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Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

Posted on 12/22/2004 1:06:17 PM PST by backhoe

 
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


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browsers; computers; firefox; internetexplorer; microsoft; security; windows
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Which Linux Desktop Packs The Most Punch?
 
 

901 posted on 11/24/2006 1:49:57 PM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Phishing potentiality affects Safari (Mac), Firefox (Mac and Windows) password storage
CIS Finds Flaws in Firefox v2 Password Manager
 
Choosing The Right Vista(Windows Vista Chart/Features)

902 posted on 11/25/2006 5:04:19 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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The Paradox of Military Technology
 

A VIDEO CARNIVAL? Reader Daren Heidgerken emails:

You have done a number of digital camera "carnivals", how about one on video cameras? I have a new baby and would like to get a simple, decent quality one to send movies to the grandparents.

Any thoughts on that? I'm not really up on the latest there, but I don't have to be, if my readers are! As I noted in this post, James Lileks has, and likes, the new Sony compact HD video camera -- and if I were taking baby videos I'd definitely want to do it in HD, since regular video will be looking old and crappy within a couple of years as HD becomes the norm. (I think there's a somewhat newer model than the one Lileks has, too.)


903 posted on 11/27/2006 1:46:10 PM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Vanity: I need some technical help regarding burning CDs
904 posted on 11/28/2006 5:08:00 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Microsoft’s Windows Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004
905 posted on 12/01/2006 5:25:39 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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The Phone of The Future (The Telephone is 130 years old!)-- the phone will become “the remote-control for life”.
 
Vista: Microsoft's Last 'Big Bang' Operating System?--The new activation policy is simply corporate thuggery.
 
Cameras Capturing License Plates On Toll Roads--57 image review clerks being hired by a contractor for TxDOT. "The check is in the mail", "I'll pull out, darling", "...no records will be kept".
 

Pimp My Gunship 2: Directed Energy
 

906 posted on 12/02/2006 5:24:09 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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http://www.motorola.com/consumer/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6842e59e1572d010VgnVCM1000008206b00aRCRD&show=productHome

Motorola M800 Bag Phone  features

M800 Bag Phone

907 posted on 12/02/2006 12:50:18 PM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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DIGITAL CAMERA CARNIVAL UPDATE: Okay, I keep getting camera questions, which suggests to me that somehow people have missed the Digital Camera Carnival. You can find it here: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.

And in response to a question about underwater cameras suitable for scuba diving, which I only sort of answered, here are a couple of reviews from Divester, the scuba blog.

Not much interest so far in the video carnival, so if I don't get any more entries I'll just post what I've gotten soon.

908 posted on 12/04/2006 3:51:11 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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SOME ELECTRONICS RECOMMENDATIONS, from Megan McArdle.
909 posted on 12/05/2006 5:13:53 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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Call it a Twilight of the Gods moment
( "In the twilight of the gods, the twilight men will appear..."
Otto Basil, circa 1968 )
 
...but until further notice, I am suspending updates specific to this post.
 
I will continue to update this:
 
DUBOB 11- more tales from the Dark UnderBelly Of the Beast...
 
with "everything you need to be aware of."
But I'm just burned, and bummed out. The elections. The sellout of Israel. The Moonbats. The Stupid Party. The Evil Party.
I could go on... but why bother?
910 posted on 12/08/2006 4:01:32 AM PST by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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