Topic: Internet The new items published under this topic are as follows.

	Get your Credit Report 1654 Reads
	It’s that time of year again, if you haven’t done so already make sure to take advantage of your right to a free credit report from the three credit bureaus. In the past we have posted the phone numbers for each agency and you have to would call each one to get your free report if you lived in certain states. It is now free in all states once per calendar year. Credit Report: They have finally made a standardized website that allows you to get all three reports online. It asks for your basic info once and then takes you to each of the three sites one by one. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ Posted by: chris on Thursday, December 07, 2006 Read more...  843 bytes more

	Wireless Bridging.. Remove that cable running through the house 1856 Reads
	I had this long 30' ethernet cable connecting my remote hub in the home office with my Cable Modem and Wireless Router downstairs. For years I considered drilling holes through walls and ceilings but never got around to it. Recently someone told me about a Wireless Bridge. The only reason I am posting this is because I found a really great deal for a wireless-G Bridge for only $20 at compusa. Its a Viewsonic WAPBR-100 which lists for $60-$80. The sale ends June 30, 2005, after which the price probably goes back to $60.. Posted by: chris on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 Read more...  946 bytes more

	Trillian 3.1 Crashing on launch 2075 Reads
	So Trillian has not worked for me on windows for the past month or so since I installed that 3.1 update. It basically crashed on launch and full reinstalls had no effect. I think I chose not to install the MSN client update and thats what broke it. After much searching I found that all that needs to be done is a manual plugin update.. Notes below from a thread on Cerulean's forums: ------- Replace the same named file(s) in C:/ProgramFiles/Trillian/plugins while Trillian is NOT running: AIM patch (for 3.1 only): http://obscurity.ceruleanstudios.com/~gts/aim.dll MSN patch (for 3.1 only): http://obscurity.ceruleanstudios.com/~gts/msn.dll Posted by: chris on Monday, May 09, 2005

	SXSW Interactive Report 1830 Reads
	Screw the seminars - there are three to five parties a night, with free food and alcohol and more music than you can shake an iPod at. Posted by: donwrege on Friday, March 18, 2005 Read more...  7436 bytes more

	New mySQL Worm 1813 Reads
	Not a problem if you're firewalled, but in case your server is not.. "Thousands of MySQL servers around the world are being infected with a worm which could facilitate a massive denial-of-service attack. Security experts have warned that thousands of MySQL servers around the world could be press-ganged into launching a denial-of-service attack that could bring down the Web site of a company the size of Microsoft. Posted by: chris on Sunday, February 06, 2005 Read more...  2903 bytes more

	Firefox Persistent Cache 2044 Reads
	Does anyone else experience a cache problem with Firebox (holds onto content even when the cache size is set to 500k). Posted by: donwrege on Monday, January 24, 2005 Read more...  260 bytes more 222 Comments

	Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta 2962 Reads
	My buddy Wally (ironically, a mac os user) recommended Microsoft's new anti-spyware application as a way to get rid of the HomeSearchAssistant browser hijack. It's in beta but runs just fine. The scan was much faster than Ad-Aware or SBS&D. If anyone could get rid of a hijack in IE, it would have to be microsoft as they are the only ones with the source, so I gave it a try... Posted by: chris on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Read more...  796 bytes more

	IE Browser hijacks causing exodus to Firefox? 2274 Reads
	I was a die-hard microsoft IE user for a very long time, but over the holidays my laptop became victim to adware, spyware and a browser hijacks. Once you get one it will multiply if you dont take care of it immediately. Malware these days is a lot more "effective" than it was just 6 months ago.. In the past, if you caught any non-virus bug, you'd run Ad-Aware or Spybot S&D and you'd be clean in a jiffy. No such luck these days.. in fact, an entire industry has spawned to deal with the epidemic. Posted by: chris on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Read more...  1510 bytes more 232 Comments

	Technology: Firefox 1.0 Released 1361 Reads
	The wait is finally over, the Mozilla Group just released FireFox 1.0, the first major new product release since the Mozilla Suite's 1.0 in June of 2002. Firefox 1.0 is the completion of roughly 2 years of work on the revolutionary new browser, which has raised the Mozilla Foundation's profile greatly in its year of existance. The release follows up the hugely successful Preview Release which had over eight million downloads. Get it while it's hot! Posted by: casey on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 Read more...  529 bytes more 543 Comments

	Technology: Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier 1096 Reads
	Netcraft has a statement posted on their site stateing that "Domain names could become easier to hijack as a change in domain transfer rules takes effect Friday. Under new rules set by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), domain transfer requests will be automatically approved in five days unless they are explicitly denied by the account owner. This is a change from current procedure, in which a domain's ownership and nameservers remain unchanged if there is no response to a transfer request." Read the whole thing here.  So what the _heck_ is going on with this?? Is it just me or is this just plain STUPID?? Any ideas or thoughts about this?? Maybe our resident domain guru Chris will shed some lite on what we can do here. My first thought is a mail filter with a "No F***ing Way" auto-responder attached to it.. should probably log all the activite too so a heavier complaint can be filed.. Posted by: casey on Tuesday, November 09, 2004    3 Comments