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Archive for March, 2008
Scanning for Rootkits
Mar 31st
Rootkits that have the ability to hide in the Master Boot record have been making the news lately. In response, F-Secure retooled their BlackLight rootkit scanner to detect MBR rootkits. The tool for a single system is free and should be in every incident handler’s response kit.
Check it out at F-Secure here.
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Loading ...New Version of WordPress is All Sparkly
Mar 31st
At first I wasn’t too sure I was going to like the new version of WordPress that was released over the weekend. The Dashboard publishing interface was changed quite a bit, including the colors and layouts of the dashboard features. But the more I look, the more I like. There are even new features to add multimedia like videos and music.
As always, there were also security updates, including a password strength meter, so if you operate a blog, get to upgrading. Its quick and painless.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Yahoo Finally Makes Sites for Women
Mar 31st
Its about time I guess.
From Reuters here:
Yahoo Inc is introducing a new media site focused on women’s daily lives. Yahoo said the new site, called “Shine,” offers nine categories ranging from Fashion & Beauty to Parenting. It syndicates material from popular lifestyle publishers including Conde Nast and Hearst Corp.
Yahoo Shine is located at shine.yahoo.com.
In the mean time, Yahoo’s Saudi Arabian version of the site, called washyourdirtyburqaandnoyoustillcantdrive.yahoo.com, focuses on keeping women in their place in the muslim society. It features tips for men on how to beat their wives, the proper sweeping motion for picking up sand, and how to fake an orgasm, but not too well in case the man throws the whore out onto the street. Other popular features include “spot the jew” and the best way to sacrifice goats.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Unbelieveably, Rapper T.I. Jailed for Buying Machineguns With Silencers
Mar 28th
What?? A rapper jailed for being a known felon in possession of firearms and silencers? The hell you say! But its true. Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris was arrested just before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop awards for buying a million machine guns with silencers. Rumor has it he intended to do Hip Hop’s largest drive-by and spray lead at all of the competing rappers live on stage.
From the AP here:
Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, must spend at least 1,000 hours talking to youth groups about the pitfalls of guns, gangs and drugs before reporting for about a year in prison under a deal worked out Thursday.
He will be sentenced to serve about 12 months in prison after completing the community service, although his prison time could be increased or reduced depending on his fulfillment of the terms of the deal and good behavior.
Under the agreement, Harris will have to serve a year in prison and three years of supervised home detention, perform a total of 1,500 hours of community service and pay a $100,000 fine.
He was arrested Oct. 13, just blocks away and hours before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.
Harris was charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Finally Robin Williams Made Me Laugh
Mar 27th
His wife, who used to be the nanny for his kids when he was married to his ex, is suing Robin Williams for divorce. According to Best Week Ever here,
After 19 years of what must have been unfathomable torture, Robin Williams’ wife has finally filed for divorce.
The divorce papers are full of references to “Mr. Happy”
And according to this article here in the Daily Mail, his wife, Marsha Garces Williams was also responsible for foisting the horrific movie Patch Adams upon society, which only fueled my hatred for clowns.
Robin Williams’ comic appeal has waned at the box office over the years and, it appears, at home too.
Marsha Garces Williams, his producer wife of almost 19 years, has filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.
The two met when Garces Williams worked as a nanny for Williams’ son Zachary, whom he had with his previous wife, Valerie Valardi.
Robin and Garces Williams also have two children together, daughter Zelda, 18, and son Cody, 16.
Garces was a producer on a number of her husband’s projects, including Jakob the Liar, Patch Adams, and Mrs. Doubtfire.
So Mrs. Doubtfire was based on the idea that a nanny could save a broken family? Who’da thunk it? Robin Williams hasn’t made a funny movie since The Best of Times. Even Williams’ voiceover work is horrible. I’m still pissed at Robin Williams for ruining Robots and Alladin.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Unbelieveably, Rapper Remy Ma Jailed for Shooting Someone
Mar 27th
What?? A rapper was put in jail for popping a cap in someone’s ass? The hell you say! But its true. Rap star Remy Ma, who neither sings nor writes any recognizable music, was put away for a long time today for shooting a woman in the guts with a hollow-point bullet from a .45 handgun.
From the AP here:
Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was led out of a Manhattan courtroom, weeping and in handcuffs, on Thursday after her conviction for shooting a woman outside a nightclub last summer.
The defense had conceded that the entertainer fired a shot toward a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000, but said it was an accident.
The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, faces up to 25 years in prison following her conviction in state Supreme Court for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.
The victim, who was shot in the abdomen, testified that she underwent three surgeries during a three-week hospital stay.
