SCO Site Attacked, Again

Someone hacked The SCO Group Inc.'s Website and added some bogus JPEGS saying "We own all your code. Pay us all your money." The website is fixed, but here is a screenshot from the hacked site.

Go here for some more info from eWeek.

P.S. In addition to the main SCO Web site, the Lindon, Utah-based Unix company's alternative sites, www.thescogroup.com and www.caldera.com, were also showing the hacked image.

Half Life 2 for PCs: $39.99

Surplus Computers has Half Life 2 for PC computers for $39.99. This game features a 30 day warranty, and shipping is $5.00. This deal is among the best I have seen on this game. Go here for the product page.

Some more info on Slashdot article: AOL Releases Netscape Beta, Based on Firefox

Slasdot recently posted this story:

Netscape has released their new prototype browser for Windows based on Firefox 0.9.3. The prototype's development was outsourced to Mercurial Communications and includes several Netscape specific extensions. The biggest difference from Firefox, however, is the ability to switch to the Internet Explorer rendering engine from within the browser using an IE ActiveX control. The browser is currently available for a limited download.

Well looks like there is a Cnet News.com article with some more info.

SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card: $9.99 AFTER REBATE

Get the SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card for $9.99 after a $10 rebate. It even ships for free! Click the above image for product page and rebate info.

China blocks access to Google News, group says

Google News launched its Chinese version in September and agreed not to list certain news on the site. The English Google News (www.news.google.com) is being blocked by China because it includes publications disliked by the government. Even Reuters tried accessing the English Google News, but all attempts are futile.

Dell Computer Coupon Codes

Here is some info I got on coupon codes to use at Dell.com (this info is, of course, "subject to change"):

Enter coupon code P59Q6R?MP$LCS2 at checkout for $200 off select Dimension desktops.

Enter coupon code MQ9B9J2F63ZC2X at checkout for $125 off select Dimension desktops.

Go here
to use these codes!

Blitzz 108Mbp 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter: Free AFTER REBATES

TigerDirect has the Blitzz BWI715 108Mbps 802.11g PCI Wireless Adapter for Free, after multiple mail-in rebates. This device is PC compatible, and the rebate expires 12/04/04. Looks like the kind of wireless card that uses two 802.11g cards to get 108Mbps connection with a compatible base station. Click here for the product page and rebate info.

Logitech Z-640 6 Speaker Surround Sound System: $44.94

Amazon.com has restocked the Logitech Z-640 5.1 Speaker Set to $44.94. The speakers also qualify for free shipping. Looks like a nice deal if you are in the market for some quality Logitech speakers. Go here for the product page.

Sony, IBM, Toshiba Give Details of 'Cell' Chip

Sony, IBM, and Toshiba are working on multi-core processor chips known as "Cell" that will be 10 times more powerful than conventional chips and able to shepherd large chunks of data over broadband networks. Cell will run next-generation computers, game consoles and TVs.


Go here for more info from Cnet News.

D-Link DWL-923 802.11g 54Mbps Bundle: $39.99 AFTER REBATE

Get this D-Link DWL-923 802.11g 54Mbps Bundle for $39.99 after a $40 rebate. The bundle includes a DI-524 Wireless Cable/DSL Router and a DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter for your laptop. Click the above image for product link.

Viking 128MB Compact Flash Card: $2.99 After Rebate

Get the Viking 128MB Compact Flash Card for $2.99, they even have free shipping on it! Click the above image for product page.

My Ubuntu Linux Arrived

Ubuntu Linux is a new Linux flavor based on the new Gnome 2.8 and it includes the latest other key applications, every version of Ubuntu is also supported with security updates for 18 months. The first public release of Ubuntu was the Ubuntu 4.10 Preview (codenamed "the Warty Warthog", or just "warty"). Plus you can order a free CD from them (S &H included) instead of burning you own. So I ordered about 10, because they want everyone giving them to friends, and today, 2 months later, it came. The CD and packaging itself is beautiful. Each x86 (PC) based package includes 2 CDS, one is a live boot CD and the other one is a full-fledged install CD. So I booted up using the live CD. The first thing I noticed is that it hides all the start-up text you usually see in Linux with a nice start-up picture. Once I was all booted up I noticed that my keyboard did not work, but I was still able to mouse around. The actual interface of Ubuntu is beautiful. Instead of having a start-menu type thing like most versions of Linux have it has a more Mac OS X type thing were all the options are brilliantly organized in a menu bar at the top. Ubuntu's default web-browser is Firefox! Much better then the default web-browser on other Linux versions. Here is a list of all the stuff I thought was very cool about Ubuntu Linux and separated it greatly from other Linux versions (this might actually be a good Windows replacement if you can get the keyboard to work).

