IE Snapout Extension

Try this extension for firefox, for those pages that only work in IE.

Enjoy

321 Studios Shuts Its Doors

That pesky Entertainment Industry has struck again, 321 Studios (maker of DVDXCopy)has gone under due to their efforts. Picking on the little guy shame shame.

Did filesharing die when they killed Napster, what do they think this will do?
Alcohol120 % ,and CLone DVD ,with ANyDVD are great options.

Read this wired article for more details.

Snarf! Snarf! Oh, Lion-O!

A new way for you to have your information stolen from you -- bluesnarfing. Using a high-gain antenna, one can hack into a Bluetooth device (like your high-priced cell phone) from a long distance away, ripping off your stored phone numbers, calendar items, your cell phone number, etc. Why is this possible? Because the Bluetooth development specification for cell phones recommends that only services should be responsible for binding and securing BT connections (and not the cell phones themselves). I guess the recommendation committee probably didn't think that long-range hacking on a normally short-range networking method could occur. They'll have to think again due to the mighty power of the BlueSniper.

Firefox,, The Browser Re-packaged

There's a new version of Firefox available (0.9.3). This release fixes 4 security holes and should be installed as soon as possible. Download, and enjoy!

How many of these have you owned?

I found a link to the old-computers.com museum while reading a story about the 10 worst laptops on Gizmodo this morning. I don't agree with most of what Dvorak says here, but it's a fun read. I used to work on/with the IBM 701c laptops and loved them. Butterfly keyboards rocked!

Wireless Storage Goodness

Engadget has an article about Netgear’s new WGT634U Wireless Media Router. Other than the obvious features of your standard 802.11g router, it has one very unique feature: a USB port. This can be used to plug in a USB hard drive and share it out on your home network. This is not good news! I officially have no justification to keep running my home server...

Firedox. The Browsed.

Firedox, a new site that parodies Mozilla Firefox caught my attention this morning. For a blog that is sometimes be consumed by Firefox news it's nice to add some humor. For a little more Firefox related humor, try Firesomething.