She was nominated for a Grammy? Big deal, Milli Vanilli won a Grammy. When are rappers going to stop living the thug life? And when will they stop comparing themselves to Jesus Christ? Kanye did it so Remy Ma showed herself hanging on a cross on her homepage here. Maybe she will get out of jail before menopause sets in.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...TorrentSpy Tosses in the Towel
Mar 27th
Legal Fees were mounting in their battle against the Motion Pictures Association of America, and rather than spend another dime in legal fees, they shut down.
From the Reg here:
The operators of TorrentSpy, once the most popular BitTorrent tracker, have been forced to permanently shutter the site after losing a battle with rights holders.
A Los Angeles court ruled in favour of the Motion Picture Ass. of America in December after TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, claiming it was protecting users’ privacy. The judge said it had made a fair trial impossible and imposed a $30,000 fine.
This statement has been posted the TorrentSpy site by its founder Justin Bunnell:
We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.
The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile. We spent the last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, defending the rights of our users and ourselves.
Ultimately the court demanded actions that in our view were inconsistent with our privacy policy, traditional court rules, and international law; therefore, we now feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for our users – permanent shutdown.
It was a wild ride,
The TorrentSpy Team
Score one for the copyright holders.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Comcast Reverses on P2P Stance
Mar 27th
Comcast today announced that they were redesigning their network in order to better manage P2P for their customers. No more blocking, they promise.
Why? Is this because they have heard the clamoring of the masses about net neutrality and wanted to do what was right? Puh. No. Its because Verizon worked with a P2P vendor to retool their network to handle P2P the right way and now Comcast wants to play catchup.
I have full details of this over at Geeks Are Sexy.
And by the way, one of my last posts on the site went international when it was picked up by Reuters! Woo hoo!
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Sniper Fire in Virginia
Mar 27th
Unlike Hillary Clinton, residents of Virginia are being targeted by Sniper fire. Again. Some loon is shooting at cars at the junction of Route 29 and I-64 near Charlottesville. What is it about Virginia that attracts crazed snipers anyways? When the snipers were running around the region after 9/11 I was one of the guys that would only get gas at stations far from the beltways and would pump gas while sitting in the car or crouched behind the car door.
In the mean time, the Clinton campaign released this video below to show that she really was under sniper fire and other war-time dangers during her trip to Bosnia.
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(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 6) Loading ...Enterprises Still Ignoring Risk of Instant Messaging
Mar 26th
Many organizations have simply given up when it comes to blocking external Instant Messaging. According to FaceTime communications, 1 in 4 employees admit to sending company information to outsiders, including passwords.
From Net-Security.org here:
FaceTime Communications warns that with one in four employees admitting to sending information about company plans, finances or password/login credentials via instant messaging, organizations need to wake up to the use of real-time communications within the workplace and ensure that they have the ability log, archive and retrieve them.
From my experience, at least 5% of all Instant Messaging traffic on the enterprise is either cyber-sex or communications between an employee cheating on his spouse. It makes for interesting reading when you are looking for incidents.
One day some lucky company is going to be subpoenaed for their Instant Messaging logfiles in a divorce case.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...3 PM Music: The Raconteurs- Salute Your Solution
Mar 26th
I’m a huge fan of this group, as they are one of the last of the bands that make pure Rock and Roll. The Raconteurs released their new album yesterday called Consolers of the Lonely. You can get your copy here or click the album cover below to order it from Amazon.
Also, check out the video for Salute Your Solution below.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...2 PM Music: David Cook- Billie Jean
Mar 26th
I always hated Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean song. But thanks to David Cook’s amazing performance on AI last night, the song is alright, and so is this singer. Click for the awe.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...The Cost of Cuteness
Mar 25th
The USDA released figures on the estimated cost of raising a baby born in 2007. Anyone know where I can get a Quarter Million bucks? Maybe I should start a paypal donation. 
From Reuters here:
Middle-income families can expect to spend $204,060 on feeding, housing and schooling a child born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, the U.S. government reported on Monday.
Factoring in inflation, the grand total for middle-income families comes to $269,040, USDA said. Total costs also include transportation, health care, and other necessities.
Child-rearing costs have soared since USDA began conducting its annual study in 1960, and can vary dramatically according to a family’s income.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Snakes on a Plane at Dulles! OMG, Run!
Mar 25th
An Arlington VA High School coach was bitten by a rattlesnake that had somehow stowed away in his airline luggage.
