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It has been quite a number of months since I explained the issues with my laptop (see this entry). For a quick summary the Toshiba A135-S4656 is a nice computer for the price. . The major reason why I’m not totally happy with it is Vista. Microsoft’s new operating system is still filled with bugs. [...]
Wed, April 30 2008 » tech » Comments Off
It’s been reported from a few sources that a number of areas have been targeted for the “Phone Book Scam”. As the summer vacation season is coming upon us please be aware of this scam. Men driving around in unmarked vehicles (usually vans) are throwing out free phone books. Usually they are getting tossed outside [...]
Mon, April 21 2008 » misc. debris » Comments Off
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has let the private information of nearly 11,000 people be leaked out to the public. The information comes from a federally mandated registry of sex offenders in the state. A smart hacker was able to use a database exploit in Sexual and Violent Offender Registry to get the name, address, [...]
Wed, April 16 2008 » tech » Comments Off
Once the only game in town, domain registrar Network Solutions has stooped to a new low. Many years ago the company started offering hosting packages as well as domain registration. It seems that if you hosted with them and had a subdomain (like blog.tombrennan.org) that you haven’t updated in a while something interesting will happen. [...]
Sat, April 12 2008 » www » Comments Off
I got a message from Redbox this morning saying that there was a skimmer in one of their locations. To Our Valued Customers: A few days ago redbox detected and removed an illegal credit card skimming device at one of our 7,400 locations. At the same time, redbox also discovered evidence of skimming attempts in [...]
Sat, April 5 2008 » misc. debris » Comments Off