Archives for June 18th, 2006

Internet Explorer Shows Users What’s On Your Clipboard

If you are an Internet Explorer user than hopefully you don't place valuable data on your clipboard. A default option in Internet Explorer allows Web sites to access your clipboard without any user intervention.

June 18th, 2006
Internet Explorer Shows Users What’s On Your Clipboard

Interact With Advertisements In Your Train Station

Have you ever been sitting in the train station bored out of your mind? Well, this is a simple solution for that. The video above is a good demonstration of advertisements that will probably become more prominent over time.

June 18th, 2006
Interact With Advertisements In Your Train Station

Flickr Agrees To Give Zooomr API Access But…

It was just days ago that Techcrunch reported that Flickr would not give Zooomr access to the Flickr API. Now Flickr is ready to give Zooomr access but in return Flickr wants access to Zooomr's API. This is what Flickr had to say: I actually had a change of heart and was convinced by Eric's position that we definitely should approve requests from direct competitors as long as they do the same.

June 18th, 2006
Flickr Agrees To Give Zooomr API Access But…

Windows Live Spaces To Replace MSN Spaces

According to Microsoft MSN Spaces is going to be transitioned into Windows Live Spaces. I hadn't heard of this until JCXP pulled up some details on the service.

June 18th, 2006
Windows Live Spaces To Replace MSN Spaces

Microsoft France Gets Hacked

It looks like the almighty Microsoft has finally gotten hacked. It wasn't Microsoft.com but it was a French version of Microsoft's site: experts.microsoft.fr/default.aspx or experts.microsoft.fr. The hackers said that their next target will be Microsoft.com!

June 18th, 2006
Microsoft France Gets Hacked

Running Windows XP In Ubuntu

One of the hardest things about switching from Windows to Linux is not having the ability to run all of your Windows software. Sure there is Wine which will give you the capabilities to run some of your software, but it probably won't run all of it. That is why you will want to download QEMU.

June 18th, 2006
Running Windows XP In Ubuntu

New Type Of PayPal Phishing Scam

PayPal scams are always flooding our emails and such, but it is being taken to a whole new level now. When users visit this site it has a genuine PayPal address (as pictured above) and the message says "Your account is currently disabled because we think it has been accessed by a third party.

June 18th, 2006
New Type Of PayPal Phishing Scam