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Unintentionally distributed badware “may harm your computer”

Here’s an interesting blog post about a website which was hacked to distribute malware. This has also happened to me on my sites, and it’s a really insidious problem. More and more websites on the internet are dynamic. This typically means that they’re user collaborative. Social sites like Facebook and others are quickly expanding and…Continue Reading…

HackTool.Linux.ProcHider.a

Running your own server and writing your own scripts is really tough work. Now I need to go learn about HackTool.Linux.ProcHider.a. It looks like there are serious vulnerabilities not only in my own scripts, but in CuteNews as well. If you use CuteNews, please check your installs and make sure they haven’t been compromised. For…Continue Reading…

Tap water in the U.S. is amazingly good

Here’s a quote which I found quite striking. You can buy a half- liter Evian for $1.35–17 ounces of water imported from France for pocket change. That water seems cheap, but only because we aren’t paying attention. In San Francisco, the municipal water comes from inside Yosemite National Park. It’s so good the EPA doesn’t…Continue Reading…

How the Palm Foleo is as great as the iPhone

I heard about the Palm Foleo on one of Lao Laporte’s podcasts, so I looked up Palm and checked it out. It’s very intriguing. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look. The Palm Foleo is basically a very small laptop. The appealing thing to me is that it runs Linux. I love small…Continue Reading…

Rearranging Bookmarks on the iPhone

This seems to be a factual error in an otherwise very excellent review of the Apple iPhone: Bookmarks are organized alphabetically with folders at the top. You can move folders up and down, but can’t reorganize bookmarks themselves. We were disappointed that you can’t edit existing bookmarks except to delete them, nor can you move…Continue Reading…

Can the iPhone send photos by email?

The feature is there. The interface is slick. My default mail account is setup. But I’ve tried it three (3) times now, and I still have yet to see any email from my iPhone. What’s going on? Am I just missing the email, or has anyone else had trouble with sending photos with the iPhone?