Talk about embarrassing yourself, but it seems Microsoft has just done that. In a publicity shot to show MSN search features you can clearly see the browser of choice was Firefox. Someone is going to get fired over that screw up. Makes you wonder how many users at Redmond prefer Firefox over their house brand browser Internet “found another hole” Explorer. To read more about this go to NRG, they have links to the actual articles that display the publicity shots in question.
My Return
Hey guys sorry I haven’t been posting lately, I ran into some health issues. Winds up I had a fracture in my right foot and two herniated discs all while in the middle of a killer sinus infection. So the doctor felt kind of bad for me and didn’t want to put me into a cast so he told me to get some rigid boots (Timberlands in my case). As far as my back goes I have to wear this bulky uncomfortable back brace. Hopefully after several weeks it will get better and I won’t have to wear it any more. However he has already informed me that this will come back several more times in my life after viewing my MRI films. I will start posting more frequently now and put some more time and attention to building up the forums and photo album sections.
The Big Chill
Ever have one of those days where you shouldn’t have even considered getting out of bed? Well today is one of those days for me. It all started when the end users of yesterdays database work started saying they were missing data and bank accounts. That was bad enough in itself now one of my clients in Atlanta a Stock Trader lost his Internet connectivity. At first it was a system wide issue in Georgia which was fixed within the hour. It then was compounded when his firewall decided to go south for the winter (Motherboard is Toast). So now I have to build, configure and ship one before 5pm, Lucky Me. Hope your day is better, because it can’t be any worse than mine.
My Precious!
This just arrived at my local T-Mobile today and I have been waiting for a “Crack”berry with bluetooth that didn’t make you look like a dork while you talked into it. I got off the train and headed directly to the store to pick mine up. This thing is uber-sweet, you have to use this thing to believe it. The one thing that is really cool is the built in AIM, Yahoo & ICQ messengers. The AIM client which is what I use is actually an AOL designed client, at least it behaves like it.
For more information go to the this Blackberry product link: http://www.blackberry.com/blackberry7100/
I owe these guys a drink!
Who says hackers are bad people? This group of hackers has definitely won brownie points with me. It seems as if the hacker group calling itself “TeAmZ US” is out to hack any terrorist website. And recently took down Zarqawi’s website and posted the image below. The image was a screenshot that InTheBullpen was able to grab before the terrorist group restored the site. A link to the full story and a full screenshot can be found on the link below.
http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2004/09/28/zarqawis-web-site-hacked/
Today was a sad day indeed
My mother was scheduled to fly to Germany for my Grandfather’s 100th birthday celebration in November. I was going to surprise them both by flying out there without any advanced notice. Unfortunately, that celebration will never occur. My Grandfather passed away in his sleep this morning in Greene, Germany. He had a full and memorable life and was recently plagued with health issues and cancer. He is now with my Grandmother in a better place free of pain and suffering. He is survived by his three Daughters and four Grandchildren. Rest in peace Opa.
Computerless Pong
I found a link to this site while searching through Hard|OCP this morning. Somebody in Germany made a mechanical version of Pong. You heard me right Pong the old classic two paddles and a ball bouncing back in forth. It’s a novelty to say the least but you have to see how this thing was built, it is simply amazing. The site is in English; however the video is in German with English subtitles. You must see the video.
Son of a biatch!
Remember I warned you about the JPEG exploit that was coming. We’ll a proof of concept for the exploit has been publicly posted. We’ll that didn’t take long now did it? With the proof of concept now public it will only be a matter of days before new viruses and Trojans start floating around taking advantage of the exploit. Patch those Microsoft products immediately or cry later.
For more information click the link below to take you the c|net article:
Opt Out! Malware In!
It seems there is an exploit making its rounds that takes advantage of opt-out links in spam emails. The link sends you to a site where you supposedly opt out of getting additional spam. Instead if you have an un-patched Internet Explorer you are hit with the “Drag and Drop” exploit. This then gives the remote party control of your system to with as they please.
For more information follow the link below to the ARS Technica article.
Ummm.. Is that a worm in your JPEG or are you just happy to see me?
It’s that time again, time to go to Microsoft’s update page and start updating everything you own from Microsoft. You heard me right everything, well just about everything. It seems that there is a flaw in the way Microsoft products display JPEGs which could allow someone to compromise your system. Yup, that’s right view a picture lose your system. Well the good news is that there is not even a proof of concept yet to exploit the hole. Doesn’t mean their not hard at work at it now since everyone knows it exists now. If your running Windows XP SP2 your not effected for your OS or Browser however your Office products still need to be updated. Follow the link below to view the Microsoft TechNet article.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx