Match Fixing Allegations Dogs Indian CricketSeptember 14th, 2005 Indian cricket is again hounded by match fixing allegations. At least three cricketers(one batsman and two bowlers) are under the scanner according to The Times of India.
All Destops Are NOT Apple!... At Least Not Yet.January 28th, 2008 Today I was introduced the nice (as I hear) Web 2.0 application which enables 1-click uploading of images. It sounded great and it was a public beta, so I didn't think twice (my mistake) before signing up for it.
Et tu, Mac? - Saga of Apple Eating WormFebruary 20th, 2006 A computer worm has been found in the wild that targets Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. It is believed to be the first such worm aimed specifically at the Mac platform.
Justice Department probing allegations of abuse by IBM in mainframe computer marketOctober 7th, 2009 Justice Dept probing IBM's computer market conductSAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM Corp. has abused its dominant position in the market for mainframe computers, the data-crunching heavy lifters of the computing world that IBM introduced in the 1960s and which are now used to process some of the most sensitive data in banking, government and health care.
Doctor Arrested, Charged With Killing Patients During Hurricane Katrina ChaosJuly 19th, 2006 New Orleans police have arrested a doctor and two nurses on second-degree murder charges for allegedly administering lethal pain medications to patients stranded in hospitals in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. At least 34 patients at Memorial Medical Center died in the aftermath of the hurricane, after power was lost and those hospitalized were stranded for four days.
How to Add Smileys To Windows Live WriterJanuary 28th, 2009 Hey lol, did you get your tongue rolling out for the smileys on Windows Live Writer. Believe me you gotta be the bad egg without those funky icons tweeting out of your scribbles.
Free Privacy Protection Web Browser - Browsezilla is Click Fraud Engine for Porn SitesJune 26th, 2006 Free web browser - Browsezilla promotes itself as a tool for privacy protection. It is actually a click-fraud engine for pornographic sites, said security vendor Panda Software.
How to Get Back Your Lost USBJanuary 8th, 2009 What if you lose your USB drive? It has slipped off your pocket or you have left it somewhere and forgot. All your work is gone.
iDracula iPhone app: For Those who Like to Slay Monsters for FunFebruary 20th, 2009 App store is getting overcrowded with iPhone apps. Now how do you get the best ones, except for live reviews and remarks.This time it's a game, it's i suffixed to the horror legend Dracula.
Well Made Banana Debunks Evolution; Or Does it?February 25th, 2007 A hilarious video by Kirk Cameron, until I realized he was actually serious, attempts to prove creationism by showing how a well made Banana fits into your hand (btw: and so does something else too) for eating. See Kirk's video below:
As many of you know that there is more to the story of banana than he knows.
PHP XMLRPC Remote Code Execution Vulnerability affecting Popular Blogging and CMS Platforms like WordPress 1.5.1.2 (and lower), PostNuke, Drupal, b2evolution TikiWiki etc.July 5th, 2005 PHPXMLRPC aka XML-RPC For PHP is a PHP implementation of the XML-RPC, web RPC protocol, and was originally developed by Edd Dumbill of Useful Information Company. As of the 1.0 stable release, the project has been opened to wider involvement and moved to SourceForge.
Past Patent Application could Implicate Vioxx Makers, Merck, in the ongoing Vioxx LawsuitJuly 8th, 2005 Merck tried to patent a drug that would reduce heart attack risks for Vioxx (COX-2 selective inhibitors) users, three years before the company withdrew the painkiller drug from the market because of safety concerns. According to government records, the company applied for the patent in 2001.
Debunking 9/11 conspiracy theoristsMay 1st, 2005 An interesting article "debunking conspiracy theorists' paranoid fantasies about Sept. 11" (read mainstream media aka official version) from balsamic vinigga @ Kuro5hin.
Memory chip company Rambus settles EU antitrust probe with new licenses, avoids finesJune 12th, 2009 Rambus settles EU antitrust probe, avoids finesBRUSSELS — Memory chip company Rambus Inc. said Friday that European Union antitrust regulators had provisionally agreed to drop a probe and any fines if the company reduced its royalty rates for DRAM memory chip patents.
Net Security: A look in the future...November 3rd, 2004 Jakob Nielsen in his article on security points out that user education is not the solution to the increasing Internet security problems nor is the problem similar to locking your door. Normally we lock the door for an average intruder, definitely not for KGB or FBI.