The Shat -- William Shatner -- is slated to release a new album. When is your birthday again, Iceburrg?

SearchMobileComputing.com | Broadcom to release 'pre-standard' 802.11n chips I feel the need the need for speed.

Just in time for the for the holidays, two gifts from Sourceforge!. Fire is a multi-platform IM client (think Trillian ). iLeech is an add-on for iTunes that allows you to connect to another person's iTunes share and, well you know... Both programs are for OSX. Download, and enjoy!

Chopper_D, the digital music store of your dreams is finally here. Further proving that anyone and everyone will have a digital music store...

CNN.com - U.S. court nixes Net music subpoenas - Dec. 19, 2003Download away suckers

Let's be frank. Ostensibly this QT clip is about filmaking, but anyone who's worked in an office space will identify. Can you say subtext?

CUBE ZERO gets squared away Steve-O I know your up for this one.

Catch the Creeper on the web!

To tie in with the video debut of JEEPERS CREEPERS II January 23, MGM has posted a “Catch the Creeper” game here. The Pac-Man-style game challenges you as the Creeper to eat up a field of dots and avoid the farmers who are out to get you. It’s part of the overall JEEPERS CREEPERS II video-release official website, which offers a trailer, a list of the DVD’s many special features, a link to the movie’s original theatrical site and more.

Sci Fi Wire is reporting that the early showings of Return of the King are selling out. Well, duh!

Branch Cut for Mozilla Firebird 0.8. *drool*

If you read the planned changes for the Windows XP Service Pack 2, then you may become a better person.

Jarn always hates when I make reference to the line "Elf booty got soul" from a Lords of the Rhymes song. For some reason, he can't find the humor in Hobbit rap. Well, I noticed a link on Metafilter with the exact same title. It looks like there is an internet wide conspiracy to piss Jarn off! Warning: NSFW.

Finally, something comes along that will actually waste more time than spam!

The best junk mail filtering on the planet just got better.

Here's a Christmas gift for the geek who has everything!

"They have been studying Linux extensively. Part of their study has been on how Linux has been able to maintain a high level of consistency in the kernel while groups around it maintain maximum flexibility." Guess who...

In order to stay sane and to prevent the abuse of alcohol during and after work hours, we often get some gaming time during our lunch breaks. While we have been deeply satisfied with our current entertainment, we occasionally talk about picking up a different game. Lo and behold, somebody on Slashdot asked a similar question. The results are interesting, which peaks my interests towards BZFlag and Scorched 3D.

More than 50 percent of all Internet traffic across the world passes through Virginia -- AOL and 1,300 service providers or technology companies are located there. So it figures this is where we find the first felony prosecution for violation of antispam statutes. The spammers could (make that SHOULD) do 20 years.

Delayed patch ends Microsoft's patch-free month early This you gotta love

"OH, LORDY!: Proving that old hobbits are hard to break, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has expressed interest in securing film rights to The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the Rings trilogy. 'I'd be interested in doing it,' he says, 'because I think it would give continuity to the overall chapter.'"

HelpDesk Anecdote; Working on a HP Proliant DL380 G3 with Win 2003 Ent Ed. The box is in a Cluster as a second node, we noticed it kept failing , blue screening and rebooting. Troubleshooting both e With M$ & HP. At this point to no avail. This morning I cam in the box had blue screened, but it was like a scrolling Blue screen, sorta like when you try to adjust the Vertical and Horizontal setting on the back of an old TV. Writing was a slanted while scrolling kinda like the Star Wars opening plot text. Thought this was pretty funny, putting it up for a vote on a new Term for this occurrence, I will start with BlueScreen of the DeathStar.

Feds get a 'D' in computer security. Anyone else scared that even NASA can't secure their own network? If the rocket scientists can't do it, who can?

Microsoft skips December security updates. Allow me to translate their excuse: It's not that we're not doing anything, it's just that we're not doing anything. Should make for a fun Christmas full of hacked machines...

This sure beats the crap out of my Netgear wireless router I just bought. I think I'll put it right next to my new Space Invaders stand-up.

Cat got your tongue?

Windows XP ExtrasPlay Tron 2.0 Bonus levels , work is so over rated.

