http://www.thetazzone.net Computer News, Recommended Downloads, Recommended Services, Computer Security, and much more... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:39:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the millions of blogs that make up an ever growing internet, it is hard for new bloggers to get their blogs first visited and then have people return. Many people search the internet and find blogs that are no more than a fungus created by people with only one ... http://www.thetazzone.net/when-is-content-not-king/ Mike Shaver, Mozilla’s Vice President of Engineering writes: I’ve previously posted about the .NET Framework Assistant add-on that was delivered via Windows Update earlier this year. It’s recently surfaced that it has a serious security vulnerability, and Microsoft is recommending that all users disable the add-on. .NET Framework Assistant Blocked to ... http://www.thetazzone.net/net-framework-assistant-blocked-to-disarm-security-vulnerability/ Publishers of general news would find it hard to charge for their content online because too much free content is available, the chief executive of Google Inc said on Thursday. Speaking to a group of British broadcasting executives via video link, Eric Schmidt said he could, however, imagine niche providers of ... http://www.thetazzone.net/google-ceo-questions-murdochs-online-pay-plan/ Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams. A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to ... http://www.thetazzone.net/got-a-dream-but-no-cash-the-internet-can-help/ ASUS HAS CONFIRMED to the INQUIRER that it will add an e-book reader to its portfolio, whilst MSI has also confirmed to us that it is "looking into the e-book reader market". Dodgytimes has reported that Asus president Jerry Shen said it'll have an e-book reader in its Eee PC range ... http://www.thetazzone.net/asus-confirms-an-eeebook/ If you change the link in the application settings, it affects all of the historical tweets generated by the application. So it’s pretty quick and easy to experiment with different URLs and see what happens. I wonder if it’s possible to get rid of that pesky nofollow attribute? Let’s see ... http://www.thetazzone.net/massive-twitter-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/ POOR HARD DONE BY BRITS looking to buy a copy of Microsoft's long-awaited apology for the whole Vista debacle, otherwise known as Windows 7, will be pleased – and probably a little shocked – to discover that they can get their hands on a copy of the operating system for ... http://www.thetazzone.net/windows-7-uk-pricing-shocker/ I used to laugh at the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS people, with their silly keyboard templates and inscrutable function-key combinations—I had proper menus and italic text that really looked italic! Of course I also had slow scrolling speeds in graphics mode to view those italics, and bizarre text transitions that ... http://www.thetazzone.net/microsoft-word-rip-1983-2009/ Now that Black Hat 2009 is over the Security community moved over to the Riviera hotel and casino in Las Vegas. After being there for a couple of minutes I got alerted by one geek not looking very healthy (maybe as a result from the parties last night) but more ... http://www.thetazzone.net/found-swine-flu-h1n1-heaven-also-called-defcon-17/ In the meantime Black Hat 2009 has come to an end. This year’s focus was clearly on Apple and the security around mobile devices. Please have a look at the list of things which just came up today during day 2 at Black Hat at ITRiskSpace Enjoy -Andreas http://www.thetazzone.net/black-hat-update-of-day-2/