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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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This is the third time this year that Yahoo! has claimed to have
"closed/disabled" this account that was "closed" last year. Irina Torina
was told her account was closed because she moved and her Rogers account
was closed because of the move summer last year. She had linked her
Yahoo.ca email to her Rogers internet service.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Hello, world! This is my Gift Wish List project!

Hello, world! This is my Gift Wish List project!


Recently I received a newsletter from Netbeans.org notifying me of the latest version of Netbeans IDE, Netbeans v. 6.9. Over the past few years I tried Netbeans without success as my computer was either not compatible, powerful enough or I just could not make heads or tails of the software. Most of these issues were solved when I switched to openSuSE (oS) Linux. Since most of my computers are powered by oS 11.2, I have found I am able to do a lot more with my ageing computers so first I checked with YAST oS version of Windows Control Panel. oS had Netbeans v. 6.5 available for installation. I decided to install the older version on my Dell Inspiron 1501 (AMD Turion dual core) and was experimenting with Netbeans in no time.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

WIPmania - WorldIP free geolocation database, service and tools

WIPmania - WorldIP free geolocation database, service and tools provides a group of useful tools and plug-ins for Mozilla based browsers like Firefox, Seamonkey and Safari as well as plug-ins for web services. The most notable service is the physical geographical location of web servers and their database servers of visited sites.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Google researcher gives Microsoft 5 days to fix XP zero-day bug

It is really fascinating to read this article on the latest Windows XP zero-day bug. It appears to be ok for Microsoft cohorts to slam Linux and Open Source Software and paint it as insecure and buggy. But when people from the Linux/Open Source Software/Google community point out security issues with Microsoft products, we become the bad guys for doing so. Many of the security software providers, whose industry would not exist if Microsoft were to implement proper security procedures in the development of the Windows O/S, says it is ok for Windows users to wait at least a month for a patch to be developed and tested before it is made available to the user.

ScribeFire blogging tool

As a user of Netscape/Mozilla Internet Suite/Seamonkey web browser and email software since 1994, I have seen many enhancements in security, stability and features. Then came Firefox whose popularity threatened the demise of Mozilla/Seamonkey package. However, Firefox user's profile are significantly different to the Netscape/Mozilla/Seamonkey user's profile as Firefox is based originally on Mosaic while Netscape/Mozilla/Seamonkey is based on Gecko.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

My experiences in getting openSUSE 11.2 (x_64) working on my Dell Inspiron 1501 (part 2)

As luck would have it the openSUSE Linux 11.2 x_64 installation on my Dell Inspiron 1501 eventually stopped working. There was no real support for ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card at the time of the first install. Eventually this caused the installation to become corrupted.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Technology Review: Corporations, agencies infiltrated by 'botnet'

This article on Technology Review paints a scary picture of the consequences of using computers in an insecure fashion. Almost all these malware infections could easily be avoided if Microsoft were to educate Windows users on proper security procedures, write code with security as the #1 concern and encourage security practices. For instance, Windows XP Home edition, is impossible to make secure as the Administrator account has no password, is hidden from the user and is not accessible to local users but is accessible from the internet. Microsoft also allows users accounts to be created without a password. On Windows XP, the default for new user accounts is being a member of the administrator group. Windows Vista and 7 has implemented a security feature that has been a part of Linux for many years - only one user created user account may be a member of the administrator group.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

My experiences in getting openSUSE 11.2 (x_64) working on my Dell Inspiron 1501 (part 1)

My 64 bit Dell Inspiron 1501 has served me well for the past few years with very few minor issues once I got all the required drivers and necessary software installed. From the get go, I dumped Windows Vista and installed openSUSE Linux x_64. I started off with openSUSE 10.2 then migrated to oS 10.3. Like I said, it served me well.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

7 Points Of Contact In The World Of Online Marketing ~ Web Developers

This article 7 Points Of Contact In The World Of Online Marketing is an interesting read. All businesses and self-employed persons that want to succeed needs to know and understand how online marketing works.