31 August 2005

Bush gives new reason for Iraq war

Says US must prevent oil fields from falling into hands of terrorists


CORONADO, Calif. -- President Bush answered growing antiwar protests yesterday with a fresh reason for US troops to continue fighting in Iraq: protection of the country's vast oil fields, which he said would otherwise fall under the control of terrorist extremists."

Read the full story by Jennifer Loven, Associated Press at The Boston Globe...

29 August 2005

Rulinng has unexpected effect here - it stalls projects

In the fight to save her home from a bulldozer, Kathy Tripp suffered what looked like a major blow in June.

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities can condemn people's houses for private development.



But in just two months, the tables quickly have turned. Fueled by a backlash...

Read the full story By Eric Heisler of the Post-Dispatch at STLtoday...

17 August 2005

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-229A -- Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-229A -- Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities

Everyone look VERY carefully - it's NOT for Windows. HUZZAH!!!

WORM_RBOT.CBQ

"As of August 16, 2005 at 5:12 PM (Pacific Daylight Time), TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk alert in order to control the spread of this RBOT variant. Infection reports have been received from Japan and the United States."
See Trend Micro for the full description and solution:

WORM_ZOTOB.D

As of August 16, 2005 at 5:12 PM (Pacific Daylight Time), TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk alert in order to control the spread of this ZOTOB variant. Infection reports have been received from Brazil and the United States.

Go to Trend Micro for a full description and solution

16 August 2005

BBC - Languages - Homepage

BBC - Languages - Homepage

Time to brush up on those other languages before your next visit to Disney World. At least then you'll understand how you're being insulted.

14 August 2005

We Are the Web


The Netscape IPO wasn't really about dot-commerce. At its heart was a new cultural force based on mass collaboration. Blogs, Wikipedia, open source, peer-to-peer - behold the power of the people.

Read the full story By Kevin Kelly in Wired 13.08

"This is absolutely the best article ever written about the Internet." says Joseph Green.

12 August 2005

VERITAS Backup Exec Uses Hard-Coded Authentication Credentials

An attacker with knowledge of these credentials and access to the Remote Agent may be able to retrieve arbitrary files from a vulnerable system. The Remote Agent runs with SYSTEM privileges.

Exploit code, including the credentials, is publicly available. US-CERT has also seen reports of increased scanning activity on port 10000/tcp. This increase may be caused by attempts to locate vulnerable systems.

US-CERT is tracking this vulnerability as VU#378957.

Please note that VERITAS has recently merged with Symantec.

Read the full US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA05-224A

11 August 2005

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-221A -- Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA05-221A -- Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

More good news for us Windows users. I think that there might be two or three left.

ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movies and Games, Reviews and Previews

ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movies and Games, Reviews and Previews

My FAVORITE movie review site with the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) a close second. I've found so many great movies that I had never heard of. Plus it's interesting to see what they have to say about movies from your younger years. "Hey, it wasn't THAT bad!"

10 August 2005

Ligers Make a "Dynamite" Leap Into the Limelight

It's half lion, half tiger, and completely real. Now thanks to a cameo in the 2004 cult movie Napoleon Dynamite, the liger has leaped into the limelight, prompting fans to ask, What are they really like?

The faintly striped, shaggy-maned creatures are the offspring of male lions and female tigers, which gives them the ability to both roar like lions and chuff like tigers—a supposedly affectionate sound that falls somewhere between a purr and a raspberry.

Read the full story by Maryann Mott