XP still holds a few cards over Vista

I've heard plenty of the usual gaff in regard to Vista. Buggy, wait till they (MS) have released a SP (service Pack) or 2 before bothering with this OS.

So it's still XP for me.

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clipped from keznews.com Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft’s own good? “The one-year XP transition just turned out to be a little too ambitious,” acknowledged Kevin Kutz, a director in the Windows client unit. Traditionally, Microsoft has given OEMs two years to transition to a new operating system release, Kutz said.

Bookmarks - don't lose 'em.

a pet annoyance of mine is losing bookmarx when I reinstall OSes, move between different machines in my house etc.
Here's my current solution. Hope it works for you.

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clipped from www.foxmarks.com The Bookmark Synchronizer The Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer automatically synchronizes your bookmarks between two or more computers running Firefox. It also lets you access your bookmarks from any computer anytime via my.foxmarks.com. An easy-to-use wizard guides you through the quick startup process. Then Foxmarks works silently in the background to keep your bookmarks up-to-date on all your computers. Simple. Solid. Free. And ready to use.

Cookie's Threat for GMail Users

Scary .. I turned off JavaScript when I saw this, then found that so many features of sites I use stop with that decision! :(

So I turned it back on..

clipped from www.news.com Petko Petkov of "ethical hacking" group GNUCitizen has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming e-mails from Google Gmail users. According to Gatford, attackers could compromise a Gmail account--using a cross-site scripting vulnerability--if the victim is logged in and clicks on a malicious link. From that moment, the attacker can take over the session cookies for Gmail and subsequently forward all the account's messages to a POP account. The problem is potentially compounded by Google's policy of retaining cookies for two years. "Once you've managed to snarf a cookie, you can access (a user's) Gmail account without the password for the next two years," he said. While the obvious risk is to the home user, many organizations could be exposed, since they do not filter employee e-mails sent from work to personal accounts, he added. One work-around is to use Gmail through Firefox and disable JavaScript

Save your Eyes and Power

just a small redirect page for using Google without the bright lights.

clipped from blacklys.com If every one use black google 'blacklys.com' for searching, we can save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year Save your eye: blacklys.com uses cool color varitions best for humman eye. How computer harm your eye? Save you monitor power: monitor requires more power to display a white (or light)

Autosynch timeserver for Australian computers

Windows wasn't synching/updating well with the default server (time.windows.com) so I searched for a new
Autosynch timeserver for Australian computers

clipped from support.ntp.org ntp.tourism.wa.gov.au Perth, Western Australia

V for Vendetta

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* (Upon meeting Evey Hammond) Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

clipped from blackorwhite2005.blogspot.com V for Vendetta Quotes (In simpler words) Behold! Before you is a humble performer, cast, against his will, by fate, to the roles of both victim and villain. The face you see now is not just some mere facade of pointless theatrics. It is a remnant of the people's voice, which has since gone and disappeared. However, this past annoyance stands courageously reborn and has sworn to conquer the evil and corrupt, who promote greed and the violent suppression of free will. The only way to do this is with a war of retribution. It will not be a fruitless revenge, for the importance and self-evidence of this quest shall exonerate the open-minded and righteous. But in truth, this thick soup of words is becoming too excessive. So, let me simply finish by saying that it's my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me V.

Clipmarks

Oh yeah, found a new tool for putting clip'ed stuff on my blogs.
Clipmarks

Enjoy!

Updating Google’s Corporate Philosophy

I love Google but this kinda news is true it would seem.. <sigh>
Article here

clipped from blogoscoped.com Updating Google’s Corporate Philosophy Milivella in the forum asked me to write an update to Google’s “Ten things Google has found to be true”. Certainly, over the years as a company grows, its philosophy collects dust.

Checking for Malware

Hackszine
tells us some little nifty pieces.

• Start->Run->cmd
• netstat -b 5 >activity.txt (In XP, use -o instead of -b)
• Wait a few minutes, then press Ctrl-C
• type activity.txt | more (or open activity.txt in wordpad)

Windoze XP info and links

An interesting page with a lot of news n linx.

Keznews