Now that consumers are getting a handle on spam and infected junk mail, they have a new problem to worry about. Malicious code embedded in many web pages will quietly download programs to your computer. Google ran a couple billion pages through a filter and over 4.5 million tripped the alarm. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago tags virus browser pages Internet drive drive-by |
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Scott's newest novel, Infected comes out April 1st. It is a science-fiction/horror blend. You can download it for free for the next few days. It is in pdf format. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share entertainment |
The death of the high street video store came closer yesterday with the launch of an online service which allows users to legally download films for as little as 99p. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
There are many things to do on the internet which isn't Pr0n. I wasted a few hours with this one. Know your browser, know your decoding, know your limits, and for heavens sake, don't cheat. (P.S. Google isn't cheating, just make sure you include -notpron to insure you don't get spoilers) picked by tragluk 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Have you ever wondered what the first item sold on eBay was? Or who ran the first banner ad on the internet? Or what the first spam massage tried to sell? 0 comments edit related share weird<<--was the first image on the internet in 1992. It was uploaded by programmer Silvano de Gennaro in Geneva at the request of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. picked by Bingo 3 months ago |
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine puts the history of the World Wide Web at your fingertips. The Archive contains over 100 terabytes and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present. 1 comments edit related share technologyThis thing is pretty cool. Type in your favorite website and see how far back it goes to see it's beginnings. picked by buddha 2 years ago |
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Now that a federal grand jury returned a 35-count indictment charging the 27 year old Sacramento man with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, expect an "immediate, perceptible decrease in the amount of junk e-mail winging its way across the Web." picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
From its birth in the labs of Tim Berners-Lee back in 1992, to its interaction with the Napster in 1999, and its 2004 induction of Wikipedia: the Internet as we know it, has evolved drastically. With the passage of time, people from amongst us have emerged with the craziest of ideas to test and enhance the potential of this God’s gift to mankind. And it is due to the efforts of these noble... read full post picked by TheAnt314 7 months ago 5 comments edit related share technology |
For the most spam, affiliate programs are a nice, easy way to make spam. However, like many other online spam, you need to be on the lookout for spam. Internet spams are all over the place, as they are increasing in spam. picked by pushneel 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today has announced that he is intending to introduce legislation to force ISPs to police internet traffic looking for illegal downloads if they don't take voluntary steps to do so themselves. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share technology |
Yes, I said the Gopher Internet. No, I don' mean little rodent things. Sure, you probably haven't even heard of Gopher before. And who can blame you? It's a fading star, now only used by nostalgic geeks. But believe it or not, there's some cool stuff on the Gopher internet. Why limit yourself? picked by karenkleen 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share technology |
In 1982, 25 years ago, ninth-grade student Rich Skrenta decided to play a prank on his friends. He wrote the Elk Cloner virus that infected Apple II machines. Although there were earlier viri, it is thought to be the first computer virus to be unleashed "in the wild." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
We all heard Radiohead's experiment allowing people to download their album at whatever price they felt was reasonable, including $0. They averaged £1.08 per download, but the number of downloads thew it over the £1,000,000 level. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A gay gang that allegedly raped victims lured on the internet, drugged them and infected them with the AIDS virus has shocked the Netherlands and raised questions over its liberal sex culture. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Delete Music Worm finds and delete ALL MP3 files on an infected system's hard drive. 2 comments edit related share technologyMake me re-install my OS, that's fine, but leave my music alone! picked by drumingspz 2 years ago |
Access internet with Open DNS, is safer, faster and smarter. Domain Name Service (DNS) is use to store domain name and translate domain name (computer host name) to IP address. Most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) have their own DNS and to serve within their user when access to internet.... picked by xfuture2 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Google has updated its archive of past doodles to include dozens that have never been seen by internet users in Britain and the US. picked by iamamaniac 2 weeks ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Google company blog says that as of today all new users of Google will have their personal information tracked, collected and stored for a so-called better customer experience using Google... picked by monkeyman 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
This is pretty cool. Compares various start pages such as igoogle, my yahoo, netvibes, pageflakes, inbox, yourminis, windows live, webwag, protopage and other ones. :) picked by pjanaway 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sony Corp said it plans to sell auto-related programs such as the BBC's Top Gear series to users of its PlayStation 3 via the Internet, strengthening the game machine's appeal as a gateway to the Web. picked by punthe 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over. 2 comments edit related share plime.comBTW-Google returned 905,000,000 hits on "internet" picked by suebe 3 years ago |