Microsoft has RSS feed for Security Bulletins
Finally someone over at redmond is getting a clue. I added this feed to my aggreator as soon as I saw it. [Lockergnome] [Microsoft RSS Security Bulletin Feed]
From the archive
April 2004
94 posts
President Bush calls for Permanent Ban on Internet Taxes
If he can get this pushed through as a election year feel good type of legislation than I am all for it. I doubt that those in Congress will be as willing to put a halt on what could be the loss of significant tax dollars. [Yahoo]
Second ISS Gyro Failed
NASA needs to kick someone in the Ass and get the heavy lifter back in service. The ISS has experienced another Gyro failure and if the station loose another then the Russian segment of the station will have to be used to keep the attitude of the ISS correct thru the use of propellant. Until the US can get the
Hubble hits 14 with recap of amazing pictures!
Since the invention of Broadband Internet I have on a weekly basis visited the Hubble website to see what new pictures had been posted. Some of those pictures have been on and off my desktop over the years. Most are quite breath taking. Wired has a great article and has some of the best pictures linked on the page. [Wired]
Do you own a TabletPC?
If you own a TabletPC then this site is definitely a site you will want to add to your favorites list. Thanks Scoble. [www.tabletpcpost.com]
Scobleizer stops Experimental Blog
Seems a few idiots complained that the content on Scobleizers experimental site was stealing their content so he has decided to stop posting to it. If you have all been paying attention Scoble has been using a cool tool that is available at www.kunal.org to post items he finds of interest from other weblogs. Because the tool post 100% of
Be careful when choosing a domain name
Let say you spend thousands of dollars developing a site and getting ready to launch and when you do your domain is not indexed because a word within your domain is filtered on and not indexed because of possible adult material. Seems quite a few companies and small business's are being caught up in this anti-porn filtering. [News.com]
Mena’s Corner: Where’s the Beef?
As many of you realize this site runs on Movable Type and we have been lucky enough to be beta testing the new build. In the next couple of weeks after they work thru some more issues we will be using it here on the main site. Mena Trott has some valid comments about MT version 3.0 and is trying
Turn your Wireless router into a Boingo Hotspot
Warning if you are utilizing a consumer broadband account it is probably illegal for you to re-sell your bandwidth. But if you have your own commercial connection you may want to consider becoming a Boingo hotspot that allows you to re-sell bandwidth to Boingo customers. [Boingo Wireless]
Wireless Tools for Protection and Hacking
If you think your wireless device is secure you need to try a few of these tools on it to be sure. If you find it isn't as secure as you thought it would be their are links to tools that will help you secure your wireless connection so that you can't be hacked. [The Secrets of Wireless Hacking] Geek
Warez Group targeted in Raids
Federal agents raided dozens of locations nationwide to sweep up Warez servers. This appears to be a significant sweep and is not limited to the United States. [ZDNet]
Satellites track Earth warming trend
Various satellites data have been tracking the Earths surface temperature for the past 18 years. This data has been analyzed to come up with some interesting statistics on the increases in surface temperatures. [Goddard Space Flight Center]
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