Key Chain Computing
Ten O’Clock Tech:
Hard Drive On A Keychain,
Key Chain Computing
[Forbes]
Archive for May 2001
Stapler: HTML scraper created RSS feeds
Stapler is a tool for Radio UserLand that creates RSS feeds from sources you select, scraped hourly (or every N hours, variable for each source) from HTML web sites.
KRUD, Kevin’s RedHat Uber Distribution
Those of you running RedHat servers might want to subscribe to KRUD, Kevin’s RedHat Uber Distribution. Every month you get a CD with all of the latest patches and builds applied. “May 2001 KRUD includes two new utilities for KRUD: krudfind and krud2date. krudfind uses a database of package information to make it easy to find all of the packages you need to install to load a particular service. It will resolve dependencies, download the files, and install them… all in a single pass! No more hunting for which RPM provides an obscure library! krud2date lets you update all of the installed packages on your system, including following all the dependencies, with a single command. ” [Zope Newbie News]
Win2k SP2 finally out, but problems with security hotfixes?
Win2k SP2 finally out, but problems with security hotfixes?. And hibernation on some notebooks [The Register]
The Accidental Curist
The Accidental Curist. Doctors doing a little gene therapy, hoping to regrow some blood vessels, are happily surprised when damaged nerves get repaired.
[Wired News]
pretty internet timeline
Genuity: pretty internet timeline
Picture This: A Password You Never Forget
Business Week: Picture This: A Password You Never Forget. It’s one of several applications that rely on graphical images for the purpose of authentication. All of these graphical solutions are built on the premise that the brain remembers images more easily than letters or numbers. [Tomalak’s Realm]
New worm spreads disguised as virus warning
InfoWorld: New worm spreads disguised as virus warning [Security Focus]
The worm, called VBS.Hard.A@mm, shows up in users’ inboxes disguised as a virus alert from anti-virus firm Symantec, the company said in a virus alert. With a subject line reading “FW: Symantec Anti-Virus Warning” and an attachment bearing the name “www.symantec.com.vbs,” the relatively innocuous worm, like many other recent worms, is written in Microsoft’s Visual Basic Script (VBS) and propagates through the company’s Outlook Express e-mail client. The e-mail carrying the worm is sent by “F. Jones,” who the e-mail identifies as a Symantec senior developer.
Update: Evolution of RSS
Update: Evolution of RSS. Completely rewitten, we’ve expanded our RSS treatise. Now with more background info, a 0.92 DTD with examples, an interview with Dan Libby, plus extensive reference links. By Andy King. 0514 [WebReference News]
