Archive for December, 2004
phpBB users beware!!
Anyone running a forum server using phpBB need to take precautions immediately. There is a worm that is targeting phpBB code. The worm is called Sanity.A and it using Google to find server running phpBB by searching for ‘viewtopic.php’. Once a site is compromised it searches for several web page extensions and then defaces them. [...]
Give your Photo iPod the Playboy touch
Playboy is starting a service called iBod which allows you to download photos of 25 models for your Photo iPod. For more information or to download this package visit: Playboy’s iBodPlayboy’s iBod
Microsoft fixes ‘critical’ XP firewall issue
Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a potentially serious configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Read Story @ InfoWorld
New IE Exploit Spoofs Web Sites
The bug, which has been confirmed on a fully patched Windows XP system with IE 6.0 and Service Pack 2, could allow a scammer to display a fake Web site with all the attributes of a genuine, secure site, including the URL and the icon indicating SSL security, according to researchers. Read More @ eWeek
FCC gives thumbs-up to in-flight broadband
High-speed Internet access may be coming to a flight near you. The FCC has voted to allow in-flight broadband, but is hesitating on green-lighting cell phone usage. Read Story @ ARS Technica
At Home recovering
I’m back at home recovering. I thought I was going to be awake trough the procedure since I was told I was being giving a local but I was out cold. Only thing I remember was being wheeled in the operating room and waking up in the recovery room a couple of hours later. Well [...]
Going under the knife
Well guys wish me luck! I am heading out to the hospital now for my knee surgery. They are working on torn medial and lateral meniscuses, it is a short procedure but I will be in the hospital all day. I’ll give you an update when I am back from the hospital.
Google the Fisher Price of desktop indexing?
I just installed the beta of Microsoft Desktop search which is part of their newly updated toolbar suite. I have to tell you Microsoft’s version makes Google’s product look like the Fisher Price of desktop searching. The Microsoft product even in its beta stage is highly customizable and has a much more polished interface than [...]
