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 -> Mars comes this close...
Earth made its closest approach to Mars yesterday when the centers of the two planets were "only" 34,646,418 miles apart.
1,290 views | 28 Aug 2003
 -> I am the Yes-man you are looking for!
How is this for a resume in this down economy?
1,061 views | 28 Aug 2003
 -> The Roman sense of style
Despite conquering the known world, it seems the Romans had a very different idea of what constituted style (or lack of it?)
1,221 views | 27 Aug 2003
 -> Flash 2004 announced
Macromedia has announced the next version of flash. Entitled "Flash MX 2004", the product comes in two flavours now: regular and pro. The pro edition is geared towards advanced application developers and high end video producers.
1,279 views | 25 Aug 2003
 -> Your Guide to Looking Busy at Work
We now live in a world of hyper-strict firewalls, regular scanning of employee files and thrice hourly PHB walk-bys. What is a dedicated time-waster to do?
11,775 views | 23 Aug 2003
 -> Dont lock your baggage
US gets tight on security. "TSA suggests that you help prevent the need to break your locks by keeping your bags unlocked. In some cases screeners will have to open your baggage as part of the screening process."
12,726 views | 21 Aug 2003
 -> Now, SoBig
A new variant of W32/Sobig is a High Risk mass-mailing worm. It arrives as an email attachment with a .pif or .scr extension. When run, it infects the host computer, then emails itself (using its own SMTP engine) to harvested email addresses.
13,264 views | 21 Aug 2003
 -> Dont be constipated
Interesting take on a popular song.
12,346 views | 21 Aug 2003
 -> Icecream --> Personality?
The ice cream flavor you choose says a lot about your personality...
1,700 views | 21 Aug 2003
 -> All about the blasted BLASTER virus
From McAfee. Contains some pretty useful links to Microsofts own page and the patches.
2,309 views | 20 Aug 2003
 -> Cracking Windows passwords made easy
A SWISS BOFFIN has created a web page demonstrating how easy it is to crack Windows based passwords. But that has prompted serious questions about the methods Microsoft uses to encode passwords. The site: http://lasecpc13.epfl.ch/ntcrack/
1,441 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> Not an easy road ahead for North Korea talks
Days before unprecedented multi-party talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis, Pyongyang and Washington have sent out messages illustrating both the depth of distrust and the hard negotiations that lie ahead.
1,884 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> Linux Lawsuit Could Undercut Other Freeware Programs
SCO lawyers are going to argue that the GPL (the license under which MANY freeware programs are released) itself is invalid, as it "is pre-empted by copyright law".
1,404 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> President Bush Claims That He Is Gods Messenger
...Bush said: "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to...." Yada Yada Yada..
1,321 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> The slug that changed the world
A dead slug found at the bottom of a drink in a Paisley cafe went on to shape the legal rights of consumers not just in Scotland but all around the world.
1,390 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> People for the Oppressive Treatment of Animals
Not fair to the animals but this is some clever Photoshop work! Be sure to check out pages 2 and 3.
33,099 views | 19 Aug 2003
 -> Vatican told bishops to cover up sex abuse
The Vatican instructed Catholic bishops around the world to cover up cases of sexual abuse or risk being thrown out of the Church. The Observer has obtained a 40-year-old confidential document...(available on the website as a PDF)
1,383 views | 18 Aug 2003
 -> Oooh, thats touchy.
President Bush says marriage is only between a man and a woman, not for homosexuals.
1,596 views | 17 Aug 2003
 -> Can the new Napster survive?
In its short, tortured one-and-a-half-year life span, the Napster brand had emerged as the Kleenex of downloadable music. Can it survive in its new avatar under Roxio?
13,866 views | 17 Aug 2003
 -> It All Depends on What You Mean by *Have*
"So if you are asking me did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction, I am saying, well, it all depends on what you mean by have", says Steve Martin in NYT.
14,424 views | 10 Aug 2003
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