1. I was able to do almost everything a average user would want to do without seeing one command-line screen.

2. Automatic scroll wheel mouse support.

3. The open source alliterative to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, is included and works beautifully.

4. Little things like the way the menu bar clock works and the way the background dims, like in Windows, when to go to the logout screen.

5. It was able to easily connect to my Windows network without using any Unix commands!

6. I was able to see my CD-rom drive, hard drive, and file system easily.

Go here for more info about Ubuntu Linux and to order a CD

P.S. They even have a PowerPC (Mac) version of Ubuntu Linux.

UPDATE: I was using a USB keyboard so in order to get it to work I had to go into the boot options . Also, I was looking at the built-in screensavers and man they are cool!

Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive: $84.00

Nice deal, it is the OEM drive only. Go here for the product page (newegg.com).

30% Off Clearance Selection

Supermediastore.com is having a holiday clearance. Apply 30% off code:cl30poff at check out. Go here for the clearance page.

Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy Thanksgiving. There will be posts all over the weekend highlighting the great deals that will come up.

Free 64mb SD CARD!!!! AFTER REBATE!!

This is an incredible deal (though they charge $8.99 shipping so it's not that great if you make it your only purchase). Go here for info.

Gory Games Under Criticism

An article on News.com talks about the gore level of video games today and goes on to criticize the ratings system devised by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to label potentially objectionable games, saying the system is too vague and enforced haphazardly at best by retailers.

15% off Dell Electronics & Accessories

Go here for info about 15% off Dell Electronics & Accessories. Not everything is eligible for the %15 off and it is a "Limited time offer."

Google Mirror, Literally

This has been around for a while but I have not known about it until today. Google Mirror literally mirrors Google.com. In order to search using the mirror you have to enter you search term mirrored. Then it shows you your search results backward too, using a 4,000 line script!

Website of the Day!

Today's Website of the Day!



All the Christmas stuff you will ever need!

Very Funny

The #1 search query on MSN Search used to be "google". "google" is still one of the top 100 searches though!

[Thanks Jake Jarvis!]

Can You Say "Busted"

Google filed a lawsuit against an Internet operation that is clicking their on Google Ads! Apparently they were using many sneaky techniques to by-pass Google's anti-fruad detection.

Go here for more info from Cnet News

World of Warcraft Shipping

Blizzard's long awaited MMORPG (A.K.A. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), World of Warcraft, is shipping today. Players will be able to pick up a boxed copy of the game, or the collector's edition, and finally begin playing! See the press release for further details.

P.S. You can buy World of Warcraft from Buy.com here
and you can get the World of Warcraft Collectors Edition from Buy.com here.

PiperJaffray puts $100 Price Target on Apple Shares

Big thanks to Your Mac Life for this info:

Broker PiperJaffray overnight upped its price target on Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) stock from $52 to $100 - close to double the stock's price on Friday - citing findings from its own survey of iPod users. "We believe that the remarkable satisfaction with the iPod creates a word-of-mouth wildfire that generates new customer interest in Apple products," the broker told clients. The $100 price target means the stock would trade at 37 times the broker's calendar 2006 earnings and cash estimate per share. The broker said, "While this multiple is a premium to the comp group, we believe it is warranted given the growth potential of the iPod and its carryover to the core Mac business.

Buy.com Storage & Memory Deals

Here are some nice deals I got in a email from Buy.com on memory cards and thumb drives:



Kingston Technology 512MB Secure Digital Card $26.99 after $15 rebate (this qualifies for free shipping). Click the above image for product page and rebate info!



