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Archive for March, 2005
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Just three weeks ago I reported about CherryOS suspected of being a replica of the open source PearPC and now it seems like there is an attempt to protect the GPL in court. After trying to contact CherryOS to talk things through, there was no reply other than “speak with an Attorney”. So, that’s exactly Read more …
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
237 new messages in my website inbox, only two hours after I cleared it, can someone plese take it?
Blogsphere
Yahoo introduced the beta version of Creative Commons Search. Looks pretty cool. Some sites are missing, sites like ummmm…… TechMount for example. But I’m sure it will be corrected shortly.
Michael Rogers on MSNBC asks “Vlogs: Next Read more …
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
I don’t have any write up about Yahoo 360 yet but I do wonder how Yahoo is going to put it all together. Lets see what we have here: Email, Groups, geocities, Flickr (360 photo share?), 360 blogs, 360 social network, My Yhaoo, Y! Messenger, etc. I’m not even considering Y! Lunch, search, news, maps Read more …
Posted in Internet | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
Thanks to Jeremy I’m now on Yahoo 360. Very interesting, yet there are many things to explore.
If you want to be invited to Yahoo 360 as well email me.
Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
Firefox has a “secret” feature allowing you to force new windows (which are called for by target=”_blank” and other methods) to open in a new tab instead.
Here is goes:
1. Type in the URL field: “about:config”
2. look for the line browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs and click it to change it’s value from faulse to true.
3. Now open Tools>Options>Advanced> Under Read more …
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
Yahoo announced that it will increase its free mail storage capacity from 250Mb to 1Gb. Users of the free mail service will see the upgrade to storage over April with Yahoo promising to get the job done by the end of the month.
Also thrown into the mix is the addition of Symantec’s email virus Read more …
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
The PC evolves constantly since it’s debuted. many different interfaces allowing the connection of many different classes of add-on component and peripheral device has been one of the principal reasons for its success. The key to this has been standardization, which has promoted competition and, in turn, technical innovation.
The heart of a PC system - Read more …
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
Even when system administrators filter out all traffic except port 22 (SSH), it’s very likely that there is still a way to gain access to other computers behind the firewall. This article by Mike Chirico shows how remote Linux and Windows users can gain access to firewalled samba, mail, and http servers. In essence, Read more …
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
A few vulnerabilities has been reported in Trillian, allowing malicious people to compromise a users system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors in the handling of HTTP/1.1 response headers. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code by sending a maliciously crafted HTTP/1.1 response.
Successful exploitation requires that the Read more …
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Sunday, March 27th, 2005
I’ve been sick during the entire week leaving TechMount unattended. So, here’s the third installment of Daily Friction, there is much more to come in the upcoming week.
Security
A new Firefox 1.0.2 is a security and stability update was released. It is recommended that all users upgrade to this latest version.
If you hadn’t already it’s a Read more …
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
Here comes the second Daily Friction entry. The idea is working quite well for now, so I’ll keep on at it. Today’s menu includes one very useful application, a first appearance of the hardware section and a few more goodies.
Software
FreePOPs is an easily extensible program, which allows access to the most varied resources through the Read more …
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
As Microsoft released its new search engine in Beta mode the talk about MSNs paid search offering and a google-like advertising network was quick. Now that Yahoo contextual advertising network is moving from big publishers only mode to allow it’s placement on small sites as well the contextual advertising market is increasingly heating up. When Read more …
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
Complaints about online fraud nearly doubled from 2003 to 2004, according to a December 2004 report by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. Research firm Gartner estimates that nearly 10 million Americans were hit by online fraudsters last year–largely due to a wave of phishing e-mails seeking to steal users’ identities.
In fact, Read more …
Posted in Security, Internet | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
It seems like Google has given the green light for Gmail to be open to the general public. From the registration page: “As we make room for more Gmail users, we want to first extend invitations to Google users. We’re still working to make Gmail better, so for now, we’re just inviting a small number Read more …
Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 15th, 2005
Here’s comes the first of what is going to be a tradition here at TechMount. All the small bits and pieces which do not worth a full post will be packed in a daily post. This will include things that happened in the blogsphere, interesting applications, knowledge pieces or anything I find interesting or amusing. Read more …
Posted in Daily Friction | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, March 15th, 2005
When Firefox final release came out with a big bang things started to move in the sleepy browser market. Now there is great anticipation to whats about to happen next. Here’s four shaping events from the last few days…
Netscape 8 Beta
Netscape began by trying to make an Internet that users found easy to use. Today Read more …
Posted in Software, Internet | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 13th, 2005
Blu-ray technology just got a boost this week after Apple signed on to the board of directors backing Blu-ray technology. The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced that Apple will become a member of the consortium’s Board of Directors. The BDA has over 100 members. Its Board of Directors consists of Dell Inc. HP, Hitachi,LG Electronics, Read more …
Posted in Hardware | No Comments »
Friday, March 11th, 2005
PopupCheck.com is a web site designed to test your popup blocker capabilities. It is the most complete way to test your popup blocking software. Your popup blocker will be given a series of tests that range from your standard popup to very complex popups that slip by most ad blockers.
The site features standard Read more …
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
Amid all the raving reports about CherryOS - the new Mac OS X emulator for PC, BetaNews reports or rather brings back allegations of CherryOS being actually a stolen modified code of the PearPC open source project.
From the artice: “Its creator, Arben Kryeziu, found himself in hot water last year amid claims the Read more …
Posted in News, Software | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
MozillaZine just published photos of MiniMo - A Windows Mobile Mozilla based browser. Windows Mobile Device owners will soon be able to use a Firefox like browser on their devices.
You can find more details about the MiniMo project on it’s project page.
And what about us, Palm based device owners?
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
I’m happy to introduce the new look of TechMount. A few more improvemnts are on the way. I’ll be updating the look of the site over the next few days.
Posted in Techmount & Me | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 7th, 2005
Google has launched the updated version of its desktop search tool whose enhancements include the ability to search the full text of Adobe Systems PDF files and the metadata of multimedia files.
Until now, the product could only index the names of PDF and multimedia files, such as image, music and video files. But the new Read more …
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Sunday, March 6th, 2005
Wells Fargo Bank announced that it has completed a five-year project to Web-enable its 6,200 ATMs in 23 states. The Windows-based infrastructure is designed to allow Wells Fargo to update and add services to its entire network remotely. More than 3,000 online stations were installed in nearly all of its 6,046 branch locations. The WebATM Read more …
Posted in News, Security | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 5th, 2005
The new Volkswagen Passat will come equipped with a handset integration product from Nokia Automotive, harnessing Bluetooth wireless technology. This makes Volkswagen the first automaker to offer its customers a factory-fitted automotive communication solution that supports the Bluetooth SIM Access Profile. The handset integration product provides compatibility with a wide range of mobile phones from Read more …
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
Yahoo! Celebrates it’s 10th birthday and has issued a look back at 10 years of Internet history. Their Netrospective lists the top 100 highlights over that time. They made a pretty nice edit of important events while still missing some (as expected) but the really odd thing is that they have “weblogs” and “blogging” as Read more …
Posted in Internet | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
I came across Web Photos Pro a while a go but never had the time to really check it out myself. This photos management software provides features like tagging, search, private albums, “latest photos” album, and EXIF display. It can create web standard RSS feeds and has built-in support for Technorati’s new tagging standard. Web Read more …
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