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Follow the leader: Firefox and Phishing Filters

Ok, so Firefox is going to introduce a "Phishing Shield": http://news.com.com/Firefox+to+get+phishing+shield/2100-1029_3-6047610.html?part=rss&tag=6047610&subj=news I'm trying *really* hard to behave myself, but I can't resist asking if the decision to include a phishing filter has been influenced...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Mar 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Internet Explorer 7, General stuff
So.. do you want to know what "Origami" is?

I am *so* buying one of these... when they're eventually released for sale in Australia which will be, going on the Tablet PC experience, in about 2 years :o( http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/default.mspx Shameless plug for fellow MVP and friend: http://ultra-mobilepcs.com/

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Mar 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Dale Begg-Smith: The pressure is still on

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/wp-trackback.php?p=786 My previous Blog post is here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/02/20/84260.aspx I'm pleased the pressure is still on. I suspect Dale thinks that eventually the attention will all go away. The anti-spyware fights are just a tad more...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Mar 7 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
Sandi has joined the dark side...

Sitting on my desk here at home is a brand new HP ProLiant server with SBS2003 pre-installed - some women love diamonds, some love flowers, some love chocolates... some money... some fast cars... as for me, gimma hardware and I'm happy !!! This makes the computer count in my home 1xserver, 3xdesktop...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Mar 7 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Microsoft Update versus Windows Update...

Windows Update is the classic update service that only offers updates for Windows. Microsoft Update extends this service to cover other Microsoft programmes including, but not limited to, Office, Exchange and SQL (disclaimer: if you use Office 2000, or if your copy of Office was installed in "per user...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, Feb 25 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Announced improvements to Windows Mail (aka OE7)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/mail.mspx Phishing filter Quick Search (Word Wheel) Junk Mail Filter The phishing filter is seriously cool, as is Quick Search (which works the same way as the search pane used by Internet Explorer 7 when displaying RSS)

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, Feb 25 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, General stuff
Google loses lawsuit - image search thumbnails breach copyright...

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18245495%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html " GOOGLE infringed copyright by posting thumbnail photos from other websites on its search results pages, a US judge has ruled."

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Wed, Feb 22 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Hey, [company name removed to protect the less than innocent] that built my SBS box... go read this...

It really isn't that hard... honest... so why do so many techies mess it up? Luv ya Susan: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2006/02/10/83206.aspx Seriously....on my server, OWA and RWW had not been touched by the previous support company... here is this kick-ass remote email facility and it isn...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sun, Feb 19 2006
Filed under: Filed under: I ain't happy about this....., General stuff
Just a reminder... end of support hits for 98, 98SE and ME...

End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me Effective June 30, 2006, support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) will end. After this date, incident support, security updates, and custom support agreements will no longer be available. Existing support...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Feb 14 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Ok, now this is seriously creepy...

Would you do this for your employer? " Two employees have been injected with RFID chips this week as part of a new requirement to access their company's datacenter." http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/134

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, Feb 11 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Firefox flamers....

Some guy called "bgmikejr" posted a flood of messages to microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general containing the following text: "I have a fix for all IE1-7 issues click on the link below: http://www.mozilla.com Enjoy!!!!!! " Methinks the Mozilla and Firefox fans are seriously worried about the competition...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Feb 2 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Hmm, do you overclock??

Getting weird crashes that nobody seems able to fix? Crashes that don't make sense to the professionals? Watch out for overclocking: two parties who know what they're talking about, and whose jobs include trawling through errors reported via the Error Reporting Tool (yes, those reports you send in when...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Wed, Feb 1 2006
Filed under: Filed under: General stuff
Today's "You're an IDIOT" award goes to...

Anybody who embedded Robin Schuil's graphic into their blogs. Info about the graphic: http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6031795.html <Cue Rick Springfield singing "Don't talk to strangers...."> No!! No Springstein!! Springfield!! Seriously people... think about this... how hard would it be to replace...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Jan 31 2006
Filed under: Filed under: I ain't happy about this....., General stuff

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