Online news that I've found of interest over the past week. The links below cover a wide range of topics.
This page is updated with new content on a weekly basis.
The 7/6/05 Weekly News will have a permanent home here
7/6/05 Weekly News
- Some users still feel the ZoneAlarm firewall is causing slower internet speeds
- CNN.com - Discovery launch set to go - Jul 12, 2005
- Why wasn't the ZoneAlarm 6.0 release mentioned here
- Broadvox Direct VOIP 911 profiles being activated
- Check those license terms before playing that next cd
- TDS 3 Anti Trojan calling it quits
- UK terror cops want to be able to hack websites
- Spyware protection coming to the ZoneAlarm firewall next week
- Why didn't the FIOS VOIP service work when the power was out
- Is using Tiny URL a security risk
- Lance Armstrong wins his 7th Tour De France
- Cisco takes legal action against reasearcher
- Spaceflight Now STS-114 Shuttle Report Mission Status Center
- Why can't Google get AdSense right
- Microsoft gives up on Windows Genuine Advantage
- Get rid of the internet explorer throbber using throboff
- Google News now offering RSS feeds
- Insight Communication VOIP phone service starting to get rolled out
- Make furniture out of FedEX boxes get legal problems
- Security » [Poll] Antivirus Poll 2005
- Porn podcasting - Adult content comes to podcast
- When did you install - reinstall XP
- Inside Insight » Any Chance of Insight- comcast speed upgrades
- Linksys WRT54GS flaw reproduced
- Shuttle fleet is grounded again - NASA puts on the brakes
- Falling Window Cover Damages Discovery
- Unpatched XP flaw could allow DOS attack
- Apple releases 44 security fixes
- Disney is colllecting your fingers in the name of security
- Are your wedding photos yours to use as you wish
- I managed to screw up my new Microsoft Vista install
- How I fixed my wireless issue with ZoneAlarm 6.0
- Should you use antivirus when running Linux
- When did you install - reinstall XP
- ZoneAlarm 6.0 officially released today
- ZoneAlarm 6.0.631.003 is running smoothly
- ZoneLabs is looking for special ZoneAlarm beta testers
- NASA shuttle fleet may be grounded for awhile
- Should users be critical of ZoneAlarm
- ZoneAlarm Security Suite 6.0 review
- It may be a Microsoft Vista weekend
- License fees will increase with the new Xbox 360
- Will science make doing laundry faster
- Can a virus survive a hard drive reformat
- I think the butter cow may be coming soon
- Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade is tonight
- Harry Potter pdf and audio version being distributed on the internet
- No new Zelda until 2006
- Riot erupts for old Apple iBooks
- Yahoo buys Konfabulator
- ZoneAlarm firewall 6.0.617.000 beta
- FTC gives ok for Harrah's Caesars merger - deal finalized
- Ray Liotta was in Springfield IL Sunday
- Cisco takes legal action against researcher
- Digital Imaging 5.0 Tips and Tricks - photo image recovery
- Comcast changes customers name
- E-mail wiretap case can proceed, court says CNET News.com
- Are you looking for pictures of interesting roadside attractions
- Montana allows police to search trash without a warrant
- AT&T stockholders approve SBC acquisition
- Illinois State Fair Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert canceled
- Write a destructive virus get no jail time
- Can your vacuum or car become a virus target
- Steve Ballmer - Quick chat with Microsoft's CEO
- Vista time is here
- Will Yahoo make you more money
- Help this woman find her children
- Bailee & Grace meet Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
- Pierce Brosnan no longer James Bond 007
- Should Microsoft reduce the price of XP
- Security » Zone Alram pro 6 kicks my computer out of screen
- Chicago sure loves handing out parking tickets
- How Episode IV Should Have Ended
- iTunes phone support - does it exist
- Security » Firewall info - looking for information on corporate type firewall products
- Ed Foster's Gripelog Dumb DRM Gets Boost From Sony Music CDs
- Who has the best horseshoe sandwich
- But our browser is more secure we swear
- Cisco.com has been compromised
- So I finally stepped into the new Darcy's Pint
- Microsoft help » How Long Has You're Windows Xp Install Last
- Red Lobster donates unused food
- WMP54G version 4 wireless card now has WPA and more
- Security » zonealarm pro opening ports for azureus
- Mom completely flips out.
- Security » nVidia Firewall blocking AMEX site
- Security » Question-Keep getting Alcan wormfrom limewire
- Amazon is making money
- Security » Donna's post comparing AntiSpyware programs
- Security » Microsoft WGA Cracked already!!
