Sunday, July 22, 2007

Weekend Reading

Security Monkey : security investigation stories

Over 20 fascinating stories. Grab a coffee, relax, and enjoy them HERE.


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Are Computers Causing us to "Cocoon" Ourselves?

My preference for staying home is part of a bigger overall trend to avoid going out in public whenever possible and "cocoon" ourselves in our homes. And this trend is certainly encouraged, aided and abetted by today's technology.

Take a look HERE.


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Trill of a Cellphone Brings the Clang of Prison Doors

A record from a T-Mobile cellphone transmission tower on the day Ms. Woods was murdered showed that Mr. Cortez called her 13 times in the hour and a half before her death, and then never again. He had told the police in a written statement that he made the calls from his home.

Take a look HERE.


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Europeans embrace Firefox in record numbers

Firefox has made huge inroads in Europe over the past year, to the point where Internet Explorer is in danger of losing its market share lead in some countries. According to French web metrics firm XiTiMonitor, Firefox's overall market share in the 32 European countries it measures has grown to 27.8 percent.

Take a look HERE.

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Gaming laptops are a complete joke

There is a raging debate between me and the rest of the world over gaming laptops. Most people think they are the hottest thing since sliced bread, I think they are about as dumb as you can get. It begs the question, if all of your friends said enemas were cool, would you get one?

Take a look HERE.


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Fake Steve Jobs lashes out

The writer of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs appeared to break character Wednesday in decrying "invasions of privacy" that have the anonymous author rattled.

Read the article HERE.


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The desktop - time to say goodbye?

PC shipments are expected to grow 12.2% this year, portable PC volumes are expected to grow 28% and will make up more than half of all PC shipments in the U.S. this quarter. Notebooks will dominate the worldwide PC marketplace by 2010. One researcher predicts it will be five to seven years before only the "die-hard" desktop users are left.

Take a look HERE.


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Hitachi Deskstar terabyte drive

Hard drives and similar components are never the easiest products to review, if they only have one function to do they do just that and that’s about it.

Take a look HERE.


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Make your laptop a hot spot

If you've only got one wired ethernet connection and a room full of internet-starved laptop users, you can quickly turn your laptop into a wireless hot spot without any extra software. CNET TV has a video tutorial that demonstrates how you can turn Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Mac OS X laptops into wireless broadcasting hot spots. CNET even shows how you can add security to the wireless signal to keep intruders out. The process is painless in Vista and OS X, but requires a few steps in XP. Anyone know how to accomplish the same task in Linux? Share in the comments

Source : Lifehacker

Watch the video HERE.

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