Not sure if it is PC to Steal from another blog but here goes.The Daily Blog: The Segway/Skynet Connection: "Good Ol' Uncle Sam -- always looking to take something relatively harmless and turn it into something the military can use (usually to blow things up)."

Steve Jobs talks about the music industry, iTunes Store & iPod sales in RollingStone.com. I'm blogging this for this great quote: 'When we first went to talk to these record companies -- about eighteen months ago -- we said, "None of this technology that you're talking about's gonna work. We have Ph.D.s here who know the stuff cold, and we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content."' Jobs goes on to point out that the record companies kept pushing Apple away until they realized that subscription services won't cut it.

How to Fix Your PS2 Disc Read Errors Did this over the weekend worked for me.

If you see a Windows sticker on your ATM, run, don't walk, to a different ATM. This is exactly why I don't want Windows popping up in all sorts of places you don't expect. Do you seriously want to run security updates your refrigerator, car, and wrist watch every month?

How much is digital music worth?: It's a good article on CNet about digital music, but I'm blogging it for the quote "Apple buyers tend to have higher incomes and greater technological sophistication than the PC audience as a whole". Yup Chopper_D, I thought you'd enjoy that...

BlackBerry aims to go Wi-Fi. Mobitext, RIP.

Microsoft, bowing to legal pressure from their Java settlement, will no longer be distributing several products. The big products include Office 2000, IE 5.5, SQL Server 7 and Windows 98 (except SE). Support for these products is expected to remain.
I'm glad most of this stuff is being tossed, save for IE 5.5, which is still used way too much.

One good link deserves another. This is the case that may make your little boy into a sissy.

Jarn, this link's for you! I'm blatantly stealing the link from Slashdot - it was too good to pass up...

Kazaa has ordered that Kazaa Lite be shut down. They said that their copyrights were being infringed! It's interesting that the world's largest tool for downloading copyrighted material is claiming copyright infringement. What's really funny though is now that the web site is down, Kazaa Lite will be distributed over Kazaa's own network. Internet Karma?

Ars Technica has a great article call the used Mac buyer's guide. I've linked to the 3rd part of this series which covers laptops.

Concerning the BCS crap that has the #1 team in the nation not playing for the championship, we have a great quote from one of of the USC scholar-athletes, Cornerback Will Poole: "I learned a little about life in general. You can't let a computer make decisions for you. Computers are going to take over. The next thing you know, everybody is going to be out of a job. Computers are going to play football. If you let computers run the world, what are humans going to do?"

A new version of FileZilla has been released. Download and enjoy!

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 has been released. Download and enjoy!

But how do I explain the $2,772 charge on my credit card to my wife?

Keanu made me do it!

Joss Whedon previews the Firefly DVD and has the quote of the day: "And one of the episodes is them defending a whorehouse. And you can never have enough episodes about people defending a whorehouse." I, for one, can't wait for my DVD's to ship.

Well, at least the people who made and starred in Battlestar Galactica like it. That's worth something isn't it? For all you naysayers out there who expect BG to suck, just remember one very important fact: Keanu (aka Lord of the Tools) is NOT in the film. It already better than the second and third Matrix films...

Finally, a positive review of the new Battlestar Galactica series. *whew*

Open chested cat suits. Spandex trou. Over-the-top falsetto. Are these guys serious? Ironic metal rawks!

In an attempt to not help customers, Dell has decided it's good business to forbid spyware removal support. Sounds like a good decision to me! Why waste time helping customers when you can fall back to the good old "restore your system from the restore CD?" I wonder if they bother to tell customers they'll lose all their data when they do it... We use Spybot Search and Destroy on a daily basis here and I can't tell you how many times it's saved a computer from a horrible spyware infested death. I officially nominate all of Dell support as the tool of the week. However, since this obviously covers more than one person, I'll steal a phrase from an earlier comment and call them the "Toolbox of the week." Shame on you Dell support. Shame, shame...

How Not to Get Fired Because of Your Blog.

CNN.com - Reports of new Explorer holes probed - Dec. 1, 2003

Buy Microsoft's Longhorn for a buck and a half? Sounds about right.

