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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Satellite Radio Firms Don't Realize Mobile Phones Are Simply Pocket Computers

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How deep does this rabbit hole go?-- known as a "Trojan," which in turn was hidden inside a "rootkit" --

 

Georgia allows hacker to access details of 570,000 pension members

 

Linux growth 'to outstrip Windows by a factor of 3' (Oracle Estimate)

 

IBM Scientists Develop New Way to Explore and Control Atom-Scale Magnetism

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How does the wireless network thingy work?

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My 40 GB (4th Gen) iPod is D.O.A. (WOE! RENDING OF GARMENTS!) Anyone ever fixed one?--Several friends have used http://www.ipodresq.com/ with satisfactory results.

How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble an Apple Portable Media Player
http://repair4player.org/disassembly_apple.html

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Overview of the ten major Linux distributions

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Mac OS X: Living Long and Prospering

Firefox grabs 10% of browser market

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My 40 GB (4th Gen) iPod is D.O.A. (WOE! RENDING OF GARMENTS!) Anyone ever fixed one?== fix here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1607679/posts?page=25#25

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Kaspersky warns of cross-platform (Linux/Windows) virus proof of concept

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AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA

 

Top Ten Junk Science Stories of the Past Decade

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Maxtor 1TB One-Touch Drive ~ for under $1,000...from Newegg for $743.99....

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Firefox Tweaks, Extensions and Optimizations

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Microsoft writes a law for Oklahoma to invade your computer.--What the heck...the "government" is engaged, as we speak, in destroying our entire country by allowing immigrant criminals to invade without firing a shot. Microsoft and other software makers erasing pirated software from our hard drives is down in the grass compared to the illegal hordes.

Warning Info on AVG Anti Virus

A Photo’s Fingerprint. New software can match images to specific digital cameras.

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CD-R Drive recommendations (vanity)--Visit my website for a good take on backup systems and strategeries. There are some good, inexpensive products out there that'll do a world-class job.

 

Internet Becoming A Practical Alternative For Telephone Service

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Porn Industry Again at the Tech Forefront

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http://www.instapundit.com/

MY TCS DAILY COLUMN IS UP: "Bionic humanity is coming, not with the bang of a huge, secret government program of the Steve Austin variety, but on the little cat-feet of a collection of new developments."

 

High efficiency flat light source could be the end for the light bulb

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MP3 Inventor Could've Been a Contender

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I'm running Spy Sweeper and Firefox.

Spy Sweeper is a bit of a resource hog - right now it is occupying 40 MBytes of my RAM. I use it on systems where I am more concerned with security than maximum performance. My PC that has my financials runs Spy Sweeper. My gaming PC's do not run Spy Sweeper.

Spy Sweeper has specific hooks that it can put in Internet Explorer to protect against having your Home Page, Search Page or Favorites modified without your consent. It does not have similar hooks for Firefox. But (a) these hooks are only a small part of the value of Spy Sweeper, and (b) so far I've never seen a need for such protection hooks in Firefox.

You won't need a new Spy Sweeper license, and your security will increase even more by switching to Firefox. Go for it.

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Wireless World: 'Black hole' of convergence

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Critical security holes found in Mac OS X

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Linux distributors unite on standard