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The Old Apple Web Server Directory A pretty fun idea – take your old Mac and put it online. I have the ability to do that, except that my ISP won’t let me host web pages (they block port 80, … Continue reading →

Best Buy Canada Web Store: Business & Home Solutions: Geek Squad: Spyware Installation Apparently, the GeekSquad in Canada is kind enough to install Spyware on your machine when you buy it at BestBuy – and it only costs an extra … Continue reading →

Internet Explorer 5 for Mac IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER FOR MAC USERS In June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005. In … Continue reading →

Will fix computers for sexual favors While it’s never happened to me, I can say that I would imagine it’s possible – there’s certainly some people out there that are very, very grateful when their computer is working again.

Clarkson University Engineer Outwits High-Tech Fingerprint Fraud Biometrics researcher Stephanie C. Schuckers is researching how to “spoof” – aka fool – things like a fingerprint scanner. Her work, which is funded by the NSF (National Science Foundation), DHS (Department of … Continue reading →

Magical Macintosh Key Sequences A nice, concise list of various key commands you can use on your Mac for various things – from booting into “Safe Boot” mode to erasing a startup disk (apparently for 7.1 only, so don’t panic…). … Continue reading →

The Techgurus Blog – Blog Archive – Modding Google Secure Access to Connect to Other VPNs They’ve taken the Google Secure Access client, dissected it, and made it easier to use. Of course, there’s a little work involved…. Link thanks … Continue reading →

I realize that most of the Mac using free world already knows about this, but….You can now use your Google Talk account with iChat. Well, sort of. As I write this there’s a note on the page about a “connection issue” for iChat clients – it appears to an SSL error at the moment – but I did have it working, and nicely.Hopefully they’ll fix this up sooner rather than later and we’ll be back in business.
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The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer SecurityWhile it’s not geared towards the everyday user – it’s more for management and help desk/support types – it’s definitely worth a read.
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Ataraxis :: View topic – The secret lives of passive components…:And you thought that electrical engineering was boring…
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