Will TiVo Destroy Ad-Supported TV? Probably not. There may be more advertisements within a show. And TV producers may make sure advertisements get as much screen time as possible.

MOVE OVER BRITNEY SPEARS HERE COMES BROOKE HOGAN That's my daughter BROTHER!! NICE!

MICK FOLEY IN NEGOTIATIONS TO DEVELOP AND STAR IN CBS SERIES oohh this should be good.

KNAC.COM - News - Ronnie James Dio Cuts Off Thumb!: "Ronnie James Dio Loses Thumb!"

In another move that shows that the United States Government knows what's best for this grand country, they are passing a bill that would allow the MPAA and RIAA to be permanently exempt from antitrust litigation.
Boy, I sure can sleep better at night knowing that the good people of the MPAA and RIAA can take away our rights to own stuff we buy without fear of any reprimand.

Looks like the Lord of all Tools has gone from conflict and resolution to angry and ambivalent...

I bet you can't wait for that new Thunderbirds movie to come out. Well, you may watch a terrible Flash trailer of that movie.
Get ready to feel the thunder!

As I tried to say in an earlier comment, maybe the spam problem is one that will eventually take care of itself...

It looks like Natalie Portman has been typecast as a sci fi babe. I, for one, don't have a problem with that.

The House passes an antispam bill. Does anyone actually think this will help? Maybe they need to say pretty please too...

Yeah, That'll work. But only if you say pretty please.

"The experience in some ways is similar to taking a nap while playing a Kraftwerk album." Meet Peeg, the mobile digital brain charger.

Hey chopper_d, I wanna jack into your iPod

"Production is about to start on 3001, a live-action movie about a man who awakes a thousand years in the future to discover that the world is so dumbed down that he is its smartest inhabitant" Sounds like a normal day at work to me!

I'm going to start something new on this blog: Tool of the day. The first official Tool of the day is Hayden Christensen. He gives away the following spoiler for the upcoming film "Star Wars Episode 3: No One Cares": "'Yes,' Christensen told the newspaper. 'You'll hear the breathing.' He added, 'I might get in trouble just for saying that." No, really? You can't mean that Darth Vader will be in the film. It's only the last movie in the series - why would they bother trying to complete the story? Why don't you go ahead and ruin the rest of the movie by saying "there will be conflict and resolution." Hayden Christensen, you are a Tool.

It's time to pull out the plastic and do some online holiday shopping. Who wouldn't want one of these?

Foxtrot demos the l33t spell-checker. Look for a Sourceforge release coming to a download site near you...

FIREFLY! The DVD web site is now up. Browse, buy, and enjoy!

Cruise Has M:I3 Doubts. Really? Just about M:I3? We had doubts about the second one, but that didn't stop you from making the movie. Note to Mr. Cruise: If you MUST make the film, please try and leave flying motorcycles out of it. Also, embedding the plot of Face:off is not a good idea. Get it? Face... Off. Face:off.

Want a way to constantly monitor RSS/XML news feeds and further make your time at work more unproductive? Try FeedReader. Its an open source project, so it has to be good!

Well, well, well. Mircosoft is releasing thier XML-based Office file formats so that third-party applications can work with them. Word is already outed, and Excel will soon follow.
One soft return comment: I'm actually looking forward to boning up on XML now. It would be nice to have something like, say a PHP web page, strip out the relevant information in a Word 2003 document and format it for the web. Without all that stupid MS CSS crap.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KANE MEETS WILE E. COYOTE
Some fun nonsense for Friday.

All-Dwarf KISS Cover Band To Appear On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' MINI-KISS, an all-dwarf KISS cover band, will be the featured musical guests on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, November 17. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs in most markets at 12:05 a.m.

Microsoft tries to be fashionably late but instead ends up missing the party. Seriously now, is there any browser other than IE that actually allows pop-ups? I guess we'll have to wait until service pack 3 to get tabbed browsing...

R2-D2 finally gets his props.

Five reasons not to buy an iPod. How 'bout adding these to the list: 1.The firewire cable won't fit in my floppy drive. 2. I NEED more buttons. 3. I get hypnotized watching my thumb go in circles. 4. I'm just too much of a tool to own something that rocks that hard!

