MS blames Xbox “abuse” for deadly fire
Microsoft has now officially responded to an Illinois family’s lawsuit in which a fire was allegedly caused by a faulty Xbox console in December of 2004. The fire resulted in the death of an infant, Wade Kline.
Archive for August 4, 2007
Kittens could solve spam problems
An executive at Microsoft Corp. has an unusual idea for beating spammers. Powerful software tools and supercomputers aren’t involved, but kittens are. Or rather, photos of kittens.
The Top 10 Weirdest (And Interesting) Keyboards Ever
Keyboards come in many shapes - from the simplest computer grey $9.99 standard 102-key keyboard to variants that seem to come straight out of a Star Trek episode. Here’s our Top 10 list of the weirdest keyboards ever.
Stop the speech bubble logo insanity
Who cares about impeaching Bush - we have much bigger problems in this world. Let’s start a petition to end the speech bubble logo.
Periodic Table of the Internet
The heaviest web sites based on their atomic weights, sort of.
IPHONE TOOLBOX: 75+ iPhone Resources
Well, I’m sure you’ve all heard of all the iPhone by now, undoubtedly one of the most hyped tech products of the last year.
Evil Javascript mutates to evade detection
SANS’ Internet Storm Center said on Thursday it has come across the attack on a compromised website, where an iframe was used to deploy various pieces of malicious code via Javascript. Iframes allow content from one website to be embedded in another website.
Vista users urged to beware of IPv6
Vista users would be wise to turn off the Teredo IP tunneling system that is enabled by default in Microsoft’s newest OS, since attackers may be able to exploit it for phishing, pharming and other mischief. James Hoagland, principal security researcher for Symantec, issued that warning during a presentation at the Black Hat 2007 conference.
6 Online Photo Editors Compared
With the launch this week of online image “pimping” tool Graphita, we thought it was a good time to look at some of the more interesting players in this market. Below: 6 good ones compared.
AMD Demonstrates 1st Graphics Processors to Feature Native DisplayPort 1.1
A breakthrough technology, DisplayPort, aims to unify and standardize display across the desktop and notebook computing environments through a common high-bandwidth interconnect.
How would you change the Microsoft Zune?
“Tack on a scroll wheel and call it an iPod.” Alright, now that we’ve gotten that obvious little gem out of the way, it’s time to get down to business and start our unpaid weekly focus group for major consumer electronics manufacturers, with today’s victim subject being none other than Microsoft’s controversial Zune.
6 Major Advertisers leave Facebook over Placement Near Political Content
Six major firms have withdrawn advertisements from the networking website Facebook, after they appeared on a British National Party page. First Direct, Vodafone, Virgin Media, the AA, Halifax and the Prudential have all withdrawn ads. Virgin said it had to “protect its brand”.
