backed up (of course) by Windows DRM. For non-corporate types, this is probably going to be the OS that most people use. It's similar to XP Pro in power, but with all of the added bells and whistles for entertainment. Well, most of them.
Windows Vista Professional Edition won't occupy the same spot that XP Pro occupies today, because this time it's truly aimed at businesses. It won't feature the MCE functionality that Home Premium Edition has, but it begins to provide the kind of functionality you'd expect in a business environment, such as support for non-Microsoft networking protocols and Domain support. But don't expect too many businesses to necessarily turn to PE. Microsoft is also planning both a Small Business Edition and an Enterprise Edition, which build upon pro by adding (seemingly minor) features aimed at appealing to each market. SBE, for instance, includes a networked backup solution, while EE will include things like Virtual PC integration, and the ability to encrypt an entire volume of information.
Last but not least, there's Ultimate Edition. Hey, I'm just glad that they didn't call it Extreme Edition. I'll leave it to Paul Thurrott, who has all of the details, to explain (and promote) this beast:
The best operating system ever offered for a personal PC, optimized for the individual. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is a superset of both Vista Home Premium and Vista Pro Edition, so it includes all of the features of both of those product versions, plus adds Game Performance Tweaker with integrated gaming experiences, a Podcast creation utility (under consideration, may be cut from product), and online "Club" services (exclusive access to music, movies, services and preferred customer care) and other offerings (also under consideration, may be cut from product). Microsoft is still investigating how to position its most impressive Windows release yet, and is looking into offering Ultimate Edition owners such services as extended A1 subscriptions, free music downloads, free movie downloads, Online Spotlight and entertainment software, preferred product support, and custom themes. There is nothing like Vista Ultimate Edition today. This version is aimed at high-end PC users and technology influencers, gamers, digital media enthusiasts, and students.
OK, everyone got that? There will be a quiz on Monday.
My initial reactions are reserved, because there's just not that much detail available. Pricing, for instance, would be really nice to know. Will Home Basic Edition debut below the price point of XP Home today? Place your bets. The one thing I will say is that I fear that this may cause a great deal of confusion on behalf of your average consumer. Two versions of XP were enough to cause confusion, and now Joe Blow has four choices that may fit the bill.
One final note worth mentioning is that this strategy does remove the "corporate Windows XP" option from the hands of pirates. Volume licensing for Pro, SBE, and EE may still mean that there will be copies of Windows Vista out there that don't "call home" for Windows Product Activation, but as you can see, Microsoft has removed most of the features that most pirates would want from those OSes. You won't see corporate licensing versions of Ultimate Edition.
The Weekend!
I worked this morning and have to work tomorrow morning too! I counted up the days I had off this year so far and the total came to 30, yes 30 days I didn't have to work. That looks GREAT on the GROSS total, but when you look at the NET is suxs! I gots a hair cuts too today and getting ready to go for a mountain bike ride! Then on me return, sh*t, shower and shave and out for dinner with friends. We be doing a movie tonight too,"Monster In Law"!If I can I'll be back at the computer to check the lastest in TECH and to do a few more downloads. And of course update me little web site, Geek Link!Till me next posting, Rob ;)
Samuel Adams brews the world's strongest beer!
A brewery in the States has launched the world's strongest beer.
The drink - at 25% alcohol - is six times more powerful than a normal beer and twice the strength of a bottle of wine.
And at £56 a bottle, Samuel Adams Utopias is also among the world's most expensive.
Just 8,000 of the limited edition 24 oz tipple, sold in a copper kettle, have been brewed by the Boston Beer Company.
Brewery founder Jim Koch said the beer was designed to be enjoyed slowly as an after dinner tipple.
He said: "We are passionate about brewing quality, one-of-a-kind beer that amazes beer lovers and aficionados alike."