Opie and Anthony notes on what happened to the women from the Sex for Sam incident that got them fired, Spread the Virus and get these guys back on the air...

Eurogamer.net is reporting that America's Army 2.0 has been released! Download and enjoy!

Dear George, its about time. Mark down the tenative date of September 2004, geeks and geekettes, for the mighty Star Wars original trilogy will be released on DVD.

Popular rumor suggests that the DVD box set will appear like an Ewok, with psuedo-fur and random chirping sounds.

Wachowski Defends Matrix Idea. You may have created the idea for the Matrix films before you married your ex-wife, but did you create it before William Gibson wrote Nueromancer? I don't think so... cough rip off cough.

Aren't you glad that someone finally set up a virus-hunting fund? In the spirit of bounties, I'd like to start a grass roots effort to get an annoying manager relocation fund going. Send check or money order to...

Star Wars: Clone Wars | Clone Wars....Something to view from Stars Wars world that hopefully won't suck.

Here's a follow story of the Novell purchase of SuSE -- putting it all in perspective.

The overall reaction I've been seeing is that this purchase and RedHat moving towards server support only shows that Linux can be profitable on just the server level now, with a major play towards the desktop market several years down the road. RedHat's CEO basically came out and said this.

Microsoft's Longhorn release better be spectactular, or else the Linux fires will be fueled.

Tired of Microsoft having no competition? So are Novell, SuSE, and IBM. Now that Novell has acquired SuSE Linux, these three companies can provide top-notch servers, workstations, server OS, workstation OS, and network services. If Microsoft wasn't scared before, they should be now!

CNN's Breaking News -- Internet is filled with dead sites. In other news, DUH!

Looks like the Internet could use a janitor. My friends think that I'm the Internet Janitor for our university. Maybe WC3 will hire me and pay me $150,000/yr to send out "update or die" emails from my home.

Microsoft Manager to Microsoft employee: Feel free to use the internet for anything you like. That is, except for posting pictures of a truckload of Mac G5's being delivered to the Redmond campus!

Do you need a portable vampire slaying kit? I wish I had one of these that would rid me of pesky managers! It would contain items like a buzzword dictionary, actual work, and requirements that he would have to follow-up on. I think that's enough to make most managers run out of the room. What would you put in your Manager Avoidance kit?

Reviews have started coming in for Matrix Revolutions. Warning: there are spoilers! Something about conflict and resolution...

Spammers steal email addresses from Orbitz.com. Who's next, and is your email safe? How does this affect our schools? News Channel 36 On Your Side has the full details! Team Coverage!

Seriously, you must be a stupid user if you don't have at least one email alias to protect your real addresses.

Anyone come across terminal server issues with Win 2003 server? It was working for a week now it decides to fail on connection and reboot my server?

Are you using Microsoft Office 2003 yet? Do you have a Novell server? If so, you may have noticed a problem! "When you try to save an Office 2003 file to a Novell Netware network location, you may receive an error message that indicates that the file (or the folder that contains it) is marked as read-only." Well, here's the Hotfix.

MY CPU has a turbo laser hemi. Buzzword enabled. So there.

The 1.10 Patch to Diablo II is out. And am I glad we get one more run of WarCraft III this week before switching over.

"Finder, now with a brushed aluminum look, introduces an indispensable 'sidebar' to Finder windows. The sidebar, a customizable place holder for frequently used folders and volumes, makes it much easier to navigate hard drives and networks, or to connect to iTools. It should have been there all along." Why does it always have to be brushed metal?

Hey, does that thing have a hemi? Why yes, my CPU does have a hemi!

'Price Is Right' Announcer Rod Roddy Dies"Come on Down" I think we all remember this guy.

Just in time for the holidays! There is a Jimi Hendrix action figure due for release soon. A new toy for a generation of kids that have never even heard of the man or his music. Another brilliant marketing strategy, coming to a Walmart near you... At least their grandparents might come out of the their Alzheimer's fog and try to explain it to them. And what a role model for our youth!

The latest patch for Trillian is available. I believe this allows Yahoo! and MSN users to log in. So much for shutting 3rd-party IM clients out.

