Archive for 'General'
New Toy
With all the hype around the Asus EeePC I couldn’t resist. With just a VERY small nudge from the wife I jumped in with a 4G model 701 that arrived last night. I also got a USB external DVD drive and 2 GB memory module. All from Newegg. I can report that all of the […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2008 under General.
Tags: , Asus, computer, EeePC, laptop, linux, wifi, work, Xandros, Xbuntu
Comments: 2
Microsoft does it again
From Slashdot today: “In Service Pack 3 for Office 2003, Microsoft disabled support for many older file formats. If you have old Word, Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro, or Corel Draw documents, watch out! They did this because the old formats are ‘less secure’, which actually makes some sense, but only if you got the files from […]
Posted: January 2nd, 2008 under General.
Tags: fixing, microsoft, office, service pack, update
Comments: 1
Bluetooth Security
Anyone who uses a bluetooth headset MUST watch this video. This video illustrates that bluetooth headsets are NOT secure. When I say not secure, I mean EVERYONE of your conversations (not just cellphone calls) can be overheard VERY easily! So if you are wearing a bluetooth headset be VERY careful whatever you say; particularly in […]
Posted: December 31st, 2007 under General.
Tags: bad_guys, bluetooth, cell_phone, headset, internet, security_threat, talking
Comments: none