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Track Swine-Flu On Google Maps!
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Hack, Mashup, News, google | No Comments
Thanks to a quick mash-up, you can now track the out-break of Swine Flu via Google Maps. AHHHHHHHH it’s getting closer!!
Google.com Shows Up As Malware!
Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | Hack, News, Unusual, google | No Comments
This morning it seems that all of a sudden every result in the US-based Google.com search engine now is tagged as being Malware, even prompting users to not visit the site due to potential harm to their computer. This includes searches for Google.com (which also for some reason are showing Google ads in Spanish).
Google Fail.
Latest IE Exploit Has Microsoft Telling Users To Use Firefox
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | Hack, IE8, Microsoft, News, Unusual | No Comments
Looks like the IE exploit that was released a few days ago is a lot more serious than anyone thought. How serious you might be asking? Well, it’s serious enough to get Microsoft flooding media outlets advising users to switch to ‘an alternative browser.’ That’s pretty intense!
According to slashdot,
The flaw, which affects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is manifested via malware and has infected over 6000 sites thus far. Microsoft states: ‘The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer. When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object’s memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable.’”
Damage control!
Recent Finds – NinjaFollow, The Fish Puzzle, Ajax Effects + More
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | Hack, Open Source, Tools, Twitter, Utilities, Yahoo, photo-manipulation | No Comments
NinjaFollow
Need to unfollow or follow Twitter users in bulk? This website is for you. Quick and easy tool that utilizes Twitter’s API to mass-follow/unfollow
Coudal – The Fish Puzzle
Have some time to waste? Good, you’ll need it!
20 Ajax Effects You Need To Learn
Tutorials and source code, just how I like it.
Smush.it Image Optimizer
Quick and easy website that will optimize your images for viewing on the web. It’s an open-source project run by one of the members of Yahoo!’s “Exceptional Performance Team” – The same group that put out their YSlow Firefox application!
Enjoy!
eBay Holiday Giveaway Thwarted By Automated Script
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | Business, Hack, News, Promotion, eBay | No Comments
Apparently eBay’s in trouble for their recent $1 Holiday Doorbusters Giveaway, where they ‘randomly’ give out 100 gifts ranging from GPS devices, jewelry and even a new Chevrolet Corvette for only $1 (with a new item given away each day). The catch? eBay isn’t going to tell you what item is being given away each day or even what category it’ll be in….a plan that apparently was full of holes.
The contest was brought down to a screeching halt on Tuesday when hundreds of users began using automated scripts that would continuously bid on items for $1 in an attempt to secure the winning bid even before the actual auction page goes public. This then resulted in a large crowd of the more ‘honest’ users becoming furious at eBay for letting these rogue ‘script kiddies’ get away with cheating the system….evidence of which can be found throughout the eBay public forums.
The script in question is right now all over the internet. You can find it for sale on RentACoder for $20 or even for free in various forums.
Poor eBay.
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