I still haven't figured out if it's poor etiquette to blog someone else's blog, so here goes: Joss Whedon's Firefly blog has a blog entry that links to the Fox Firefly blog and details the upcoming Firefly DVD release. One more blog link and we'll have blogged our way to China...

Mozilla Firebird 0.7.1 has been released (for Mac OSX only). It fixes a couple of glitches with the last release. Happy installing!

#1,298,927 why I hate AOL - Turning off Windows Messenger services without even telling you about it. The reason here is noble, but the implementation is very, very wrong.

Fun for Friday Star Wars Kid I am sure you have all seen him but they have some funny new additions.

Love the Elizabethan curse generator, and the Erse insults. Space was good, too. By the way, you're all Borg loving pimps for a Ferengi bilge spore.

Having failed at designing a revolutionary form of travel, Dean Kamen has decided to switch careers and host Lego tournaments. Good luck to you Dean, and in all of your future endeavors.

Proof that there is justice in the world. "The company that only last year billed itself as the world's largest online advertiser has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection." Note to companies: If you advertise with pop-ups we will NOT buy from you. Also, please remember that anyone who uses a real browser (not IE) won't even see you pop-ups. Hoorah!

Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld! "Toshiba launched on Thursday two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including a business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities." Looks like I need a new PDA again...

SuSE Linux upgrades Exchange competitor. One more reason why M$ should be scared!

Anheuser-Busch Profit Up on Low-Carb Sales. Do you have fat-free pretzels with that? How 'bout some soy nuts or veggie wings? If you're going to drink beer, drink a real beer! Sierra Nevada, Guinness, and Brooklyn Brewery all have beers that don't require you to wear a skirt, talk about your feelings, or skip Monday night football. Enjoy!

Cheerleaders Shed Skirts to Wow Fans. “It’s exciting for male fans to see these gorgeous women in outfits that enhance their figures,” she said. "We’ve gotten an overall positive response from the fans." Well, Duh!

New spam law? It must be election year! Does anyone actually think this is going to work? The whole idea of a do-not-spam list is frightening. Are you going to give a list of real e-mail addresses to marketers and say, "please don't e-mail these people"? That's going to work out just as they plan, I'm sure...

Weaver's Woeful Season Gets Even Worse What the hell was Torre thinking, this isn't little league where everyone gets a turn in the game....

USATODAY.com - New Zealand farmers say 'flatulence' tax stinks You just can't write stuff this good...

There's a wonderful article about How NOT to install computer hardware. Unfortately, our Stupid Users won't detect the blatent and seething sarcasm in the article, and would actually follow the instructions given.

"ROAD WARRIOR HAWK PASSES AWAY": Was always one of my fav tag teams, a shame to go @ 46.

You've probably all read it, but it still deserves to be a posting on our blog. COBRA!

The Yankees win! Theeee Yankees win! Or do they.... Proof positive that trying to save time writing a sports story before it happens is never a good idea!

"HOGAN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR?, SABLE'S PLAYBOY PIC MAKES TOP 50 LIST AND MORE WWE NEWS" What a copy cat Brother

Hell Froze Over, indeed. The marketing wizards at Apple deserve a raise for that line.

CNet is reporting that "Microsoft released its first monthly security update on Wednesday, following a new schedule that attempts to ease the load on overburdened system administrators." How does waiting until the end of the month to secure systems ease the load? I wonder if virus creators will now time the viruses for the day after the previous month's updates. That would give them a full month to wreak havoc before Microsoft bothers to fix the problem. Note to Bill: delaying security updates does NOT help me!

NVIDIA today announced additional details of their new nForce3 Go120 platform which supports the newly announced Transmeta Efficeon microprocessor family. I have no idea what Efficeon is, but it sounds fast and I want one!

Looks like today is a great day for software updates - FileZilla has released the new version. You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link.

It looks like it's a Mozilla kind of day! Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 has been released. Download and enjoy!

Get your “extra salty” edition Sgt. Hartman doll...
Also great interview from Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey(FULL METAL JACKET) on his roles in the new )TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and WILLARD (which was just released on VHS and DVD by New Line).

