Browser Wars, take two

various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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FireFox Burns Internet Explorer’s Market Share

 An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

 

  How Spyware Took The Next-Gen Threat Crown (On The Internet's No #1 Threat Today MUST READ!!!) -- My own opinion is that anything that takes over your private computer without your informed consent should be illegal and that anyone distributing such programs and those paying to have it distributed (the engine that drives this train) should be held criminally responsible. A politician who would undertake such legislation would have an instantaneous, nation-wide following... a political hero (are you listening out there?)

 

 Browser Wars -- Broadband Firefox users should try ForecastFox 0.5.8. It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar. Completely customizeable (I selected the three-day, day-and-night forecast for my ZIP) and totally cool.

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

  New IE hole could helpperfect phishing scams [GET FIREFOX]

 

 The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating)

 

 Firefox is hot; Thunderbird's not — for good reason -- Since Version 1.0 of Firefox went public about a month ago, about 10 million Internet Explorer users have seen the white-hot light and switched...

 

 

 Massive IE phishing exploit discovered 

Now that you have changed to Firefox, go to this thread to help you out.... if you are on a Broadband Internet connection.

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

 Spyware Is the Scourge of Microsoft Windows Users

 

 New search engines let you find Web videos

 

 Five important fixes in MS December patch batch

 

 

Zafi Worm Hides Behind Christmas Cheer (Don't Click!)

 

 Top 10 "Most Unwanted" Spyware Named -- Router with firewall is a must these-days (extra firewall layer, and use multiple comps...)

Free Help here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1301552/posts?page=99#99

 Currently I'm running pretty safely  with Adaware, Spybot, Firefox, AVG, Sun Java (people forget this upgrade) Zone Alarm and a router. And I deactivated ActiveX for all but Windows update.

 

 Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware,

 

 

 Google Worm Shows Bad Guys Want Efficiency, Too

 

 Google desktop search flawed

 

  Anti Spywear

 

 Apple's iPod Leads the Way in the Fledgling Digital Music World -- I've had an iPod since early September and I must honestly say that it is life-altering. My massive 1000+ CD collection is now boxed up in the attic, serving as backup only.

 

 Samsung Claims Largest Plasma Display [102 inches diagonally] -- Sony is the canary in the mine here. When they
stop selling CRTs, you'll know cross-over is at hand. Sony
has already stopped selling all CRT computer monitors
except for one high-end color-reference 21-inch.

 

  Americans Lured to Look at Digital Cameras

 

 It's aimed more at the business organization than the individual user, but IBM published a very nice Linux Client Migration Cookbook.

Some recommend Xandros 3.0. Windows like and the easiest Debian Linux distro for newbies to install and maintain. Even all the names have been changed to make getting around the operating system as painless and familiar as possible. In addition, with the Deluxe Version, you can run Windows applications with Crossover Office. http://www.xandros.com

 

 Need a method/utility to access backup FAT32 - VANITY

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 New World Record for Unamplified WiFi: 124.9 Miles!

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The wife-unit is trying to shoo me out the door- back later...

That's one complicated, involved post - the wife-unit must be patient and wonderful. Have fun.

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 Hacking Elevators 101 (Haha.. is nothing safe..)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Xandros is getting close to that.

This note however is coming from a recently installed CentOS Linux system,....

It installed pretty easy also.

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#@%^&*##* WINDOWS UPDATE

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Apple adopts controversial security chip

-- This article speculates that there is no viable reason for Apple to use the ID to track users—and this is probably true—but makes no mention of the government's motivation and capabiity to do so. What Apple can use the chip for the government can as well. And not only our government.

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Five Ways To Block SPAM ~~ Real Good Tips

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 DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel

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Worm hole found in Windows 2000

 

 Cisco.com website breached - customers warned: Have hackers cracked the Black Hat flaw?

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First Family of Windows Vista Viruses Unleashed

 

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 Wake up and try an Apple! It's safer

 Wake up and try an Apple! It's safer

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 Antispyware firm warns of massive ID theft ring

 Antispyware firm warns of massive ID theft ring

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Microsoft: Virus target won't be in Vista

 

Microsoft: Virus target won't be in Vista

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 The Real Joke (Sacrificing liberty for convenience)

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 Internet scammers keep working in Nigeria

 

 Net worms could wriggle around warning systems

 

 Phishers try to reel in [Lockheed] credit union accounts

 

 FCC Kills Rule on Internet Access (Phone companies & cable control internet access)

 

 Dear 'hacker'.... -- I assume that you decided you didn't want to spend quality time in a cell with 'Bubba', so that is why you decided to restore the database password yourself.

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Indiana Schools Make Purchase 300K Linux Computers

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 Massive spyware-based identity theft ring uncovered -- Researchers from a little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software have seemingly uncovered a criminal identity theft ring of massive proportions.

 

 FCC To Require Backdoor Network Access for Feds -- Privacy? It's just an illusion when you're dealing with anything electronic...

 

 FCC Chair Martin Deregulates DSL

 

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Wireless wilderness: Internet access gains favor among campers

 

 New Daylight Saving May Cause Tech Problems (We're Doomed!! DOOMED!!)

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Kept Alive by Open Source

 

 Jinxed computer users might be sending out a bad vibe, researchers suggest

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Networking: Trouble for new Microsoft OS?

 

 HP ports Virus Throttler to Linux

 

 Customizing FVWM -- I needed a lightweight front end. I looked at both FVWM and TWM and felt that both of them would be too different for Windows users to figure out quickly. I settled on XFCE. Lightweight, fast, low overhead, and quite usable.

 HP ports Virus Throttler to Linux

 

 Customizing FVWM -- I needed a lightweight front end. I looked at both FVWM and TWM and felt that both of them would be too different for Windows users to figure out quickly. I settled on XFCE. Lightweight, fast, low overhead, and quite usable.