From the AP here:
A high school coach emptying his luggage after a team trip to South Carolina was bitten by a small rattlesnake that had somehow gotten into his bag, authorities said.
Andy Bacas was stable condition at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Bacas, a rowing coach at Yorktown High School in Arlington, told authorities he felt a sharp pain on his hand Monday when he reached into his luggage. He then saw the nearly foot-long snake and slammed the suitcase shut.
Fire and rescue workers took the suitcase outside, opened it and blasted the snake, identified as a juvenile canebrake rattler, with a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. The chemical essentially froze the animal to death.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...New PDA Phone
Mar 25th
Seems that one of the perks of the new job is that the company will take over my cell phone payments and even provide me a PDA phone. I’m staying with Verizon and always liked the Windows Mobile. That means that I get a new Titan XV6800.
The reviews are mixed, especially when it comes to battery life. My old cell phone’s battery would last for a week, and it definitely spoiled me. I guess I’m going to get into the practice of having chargers everywhere. But its been a while since I got a new gizmo, so I’m excited anyways.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Dodging Sniper Fire
Mar 25th
When I got to work today I had to run into the office under a hail of sniper fire. And the parking garage was mined with explosives. To make matters worse, the coffee maker was booby trapped and Larry the Custodian tried to shiv me with a shank he made out of a dry erase marker. Ok, I made all that up. Does this qualify me to run for President?
Hillary is a pathological liar. Its the only explanation for making up such absurd statements about her trip to Bosnia, where she said she landed in her helicopter under sniper fire. She had Sinbad the Comedian and Sheryl “spare a square” Crow with her. I guess Bill Clinton thought it would be a good idea to send his wife into a war zone with a comedian and a tiny guitar player as her escort?
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Reason 710 to HomeSchool: Substitute With Adam’s Apple Won’t Rape Your Child
Mar 24th
Meet Lisa Marinelli. No, this isn’t the old lady who sings Cabaret, this is a substitute teacher from New Port Richey, Florida who was arrested for having sex with a minor student.
She was busted by the victim’s dad who saw his son climb out of her skankmobile and pull up his britches.
From Tampabays10 here:
40-year-old Lisa Marinelli, a substitute teacher at Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, had a relationship with an underage male student.
The boy’s father shared his concerns with deputies after seeing his son pulling up his pants as he was getting out of Marinelli’s car.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office confirms they have evidence of hundreds of text messages and phone calls between the two.
In one text message, the boy wrote, “How about a quickie tomorrow afternoon?”
Investigators say, in reply, Marinelli invites the boy to her home, “…real men only need 20 minutes.”
I guess when aging whores finish dancing on the pole they become substitute teachers.
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(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 6) Loading ...Clowning for God While Terrorizing the Elderly
Mar 24th
This is a disturbing video and will easily cover many of the major phobias. Are you in a gang of clowns that are looking to terrorize a nursing home in the name of Jesus? This video is for you.
See more funny videos at CollegeHumor
Notes from the video:
When you “launch out into the unknown,” first try torturing the elderly. They are old and can’t outrun your shenanigans. They are vulnerable and lonely and helpless to stop you when you leap at them from behind brick columns. Jesus hated clowns. It was written in Mark Chapter 19 that between scourging and crowning of thorns, the Lord was tormented by Pharisees in big red shoes. Believe it or not, there are rules for clowns when visiting nursing homes. Never call ahead and approach the elderly in gangs of eight clowns or more for maximum terror.
If getting old and being shoved in a nursing home didn’t suck enough, now you are a clown magnet too.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Backed Up Your CellPhone?
Mar 24th
Most of the modern phones that sync with desktop applications can be easily backed up. Older phones, like my standard camera phone? Not so much. Its quite difficult to retain any of the data without the help of a technician at the phone store. I have written down all of my phone numbers in an address book, and this weekend, while waiting way too long for a cheeseburger, I started uploading photos from my phone to my Verizon pixplace. The photo below is a bizarre clear plastic model of the female sex organs. I snapped it while my wife was waiting for her OB/GYN during her pregnancy.
I realized that I have had this particular phone for a long time and it is almost like a photo diary of the past few years. Now that I have backed it up, I won’t be too heartbroken if it should fall into a river or be run over by a tractor. In my mind, that’s how all cellphones meet their doom.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Happy Late Easter
Mar 23rd
We just got back from a long weekend in Hampton Roads visiting family. The baby would have had a much happier easter if it weren’t for the pesky teeth that he is cutting and making him unhappy.
I start a new job tomorrow so it will take some adjustments in my schedule to keep up with the blog. Blogging will be light as I get settled into the new duties.
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