Mozilla Firebird - The Best Browser, Bar None! Firebird 0.7 is finally released along with a spiffy new web site! Happy downloading. If you was an EXE install, it's available here.

If you haven't heard by now, the Sci Fi Channel is doing a remake of Battlestar Galactica. I'm a big fan of the old series and immensely enjoyed the marathon of old episodes yesterday. If you're not familiar with the original, a DVD box set is ready for pre-order! If you're not excited yet, does this picture of a humanoid Cylon do anything for you?

We need more links for the sidebar of the Stupid Users blog. What do you think should be there?

HaloScan.com - Weblog Commenting. Due to recent (and very frequent) problems with the blog comment hosting service I've been using I have decided to go with another service. Unfortunately, this means that our comments will be wiped out again. Hopefully moving to the new service will prevent this from happening in the future...

Microsoft set up a web page to help people figure out if a Microsoft security-related message is genuine. There quite a few words and a couple of pretty pictures, but I can sum the whole thing up in a couple of sentences. Ways to know it's a Microsoft security warning: 1. It's a patch for the patch you rolled out last week. 2. 3 of them were issued at the same time. 3. It addresses the symptoms and not the problem. 4. The security information that prompted the patch to be created was released at least 6 months prior.

Jarn_the_Defender's dream job is now available. Serious applications only.

For the really lazy gamer...LOL
Monkeys use mind to move objects

Ten Things I Dig About Panther. My personal favorites are Expose and active directory integration. More reasons to make Moc OSX your OS of choice!

Parents Sue School Over Wi-Fi: A pioneering elementary school district outside Chicago has been sued for installing a wireless computer network by parents worried that exposure to the network's radio waves could harm their children. Someone should tell them that cordless phones, microwaves, and baby monitors run in the same frequency range. I honestly can't believe they are suing over this - I would love for my child to go to a school like this! These are probably the same parents that think video games cause all the violence and evil in the world.

For those of you who care, GAIM 0.71 has been released. Download

Hacked television, anyone? I can see it now: weekly Microsoft security updates, McAfee Commercial Scan, patches to remove Friends episodes...

Windows security update planned

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 — Stung by criticism over lax software security, Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to update its flagship Windows operating systems early in 2004 to make consumers less vulnerable to hackers.

The latest copy protection on BMG music CDs can be disabled by just holding down the Shift key when the CD is inserted into the CD Drive. BMG's response: "yeah, we knew about that, but it's just enough to prevent most stupid users from copying the CD." Wrong. The Stupid Users who really want to rip and share your music are just smart enough to find this information using Google.

**Insert RIAA lawsuit joke here**

Here is a fix for those regular users who can no longer get photo editor to work ( For the Is tyrant who likes to lock them out of anything)...

A search of the Microsoft Knowledge Base for your exact error message returns article 260151 titled: "OFF2000: "No File Format Information Can Be Found in the Registry" Message When You Start Photo Editor". In sum the article says:
1. "Microsoft Photo Editor is a minor auxiliary application that does not meet the requirements of the Windows 2000 Logo compliant program"
2. The program is "trying to access registry keys that require permissions that your account does not have"
3. The workaround is to give "Users" Full Control of this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools

You know you have WAY to much free time when...

A bunch of small-minded individuals ruin it for the rest of us. Now we have to wait until April 2004 for Half-Life 2! If anyone is friends with one of the small-minded individuals, please have them send a copy of the software to me so I can destroy it for them and get the production schedule back on track. I won't play it. Seriously. I mean it.

I've got an idea. Instead of making minor changes to Internet Explorer, why doesn't Microsoft actually update IE so it has a current feature set. Why does every other browser have pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing? Someone explain to me why IE has 97% of the market with 3% of the features!

IBM has developed an airbag for laptop computers! What's next? I wonder if laptops will start coming with LCD wipers to clean off fingerprints...

An article at the Register claims that Linux and Mac OS X would still be more secure than MS Windows even if they were used more frequently. Its a good article for pondering.

