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Internet summed up in 26 keywords Posted by Pile (5271 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
Google's new Suggest feature provides hints as-you-type, based on the most popular search queries. So without further adieu, here's an A-to-Z list of what the Internet is all about: the most popular keyword searches for each letter.
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Holiday greeting e-mail hides nasty worm Posted by Pile (7632 views) [E-Mail link]
The Zafi.D worm, which disguises itself as an e-mail holiday greeting, is currently the most frequently detected worldwide virus, software security company Panda Software said this week.
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Google upset over "click fraud" Posted by Pile (9580 views) [E-Mail link]
A top Google official said that growing abuse of the company's lucrative sponsored ad-search model jeopardizes the popular Internet search engine's business. He's talking about "click fraud". They claim people are clicking on sponsored links illegitimately to cause advertisers to pay more money. We here at BSA have never quite understood how the whole pay-per-click model would ever be "fraud proof" and aside from obvious attempts, how do you determine what is and isn't a legitimate click?
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CNN spoof site claiming Bush arrested in Canada Posted by Pile (5456 views) [E-Mail link]
There's a buzz going around the Internet regarding the supposed arrest of George Bush for war crimes upon his visit to Canada. An enterprising individual has created a clever mock-CNN site that appears like the real thing, complete with lots of detail and stats on the supposed charges against the U.S. president.
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Only takes 4 Minutes online before your Microsoft PC is infected Posted by Pile (7753 views) [E-Mail link]
USA Today has a story outlining how long ones' fresh PC might last connected to the Internet before it's infected. If you're running Microsoft XP with SP1, you may have approximately four minutes of time before your PC is infected and compromised. This is an indication of the overwhelming amount of virus/worm traffic randomly hitting Internet machines that the top-level ISPs adn the enforcement authorities seem to not give a damn about addressing.
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New screen saver fights back against spammers Posted by RantMaster (9114 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
"Make Love Not Spam": Lycos has announced a clever new free screen saver that targets known spam servers and when your computer is idle, drains a bit of bandwidth from them, supposedly to cost spammers more money in bandwidth costs. Seems like a cool idea to me.
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Finally, a use for those AOL CDs Posted by RantMaster (6179 views) [E-Mail link]
Finally, a creative soul has figured out a way to make something useful from the thosands of promotional AOL CDs that seem to be invading our mailboxes. Ed's Note: It should be noted that the attached image is (c) Stupidco.com. Our branding image overwrote that.
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Bofra worm spreading - even via well known sites Posted by Pile (8431 views) [E-Mail link]
Reason # 34,871,190 to switch to Firefox. Yet another worm is spreading across the net and your computer can be infected by merely clicking on an otherwise innocuous link. This affects anyone running Windows and using Internet Explorer without SP2 installed. This new virus attaches your computer to various IRC channels and allows the public to have completely control of it remotely. Bad stuff.
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Internet porn worse than crack? Posted by Pile (8061 views) [E-Mail link]	[Dubious Research]
Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and researchers testifying before a Senate committee Thursday.
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Spinwatch debuts as another media watchdog Posted by Pile (5599 views) [E-Mail link]	[News Media]
While we consider ourselves part of the contingent that is endeavoring to keep the media in check, we're not alone. The most recent addition to the counter-spin arena is a web site run by a professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, entitled Spinwatch.
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Lexmark printers silently spy on you Posted by Pile (6079 views) [E-Mail link]
I bet you didn't know that hooking up a printer to your computer would violate your privacy? Computer techs are up in arms about some new software for Lexmark printers which secretly gathers information on usage and reports the data back to an Internet address owned by Lexmark.
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As many as 10 vulnerabilities found in Windows SP2 Posted by Pile (8773 views) [E-Mail link]
I know you're not going to believe this, but a San Jose software firm has identified as many as 10 new serious security flaws in Microsoft's new major security update to Windows XP. Since Microsoft doesn't have any patches yet, their official position on the issue is one of skepticism that the vulnerabilities are legit.
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AOL's "loose cannon" Posted by Pile (7531 views) [E-Mail link]
Rolling Stone has an interesting story about Justin Frankel, the young guy who created the Winamp player and his trials and tribulations with AOL.
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Surprise! Another major IE flaw Posted by RantMaster (8697 views) [E-Mail link]
There's a new variant of the MyDoom virus that exploits yet another flaw in the latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. By now, nobody in their right mind should be using IE, but if you still have some bonehead friend or employers stupid enough to use IE, you should get them to upgrade to Firefox. In another touch of irony, The Computer Emergency Response Team of Carnagie Mellon University issued an after-the-fact advisory claiming, "Due to the dynamic nature of the heap, it is usually difficult for attackers to execute arbitrary code using this type of vulnerability." Unfortunately this arrived hours after I saw my first successful variant of the exploit originating from a PC at the University of Kansas. CERT seems to be more docile and corporate-friendly in the wake of these issues.
