Google's long memory stirs privacy concerns

Actually this isn't really news. Any techie who's worth their salt has been following Google and their new develpments. Google has, for some time now, been essentially "caching" a great many things - eg Usenet posts. It's relatively simple to have a post removed from their archive if you posted it, however if someone else creates a post with, say, your name/information, you're outta luck. They won't remove it until the original poster requests it.

Now with Google Accelerator, they are cacheing web pages as well. I use it frequently, and so far, it has been great, especially at work where I am constantly using web applications and web-based informational services (directories, etc). I have heard stories of people using Google Accelerator who browsed to a forum, only to discover they have been auto-logged in as someone else - the only explanation being, Google cached someone elses credentials/cookies and the accelerator sent it to another user on the same site. So far I have not seen any anomalies whatsoever, but I guess the possibility for error exists.

Have patience with Google - they are leading edge, and thus are ironing out their own wrinkles.

Face it: There is no 'safe' Web browser

I've been sayin' it for years...actually, my argument has been "there is no "safe" OS", in the same vein that this article is about browser security. In my opinion, the same thinking applies to operating systems, as well.

OS's are also at the mercy of the same type of attacker that comes up with code to exploit browsers. You just KNOW it's some goth person with too many piercings, cigartette-stained fingers, and too-long nails, staying up FAR too late (too many Red Bulls), bashing away with untrained and unskilled trial-and-error until they "hit" on a piece of code that exploits some vulnerability that NO ONE else ever would have thought of.

These are the same people who paint graffiti, squish their gum under the table (worse yet, on the elevator handle), and litter up everything.

Vandals, really.

Nuclear Fuel How-To

Got a Flux Capacitor, but no juice? Here's how :)

Pac Man celebrates his 25th birthday

The game that changed many lives forever - including mine :)

California to ban hunting over Internet - May 4, 2005

...wtf?? Who THINKS of these things??

oy

IBM Gives SCO the Works

Link to a Slashdot article with comments. ...just gotta post this one...IBM really knows how to handle themselves, that's for sure.

Go Big Blue!! I'm pullin for ya!

Hack IIS Contest

Feeling l33t? Give it a try, if you win, it's an X-Box for ya.

The Planet's Most Moronic Hacker

Read. And weep/cry/laugh/insert applicable emotion here. I did them all, the whole range. Anger, even :)

Chipmaker to Pay $185M for Criminal Antitrust Violations

hm. And here I thought RAM was reasonably priced :)

Attention shifts to spam containment

OK now we're getting somewhere...instead of just blocking it, why not prevent it.

Flying Cars Ready To Take Off

OK travellers, listen up. The next few years are about to get verrry exciting :) This fellow has been working on this concept for years and years now - and his dream is finally a reality.

Car shopper, 81, hits husband

That's not all she hit - read on :)

Prince Harry 'told to get with IT'

Don't worry Harry - not everyone can be l33tz0r.

Fun with Transparent backgrounds

More here

You've seen the ads, haven't you? No?? ...here they are...

Here's a slideshow presentation - very cool. I'm gonna have to try this :)

REAL WOODEN laptop

Now THIS is a mod!

Woman taken to morgue by mistake

...not related to technology...but darn funny!!!

Video game icons honored on 'Walk of Game'

It's about time! :)

Building your own PBX

One word - awesome.

I had heard of Asterix before, but not with such a great guide :) I'm gonna try this for sure

Four Story Pixellated Mario Mural

lol - pretty good

I link you to the /. article just because it's so darned funny!! ...when I tried the link to the site it was slashdotted...hopefully it settles down.