PHP Open Directory
Interesting PHP script that grabs Dmoz.org data so that you can have displayed on your site.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Monday, June 28, 2004
2 Days to Cassini orbital insertion around Saturn
As i write , Cassini is only 2 million kilometers away from Saturn
CERT recommends anything but IE
Web virus may be stealing financial data
IE Flaw prompts warning
Note that the flaw only affects Microsoft IIS web servers, and people who use IE to browse IIS powered sites.
Linux and Mac users are, as usual , immune.
IIS Malware is a phishing scam
Netcraft are reporting that malicious code downloaded from compromised IIS servers onto users machines includes a trojan that records keystrokes in an attempt to steal e-commerce login information. There are potentially serious ramifications for Microsoft as well, since the exploit used to spread the trojan appears to have infected end users with fully-patched web browsers. Several accounts suggest some compromised IIS servers were also fully patched.
Lurhq have a full analysis of the trojan here
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Kite photography
360 degree panorama kite photos
Scott Haefner has taken superb 360 degree landscape shots taken from a kite - he explains how he did them here
Friday, June 25, 2004
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Thursday linkdump
KDE 3.2 In depth overview
Excellent in depth article on the architecture of KDE 3.2
Web email - the new hard drive?
Jeremy Zadwodny muses on whether we're seeing the beginnings of the web as a platform in itself..
When spyware crosses the line
If that story doesnt convince you to dump IE, nothing will.
The Importance of Being Linux
Despite the erroneous statement of open source development speeds being 'glacial' (huh? it seems like every 3 months there's a new version of KDE out for example - not to mention manic release schedule of Mandrake), the rest of the article is rather good. And considering it's posted on ABC News, this really does show that Linux is starting to appear on CEO and CIOs radar screens big time. There is also a forum discussion about the article is
here.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
New Phoebe Cassini pics
The Cassini team have posted have some seriously cool pictures of Phoebe showing mineral distribution, a temperature map, in ultraviolet , and mosaic.
I've got more Gmail invites
Leave your name and email address in the comments box.
You HAVE to answer the following question:
If you had a billion dollars, what would you do with it.
The best answers will get an invite - my decision is final...
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are rumours that Hotmail are blocking Gmail invites outright. Yahoo is ok - but i've heard that the invites are going into the bulk folder instead.
South Australian Democrats go with PHP Nuke
After rejecting an alternative $50,000 content management system.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Linux cable TV decoder
For educational and research purposes only...
Slashdot: Confessions of a spammer
Slashdot discussion on an in-depth article describing the details of how a spammer works and operates.
Monday, June 21, 2004
No more Gmail invites
I've given out all of my Gmail invites. Thanks to those of you that expressed an interest - I hope the lucky few that got invites will enjoy gmail.
SpaceShipOne returns to earth
First sub-orbital flight by private company. Reached altitude of 62 miles.
SpaceShipOne takes off
The first private manned spacecraft has blasted off.
Gmail Invites
I've got some gmail invites to give away. please leave your name and mail address in the comments section of this post. thanks.
UPDATE
Hotmail blocks Gmail invites and Yahoo moves invites into the "bulk" i.e. spam, folder.
French govt eyes open source savings
France's conservative government is trying to cut costs as it seeks to rein in a public sector deficit, which is set in 2004 to bust the European Union limit of 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for the third year running.
Open-source software such as Linux, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Apache, MySQL and Evolution is "very credible," Dutreil said.
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