Kingston Technology 128MB CompactFlash Card $8.99 after $5 rebate. Click the above image for product page and rebate info!



Kingston 512MB Data Traveler / Full Speed Flash Drive $29.99 after $15 rebate (this also qualifies for free shipping). Click the above image for product page and rebate info!



Lexar 1GB Secure Digital 32x Memory Card $69.99 after a big fat $20 rebate (this also qualifies for free shipping)! Again, click the above image for product page and rebate info!

Dell Computer Coupon Codes

Here are some coupon codes you can use to save yourself some money from Dell Computer (all codes are intended to be valid until the 23rd):

Offer Valid: Limited time offer beginning 11/19/04 6:00am CST.

ONLINE ONLY: Save $250 on the purchase of select Dimension™ desktops $999 or more (before tax and shipping)! May not be combinable with Deals of the Week, dollars off, percentages off or select other promotions. Only one coupon may be applied per cart at checkout. Offers subject to change. View details in My Cart.

Enter coupon code at checkout to receive this offer.
Coupon Code:    G3W$NN5S?R0JTK
Go here for Dell.com


ONLINE ONLY:Save $300 on the purchase of select Dimension™ desktops $1299 or more (before tax and shipping)! May not be combinable with Deals of the Week, dollars off, percentages off or select other promotions. Only one coupon may be applied per cart at checkout. Offers subject to change. View details in My Cart.

Enter coupon code at checkout to receive this offer.
Coupon Code:    DX3$LRP?4NFG0R
Go here for Dell.com


P.S. These codes might not work, but they are worth a shot!

Enter coupon code
XG5899BCVX89C? at checkout for 25% off select notebooks.

Go here for more details.


Enter coupon code
JDKS79GR10XGW2 at checkout for 20% off select notebooks.

Go here for more details.

Compression Better then ZIP

Interesting article at PCmag.com that talks about the cons and pros of SecureZIP 8.0 for Windows and WinRAR 3.4.

Nintendo GameBoy DS Shipping!

Nintendo's hugely anticipated GameBoy DS has started shipping today. See what Joystig has to say about it!

Google-Fight.com

This has been around for a while but I did not know if it until yesterday! Google-Fight.com uses Google to find how many hits there are for two search terms. The one that gets the most hits wins!

Week In Review

• Some Nice Deals from Supermediastore
• Buy.com: 3 DVDs for $20.00
• Slim CRTs to Take On LCDs
• Lexar 512MB JumpDrive Secure USB Flash Drive: $29.99 After Rebate
• HTML Code Optimizations
• Google PDA Stlye
• TRENDnet 11Mbps Wireless PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter: $6.99 After Rebate
• Security Watch: W32.Bofra.E@mm (Symantec)
• In My Travels
• Replacing Passwords
• Mozilla Firefox 1.0: 4 Star Rating from PC Mag
• Dell InspironTM 1150: $599 After Rebate
• My Gmail Account got POP!!
• Kingston Technology 512MB Secure Digital Card: $25.99 After Rebate
• .TK
• Jumbotron Scoreboard on eBay!

Some Nice Deals from Supermediastore

100 Pack Ritek Ridata G04 4X DVD-R Matte Finish in cake box. There is also free shipping on this one! $45 Click the above image for product page.



100 pack Black Double Sided DVD Case (DVD Cases). Free shipping here too! $27 Click the above image for product page.


P.S. Hope you guys don't mind the Affiliate links!

Buy.com: 3 DVDs for $20.00

Buy.com is offering 3 DVDs for $20.00 when you choose from a specific selection. Click here to view the DVDs that are available.
Place the qualifying DVDs in your shopping basket, and and instant credit will be applied at checkout. This deal expires 12/13/04.

P.S. I have not tried this yet, so make sure it works.

Slim CRTs to Take On LCDs

Executives at a display conference here said Thursday that significantly thinner CRT (cathode ray tube) displays will be available next year and are expected to be less expensive than trendy flat panels that use newer technologies such as LCD--liquid crystal display--and plasma displays. LG.Philips Displays is already making the tubes for the thin models in limited quantities and expects thin CRT televisions to be available in the United States starting in late 2005. The sets will initially be slightly more expensive than current CRT models, but prices should come down quickly.

