Classic Tech Tips Archive

Sometime back, there was talk of Google Base, a databas-ish product coming from Google. Let me let a summary from their blog explain it... Rather than impose specific schemas and structures on the wo…

I've just logged back in at 1:11 AM EST, 11/16/05 and am seeing the stats from the 14th come in, some from the 15th. It looks like Google Analytics is starting to catch up. I suspect they've been wor…

Well, I mentioned the release of Google Analytics yesterday which really looks promising. At this hour I can still say it looks promising. I had a funny thought after trying several times yesterday t…

Temporary Quick download link for tightvnc-1.2.9 installer for windows. Use the first link to download the copy I've mirrored for the moment, or try downloading from www.tightvnc.com if there are any…

I did this as updates to an earlier post, but it probably deserves it's own post now. The morning brought us the news of SERIOUS flaws in the Uninstaller ActiveX control for Sony's DRM, then came new…

You are in a small hallway, there are doors to the North and West.... The Wall Street Journal Online has an article about the continued existence of the text adventure games. You know the genre, befo…

Incidents.org is reporting on an advisory for users of lynx. For those of you that don't know lynx, it is a text based web browser used in text only terminal environments. I've used lynx from time to…

The Nokia 770 linux based Internet Tablet will have it's US debut on November 17th. The details on hardware specs on the device are available at linuxdevices.com, and there's a news forum available a…

It looks as though the uninstaller as claimed last night, does have more serious implications than the original rootkit, in Sony's continuing DRM nightmare. Basically, the uninstaller will allow any …

In spite of the FTC's raid of Enternet Media and charges against them for various details such as deceptive install practices, unfair installation of code, failure to disclose nature of bundled softw…

Well... I said, more legs than a centipede for this one.... It looks as though the uninstaller from Sony is an activex control that may have some SEVERE security implications. The ActiveX invokes a c…

This is unusual, but there is advance notice from the Bavarian Police warning about a new variant on the Sober worm which will be released tomorrow. More information can be found at f-secure, as well…

I was reading that Apple had offered free copies of OSX for the $100 laptop project aimed at bringing cheap laptops to schoolkids in the developing world and in some cases even here in the US. They d…

I was surprised to do a search and find that I haven't mentioned tightvnc before (or even merely VNC as a useful tool.) Ok - here's the scenario, you need a way to get remote pc access, or remotely v…

I'm still not used to the name Mandriva, Mandrake is just what I remember... anyway, mandrake.tips.4.free.fr has the second part of their mandriva 2006 review up. It sounds as though in the last week…

You might be cautious visiting the free sites at cjb.net according to the sunbelt blog many of them are unwittingly providing spyware downloads to users. The download is for a 180solutions pest. If y…

Incidents.org is reporting on the release of a new version of winrar and rar (3.51) to address security issues discovered by secunia. As always if you use it, go get the update.

There is an interesting article at Linux.com on the top ten administrator utilities in linux. Titled "My sysadmin toolbox" it goes into some detail on some of the good standby's that if you're intere…

If you've ever given away linux livecd's and wondered if they were ever tried, you might be interested in reading this newsforge article about a guy that followed up with several livecd recipients ab…

It's sad, but true. Some companies are just plain irresponsible with your data. Whether it be credit card information, or address and phone number there are those that aren't good about keeping their…

Google has rolled out another free tool for site owners. Google Analytics was announced today. Using technology acquired from Urchin, this free service (limited to 5 million page views a month), sits…

KDE 3.5 RC1 has been out long enough that there's already a series of screenshots... (11/11/05 was the announcement). Screenshots are available here. The screen caps were taken from the KLAX livecd.

I've just looked and noticed that oswd.org (Open source web design). They currently boast 715 free templates. In their absense several other sites have sprung up to fill the void they had left... ope…

I've run across this a couple of times and to save me a few more Google searches.... Under Netscape 7.1, trying to download a file, there is a long message (with a temporary file address), and the fo…

The bad news is that the spyware situation for home pc users can be murkier every day. I remember a particular user who once installed an antivirus program because a popup appeared claiming to have f…