One issue I have with the article is the author's claim of a security risk created by Microsoft's monoculture. The author argues that Windows users are exploited because they mainly only use Outlook (which uses the unsecure Internet Explorer), whereas Linux and OS X users have a plethora of apps to use. If we lived in a Mac OS X world, however, there would have to be one killer Outlook-esk OS X app that businesses would flock to -- thus creating a target for virus writers due to popularity. It might be harder to write exploit code for a Linux/OS X app, but it can be done.

Also, the author states that some Linux servers are unsecure by holding MS-type documents (Word .doc's, Excel .xls's). From what information I've seen, macro viruses have gone the way of the dinosaur the last 2-3 years. Word/Excel viruses don't proprogate quickly and efficiently like the viruses/worms of today.

I agree with the author that if we lived in this mythical OS X/Linux world, there would be less viruses floating around. Most of us can agree that Microsoft Windows products are not the most secure in the world. But there's a fine line between comparing the number of flaws between OS's and straight-up Microsoft bashing.

Need a better way to back up your Mozilla profiles? MozillaZine reports that the new version of Mozilla Backup now supports Firebird and Thunderbird!

ICANN has now ordered VeriSign to stop making domain-not-found requests under .net and .com redirect to VeriSign's web site.

VeriSign implemented this service in order to generate more domain registrations. If VeriSign doesn't shut down the SiteFinder service by Saturday, Oct. 4th, then ICANN may sue to cut VeriSign out of managing the .com and the .net domains. Which would hurt VeriSign's security certificates business.

Well, the new QHosts Trojan Horse that changes a computer's DNS servers has been analyzed and described. The article says that a MS Patch is on the way, but has no timeline for the patch release.

This is why we tell the stupid users to update Windows AND the virus scanners.

Want to know a way to guarantee that a movie will suck? How about creating a movie based on a book that you didn't read. To make it worse, try not even liking the genre of the film you're making. If you're still not sure it sucks enough, cast Ben Affleck in a leading role. I'm a John Woo fan and this movie is SO going to suck!

It's hard to believe, but there was actually a technology company (other than Microsoft) that SCO hadn't pissed off yet. When they heard about it, they immediately filed suit. Anyone else think this whole thing is being funded by Bill Gates?

You gotta love when hypocrisy rears its ugly head! Remember when Madonna tried to make a statement about file-sharing and got her website hacked for it? Well, it turns out she's been doing some sharing of her own! From The Smoking Gun: And you thought Madonna came up with those kinky ideas all by herself? A new copyright lawsuit alleges that the singer's latest racy video is based entirely on the work of a late French fashion photographer. Details...

SuSE is set release an update of it's already very good Linux OS. In addition to a bunch of other features, it adds support for NTFS!

Can anyone tell me why it would be a good idea to open the Windows source code to Chinese hackers? If anything would convert me to Linux or OSX, this would be it!

Doctor Who is back.
All that is old will be new again.

Chrome Apples? William Gibson would be SO proud.

Yahoo walls out Trillian. The question begs asking: does anyone actually use Yahoo Messenger?

Attack of the CYLONS
Battlestar Galactica: Complete Epic Series
will be coming soon out on DVD. Also a new series in Dec. on Sci-Fi. Hopefully the new series can hold up.

For any one Using Trillain Basic as their IM, they have a PATCH E
which will fix those annoying Yahoo & MSN upgrade popups inside trillian.

What do you do when no one cares about your TV show? How 'bout giving it a new name! I've got a better idea - more hot vulcans!

King Trailer To Debut! "New Line Cinema announced that the new trailer for its upcoming third Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, will hit theaters on Sept. 26, attached to prints of Secondhand Lions. The trailer will then debut online at the official Web site on Sept. 29." Are you telling me we would have to sit through Haley Joel Osment film just to catch the trailer? That's SO not right!

I hate to steal a link from slashdot, but the RIAA is suing grandma for stealing Gangsta Rap songs. Throw your lawsuits in the air! Wave 'em like you just don't care!

It looks like Gov Davis will do just about anything to get your vote. Will you vote for him if he bans spam? He might have an easier time shooting for world peace...

How many times a week do you get this question;

I have received a notice that my email is undeliverable because of a virus, but I did not send the email, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

May want to put this link up to avoid the question....

