Find Popular Google Reader Shared Items with ReadBurner

Paul

readburner.pngWeb site ReadBurner aggregates popular Google Reader Shared Items, turning Google Reader sharing into an action similar to bookmarking a page on Del.icio.us or voting for an article on Digg. Sure you can already share your favorite news items with friends, but by adding your shared items URL to ReadBurner, sharing feeds will also give that link some juice on ReadBurner—so it’s like a simple way to contribute to a social bookmarking service without really adding a step to your bookmarking. So far the site’s fairly young, but with enough users it really shows promise.

ReadBurner [via Google Operating System]

I saw this on Life Hacker and thought people would like to know about this little way to social bookmark on Google Reader!!

More Skype Spam

Paul

[3:41:14 PM] Update ® says: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
=============================

ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !

Affected Software:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Win98
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns

Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair
utility immediately

Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below !
Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.

http://www.updatew.org/?q=scan

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Now if you are me you do your research? It’s spam, they try to scare you into buying there little product and is really stupid!! It says I’ve got trojans and spyware but yet, It’s not ACTIVE X. I’m thinking its Java look a like!! If you get something from skype like this just disregard it. If it’s an update from Microsoft it comes from the update microsoft screen not from skype!!

If you would like to protect yourself without going to that site try my list of programs to help protect your computer better and they are all free:

Some Important Programs to Prevent Youself from having Viruses!!

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I’ve went and did a public DNS look up:

Domain Name:UPDATEW.ORG
Created On:09-Dec-2007 16:37:17 UTC
Last Updated On:01-Jan-2008 10:35:21 UTC
Expiration Date:09-Dec-2008 16:37:17 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:2E99066135D1A4D0
Registrant Name:Whois Manager
Registrant Organization:Whois Proof Service
Registrant Street1:1901 60th PL
Registrant Street2:Suite L9177
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Bradenton
Registrant State/Province:FL
Registrant Postal Code:34203
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.2024700599
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:b2ap56b7@whoisproof.com

If you’re like me and you think that email address is a fake just send them snail mail and complain! Tell the company you don’t like this type of advertisement!!

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Some other things to consider, don’t open links in emails and other files sent to you without first verifying from people that it is a legit and they have said they sent it.

Time Warner Bills for Bandwidth in Texas

Paul
This is one of those things that will effect us all. I am worried that the low-income families who need internet access will not be able to afford to pay for this type of bandwidth. Let’s look at the article and see:

The company believes the billing system will impact only heavy users, who account for around 5 percent of all customers but typically use more than half of the total network bandwidth, according to a company spokesman.

What only 5 percent most people now a days are watching HULU and stuff that is IPTV like AppleTV and Itunes, even NetFlix Downloads(Which can be a big file download). That alone is more than 5 percent. More like 50 to 60 percent and will impact a lot of families. It is cheaper and faster and more reliable to do this then to watch it on Cable. I think Time Warner is definitely worried, I know I am. I would have to be charged to watch all my favorite TV Shows on the net. I think Time Warner should go IPTV and get it over with!! let’s continue with this:

But the move could prove controversial. Unlike with utility bills such as the phone or electricity, which have traditionally been based on usage, U.S. high-speed Internet subscribers have come to expect a fixed monthly charge. An Internet bill typically only varies based on the speed of the consumer’s Internet access.

Yes this is going to be controversial and very unlikely going to happen due to the fact that people will complain and complain, if we stand up for this we will win but if we don’t we will lose. I know we’ve come to expect a price on internet but we shouldn’t be forced to changed. If time warner does this most people will go to FIOS or other companies like FIOS TV. Just some things to consider when calling Time warner. I urge everyone to stand up and make a voice to Time Warner, and tell everyone you know about what Time Warner is doing. This right now is being done in small portion of Texas and I know they are not liking this. Let your voice be heard!! Thanks to Geek News Central for the heads up!!

Spammer sues Anti-Spammer and Wins!!

Paul

Anti-spam activists often need to do quite a bit of hunting to track down the real identity of various spammers. Over the years, spammers have become increasingly adept at hiding from those trying to shine light on their activities. However, when one well-known anti-spammer used some standard whois and DNS lookup tools (the same kind many of us use every day) to find out the identity of a spammer, the spammer sued him… and won! The anti-spammer has to pay over $60,000 in fines, and possibly much more once lawyers’ fees are added up. The judge ruled that some rather basic tools suddenly constituted “hacking” even though the details don’t suggest any actual hacking. The anti-spammer simply used the tools available to get the information necessary. He didn’t need to break through any security or do anything malicious to get the info. If you read the ruling, it sounds like a judge could define plenty of perfectly normal online activities as “hacking.” Update: There’s a good discussion in the comments, suggesting that there’s a lot more going on here than is clear from the article itself. The judge’s finding of facts suggest that the anti-spammer did some questionable things, including lying and ignoring an injunction — which certainly hurt his case. However, others are suggesting that the judge’s finding of facts are incorrect and there’s much more to this story that will come out on appeal.
[Via TechDirt]

Now this really boils my blood. I haven’t read the comments, but I will later on today. I don’t know what the judges are thinking these days? Do they even have internet access at home to even understand this process. I think this will turn out to be a big thing in the appeals court. I know I will be interested in the decision there.

Blogger as an OpenId provider

Paul

Effective immediately, Blogger users are able to use their blogs URL as an OpenID login, after toggling the option via the draft.blogger.com admin menu. Google’s baby steps follow the announcement last week that over 250 million Yahoo users would be able to use their Yahoo logins as OpenID. Reports have put users of Blogger at somewhere between 10 million and 50 million, although the service is renowned as a haven for spam so how many legitimate bloggers will take up this service is unclear. It also isn’t being provided as yet via the regular Blogger quite yet, only via the Blogger in Draft service (although this is available to those who wish to use it), however this is the regular first step for new features in Blogger so it could be expected to become a standard option sometime later this year.
[Via TechCrunch]

I’m testing out the comment system with openID. I’d like to know what people think about it and should it stay or go? These are the questions that I’ve got, let me know what you think.