Get some more info about slim CRTs for Cnet

Lexar 512MB JumpDrive Secure USB Flash Drive: $29.99 After Rebate

TigerDirect is offering the Lexar 512MB JumpDrive Secure USB Flash Drive for $29.99 after a $15 mail-in rebate. With the use of this flash drive, your data will be securely protected with 256-bit AES encryption. This rebate is limited to 1 per household, and it expires 11/27/04. Click the above image for rebate rules and product page.

HTML Code Optimizations

Lately I have been error checking my code and improving it. So today I have just upgraded my site with the new code. If you have any ideas or suggestions please feel free to fire me an email, sam@theplaceforitall.com.

Google PDA Stlye

Looking at normal Google results on you PDA can be a pain on. Go here for a Google search page formatted for PDA screens, even the results are PDA formatted!

P.S. To try Google Wireless Search (WAP), visit www.google.com/wml.
To try Google i-mode Search, visit www.google.com/imode.
To try Google J-Sky Search, visit www.google.com/jsky.
To try Google EZWeb Search, visit www.google.com/wml.

TRENDnet 11Mbps Wireless PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter: $6.99 After Rebate

No reason not be wireless now! You can get a wireless base station for about $30 bucks and now with this $7 card your set! So click the above image for the product page and rebate info.

B.T.W. Newegg is a reputable place to buy hardware and software (I have bought components from them many times). They only allow orders over the web and and have a small customer service department to keep their prices low.

[Thanks Flames of Plastic!]

Security Watch: W32.Bofra.E@mm (Symantec)

Here is some info from PC Mag about a new computer worm that infects Windows machines:

Bofra is a worm that installs a web server on TCP port 1639 on the infected computer and sends a mass e-mailing which includes a link to that server out to addresses it harvests off the infected computer. Users who click the link become infected through a vulnerability in Internet Explorer

Get some more info from PC Mag about this how to protect your self!

In My Travels

Whenever I find a cool image or a interesting article on the world wide web I save a local copy of it. Here are some of the coolest images I have seen this week (feel free to download them).

Replacing Passwords

How many people use the same password for everything? "A major problem for identity systems is the weakness of passwords," Bill Gates, CEO and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft said. "Unfortunately, with the type of critical information (protected by) these systems, we aren't going to be able to rely on passwords. Moving to biometric and smart cards is a wave that is coming, and we see our leading customers doing this."

Read more about smart cards at Cnet!

Mozilla Firefox 1.0: 4 Star Rating from PC Mag

PC Mag gave Mozilla Firefox 1.0 a 4 star rating. Check out there review here

Dell InspironTM 1150: $599 After Rebate

Got this offer in my email today! The laptop is $849 then there is a $150 Instant Savings and a $100 Mail-in Rebate. Offer expires 11/17/04 (click the picture for specs and product page). Hope you don't mind the Aff. link.

P.S. Includes FREE Dell 720 Printer!!

My Gmail Account got POP!!

Google recently let select Gmail users access there Gmail account through POP. Well today I just got POP my self! I am testing it out right now and will keep you guys posted.

UPDATE: Google's instructions for setting up Gmail and my email client (in my case Apple Mail) are flawless. I am downloading email as we speak!

UPDATE: I am almost done downloading email. The email you download from Gmail is in no way different from the original (as far as I can tell), HTML email looks great, and attachments download too. It also seems that Gmail's servers are extremely fast. The one problem with it is that email you sent and email you received in Gmail are both treated like new mail in your email clients inbox.

UPDATE: All email downloaded and everything running smoothly!

Kingston Technology 512MB Secure Digital Card: $25.99 After Rebate

Looks like a darn good deal if you don't mind having too do a rebate (click the link for the product page).

P.S. It is also eligible for free shipping!

.TK

Ever hear of a .TK domain? .TK Domains come in free and paid versions. The paid version, $9.95 USD, is the same as a normal .COM domain it can be looked up in whois DBs and everything else, except that you have too work with the country of Tokelau to pay for it (I have never done that so I am not sure it is the best idea). But to sign up for the free version all you need to do is go to dot.tk register a domain and select the free option. The free version does have some problems:

1. It uses frames to hold a website not DNS so it is good for you if your website is located for example here: http://www.freeservers.8j.6.com/~joe.