MSN will be suspending its chat service, due to their misuse by spammers and child molesters. Evidently the automated control system MS put into place wasn't cutting the cheese, and we all know they won't pay human mods to police a non-moneymaking service.

There's a new RTS game being developed in the Lord of the Rings universe called Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring. It's made by the same people that put out Command and Conquer. I doubt it can replace WC3, but it might be a boatload of fun to play! The Demo version is now available for download.

No Electricity? Use a Wind-Up Phone Charger
I can just see these Jackoffs cranking these things....Should be quite a sight

Nvidia jumps into handheld market. That's great, but will my PDA be able to play Medal of Honor?

Good Morning All,
Just testing out this Blog. Saw UnderWorld This Weekend Despite the review I thought it was pretty good, a little slow in the middle but I think it sets itself up for a nice sequel. Kate Beckinsale in tight leather, and kicking ass VERY NICE. Anyone else catch it, thoughts?

UNDERWORLD

A high-and-mighty crypto-geek criticizes linux-based security software packages, including at least one VPN client, as sayeth by the mighty Slashdot. But check out this interesting quote from zee geek:

What's even worse is that some of the flaws were pointed out nearly two years ago, but despite the hype about open-source products being quicker with security fixes, some of the protocols still haven't been fixed. At least Microsoft eventually tries to fix their stuff, given sufficient public embarrassment and the odd hundred thousand or so computers being taken out by attackers.

As Linux development picks up more, holes like these will be eventually sealed. But two years is a long time for a fix.

Edit: I really like this guy's commentary:

Whenever someone thinks that they can replace SSL/SSH with something much better that they designed this morning over coffee, their computer speakers should generate some sort of penis-shaped sound wave and plunge it repeatedly into their skulls until they achieve enlightenment.

Are you tired this morning? Not able to browse the web at your normal speed? Why not have a cup of Mozilla Coffee? It looks like I'm not the only Mozilla mark out there!

Episode III Wraps. But what George Lucas doesn't understand is that the whole series was "wrapped" when he decided to market plush ewok toys to 3 year olds in Return of the Jedi...

HP/Compaq has added this Where do I find the "Any" key on my keyboard? FAQ. This could be helpful, except that a user stupid enough to not know what "press any key" means will be stupid enough to be unable to find this FAQ.

When I redesign our helpdesk's web site, I might throw this FAQ in there for craps and giggles.

Are you tired of getting the nag screen in WinZip? Your copy of WinRAR expired? Sourceforge comes to the rescue again with 7-Zip. Perfect shell integration and it works with zip and rar files (and many more file types).

I've added links to the sidebar for Mozilla Firebird and Mozilla Thunderbird. The best internet browser and e-mail client hands down. They are both free and full of open-source goodness. Use them once and Internet Explorer and Outlook Express will be a thing of the past! Download and enjoy! If you have other files or sites you think should be listed on the sidebar I'm open to suggestions.

Why can't we just all get along? The makers of Trillian think we can. So do the makers of Gaim. Anyone for any open source chat medium? Someone call Sourceforge!

The Next Big Windows Headache is on its way.

Malicious hackers are starting to circulate computer code that exploits recently found vulnerabilities in some versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

I feel like I'm sitting on the beach watching the hurricane blow in. Most of our student user base have probably not patched, despite all their problems with Blaster a month ago.

Microsoft Windows Update: "Recommended Update for Windows Rights Management client 1.0
Download size: 3.6 MB, < 1 minute

The Windows Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on RM technologies. Installing this client allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. "

Does this sound like a bad idea to anyone else?

KILL BILL - THE 4TH FILM BY QUENTIN TARANTINO There's a new trailer for Kill Bill. This movie keeps looking better and better! Oh, and the plot should be good too.

OK, Here's the first stupid user comment:
Last week, I got to my desk after lunch, refreshed the helpdesk and got:
"Client is requesting help putting her printer back together." The clients name starts with Claud...
Steve knows who I am talking about. The afternoon went downhill from there...

AOL Time Warner drops AOL from name

Now, if we could only get grandma to drop it from her computer!

Hiya kids!!!

Stupid users are stupid.
Domain Losers are worse....

Great idea Steve! Now we can all comiserate...

Stupid Users I'm blogging my blog to my blog.