Snubster : a satire on social networking

Social networking sites like Friendster, MySpace, Orkut and a host of others have created a niche in the "Web 2.0" environment, and have at the same time invited criticism and praise. Well. everything successful needs a parody, and the opposite of social networking sites have arrived. Snubster is a one of those taking a comical approach to creating a site : it basically allows you to create a list of people, things, etc that you hate, and share those with others. Im really not sure how these sites will evolve, but they do make the Web as diverse as the real world.

Apple releases BootCamp: Windows XP installation software for Mac

Apple released a beta version of Boot Camp, a software that enables a Mac to load Windows XP. Unlike the Mac Hack, this beta is supported by Apple and will be included in the upcoming "Leopard ". This, according to Apple, is in response to requests for Windows XP support on Intel powered Macs. I see John C. Dvorak laughing.......

Updates on the $100 Laptop

The $100 laptop, if realized will definitely have an effect on education, as the One Laptop Per Child organization headed by Nicholas Negroponte, envisions it to be available by 2007.

The specs? Linux as the OS of choice, 500 mhz processor from AMD, 128 MB of memory, 512 MB of Flash memory for storage (no hdd) and a dual-adaptive screen. It will be using a mesh network to connect to other units and to a $100 server. By the way, no more rotating crank to provide power!

Article from CNET "Negroponte: Slimmer Linux needed for $100 laptop"
Article from E-Week " The Lessons of the $100 Laptop"

Quote of the week

"Social engineering is a very, very effective technique. We have statistics that show significant infection rates for the social engineering malware. Phishing is a major problem because there really is no patch for human stupidity"

---Mike Danseglio, Security Solutions Group ,Microsoft
from Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible

The right way of pouring ketchup from a bottle

Here's a scientific way of pouring ketchup, or the art of pouring ketchup from a bottle.

Pouring Ketchup: The full technical explanation

Found via CNET blog

Adding your most used folders to the Send To menu

Here's a quick guide to adding items to your Send To menu.

McAfee Total Protection : Security Bundle for Businesses

McAfee has bundled its security software like antivirus, antispyware, firewall and e-mail spam protection into one integrated product. It is the first to repackage but the industry is expecting all the others to follow. Read more from CNET (McAfee repackages security products).

"10 best Internet Spoofs" from Wired Magazine

Spoofs and pranks have circulated in cyberspace since the beginning, and here is a "best of" from Wired Magazine.

Im familiar with some (most of them that were spread via e-mail), and for others Im just left wondering how people fell for the prank, but all of them are just hilarious!

Happy Anniversary to Apple Computers!

On April 1, 1976, Apple Computers became an entity, founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Take a walk down memory lane with Larry Magid's CBS news article "Apple turns 30". Also one of IT Conversations most downloaded podcast is a Steve Wozniak talk at Gnomedex 4.0, where Woz narrates how he managed playing pranks and learning along the way vital skills and knowledge that eventually led him to designing Apple I and Apple II.

Starting out with Linux : "An Overview of Ten Major Distributions"

"An Overview of Ten Major Distributions" is a nice article that outlines 10 of the most known distros of Linux. If you have an extra computer or enough space on your HDD you could try and install a particular Linux distro, if not then you could still play around with Live-CDs.