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10x10 - A new perspective on news Posted by Pile (7464 views) [E-Mail link]
A new site has sprung up in the last week called "10x10". The idea behind the site is that it scans the news feeds from various online networks and uses linguistic analysis to identify the 100 most active words, displaying them and corresponding pictures in a 10x10 grid. A kind of futuristic interface to news stories ranked by their permutation in the wire services. Innovative? Or much ado about nothing? You decide.
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Music industry unveils new piracy-proof format. Posted by Pile (8960 views) [E-Mail link]	[Music] [Technology]
In response to rampant online copying, the music industry has developed what they claim to be a "fool-proof" media format that will thwart piracy.
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Cell Phone Survey Goes Kerry Posted by wizeGurl (3735 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
One big flaw with all the latest polls has been that they only survey land lines; cell phones do not get called for polls. This means anyone who doesn't have a land line isn't reflected in the polls. Well, a new Zogby poll investigates that gap, and finds that cell phone users--at least those associated with the Rock the Vote Mobile program--prefer Kerry over Bush, 55 percent-40 percent.
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Please hold for the President of the United States Posted by PoopScoop (10469 views) [E-Mail link]
You are home minding your business when the phone rings and you look down at the Caller ID and it's the White House. The caller asks you to "Please hold for the President of the United States." Is this for real you ask yourself.... Well...
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Bush's re-election web site not available to Europeans Posted by RantMaster (5121 views) [E-Mail link]
For some strange reason, the BBC is reporting that GW Bush's web site is denying access to many countries outside the U.S. The net is buzzing with speculation as to why the administration doesn't want other countries to access Bush's web site, with many calling it a PR disaster for the President and yet another slap in the face of US-International relations. Perhaps GW only meant to block access to some of the Internets as opposed to all.
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Computer program eliminates undecided voters Posted by Pile (3815 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
This is a pretty clever idea. A guy has taken campaign promises from both Bush and Kerry's web sites and put together a very short online test, with issue-oriented questions. You pick which side of the issues you suppport; the web site tells you which candidate for whom you should vote.
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TV-B-Gone Posted by Pile (8247 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology] [Television]
In a story that seems made for this site, we've come across an interesting new invention called "TV-B-Gone" - a little thingy that sits on your keychain and has the power to turn off most television sets. Its inventors claim they thought of the idea while eating out one night and being distracted by a tv in a restaurant. The inventors claim the device will give people back time that the tv would otherwise suck from their life.
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The safest way to run Windows is on a Mac! Posted by Psychocktail (8012 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
Using Windows is no fun at the best of times, but the never ending plagues of viruses, worms and spyware, are so bad that it may be that the best thing to do is junk that PC and move to the Mac. Using Virtual PC, you don't even have to run Mac OS X! According to Microsoft, the safest way to run Windows is under emulation on a Mac.
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Pres. candidates' Internet expenses revealed Posted by Pile (5073 views) [E-Mail link]
How much would you pay to run your political web sites? Well, if you're GW Bush, you and your associates have doled out a whopping $1.5M, including such hefty figures as $54,000 for "e-mail programming" - some nice mercs they have on their team, compared with Kerry's modest outlay of somewhere in the area of $50k.
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Microsoft-based web sites have major vulnerability Posted by Pile (7464 views) [E-Mail link]
An advisory has been released regarding a vulnerability in Microsoft's ASP .NET technology which apparently allows people to bypass password security on web sites. You might want to worry if you're doing business with a company who uses some of this insecure Microsoft technology for their e-commerce systems. Your personal information may be at risk.
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Spamcop settles court case with spammer. End result: nothing Posted by Pile (8760 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
Notorious spammer, Optinrealbig sued Spamcop/Ironport, the company promoting one of the most effective blacklisting operations against spammers. The case has recently been settled and in a typically useless scenario, no details have been made public on the nature of the settlement. Spammer sues anti-spam company; anti-spam company claims nothing has changed; spammer claims nothing has changed. Score: Consumers 0, Lawyers 1.
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Nation gripped in epic struggle over typsetting technology Posted by Pile (3773 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
It seems citizens of the United States are engaged in an epic struggle over typsetting standards and whether some trivial GW Bush reservist documents are forgeries. While everyone in the media is busy arguing about some stupid documents that have no significant meaning, the United States executed a rocket attack on a previously-disabled vehicle and killed several innocent people including at least one foreign journalist and injured many others. While we argue over MS Word documents, the war in Iraq seems to be getting exponentially worse. Bin Laden is probably hanging out on the beach in California, while we are desperate to get to the bottom of some stupid documents.