- Microsoft Vista may have a security issue
- Steve Ballmer - Quick chat with Microsoft's CEO
- The 2005 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow is here
- The Lego NES - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- NASA rocket blasts off for Mars CNET News.com
- Can a 2 gig CF card make it through a washing
- Windows 2000 has a hole that could allow a worm in
- If you use my image at least give me credit
- Internet price war disavowed Insight responds to SBC price cut
- Small spaceship to fly through gravity tunnel
- Security » So called thorough hard drive cleaners (ex darik
- Diggers Realm Trackbacks With Blogger And Haloscan Tutorial
- Google AdSense Optimization Tips
- Software » Who Has the Oldest OS
- 100 MB for optonline
- '40-Year-Old Virgin' Pulls Off Improbable
- 9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro CNET News.com
- A new START page from Microsoft MSN
- AMD silences paper shredders News.blog CNET News.com
- Andrews Space Corporate Projects Smalltug Technology Flight Experiment
- Andrews Space, Inc. Wins $18.7M Contract to Build and Fly Technology Demonstration Spacecraft ArriveNet Press Releases Busi
- Another iPod patent in trouble News.blog CNET News.com
- Another View of the FCC and Spectrum Scarcity
- Anti-adware misses most malware
- Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab CNET News.com
- Apple on the Brink John C. Dvorak Opinion Column by PC Magazine
- Apple patents cup-holder iPod mount - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- Apple seeks 'tax' on iPod accessories CNET News.com
- Are wireless gamers cheapskates CNET News.com
- Aspen aerogel Photos Keeping insulated CNET News.com
- Bad keystroke leads to $251 million stock buy CNET News.com
- Belkin » Success with WRT54GX Firmware on Belkin Pre-N!
- Blogging while browsing, but not buying CNET News.com
- broadband » Forums » Security » Kaspersky AV, skip PW protected items
- broadband » Forums » Security » SBC Yahoo vs. Zone Alarm
- Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog Atom 1.0 SmartFeed Support
- Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog BlogChina
- Cable Wants to Cut the Cord
- Calling iTunes, Part 2 - Wherein it is revealed that our quarry is a phantom. By Timothy Noah
- Can a virus survive a hard drive reformat
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Cisco gives OS face-lift to older routers CNET News.com
- City of Vienna Chooses Linux
- Comcast HSI » [Connectivity] A way to sue comcast
- CONFIRMED XBOX 360 Backwards Compatible
- Corvette uses mesh network to win at LeMans InfoWorld News 2005-07-26 By Ephraim Schwartz
- Daniel’s Guide To Firewalls
- Death Penalty For Hackers
- Dell to hire 1,000 workers in Oklahoma CNET News.com
- Digging profits out of Xbox CNET News.com
- Digital Imaging - Hardware-Tech » When you don't want to take your dSLR...
- Does your antispyware's real-time protection work
- eBay gets an earful from sellers CNET News.com
- Ed Foster's Gripelog Dell Support Software Upgrade Causes IT Woes
- Editorial Why New Operating Systems Won't Stand A Chance - OSNews.com
- EU Officials Raid Intel Offices
- Ex-Boxer George Foreman Forms New Company
- Ex-Microsoft Exec Barred From Google Job
- FBI abandons old computer system, tries again CNET News.com
- FCC Proposes Abolishing Morse Code Requirement
- Feed the Worms Who Write Worms to the Worms - The economic logic of executing computer hackers. By Steven E. Landsburg
- Fly me to the moon That'll be $100m
- Forbes.com Best Food Blogs
- Full Circle A Brief History of NeXT
- Gateway puts a trace on laptops CNET News.com
- GTD A New Cult for the Info Age
- Hack cracks Microsoft anti-piracy check InfoWorld News 2005-07-29 By Elizabeth Montalbano and Robert McMillan, IDG News
- hacking the motorola v265 Origin of Storms - the blog project
- Has Zone Labs Lost It - Latest release again plagued by problems
- How the ESRB Rates Games
- HP Calls For Sun and IBM to Remove OS Licenses
- HP preparing the next wave of wireless iPaqs InfoWorld News 2005-08-11 By Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
- HP to slash 14,500 jobs in major restructuring move InfoWorld TechWatch Blog July 19, 2005 1154 AM By Jack McCarthy
- Human Feces Powers Rwandan Prison
- Inmate Sues Over Finger in Food
- Inside Insight » [News] Notification of Network Maintenance
- Inside Insight » 6208 - 6412 - switching DVR units - information on beta testing of new DVR units
- Inside Insight » Anyone jump from InsightBB to SBC DSL
- Inside Insight » bittorrent Yet Again
- Inside Insight » DOCSIS 3
- Inside Insight » Dose InsightBB monitor bandwith used
- Inside Insight » HDTV (insight cable boX)
- Inside Insight » Problems in Louisville, Kentucky Again.
