• BitTorrent Client Shootout

    “In this article, we’ll examine all of the major BitTorrent clients, looking at their advantages, disadvantages and some of the coolest features.”

    webmonkey via BlogsNow

  • Firefox 1.5.0.1 released

    “Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.5.0.1:

    • Improved stability.
    • Improved support for Mac OS X.
    • International Domain Name support for Iceland (.is) is now enabled.
    • Fixes for several memory leaks.
    • Several security enhancements.

    The Burning Edge has more detailed lists of notable bug fixes.”

    Mozilla

  • Otto-automaateissa toimintakatko

    “Kaikki Suomen Otto-pankkiautomaatit olivat keskiviikkoiltana suljettuina noin 20 minuutin ajan. […] Syynä oli […] reititinongelma TeliaSoneran valtakunnan verkossa.”

    HS.fi

    Olisiko ollut sama vika kuin se, joka jumitti Soneran sähköpostitkin?

  • Need an App to run on Linux? Request it here!

    “If you’ve got any critical applications that you MUST be able to use on Linux, please take a minute to let us know what they are. We’ll monitor the submissions to see what the most popular requests are, and do what we can to nudge the vendors in that direction. Together, your voices will count for more than they would separately.”

    Novell via LJ via Juha

  • Gates too rich for tax computer to handle

    “Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, said the tax office in the US has to store his financial data on a special computer because his fortune is so vast.”

    Yahoo! via Juha

  • Hack can upgrade XP Home to XP Pro Lite

    “It does take a bit of doing but here are the steps in more accurate detail.”

    MikeDopp.com via Juha

  • Soneran sähköpostit laajasti jumissa

    “Soneran sähköpostiliikenne pysähtyi keskiviikkona useiksi tunneiksi.[…] Tällä kertaa Soneran sähköpostiliikenne oli jumissa poikkeuksellisen laajasti, sillä laitevika oli Ruotsin Hammarbyssä. Vika katkaisi sähköpostiliikenteen sekä Suomessa että Ruotsissa. […]

    Katkenneesta sähköpostiliikenteestä tuli vihaista palautetta Soneran asiakaspalveluun pitkin päivää. Iltapäivällä kahden aikaan asiakaspalveluun oli muodostunut 45 minuutin jono.”

    Keskisuomalainen

  • Drawing a circle with GIMP

    “One of the most common questions fielded from beginners concerning gimp is “how do I make a square/circle or other shapes.” The answer is not as easy as some other programs which have dedicated shape tools.”

    GUG

    To be honest, I find it pathetic that posting something like this under such a title is not a joke. Yes, I know it’s an Image Manipulation Program and not a drawing app, but… come on, drawing elementary shapes is… elementary!

  • Feature from PC Magazine: Hard Drive Healers

    “When […] Ontrack engineers carried the [hard disk]drive into their clean room and opened it up, the head was damaged, and the platters were caked with dust and smoke residue. But a week later, the company sent us an e-mail. Its engineers had recovered 100 percent of the data.

    For Ontrack, it was just another week at the office. Apparently the company recovers data from fire-damaged drives all the time. And that’s one of the easier tasks. In 2003, Ontrack engineers successfully recovered files from a drive that arrived in Minnesota with a bullet hole in it. A few weeks later, they salvaged a disk that had spent three months at the bottom of a lake.”

    PC Magazine via Juha
    some links added

  • WMF Exploit from AMD's Forum

    “We’re not sure what’s going on in here, but there’s something wrong at AMD’s user discussion forum, located at forums[dot]amd[dot]com.

    If you visit the site (and please don’t visit it right now), you get a WMF exploit sent to you right from the front page.”

    F-Secure via Juha