I just finished watching Yahoo's Cybergeddon. It is about 1 1/2 hours long and follows Chloe Jocelyn, a hacker turned FBI agent, who is trying to stop a cyber terrorist bent on revenge. It is very entertaining and mentions some real life tools and virus's. While of course it is fiction and a lot of the dramatization seem to be right of of the 1995 movie "Hackers", it is very entertaining and, believe it or not semi-plausible.
Check it out: Cybergeddon
I installed the Bing app on my iPad because it has been getting some good reviews. I too thought it was nice but was noticing right away that a hand full of the headlines did not match the photos. I noticed a headline about Tina Fey's pregnancy but showed a photo of Russel Brand. There were a few others, some comical, but the one that caught my keen eye was a headline that said "Longoria shows her kitchen skills in new cookbook." One would expect to see a photo of Eva Longoria and her new cookbook. Instead there is a photo of Cermeron Diaz with her breast exposed and another woman also with an exposed breast. Need proof, see the photos below. You can confirm that it is Cameron Diaz with a simple Google image search. Also below there is a mistake where a school shooting in Brazil is somehow associated with the movie Rio and Governor Rick Snyder is associated with the movie Sucker Punch.
Another great April 1st announcement from Google.
Google Motion.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html
Can't get enough of Angry Birds on your iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android, Palm, Nokia, etc.? Well your wait for Angry Birds on Facebook is soon to be over. On an undisclosed day in April, Rovio will be releasing a new version of Angry Birds with new aspects that the other versions do not have.
If you are interested and would like to be updated on this new version simply "Like" the Angry Birds Facebook page.
Source: Mashable
Below is this years haul. After being there for the full week I could have gotten a lot more but didn't want to carry it around all day. Once again a great conference and I walked away with a lot more knowledge then swag. Qualys wins for best swag; those insulated cups are really nice!
Sorry, it is not tech or security related but This has been a long time coming! Finally, the (semi) original Star Wars Trilogy on Blu Ray.
For those of you who live in California you are likely used to the stupid laws that our legislators seem to get passed. No doubt they have nothing better to do then pass useless laws such as one that took affect on October 15, 2010 that banned the use of gas nozzle locks. As you can see in the below image I have come up with a simple, cheep, and effective hack to keep that nozzle flowing so that you can wash your windows, buy your Twinkies, or check on your Facebook.
Maybe our law makers can find something better to do? Might I suggest 1st degree murder for drunk and drugged drivers who kill people? Death penalty for child molesters?
Netflix has announced that they have released full availability of their streaming service on the Wii. You must order a free cd that you will use on your Nintendo Wii device in order to access the Netflix streaming service. You can order your disk direct from Netflix for free by using the below link.
Order your disk
I frequent Google news and I find that every now and then a story gets put in the wrong spot. I took the below screen shot this afternoon. Note the story in the center, near the big red arrow. I think the robots goofed on that one!
Victorinox , the makers of the Swiss army knife, have released a Swiss army USB thumb drive that is allegedly ‘un-hackable. The 8gb, 16gb, or 32gb drive come complete with finger nail file, knife, and scissors. It uses AES256 encryption technology, finger print security, and has a built in self destruct mechanism that will destroy the drive should someone try to force it open.
The manufacture has offered a reward of £100,000 to any “professional hacker” if they can break into the drive during its launch event. The listed price is $75 to $270 according to Engadget.
Engadget
After my first story on Chatroulette.com I decided to go back and conduct a short unscientific survey. Basically I made 100 successful connections to chatroulette users and made a note of what I viewed. By successful I must have been able to see the user and I must see them move. This will weed out anyone who has no camera, camera turned off, or camera aimed at a photo.
I made note first of the gender of the person I saw. Then made note of the gender of the person if they were nude or engaged is some sort of sex act. And finally I made note of the extent of nudity or type of sex act.
As you can see in the charts below; 89% of the people that I connected with were males with only 11% female. Of my 100 successful connections 20 or 20% contained sexual content. Of those 20 sexual connections 19 or 95% were males and 1 or 5% were female. And lastly, of the 20 sexual connections I observed 9 males with erect penis’s masturbating and 8 additional males were nude. One male had his camera aimed at his penis, while another pointed his camera at his testicles hanging out from under his shirt. I observe 1 female with her breasts exposed.
So, I conclude, Chatroulette.com is a sausage fest with nearly a 1 in 9 chance of observing either a nude man or a man masturbating himself. The things I do in the name of science, excuse me while I go bleach my eyes.
You can register right now for a free Expo Only pass for Macworld 2011 to be held January 27-29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California. You better get it fast because this free offer looks like it will be subject to “while supplies last” and is set to end on March 8, 2010 regardless.
I got mine; heck Apple may introduce a revolutionary new device. My prediction will be after the huge success of the iPad they will introduce the iPad Nano. It looks like the iPad and it will run the same software, it will just be smaller.
Register for Macworld 2011 by clicking the below link:
https://register.rcsreg.com/r2/macsf2011/ga/index2.html
Windows 7 ‘God Mode’
Windows 7 ‘God Mode’ is basically a one stop shop for many tools to help make configuration of Windows 7 a little easier. There are at least 272 tools enabled when you turn on God Mode. They allow you to perform tasks from checking security status, scheduling tasks, turning off auto play, and so on. Turning on God Mode does not change any settings or cause any (that I have seen) bad side effects and doing so is extremely easy.
Simply create a new folder. You can create this new folder anywhere, even your desktop. Rename the folder to the following, I recommend that you cut and paste:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Thanks for the new homepage Yahoo! I realize that you control and try to optimize your content. But for how long does your self promotion need to continue? The “Who’s behind this new page?" story has been front page for what seems like an eternity! Even Michael Jackson could not hold on as long as you.
As with many IT professionals I find myself often the ‘go-to’ person for family and friends when the need for computer related assistance arises. Many a Christmas I have spent patching this or installing that. I also find myself the family email filter being forwarded countless chain letters with the note, “is this real?” or “is it safe to click this?”
I received one such email from my mother-in-law talking about “Google’s phone number search program”. Basically you type a phone number into Google and click search. If your phone number is listed and your community has been hit with the Google Street View drive by, then your name and number is listed at the very top with a link called “map”. Once you click on “map” Google Maps will open and street view may show your home.
This was true for many people I know, including my mother-in-law. There was her house in full living color and her vehicle parked in her drive. I gave her a hard time when I told her this and added that I can see her through the window talking to me on the phone (laughs). She felt this was an invasion of her privacy as did my parents when I showed them.
I did explain to her that she could remove herself from the phone number search quite easily. Simply type your phone number into Google and click search. Once your number shows at the very top of the list, it should say something like “Phonebook results for 555xxxxxx”, click it. Located just below your information there is a link that says “Request to have your name removed from this list”, click that link and follow the instructions.
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I love the Onion... Of course this is a joke but it's fun :)
