Consumers win big!
I would not like to be the database person who put monitors on sale by mistake at Dell seems some lucky patrons were able to get some flat screen monitors for a few pennies. Dell has honored those orders. [ZD Net]
Category
Technical
Open Source security manual and training for ethical hacking
Newsforge has an interesting article about (OSSTMM - Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual) If you are a system administrator this manual is a must read. If you are new to being a system admin and have not yet developed a comprehensive security testing doctrine this manual is a good start. [newsforge.com]
SearchGuild
SearchGuild is intended to be a forum for the discussion of search engine optimization and search engine issues. This site has potential there are a few like it out there but they have some good topics and intelligent posters. [www.searchguild.com]
Google “Big Brother Award?”
A very interesting piece that is simple and from what I can tell factual, should make you say hmmm. [www.google-watch.org]
Internet Co-Op’s an idea who’s time has come
Internet Service providers have figured out ways to lower the bandwidth cost. My hope would be that techies in small communities that lack high speed access would wise up and use some of the same ideas to bring high speed connectivity to people within there own neighborhoods. [Internet News]
25 year Anniversary of the Bulletin Board System
Bulletin Board System worldwide celebrated a 25 year anniversary of the hobby. My personal BBS did not come on the scene until 1988 and by then the the scene had exploded. But to honor the 25th year of BBS'ing I want to honor the 2 that created a hobby that I have enjoyed from the first time I logged into
The Flash Mind Reader
I played with this thing for a while and it took me about 60 seconds to figure it out. Once you figure it out you will slap yourself in the head. I wonder how many of you will come back and ask how did they do it. I will publish how they did it in the comments section tomorrow. :)