Kindle Users Sue Amazon Over Deleted Orwell Book – News and Analysis by PC MagazineAt first I thought this was a frivolous lawsuit, but the more I think about it, it’s really important.  Amazon may have refunded their money, but they very much did violate the users right to the device by reaching in and deleting the content…I mean the whole point of owning a device is so you can download content and keep it until YOU decide to get rid of it…not the company that created the device… Microsoft Unveils Win7 Family Pack, Upgrade Pricing – News and Analysis by PC MagazineI still think there’s too many versions of Windows, leading to confusion extraordinaire… Apple, Labels Stir Up Deluxe, Digital Cocktail – News and Analysis by PC MagazineIntriguing…most intriguing… FCC Demands Data on Blocked Google Voice Apps – News and Analysis by PC MagazineInteresting…but I can’t trust the government … Continue reading →

Elephant Larry Presents: Con Air – Matt Melvin Tee hee… Personally, My Money’s On the Narwhal – Boing Boing YES! My money’s on the unicorn. 😉 Ahoy – BiblioLife Partners with International Talk Like Pirate Day | BiblioLife Woo hoo! Major League Azeroth [ENG sub] | Myndflame | Machinima Advanced, World of Warcraft, WoW, Illegal Danish Funny…

Predicated on this Over The Hedge comic, the additional links have been tracked down: YouTube – ORIGINAL Elephant Painting snopes.com: Elephant Painting

Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do – 5-8 – Solutions by PC Magazine I like the “Change default mail” one. That’s a handy tip since I’ve switched over to GMail (I love my iPhone!). Beyond the Call: Free iPhone Apps – Facebook for the iPhone – Full Review – Reviews by PC Magazine A very minimal look at some of the “great” iPhone apps that places a bit too much emphasis on the fact that the global economy sucks. The 10 Most Absurd Social Networks – Reviews by PC Magazine Bizarre…. Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC – At A Glance – Reviews by PC Magazine This is nice…I just wish DirecTV would let me read my DVR from a PC.

They attack the RSS feed rather than the actual post (RSS Spam Cometh? – GigaOM details how the spammers have moved to RSS since that’s what people are using), tagging the ends of posts with tons of porn links. They do this because they have the MYSQL password! And you thought your passwords where safe, didn’t you? One of the files WordPress reads in order to manage your blog has your password in a MD5 hash format(#5367 (WordPress cookie authentication vulnerability) – WordPress Trac – Trac), which the attacker picks out and plugs into one of his spam generating machines and voila! Spammer gets paid. Right now they’re just targeting the “Blogroll” category in WordPress, so I superimposed a subsequent “Blog Roll” category to replace it. <:-) >:-) <:-) >:-)