2. Because it uses frames users can not bookmark specific pages and each page does not have its own title.

3. Also because it uses frames it is not that search engine friendly.

4. Again because it uses frames: if your website has a favicon it will not show up.

Theses are a lot of problems with free .TK domains but it is better than spending $10. Am I right?

You can see a good example of a free .TK domain here.

Jumbotron Scoreboard on eBay!

They're selling a football scoreboard with two Sony Jumbotrons on eBay! Supposedly, "it has recorded some of the most memorable victories in football history." $10,000 starting bid. (Click on image to visit auction.)

[Thanks Jake Jarvis!]

Week In Review

• World of WarCraft Screenshots!
• Help Firfox
• Apple iPod Mini: $199.20
• Associated Press Mess Up
• Google Website Index Almost Doubles: Now at 8 Billion Web Pages
• 4x DVD-R Media: $29.00
• Gmail Enables POP (For Some)
• My 2.5 Gigabyte Download
• Google Tip: Search By Number
• It Has Finally Happened
• Google Has a Firefox Style Home Page
• Open Beta Sign-Ups for World of Warcraft!
• Mozilla Firefox Mirror!
• Gmail Update
• UPATE: Mozzila Firefox 1.0
• In My Travels
• Firefox 1.0!
• freephotoipods.com (is this good or bad?)
• IEBlog (What is Microsoft NOT doing?)
• Great Google Tip

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World of WarCraft Screenshots!

Here are some screenshots I took while screwing around with Blizzard's awesome MMOLRPG, World of WarCraft (there are screenshots on Blizzard's website but these are a bit different).

Help Firefox

Rock the vote! If you have a Technorati Profile, put the following code in your next blog entry:
<a rel="vote-for" href="http://www.mozilla.org">
FireFox is my Favorite</a>.
Then you can check out the results at Technorati. Mozilla only has one vote as I write this. Give Technorati some time to register your vote.

Here is my vote: FireFox is my Favorite

Apple iPod Mini: $199.20

BloomingDales has the Apple iPod Mini for $249.00. Use coupon code "FF4PCB" to drop the price by 20% to $199.20. It's the best price i've seen on this item. This code will take 20% off any purchase until 11/18/04.

Go here for the product page.

Associated Press Mess Up

Here is a statement from the Associated Press correcting a earlier statement:

In a Nov. 10 product review of the Mozilla Firefox browser, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Internet Explorer browser from Microsoft Corp. does not have a pop-up blocker. The summer release of Service Pack 2, a security update available only for Windows XP computers, included a pop-up blocker.

I wonder if the Associated Press upgraded to SP 2?

Google Website Index Almost Doubles: Now at 8 Billion Web Pages

Google.com once said 4,285,199,774 web pages searched and now it says 8,058,044,651. The obvious advantage of this is that when you search the internet using Google you will most likely receive more results.

4x DVD-R Media: $29.00

SuperMediaStore.com offers the 100-Pack of ProDisc 4x DVD-R Media for $29.00. Use coupon code "d5doff" to get the discounted price. Click here for the product page!

Gmail Enables POP (For Some)

Thanks a bunch Gizmodo, I would like to comment on this but it does no seem to be working for me.
___________

Looks like Gmail is about to officially offer POP access, according to this message in their support database. This function has already been enabled by lots of third party tools, but has been expected from Google themselves for quite a while. It doesn't appear to be actually be enabled yet—not for me, anyway; a few people are reported to have gotten it working—but it looks like it is just around the corner. Text for their configuration instructions is incomplete, make sure to use port 995 for pop.gmail.com and to enable SSL. One current drawback is that mail sent from the web client appears in the Inbox.This is good news for mobile devices, as even the most basic usually have a POP client of some kind, even if they can't run Gmail's web-based client. And that means using Gmail as your primary email account is going to be a lot more viable. (Thanks, Vic and Animaniac!)
Support Page [Gmail.Google]
Update: It's official. They say they're intro'ing it in "phases."
Why don’t I have POP access? [Gmail.Google]
__________

One thing I can say is that if this makes its way into a public version of Gmail it will cost money, because it by-passes the text-adds that Gmail displays next to your emails.

