Funny: Huge news
May 15, 2004
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The only problem now is how to make an even more useless or, if you prefer, ‘uselesser’ article to follow up on this ground breaking, earth shattering and er… tea spilling bit of news. |
Interesting tidbit: Fishy E-mail
February 20, 2004
Telewest Broadband announced that they have developed a system that allows people to send odoured e-mails, with a special purpose little device.. I wonder when we’ll get the first stink-bombs and odour-spam!
Isn’t it great how well we use our precious technology?
You decide: (NL) Darttoernooi?!?
February 17, 2004
  Hey mensen.. Meneer WaktWar heeft zoals we allemaal weten, soms hele goede ideeen, nou wat dachten jullie hiervan: Een darttoernooi, bij mij thuis op 6 maart, zelf je gooi, smijt en drinkwerk meenemen natuurlijk. Zeg het maar?! |
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Utopia Planitia launches ‘Portal’
July 2, 2002
SFIntel’s Star Trek PBeM, Utopia Planitia, has launched it’s new Messageboard/Portal for the PBeM world.
According to the Gamemaster Anthony Keen ‘ it’s open to anyone playing, running or interesting in Play by E-Mail games.’, I personally would like to thank them for that very nice link to wafel.net
Go and take a look, the portal will be added to my links section shortly.
URL: http://www.sfintel.com/portal/public_html/index.php
A Prevented Attack?
December 23, 2001
A flight crew overpowered a man who appeared to be trying to blow an american plane up in mid-air with explosives in his shoe.
The plain was flying from Paris to Miami and was escorted by to F15 fighters to Logan Airport in Boston after the incident.
The shoe is being analyzed and it look like it contained a detonation cord and explosives based on C4, which is used by the military.
The White house is monitoring the situation
– Source: Reuters (See URL)
URL: http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=474510
Windows security problem makes it to CNN
December 21, 2001
CNN has a nice article on a major security problem Windows XP has (I’m so glad I don’t use Windows)..
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A Microsoft official acknowledged that the risk to consumers was unprecedented because the glitches allow hackers to seize control of all Windows XP operating system software without requiring a computer user to do anything except connect to the Internet.
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The vulnerabilities were discovered by three young security researchers with eEye Digital Security Inc. of Aliso Viejo, California, led by Marc Maiffret, a 21-year-old former hacker. In recent months, Maiffret, who calls himself the firm’s “chief hacking officer,” has advised the FBI and the White House on Internet security questions and testified before Congress.
The Windows XP problems affect a little-used feature that eventually will allow consumers to control high-tech household appliances using their computers. Called “universal plug and play,” the feature is activated by design in every copy of Windows XP and can be added manually to Microsoft’s earlier Windows ME software, also used by millions of consumers worldwide.
“This is the first network-based, remote compromise that I’m aware of for Windows desktop systems,” said Scott Culp, manager of Microsoft’s security response center. “Every Windows XP user needs to immediately take action.” He called it a “very serious vulnerability.”
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You can use drizzle which is the new system updater to download the patch…
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/20/microsoft.hackers.ap/index.html
