Bots, or “backdoor Trojans,” can turn a computer system into a “zombie,” meaning a hacker can send remote commands to it and perform a variety of tasks. This can include the spread of malware and sending spam, or using the network of computers to launch cyber attacks.
Continue reading →
The City Climber rover, being developed by Jizhong Xiao and his team at the City College of New York, uses a vacuum chamber to get vertical. The robot is part of a project that aims to automate mandatory building inspections.
Continue reading →
OSvids.com, a new site launched last week, is a twist on the traditional Linux screenshot gallery. It provides video views of dozens of distributions, giving potential Linux users a glimpse of open source desktops in action.
Continue reading →
The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there’s an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday.
Continue reading →
The official Ubuntu Guide at ubuntuguide.org is Reborn. Based on the popular, command-driven guide by Chua, this guide simply explains how to set up Dapper. At the original ubuntuguide.org site, this non-Canonical project is now a community-based wiki; anyone can contribute to making it the best Ubuntu resource available. Jump in!
Continue reading →
Ubuntu was awarded a PC World 2006 World Class Award, identifying it as one of PC World�s 100 Best Products of the Year � all the way up at number 27!
Continue reading →
This is just a general question but I was wondering if there was anyone out there that would be interested in assisting me with the creation of a new scheme for K2. I lack the time and most likley the CSS skills to create my own in any speedy fashion. All that I am looking for is a something that has a clean look to it and maybe have some AJAX for the navigation and perhaps be standards compliant. If anyone out there has any suggetions for resources that I might use or is interested in helping me please feel free to leave a comment. 
Thanks to my friend Rob for sending me this link. This is really neat if a bit useless. If you would like soem more information about this video check out this link.
Continue reading →
Another week, another Google product launches. Or almost launches in this case. Google has opened up Google Spreadsheets, an Ajax spreadsheet, to the general public yet but they have published a tour of what the product will look like once it actually does launch, and you can request an invitation to try it out.
Continue reading →
“The Pirate Party is a newly formed worldwide political party with a chapter in the U.S.. We want to fundamentally reform copyright law, overhaul the patent system, and ensure that citizens’ rights to privacy are respected. With this agenda, and only this, we are making a bid for representation in anywhere we can get elected.”
Continue reading →
Google regrets its decision to capitulate to censorship demands made by the Chinese government in order to secure a google.cn web address and operate freely in the country, and may bail out of China.
Continue reading →
I updated WordPress to the latest version to keep myself current. My life is weird and outa sorts right now. whenever I get everything sorted out I will to more with the site so stay tuned.
Finals . . . DONE!
Graduation . . . DONE!
Post Graduation Family Stuff . . . DONE!
And now since I have had maybe 20 hours of sleep in the last 2 weeks or so, I think I am going to g pass out. I will either edit this post to put down my thoughts as I turn this page in my life to go on to . . . whatever or most something new, but now I really think I need to sleep. I hope everyone’s finals went well, and to my fellow graduates GOOD LUCK! 
