December 2007
20 posts
DHS f*cking up Wikipedia →
“This host, n021.dhs.gov, is registered to the United States Department of Homeland Security, and may be shared by multiple users.”….”Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism.”
Adopted Son Finds His Mother at His Workplace →
For years, Steve Flaig, a delivery truck driver at a local Lowe’s store, had searched for his birth mother. He found her working the cash register at the front of the same store.
Internet Explorer 8 passes ACID2 test! →
MSDN’s Channel9 and the IEBlog both confirm the new version of IE, IE8, will pass the ACID2 Test!
Official Firefox 3 Beta 2 →
Firefox 3 Beta 2 has been officially released over at Mozilla.[Improved in Beta 2!] Firefox 3 Beta 2 includes approximately 900 improvements over the previous beta, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user interface improvements.
Britney's 16 year old sister Jaime Lynn is... →
Britney Spears’s 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant, Nickelodeon confirmed Tuesday. Not surprising.
10 reasons IT won’t support the iPhone →
“Wondering why your corporate Information Technology department won’t buy you an Apple iPhone or support the one you bought yourself? Here’s your answer.”
OFFICIAL: Facebook drops 'is' →
Well folks, it has finally happened. Facebook have dropped the “is” from status updates. Login and update your status now!
Amazon sends best Customer Service letter ever!! →
After not getting offered a discounted laptop in Amazon’s Customer Vote promotion, one customer wrote a “cheeky” letter to Amazon Executive Customer Service. It’s only appropriate that Amazon had their own cheeky response.
F1 Bans Engine Developement! WTF →
Is this the End? F1 Bans Engine Development for 10 Years
ATTENTION: Quicksilver Needs Your Help →
Please digg this up to help Quicksilver gain the developer support it needs to stay alive! Alcor has doomed it to a “long slow death,” help see that this doesn’t happen!
How To Boost Your Cellular Signal →
Does this sound familiar? You want to make a quick phone call and as soon as you begin dialing, your cell reception drops, showing you have no signal at all. Just like Murphy’s Law, this call is probably really important also.
C.I.A. Admits It Destroyed Tapes of Harsh... →
They were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that tapes documenting controversial interrogation methods could expose agency officials to greater risk of legal jeopardy, several officials said.
Sorry, your account has been disabled. Gmail →
Sorry, your account has been disabled. For more information about Google Accounts, please consult our Help Center. It looks like a Lot of people are having this issue. And any email sent you is getting bounced back. Google, PLEASE fix this! A lot of us Rely on Gmail!
iPhone: Download Files With Safari. New plugin! →
iPhone hacker hachu developed a download plug-in for MobileSafari. Once installed and customized, it allows you to download data off the Internet and store it on your iPhone or iPod touch local disk in the /var/root/Downloads folder.
MPAA’s University Toolkit hit with DMCA takedown... →
The MPAA’s Ubuntu-based university network monitoring toolkit software is no longer available for download. An Ubuntu technical board member sent a takedown notice to the group’s ISP noting that the software was being distributed without source code, which is a violation of the GPL.
Lifehacker: How to Track Down Anyone Online →
When you’re trying to find someone online, Google’s not the only game in town. In the last two years, a handful of new people search engines have come onto the scene which offer better ways to pinpoint people info by name, handle, location, or place of employment.
Activision and Vivendi merge in $18 billion deal →
Activision, the publishing powerhouse behind the Call of Duty and Tony Hawk series; and Vivendi Games, owner of Blizzard Entertainment, are coming together to form “the world’s most profitable games business,” cleverly named Activision Blizzard.
How To Crack WiFi WEP →
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of articles have been written about the vulnerability of WEP (W ired E quivalent P rivacy), but how many people can actually break WEP encryption? Beginners to WEP cracking have often been frustrated by the many wireless cards available and their distribution-specific commands.
New TV Game Show: "Who Wants to Marry a U.S.... →
A Los Angeles company is touting a new reality game show called “Who Wants to Marry a U.S. Citizen” that aims to create televised matrimony between legal citizens and immigrants who have temporary visas.
Wachovia Bank Tells Man He Owes $211 Trillion →
Martins said he recently closed an account at Wachovia Bank and made good on an outstanding check. He just got a letter about the closure and his negative balance — $211,010,028,257,303.00. That’s $211 trillion.