C’mon people… please update your virus definitions and scan your machines :( Most spam comes from just six botnets | The Register: By John Leyden → More by this author Published Friday 29th February 2008 15:16 GMT Six botnets are responsible for 85 per cent of all spam, according to an analysis by net security firm Marshal. The Srizbi botnet is reckoned to be the largest single source of spam.. Read More
Perls of Wisdom – The Daily WTF
Wow. Great read. I recently experienced something similar. A new dev I know was learning a new language and got pretty confident in his skills. His home-brew site was getting some decent Adsense revenue. When a more experienced dev looked at his work, he realized that there were far more page-loads going on than were necessary, artificially driving the ad impression counts up. Looking deeper, there were several security holes,.. Read More
Amazon’s iPhone optimized site is awesome/evil. I can’t decide which.
So, I love the fact that Amazon’s site is optimized for iphone display, but Amazon is already too easy to spend money on, so I hate it, too! My latest purchase is Professor Layton, for the DS. Watch the embedded video from my fave video podcast, above (The 1UP Show).
Being An Adult Rules
So Friday I came home to find this waiting for me. Having played quite a few hours of Rock Band over at Il Duce’s house, I knew I loved the game, and knew I’d eventually have it, but I was on strict orders not to buy anything at Christmas, since one of my presents was still on it’s way to me (Christmas shipping delay). After an eventful Friday night (the.. Read More
New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play – Joystiq
Wow! I updated my PS3, but haven’t done the PSP, yet. It’s ironic that the patch that just came out does this for me, because I only just tried connecting them for Remote Play on Tuesday. New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play – Joystiq: by Christopher Grant Dec 18th 2007 1:45PM DivX for the PS3 and internet radio for the PSP weren’t the only treats buried.. Read More