- Inside Insight » Re New 6412 DVR
- Inside Insight » Recording 2 shows while viewing a previous one
- Inside Insight » Registering a router with InsightBB
- Inside Insight » Registration issue - router and registration - slow speeds
- Inside Insight » voip and insight
- Insight says no to price wars
- Intel CEO fires back at AMD suit CNET News.com
- Intel's Yonah found within belly of Japanese whale
- Internet misuse costs businesses $178 billion annually InfoWorld News 2005-07-19 By Peter Saalfield, IDG News Service
- Japanese Musicians Defy Sony by Joining iTunes
- Judge grants Microsoft request in Google case CNET News.com
- KAVSVC kpjkna.exe
- Kinsley Expected to Lose Top Edit Page Post, But Remain at 'L.A. Times'
- Linksys simplifies WLAN security setup
- London Bombing Trojan - Virus writers just have no respect
- Longhorn official name = Windows Vista - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- Longhorn to be renamed Windows Vista News.blog CNET News.com
- Long-lived hacker mag shuts down CNET News.com
- Mac OS X Running on Non-Apple Hardware
- Major Windows exploit 'days away' - ZDNet UK News
- Marilyn Monroe's First Husband Dies
- Microsoft sees Xbox 360 in driver's seat CNET News.com
- Microsoft's personnel puzzle CNET News.com
- Montana Supreme Court justice warns Orwell's 1984 has arrived News.blog CNET News.com
- Motorola DVR Dual-Tuner DVR High-Definition Set-Top DCT6412
- Multiple-Target Hyperlinks for the Masses
- NASA hacker begins extradition fight CNET News.com
- Net takes Potter fans on magical, frustrating ride CNET News.com
- Network Computing
- New compound gets water out of clothes CNET News.com
- New Dove Ads Bring Inspiration, Ridicule
- New DVR drops jaws in London CNET News.com
- New PC build, Nvidia ActiveArmor Firewall & ZoneAlarm Security Suite. Advice - Installation, Uninstall and Upgrade - Zone Labs
- New Qwest Prices Monday - 1.5Mbps $20, 7Mbps $30
- New scam asks people to fax away data CNET News.com
- New Zelda won't see Twilight until 2006 - GameCube News at GameSpot
- News Corp. in talks to buy search engine CNET News.com
- NFL teams using “Radio Pill” to monitor athletes’ temperatures - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- Nintendo Qrtr. Profits Sink News Story From 1UP.COM
- Nintendo Quarterly Profits Down 80%
- NYC shuts off cellphone service in tunnels - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- ok this sucks, DVR goes capoot after 1 month
- Oldest known U.S. baseball player dies at 103
- OptimumOnline » 20-2 for optonline
- OptimumOnline » Upping speeds for residential and business
- OSx86 Project - How to Install Mac OS X on your PC
- Overstock sues short-seller Rocker Partners CNET News.com
- Panda finds files to munch, Ballmer vows to eat Google's lunch InfoWorld Column 2005-07-08 By Robert X. Cringely®
- PC gaming GAMES » WOAH, Best EA Bug ever found... BY ME!
- Pentagon Blocks Release of Abu Ghraib Images Here's Why
- Photos Catching rays with a Stirling engine CNET News.com
- Photos Gung-ho gadgets for U.S. troops CNET News.com
- Photos Serving up slot games CNET News.com
- Photos Shuttle heads for space CNET News.com
- Plaxo extends support to Mozilla e-mail client InfoWorld News 2005-07-26 By Peter Saalfield, IDG News Service
- Playing on Your IPod Text Games
- Police blotter 'Special skills' hurt credit card thief CNET News.com
- Porn podcasting - Adult content comes to podcast
- Pretec’s 4GB SD card - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- RecoverPC doesn’t quite sit right - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- RFID jammies for kids - Engadget - www.engadget.com
- SCO offers to buy employee stock CNET News.com
- Security » [Help] Zone Alarm and ports
- Security » best way to erase hard drive before RMA
- Security » Earth Google - Nasties inside
- Security » FAST empty-space disk wiper
- Security » More MIRC woes.
- Security » nVidia Firewall blocking AMEX site
- Security » Nvidia Firewall Log analyzer
- Security » Nvidia Firewall
- Security » Suggestions for a corporate anti-virus package
- Security » System Exploitable With USB
- Security » Two Firewall Rules Needed NIS 2005
- Security » Windows firewall and browseui.dll
- Security » ZAP Ad Blocking problem fixed
- Security » ZAP AVG issue
- Security » ZoneAlarm does not recognize Kaspersky
- Security gets smarter InfoWorld News 2005-07-25 By Bob Francis