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German invention shames men into leaving toilet seat down Posted by Pile (5984 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down by a gadget which is saving millions of women from cleaning up in the bathroom after them. In a related story, officials are puzzled by the smell of urine coming from sinks all across Germany.
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Insideous Back Door Discovered in Diebold Voting Machines! Posted by RantMaster (3910 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
Doh! An inteesting new "trick" has been exposed in some Diebold voting machines, which is less a bug and more a finely-honed back door allowing vote counts to be altered. Score: Democracy 0, Diebold 1
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eBay Germany Gets DNS Hijacked Posted by Pile (5283 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
Most "phishing" (attempts to coerce stupid consumers out of personal information) largely rely on e-mail and spoofing of web sites. In Germany, some enterprising criminals actually managed to co-opt the DNS for eBay Germany for a few hours and redirect legitimate traffic to a fake site. Obviously eBay is quite upset about this, and rightly so. Someone dropped the ball here and allowed an unauthorized DNS change for a major site. If the top-level ISPs can't be trusted to follow security procedures, what are we left with? I am equally upset. I was high bidder on the Hindenburg-embossed toaster cozy until this snafu.
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Fun With Google, Part Deux Posted by Pile (5231 views) [E-Mail link]	[Technology]
In a previous article, we exposed how credit card numbers could be snarfed from irresponsible hosts online using Google. SecurityFocus has a neat article on other search tricks. How about browsing unprotected directories or snatching some dork's entire Outlook settings and address book!
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Longhorn Bullshit! Or is that Billshit? Posted by Psychocktail (9133 views) [E-Mail link]
Don't have a cow! Some real bullshit about a Longhorn that's not a bull!
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Asian Firm Develops "Cyber Girlfriend" Posted by Pile (9182 views) [E-Mail link]	[Psychology]
A Hong Kong company has developed a new cell phone application that emulates a "virtual girlfriend" that requires your time, attention and money in return for what can only be characterized as perverse, pathetic, inanimate validation. If you previously thought you weren't paying enough to get attention or respect from your cellular provider, think again!
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Tricks of the Trade Posted by Pile (9428 views) [E-Mail link]	[The "Buzz"]
Every profession has various subtle tricks. The Morning News has put together an interesting compendium of Tricks of the Trade. Did you know butchers have their own special dirty language; how a nurse tells if a patient is actually asleep, or what never to do when you're making baloon animals?
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Google reveals irresponsible customers & merchants Posted by Pile (5769 views) [E-Mail link]
There's a buzz going around the tech community of an interesting demonstration of Google's ability to ferret credit card numbers from the web. Generally-speaking, the Fair Credit Billing Act of 1976 protects American consumers against fradulent activity, but it never ceases to amaze me how stupid customers and stupid merchants put sensitive information in public Internet space.
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US wins gold medal in SPAM Posted by Pile (9534 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
Figures are in, and the latest indicate that the United States is the biggest spammer in the world, with almost half of all spam originating in the states. For awhile the Korean and Chinese teams were in the lead, but in a the end, the United States came out on top!
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Most Olympic participants banned from publishing web content Posted by RantMaster (9630 views) [E-Mail link]	[Olympics]
Apparently, to protect its lucrative broadcasting contracts, the IOC is restricting most Olympic competitors and support personnel from publishing any first-hand accounts, pictures or related media online for the duration of the games. Again, freedom of expression seems to take a back seat to profit generation.
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He isn't named "Drudge" for nothing Posted by Admin (5451 views) [E-Mail link]
Drudge, one of the bottom feeders of the right wing propaganda machine was caught yesterday stealing and doctoring this photo of Michael Moore and Bill O'Reilly taken by "This Modern World" comic. as they sparred outside the DNC. The transcript of the "interview" is floating around the Internet and is quite interesting. Basically Moore went toe-to-toe with O'Reilly who did his usual song and dance. Why anybody thinks O'Reilly has any credibility is beyond me.
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New York slaps spammer on the wrist Posted by Admin (8870 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
In no doubt another embarassing revelation on the total ineffectiveness of law enforcement, the state of New York settles its case against a notorious spammer for a mere $50k, which not surprisingly the spammer claims is a win for him. Maybe some day we will have real law enforcement against these spamming goons who break into peoples' computers to spread junk e-mail, but today we have more BS.
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Oops! Cameron Diaz sex video hits Internet Posted by Admin (13436 views) [E-Mail link]	[Pubic Relations]
A sexy video of a 19-year-old Cameron Diaz in bondage gear has apparently surfaced on the Internet being sold by (gasp) a Russian web site. The Charlie's Angels' publicist verifies its authenticity and claims they had an injunction to have this stopped. It's hard to believe that anyone would think a video of a semi-nude, 19-yo Cameron Diaz on a leash would be of interest to people. Go figure? And now in what is obviously a bold act of defiance, some Russians are selling the video. Could this usher in the next cold war?
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