Sunday, August 14, 2005

Friday, August 12, 2005

Richard Thompson has a new album

All acoustic for the first time in many years. It gets some good words from this notice in the Canada.com entertainment section.

MUSIC -Entertainment - canada.com network

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Typical PC User Podcast

Typical PC User Podcast

The Onion | Bush Vows To Eliminate U.S. Dependence On Oil By 4920

Excerpt:     Exxon Mobil CEO Lee Raymond said the petroleum-producing company shares Bush's hopes for a cleaner environment "well before the sun turns into a red giant and dies."

"Mobil Oil has already made great strides in protecting the precious air and water within the television-commercial environment. And we plan to golf closely with the U.S. Department of Energy and oil-industry lobbyists to ensure that President Bush's initiative comes to pass in the unimaginably distant future."

The Onion | Bush Vows To Eliminate U.S. Dependence On Oil By 4920

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

What happens when someone doesn't want their properties shown on Google Earth?

It remains to be seen. From Search Engine Watch -


Google Asked to Remove Imagery from Google Earth

Philipp points to this News.com.au story about the head of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation asking Google to remove an image of Australia's only nuclear reactor from Google Earth.

They have a good security argument for being removed. And so do many others. Probably won't be long before they speak up. And...could these exemptions apply to individual property owners? Is there a security argument there?


Google Asked to Remove Imagery from Google Earth

Google Not Happy With CNET

For the crime of using Google too well it seems.
Google Not Happy With CNET

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring - Yahoo! News

In an interview with Ziff Davis Internet News, Eckelberry said the sophistication of the operation suggests it's the work of a "massive identity theft ring" that used keystroke loggers to grab confidential information that could be used to create fake online identities.

"I'm not being dramatic. This is the most repulsive thing I've ever seen. It's very painful to see what's in these log files that are being uploaded in real time. We're seeing a lot of bank information and usernames and passwords to get in," Eckelberry said.
Eckelberry said the "CoolWebSearch" payload included a typical adware download that immediately scanned the infected machine for e-mails to use for spam runs. It then sets up a "very intelligent keylogger" that looks for very specific information.

"This won't get caught by a typical anti-spyware application," he said, noting that the keystroke logger was able to pick up identity-related data for delivery to the remote server.
Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring - Yahoo! News

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Pat's Birthday


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Originally uploaded by notheory.
What a coincidence! We're in the middle of planning a party for our Aunt Pat's 80th birthday so imagine my surprise when I saw this on Flickr.