The Weekend
Morning! I'm off the slave away at work. I'll be back later so, say hey with a comment! :) GeekLink : updated
Mac Break
Mac Break, new show coming Sept. 20, 2005Hosted by Leo Laporte
BlackViper.com
BlackViper.Com is back! If your running Windows XP you should check this site out!OXID.IT These programs are FREEWARE! If you need a hand getting into something thats not yours! :)
'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock
'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock 06.28.05
By Ryan Naraine
Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen has cracked the lock on Google's new in-browser video player.
Johansen, also known as 'DVD Jon' for his work on decrypting DVD security codes, has created a patch for the Google Video Viewer—less than 24 hours after the search giant shipped the video playback plug-in, a tool based on the open-source VideoLAN media player.
The patch, released on Johansen's 'So Sue Me' blog, effectively disables a modification Google made to the VideoLAN code to prevent users from playing videos that are not hosted on Google's servers.
Johansen said the patch, which requires the .Net run-time framework, will remove Google's restriction and allow the playback of video files that aren't on the video.google.com server.
The 21-year-old hacker, who faced two trials in Norway in 2002 and 2003 for his role in the release of the DeCSS decryption software, is a hero to many for his efforts to defeat DRM (digital rights management) mechanisms built into media player technology. Don't forget to visit here; Geek LinkDVD JON'S BLOG
Digital Life TV
Hey, tonight is show four, at nine eastern time being broadcast live! Plus, as always check my site for links of today tech news and the coolest downloads!
Hey, I got to watch this show so later! Rob ;)
Sunday Morning.....
It is now six twenty and I couldn't go back to sleep when I woke up at five? So, now I'll do updating on the computer and drink "coffee" till someone makes breakfast!Watched the Matrix again last night, it's got to be like the one hundredth time I've watched it! Still these best movie to date! I did just order a new movie from Amazon the other night. "Pirates of Silicon Valley"
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have pioneered an industry that literally transformed the entire world. ER's Noah Wyle stars as Steve Jobs, the co-founder and driving force behind Apple Computer. Anthony Michael Hall portrays multi-billionaire Bill Gates of Microsoft. The passion, luck and genius of these quirky visionaries explodes on the screen in this humorous, fast-paced and unforgettable film. Jump on to their wild ride and experience the struggles and successes of the overnight revolution that catapulted them into becoming the most powerful men in the world.
"The Art of Deception"
From Publishers Weekly
Mitnick is the most famous computer hacker in the world. Since his first arrest in 1981, at age 17, he has spent nearly half his adult life either in prison or as a fugitive. He has been the subject of three books and his alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games. Since his plea-bargain release in 2000, he says he has reformed and is devoting his talents to helping computer security. It's not clear whether this book is a means toward that end or a, wink-wink, fictionalized account of his exploits, with his name changed to protect his parole terms. Either way, it's a tour de force, a series of tales of how some old-fashioned blarney and high-tech skills can pry any information from anyone. As entertainment, it's like reading the climaxes of a dozen complex thrillers, one after the other. As a security education, it's a great series of cautionary tales; however, the advice to employees not to give anyone their passwords is bland compared to the depth and energy of Mitnick's descriptions of how he actually hacked into systems. As a manual for a would-be hacker, it's dated and nonspecific better stuff is available on the Internet but it teaches the timeless spirit of the hack. Between the lines, a portrait emerges of the old-fashioned hacker stereotype: a socially challenged, obsessive loser addicted to an intoxicating sense of power that comes only from stalking and spying. I seen them talking about this book on the news, "The De Vinci Code" looked interesting so I ordered it too.Well my cup is empty so I'll end it here for now........ ;)
Was up at four this morning?
I don't know why but I was awake at four this morning? I was in bed around 9:30 last night read a little and fell asleep. I'm not sure if it was because of the boyz I woke up or what, hoping this isn't going to become habit! I'm wondering if gas will be at $3.00 a gallon today? Think maybe we'll try running just one truck to work, this would save us about$45.00 to $55.00 in gas a week at these prices.Gots to get finish getting ready for works.......laters!