My 2.5 Gigabyte Download

I am downloading World of Warcraft (It's a 2.5 gig file!). Blizzard uses a BitTorrent style download client where whatever I download get shared among other computers then those computers share it etc.

UPDATE: I am past the first gigabyte! Woohoo!

Google Tip: Search By Number

Parcel tracking IDs, patents and other specialized numbers can be entered into Google's search box for quick access to information about them. For example, typing a FedEx tracking number will return the latest information on your package. Other special search by number types include :

•
UPS tracking numbers
example search: "1Z9999W99999999999"

•
FedEx tracking numbers
example search: "999999999999"

•
USPS tracking numbers
example search: "9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 99"

•
Vehicle ID (VIN) numbers
example search: "AAAAA999A9AA99999"

•
UPC codes
example search: "073333531084"

•
Telephone area codes
example search: "650"

•
Patent numbers
example search: "patent 5123123"
Remember to put the word "patent" before your patent number.

•
FAA airplane
registration numbers
example search: "n199ua"
An airplane's FAA registration number is typically printed on its tail.

•
FCC equipment IDs
example search: "fcc B4Z-34009-PIR"
Remember to put the word "fcc" before the equipment ID.

It Has Finally Happened

Mozilla.org and Spreadfirefox.com have come to a stand-still.

UPDATE: Both sites are back up.

Google Has a Firefox Style Home Page

Google's set up an entire Firefox search page on their site.

[Thanks Jake Jarvis!]

Open Beta Sign-Ups for World of Warcraft!

Here is what Blizzard says:

You can now sign up for the World of Warcraft Open Beta at http://signup.worldofwarcraft.com. Follow the instructions to create your Open Beta account, then begin downloading from the link given at the end of the process (if you have not begun already). Please note that the servers are currently undergoing maintenance in small groups, so the server you wish to play on may not be immediately available. Thank you for your patience, and welcome to World of Warcraft!

UPDATE: Open Beta Sign-Ups for World of Warcraft are closed.

Mozilla Firefox Mirror!

My friend over at Flames of Plastic has mirrored the new version of Firefox (Mozzila's servers are being hammered). Grab it here!

Gmail Update

The little text at the top of a Gmail window that says "New Features" has disappeared. I wonder if Google will soon be going public with Gmail (it has been in closed beta since April believe).

UPATE: Mozilla Firefox 1.0

Mozilla's servers are being hammered to the point where you can't even begin to download Firefox. I would just wait 'till tomorrow, you computer will not blow-up because you did not download Firefox.

In My Travels

Whenever I find a cool image or a interesting article on the world wide web I save a local copy of it. Here are some of the coolest images I have seen this week (feel free to download them).




This one is actually the the icon of my favorite Mac news reader "Net News Wire."

This one makes a great forum sig.

This one also makes a great forum sig!

Firefox 1.0!

The latest and greatest version of the IE killing Firefox was released yesterday, and know you can finally download it (you could not download it yesterday because Mozzila's servers were being hammered)!

freephotoipods.com (is this good or bad?)

freephotoipods.com is by the same company that started freeipods.com (Gratis Internet) and works the same way but instead of having to get 5 friends to to sign-up and complete a offer you need 10! I can't wait to start seeing comment spam about this!

You can sign-up using my referral link (though I doubt I will get 10 people to sign-up and complete a offer).

http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11610616

IEBlog (What is Microsoft NOT doing?)

So Microsoft has started an " IEBlog ," mostly but not quite all about the development process of IE (there is a post about the Red Sox winning the world series). Great (not).

Great Google Tip

If you put a tilde (~) in front of a search term in Google you get results that include synonyms to the word you entered. You can even use it in way that this example demonstrates "~pc ~apple", where it gives you results that include the words "Computer (a synonym to PC)" and "Mac (a synonym to Apple)."

[Thanks Flames of Plastic!"]

