Congratulations Mena G. Trott and Ben Trott
Mena G. Trott and Ben Trott of SixApart have been named People of the Year by PC Magazine. Congrats to both and that is one of the bigger Geek Awards one can win. [PC Magazine]
From the archive
2004
1,276 posts
Mars Update
Great write up on what has been happening on Mars. [adot's notblog]
Showcase Site of the Day
Showcase Site of the Day is our way of saying Thank You, to any site that links to our website. To get your site listed visit here. Today's Showcase site is: The Howdy Kid Online Blog, My name is Dan. I'm a 19 year old computer science student. Geek News Central is one of my favourite sources to keep up
Can Firefox be trusted?
For the record "I Love Firefox", "Everyone I talk to is trying Firefox" that out of the way. There is a blog entry that is making it's rounds on concerns some are having when downloading Firefox and installing plugins. The author has a right to be concerned and the gang over at Firefox should take his comments seriously. [blogs.msdn.com/ptorr]
The unofficial Supernova.org closure FAQ
Lot's of people are now on the search for torrent sites after several of the most popular and well publicized sites were shutdown. It is understandable why as the heat had been turned up by the MPAA. I find it sad that they did not stand up and fight though. It's tough to stare down the end of a gun
Yahoo should do the right thing!
I have about a dozen e-mail accounts spread all over the net but I keep a printout in our safety deposit box along with many other things a print-out of all of my login names and passwords in a sealed envelope. But not everyone has pre-planned for something bad happening to them. A Marine who was unfortunately killed in action
Google Becomes Unwitting Abettor for Santy Worm
The new Santy worm uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable websites and then defaces the sites' bulletin boards. The worm, formally named Net-Worm.Perl.Santy, attacks website bulletin boards (Internet forums or message centers) running versions of the popular phpBB bulletin board application. The worm exploits a known security vulnerability in early releases of the phpBB application, defacing the contents
Spyware you do not want to get for Christmas!
As I was installing my Creative Labs PCMCIA sound card, I was shocked to see the amount of "GARBAGE" creative labs tried to install or place in my bookmarks on my PC. Luckily my Spyware program caught all of it and I was able to have it removed before it could become a issue. Why would Creative do this. The
eWeek covers MovableType Comment Spam Issue!
Being a diehard MovableType user we will be upgrading this site tonight to MovableType version 3.14. The stop gap measures put into place by parent company Six Apart looks like a good first step towards fixing the problem that many of us have had to deal with. I am sure my hosting provider will be happy about the upgrade let's
Find a bug for Google and get a internship!
The latest security flaw in the Google Desktop Search Engine which caused me so much grief (from the upgrade process) was found by a class at BYU, one of the students involved has been offered a internship by Google. I wonder if they will offer me a job for the pure hell I went through in getting my computer to
Worm using Google to Spread word!
A worm has been methodically spreading throughout the Internet infecting PHP Bulletin Board through a well known flaw. [ZDNet]
Geek News Central Podcast #21 2004-12-21
Went thru Geek Hell yesterday, details are in the Podcast. Little less than 30 minutes today due to software issues yesterday. May do 3 shows this week we will see. GeekNewsCentral-2004-12-21.mp3 Google Trust (Unknown Autoupdate of Google Desktop Search) Google Desktop Search deinstall destroyed my TCP/IP Stack MovableType version 3.14 released. What's the big deal for Technology in January 2005?
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