The Leader In Technical News and Commentary
I realize that we're probably going to get flagged for this big-time, but just to clear things up: this may not necessarily be strictly for malicious purposes, nor is it intended to be (the full disclaimer is at the end of this article). This is a simple guide for setting up a phishing website using
[ read more ]
As the Facebook Insider reports, Facebook recently added a 'Widowed' option to its list of relationship status types in response to a growing petition. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="267" caption="Facebook's Updated Relationship Statuses, Including the Newly-added 'Widowed'
[ read more ]
It's on everyone's mind every now and again, but nobody ever says it: SEO and spam both have the same goals, yet the ethics involved in the tactics of reaching said goals are what separate one from the other. This post is more of a "Dos and Don'ts" post as far as SEO is concerned. There is a poi
[ read more ]
We've talked and complained about Google on many other occasions within this blog, but with many discussions of Google also comes discussions of privacy, and the fact that Google aims to distribute an operating system should be no different - that is to say, not only is Google open to almost everyth
[ read more ]
It isn't surprising that a bug in the Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX controller has caused the flawed browser to be exploited since early July of this year. What is surprising, however, is the careless bug that caused it - a bad type cast, A.K.A. a single misplaced ampersand ('&') character.
[ read more ]
Privacy Policies: You know they're there (hopefully), you know what they're basically trying to convey to you, yet most of us never even read them besides a one-time skim to make sure some new service isn't trying to pull one over on us. I got bored one day (on the toilet, no less) and started l
[ read more ]
Joining the ranks of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and (the currently-unconfirmed reports of) Jeff Goldblum, Richard Nixon died today while suffering from what witnesses say was a "minor heart attack". This is the fourth celebrity death this week, and the third today. Our very reliable witness
[ read more ]
We're pleased to announce our first annual Watching Paint Dry Contest - here's the flyer: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Watching paint dry contest flyer"][/caption] *remember, this is not real even by a long shot
[ read more ]
As of a Facebook announcement on both the developer blog and the top of the site for all users, Facebook is getting support for actual usernames in addition to what should be your "real world" name on June 13, 2009. There are some upsides and downsides to this decision, and there are some things
[ read more ]
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="550" caption=""me stoned""][/caption] Anyone else remember furbies? Yeah, I found this and think it's amazing what a rolled up Taco Bell receipt and a red marker can do.
[ read more ]