P.S. You can get this and even more info at the Google Cheat Sheet.

Firefox 1.0 Coming November 9, 2004

That's right! The absolutely final release of the IE killing (at least I hope so) Firefox web-browser is on November 9, 2004.

GeorgeWBush.com Down?

GeorgeWBush.com does not seem to be responding to any requests. I wonder if some hackers are having a denial of Service attack party?

World of Warcraft Launch Date: Nov. 23, 2004

That's right! Blizzard's long awaited MMORPG will soon be coming out, see the press release for further details.

Dow Up 181 Pts., Oil Under $49 a Barrel!!!!!!!!

I just had to put that there! From Reuters:

U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday to session highs as oil prices tumbled more than $2, while tobacco and food company Altria Group Inc. surged after its CEO said it may split into two or three entities.

Wall Climbing Autonomous Vehicle

A Duke University team won first prize in an international competition Sept. 22-24 in Madrid by building a wall-climbing, book-sized autonomous vehicle.


Get some more info here!

Free Website With Your .Com or Other Domain name

If you buy a .Com or other domain name at GoDaddy (I use GoDaddy for the domain but no for the hosting) by going here and using priority code: "freesite1" you get a FREE hosting package.

B.T.W. I found this out because they sent me a actual letter in the mail!

In My Travels

Whenever I see something on the internet interesting (like a cool picture or a interesting article) I download it. Here are some of the coolest images I have seen this month (feel free to download them)!

Plug for my Friend's site!

Hey, I have been working on my friends website with him. Here it is:

Gmail is having problems it looks like!

I got this error when I did a action in Gmail:

Oops... the system was unable to perform your operation.
Please try again in a few seconds.

Is Your Website "Made on a Mac" ?

If your web site uses or was created using Apple-branded hardware or software then your eligible to use one of Apple's official web badges (they actually don't allow you to use the badges if your website does not use or was not created using Apple-branded hardware or software)! You can find the badges and info about them here.

Virus Alert!

Here is some info about a new computer virus [Thanks eWeek!]

Two new versions of the venerable Bagle worm are on the loose, infecting PCs and opening backdoors as they go.

The pair are virtually indistinguishable from one another and also are quite similar to most of the other Bagle variants. The main area of concern for enterprises is the fact that both Bagle.BC and Bagle.BD open a backdoor on TCP Port 81 on infected PCs. Both versions were discovered early Friday morning.

Bagle's success puzzles virus researchers. Read about it here.

Both variants are capable of spreading through peer-to-peer networks, as well as via e-mail. Both arrive in e-mail messages with spoofed sending addresses and one of a handful of meaningless subject lines, such as "Re:" "Re: Hello" or "Re: Thank you." The bodies of both variants contain just a single emoticon, and the name of the virus-infected attachment is either "Price," "price" or "Joke."

Go here for the rest from eWeek!

Were We Stand

Over the last couplle of weeks I have made a plethora of changes/additions to the Tech info Blog! these include:

1. iTunes song links in the side-bar. If you click on one of these links it takes you to that song in iTunes, if you buy that song or any other song in a 24 hour period I get a commission (you can click the link again to begin another 24 hour period). Don't know what iTunes is? Get some more info here.

2. I think I have fixed the problem of my darn Google Ads not changing *yay*

3. You will see different cool tech items from our sponsors in the side-bar also, please feel free to check these out!

4. I have set-up something of a link-exchange thing. Get some more info here!

5. I have started a "Website of the Day" but I am out of ideas for it, so email your site or any other one here sam@theplaceforitall.com

I also plan on doing this stuff soon:

1. Work on a better commenting system.

2. Maybe, just maybe if I start getting real income from this site I can have random tech prize giveaways!

Election Day!

Get out there and vote! Your vote counts!
Google is also noting this day with this special logo:

Nasa Powers Up With Supercomputer

US space agency Nasa is to get a massive supercomputing boost to help
get its shuttle missions back in action after the 2003 shuttle
disaster.

[Thanks Top 500 list]

Deal from Borders

Click here for 20% off the regular price of one item at Borders Book stores (not that great of a deal, but okay).

Here is the fine Print:

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