From the archive

June 2002

94 posts

Your Credit Card Data

What if bought something off a web site last year and then the company in which had your credit card information had been hacked and your Credit Card Data stolen. Would you be upset if they did not inform you. Well it seems that some companies are facing that dilemma. [MSNBC]

Lawsuits are flying

Seems a couple of consumers are taking the recording industry to task over there recent introduction of disc that do not work in computers and can even cause those running mac's a trip to the repair shop. We all need to sue these idiots. Let's see a 100,000 lawsuits against the companies and they may realize that consumers are sick

Windows XP Update and your Privacy

Ever wonder exactly what is being sent of your personal information each time you update Windows XP Operating-system version number and Product Identification Number Internet Explorer version Version numbers of other software Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices Check the privacy statement from this page:

Registry Robot

Registry Robot provides a safe interface to dozens of registry settings that cannot be changed through built-in Windows utilities. Only tweaks that relate to your operating system or Internet Explorer version are displayed; if it's not relevant, you never see it. The tweaks appear in a tree structure, organized by category, and include descriptive text so you know what the

Do you love DOS batch files.

I still use Dos from time to time. Some of you will cringe but heck if MS is gonna let us get at the dos prompt I am going to automate as many task as possible here is a list of 32 pretty nifty pre-configured Dos batch files.

Tool Update “Proximation”

There is a update to a great program that serves the web up the way you want it served and not the way webmasters like me want it served up. I can personally vouch this is one of the better tools out there I use it myself. Check out the new version of Proximation.

More X-Box Follies

Seems that the technical hackers have been hard at work modifying X-Box will not be long and they will have it washing your cloth's [ZDNet]

Cable Companies Poised to Implement New Pricing

I have been hearing rumblings all over the place about cable companies poising to put a cap on amount of data you download and if you go over to charge you more. I knew these assholes would do this at some point. I am a power user and my download megabyte count per month is significant. I am not a

Gem of the week, Do you Have a TiVo?

Do you own a TiVo or do you want to find out what makes that thing tick this is the best site I have seen thus far. I really need to buy one of these things but I am unsure my cable box supports it. Guess I need to read the FAQ.

Bogus MP3s filling your In Directory

Seems a familiar recording company may be fighting back by putting bogus or cut-up MP3s on the file sharing services. [Salon]

Microsoft Discloses Software Flaw

Microsoft says a serious flaw in its server software which runs about one-third of the world's websites -- could allow hackers to seize sites, steal information and attack other computers. [Wired]

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