This list is BEYOND FANTASTIC. Frankly, I ran out of adequate adjectives long ago on this one. Just check out A List of Every Website Statistic Publicly Available for yourself. WOW, What an unbelievable resource for marketers! Savor and enjoy.
Security Pro News has a remarkable article concerning Phishermen Phishing down on the Pharm. This pretty much sums the matter up:
The bottom line is: don’t provide any information at the behest of an email, no matter how authentic it looks, or how authentic the page it directs you to looks. If you must log in, do so at the parent site itself.
Your Identity Theft prevention and protection is, in the final analysis, up to you.
Don’t be the next sheep fleeced by the pharmers who caught you with the phisherman’s hook. Being dropped naked into their frying pan is NOT a fate you want.
Famster is the latest social networking site to hit the Web 2.0 ‘Net. It’s LOADED with features and is sure to attract many early adopters. It includes an RSS reader, a calendar, a recipes section (of all things), contacts listings that are integrated with Yahoo! Maps, scrapbook pages, a blog, UNLIMITED photo uploads, an email account that boasts one gig of storage, a gig of encoded video storage and a gig of filing cabinet storage, among other features. Check out TechCrunch’s take on this exciting new service!
If only we could get everyone to make gliders out of fast food containers, we could turn a lot of paper waste into a kind of renewable resource. Paper gliders are fun to make and even more fascinating to fly. The Lifehacker blog goes into more detail here and here, and TeamDroid’s article is definitely worth a read as well. Enjoy.
If true, that’s more Dell Hell for you, quite literally. A man living in a Florida residence blamed a Dell laptop for causing a fire that destroyed his home and left his family homeless.
I’m not sure this gadget is ever gonna catch on, but it would make a great gag gift for a college student lol. The interior is transparent glass that makes the occupant feel like they are being watched. From the outside, the walls look like mirrors. Hmmm………
Steve Rubel posted about possible Astroturfing on the part of yet another firm. Read more about this matter over at Micro Persuasion. Related information concerning Astroturfing can be found on The NewPRWiki’s AntiAstroturfing HomePage, and at Wikipedia’s Astroturfing page.
Here we go again…..Yet ANOTHER computer containing the personal data of US Vets has come up missing. The data of 38,000 veterans has been jeopardized.
More on this at SecurityProNews.
Related articles:
Yeah AOL. We know you’re very sorry.
This article by TechCrunch explains AOL’s latest actions very well, as does this UPON FURTHER REVIEW blog article.
Yeah AOL, You’re sorry, alright. You’re a sorry mess.
Related Blogs/Websites:
UPON FURTHER REVIEW: If Your Ex-Girlfriend is AOL Customer #2708, She’s Pretty Upset!
TheSarc’s Take: AOL user says “just kidding” about searching “How to kill wife” 30+ times
Know It Or Blow It: AOL Search Data
CyberNetNews: AOL’s Search Data Has Eerie Content
Techborg: AOL Goofup leades to Google Highest Keywords Leak?!
Domain of Slack: Descending further into AOheLL
More related links on the way…..Stay Tuned to ABN….
Hi, I’m Al B. I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome the blogosphere to A Blog Node.
I’ll be blogging about technology, news, and the Web. It’s likely I’ll add more to that list.
(For the record, this 1st post was made at 1225pm Aug 7 2006.)
