“Basically firefox logs all kinda of URL data in it’s history.dat file, this little script will set a really large topic and Firefox will then save that topic into it’s history.dat.. The next time that firefox is opened, it will instantly crash due to a buffer overflow — this will happen everytime until you manually delete the history.dat file — which most users won’t figure out.
this proof of concept will only prevent someone from reopening their browser after being exploited. DoS if you will. however, code execution is possible with some modifcations.”
packet storm via Juha
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Firefox 1.5 buffer overflow
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Hubble – 15 Years of Discovery
“The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the biggest scientific projects of all time. To mark the 15th anniversary on 24 April 2005, the European Space Agency presented a series of unique activities in collaboration with partners all over Europe. These includes an exclusive, full-length DVD film (one of the most widely distributed documentary films ever), a CD of the film soundtrack, a full-colour book and additional educational material. ”
European Hubble Homepage via Juha
Whoever has the bandwidth can download all of this for free! Just can’t see why they didn’t use Bittorrent for distributing it.
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Gadget turns all your video into iPod/PSP/phone/laptop video
“Neuros have shipped an amazing-sounding device that takes the video you’ve already paid for — DVDs, TV shows, and so on — and repackages it to play on your PSP, laptop, phone or any other device that can handle MPEG4 video and Memory Sticks or Compact Flash. It’s small enough to use as a portable VCR, slipping it into your pocket and taking it on holiday or to meetings.”
Boing Boing
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Xbox 360 Scratches Game Disks
“A growing number of Xbox 360 customers are reporting having problems with their [discs] getting scratched by the DVD drive when switching the unit’s position from vertical to horizontal and vise versa.. Initially we thought this was the usual fanboy vs. hater propaganda that swirls around the launch of any new console like this. It didn’t take long until the seriousness of the situation reared it ugly head right here in the Llamma’s shop. I personally have experienced this issue not once but twice already.”
The Llama’s Adventures via Juha
Check out the video; the buzzsaw-like sound the Xbox makes when destroying the disc is ugly enough to make you gasp!
Although I categorized this as a bug/glitch, I wouldn’t directly point the finger at Microsoft with this one. Having said that, I’d like to think I would never tilt my PS2 with the power on, but it’s easy enough to imagine a hard core gamer teenboy in the middle of a mission, when mom comes in with her vacuum cleaner and you just think “well maybe it’ll take it just this once…”
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Pat Says Now Computermaus
“Pat Says Now is Switzerland’s first manufacturer of individual computer mice. We design and produce mice in all shapes and colors. Pat Says Now combines Swiss quality with innovative ideas and creative designs – we bring color into office life and make working truly fun!” -
Iceland left in the cold after cable cut
“Many companies on Iceland were again without broadband internet last week when the Farice Line, a 1400 km long fibre optic line connecting Iceland to Europe through the Faroe Islands and Scotland, was cut near Inverness. Apparently, a digger accidentally severed it.
According to Iceland Online it is the 17th time in less than two years that the main communications link to and from Iceland has been cut. On two earlier occasions rats had chewed through the line. Most interruptions lasted between three and nine hours.”
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Kaksi kolmesta 15-24-vuotiaasta käyttää pikaviestintä
“Taloustutkimuksen selvityksen mukaan […] Messengeriä, Meeboa tai muuta vastaavaa ohjelmaa käyttää jo kaksi kolmesta 15 – 24-vuotiaasta, kun vuosi sitten käyttäjiä oli noin kolmannes.”
Entäpä ne alle 15-vuotiaat? Kokemukseni mukaan ne luuhaavat “Mesessä” vähintään yhtä paljon, jos eivät enemmänkin kuin yli 14-vuotiaat.
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A-Patch for MSN Messenger
“A-Patch […] is able to patch MSN Messenger […] 6.2.0205, 6.2.0208, 7.0.0816, 7.0.0306, 7.5.0311 and 7.5.0316.
Featuring a massive 68 options! A-Patch boasts a tremendous amount of customization to better your MSN Messenger experience, with even more planned!!”
Apatch.tk via Juha
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Firefox 1.5 released
Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.5:
- Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
- Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
- Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
- Improvements to popup blocking.
- Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
- Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
- Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
- Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
- Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
- Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
- New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
- Many security enhancements.
The last extension still not compatible with it is SwitchProxy.
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Project: Air Guitar
“The Virtual Air Guitar is a new way of experiencing music. It is an instrument literally played in the air: no strings, no keys, just you, free to perform.”
Project: Air Guitar via Music thing via Juha