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According to a recent report by researches from Princeton, some popular applications such as AIM and Photoshop cause security problems once they are installed because they make changes to the operating system that can allow attackers to bypass Windows security mechanisms. PCWorld reports that hackers are targeting software programs because of the growing number of security flaws found in them
So you’ve got your spankin’ new blog and you want to spruce it up with some cool artwork you found online. You copy the image’s URL and paste it into your code as your background image. It looks great. Your friends think you’re groovy because your blog is stylin. A few days later, you log in to find that your
http://www.truthmapping.com/viewtopic.php?id=475 Intelligent design cannot be made into a scientific theory without self-contradiction. Gotta love TruthMapping.com!
That's the way you do it, get your money for nothin' and your videos for $1.99. That's right, iTunes has added MTV programming to their video repitoire. Now users can pay $1.99 to download episodes of shows like “Beavis and Butthead”, “Jackass”, and “Punk'd”. The downloads can be viewed on the new iPod that can hold up to 150 hours
Professor Ian Ayres wrote in the NY Times, “In time for the new school year, the Government Accountability Office has released a sobering report on the soaring price of textbooks. Over the past two decades, the report tells us, 'College textbook prices have risen at double the rate of inflation.'” The outlandish price of college textbooks isn't even the most
The Visual Elements Periodic Table has been put together by the Royal Society of Chemistry in an attempt to produce an interactive website with visuals and information that reflect the diversity of material that makes up the world we live in. It's a great way to learn the periodic table and they also provide a brief history of its development,
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is web-caming the expected eruption of volcano Augustine and there are some really wonderful pictures there as a result. Very cool to be able to observe this in near real time. Alaska Volcano Observatory
Find out how old you would be if you were live on other planets! I am 2.7 years old on Jupiter, 133.2 years old on Murcury, and only 1.29 years old on Pluto! While earth takes 365 days to make one revolution around the sun, the closest planet, Mercury, takes only 88 days. The distant planet Pluto takes a whopping
“The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The Museum's curatorial, conservation, and education staff—the largest team of art experts anywhere in the world—research and write the Timeline, which is an invaluable reference and research tool for
Even though I was literally lost half-way though the first season of ABC's hit TV show, Lost, I still have to give mad props to my friend Charon for all of his efforts in cracking the secrets of the show. Now in it's second season, Lost is riddled with clues, secret messages, and general weirdness that is just too geeky
Phrase of the day: Creative Commons. CreativeCommons.org the blog. More cool stuff… Flock Technorati The BBC Creative Archive Absolute Arts Live Music Archive
I usually don't post more than once in one day, but I just couldn't help it when I came upon this site. MyProgs is a great new site for software enthusiasts, like me. Here is the description, taken from their site: About MyProgs This site allows you to keep a social list of the programs you use. After you sign
This site www.davidrumsey.com really deserves notice. It has a growing collection of maps from the last few hundred years, and it is all viewable online. It’s very interesting to look at changes over time, especially the larger cities.
In case you are unaware as to what Trackbacks are, I found a site talking about them located at A Political Blog that digressed from their normal issues to speak out about them. I used the definition quote they did from M.A.W.B. Squad because they have a succinct definition: “A trackback sends a link to another person's post to show
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