Tag: internet
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Internet Explorer Exploit Of The Day
There's yet another killer Internet Explorer bug out there, which is manifesting itself in the form of a new trojan, Phel.A. This one only affects Windows PCs updated with SP2 (the supposedly 'safe' people) and works by confusing the 'trusted' and 'untrusted' zones.
I always find reports like this interesting, so I've written an exploit of … -
Google Of The Future
Google Suggest is the newest crazy invention from the guys at Google Labs... and it's actually pretty cool! Go give it a go...
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ATOM Feed Of Your GMail Inbox?
Checking my GMail account this morning, I noticed an unusual icon in the lower-right corner of the browser window:
It turns out that Google's GMail service seems to be testing an ATOM feed - a kind of syndication feed (similar to those used by weblogs and news sites - see Scatmania's ATOM feed) that can be … -
Windows XP SP1 Honeypot Breached In 200 Seconds
The internet is becoming a scarier and scarier place.
In a recent "honeypot" study, a Windows XP computer with Service Pack 1 was infiltrated in just 200 seconds, without even opening a web browser.
For the less techie-minded, a "honeypot" study involves setting up a new PC with a new operating system (in this case, a Windows … -
Blogspam A Problem… No More
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've been getting more than my fair share of blogspam of late. I've been spending about twenty minutes every three or so days clearing out the 'moderation' queue and updating my keyword lists. Worse still, some spam has been getting through nonetheless (hopefully I've always been quick to remove …
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Popularity Of The Welsh Language
<ROFLMAO>
Want a giggle? Go to Google and type "old dead language" into the search box (with or without the quotes... either way), and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky!".
This is the follow-up to my experimental googlebomb the other week. I've had my fun, now, and I actually believe it's possible (I was skeptical when I first read … -
My Very Own Googlebomb
Partially out of curiosity, partially to point out a flaw in the #aber multipass system, I've made my own little googlebomb. For those of you who don't like reading, a googlebomb is where you manipulate the way that popular search engine Google into falsely linking with great priority a page that it probably should not. …
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Fantasy Terrorist League
You know what's become quite popular among the masses since the take-off of the Internet? Fantasy leagues. Yes; that's right - those things previously reserved for pub regulars and geeky play-by-mail types. Now, the internet is full of Fantasy Sports Leagues, Fantasy Share Trading, and so on.
For those of you not in the know; when … -
Our Web Developer’s “Line Of The Day”
Yet again my concern for the value of an Internet Computer Science degree from UWA is raised, as a dippy co-worker with two years of such a degree behind her asks me for help:
"Dan," she begins, "How do I make a table in PHP?"
For those of you that don't know quite as much about web … -
A.I. Nuts, Again
Do you remember a week or two ago I wrote about a guy who patented the "Ethical Rules Of Artificial Intelligence"? Well - it looks like he's read my article and placed his own comments. I'm quite surprised and impressed that he took the time (away from his heavy schedule of philosophising or book-signing or …
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The Internet As An Art Form - The Infinite Cat Project
Just came across the Infinite Cat Project. The premise is simple: take a picture of your cat looking at the current picture on the web site, and send it in, and it will become the current picture. The first cat is Frankie: just click Next Cat to get to the next one.
I think this is … -
Troma Night Website Integrates With Abnib
Woo and indeed hoo! I'm really starting to enjoy programming RSS feeds into my web sites now. I've just done a little bit of recoding of the Troma Night website to allow the newly-relaunched Aberystwyth weblog aggregator, Abnib, to syndicate it. Now, Abnib will show the details of the next upcoming Troma Night... and not …
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Abnib’s Back!
(much thanks due to Gareth)
Abnib, the Aberystwyth Weblog Aggregator (bringing you niblets of the best of Aber's weblogs) is back online, after months of absence. Take a look and see who you recognise.
Haven't quite gotten around to putting everybody's 'mugshots' in there (as I'm having some difficulty with semitransparent PNGs), but Gareth's made a good … -
How Google Could De-Throne AIM, And Other Geeky News
There's an article on how Google could overthrow AIM/ICQ (link removed; apple-x.net now seems to be occupied by domain squatters), and perhaps even MSN Messenger, from their dominant positions in the instant messenger market, and improve internet standards usage and accessibility, by releasing their own instant messenger tool powered by the (wonderful) Jabber protocol. It's …
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Bush’s Foreign Friends
There's a new googlebomb out, abusing the way that the popular Google search engine works. To see it in action, go to Google and enter "Bush's foreign friends" (including the speechmarks) as the search term, and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.