Wikipedia Founder Wales Makes Personal Donation Plea

Posted on January 1st, 2009 by admin
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Jimmy Wales, founder of the popular human encyclopedia site Wikipedia, has posted an open letter soliciting donations to keep the number 9 website (according to Alexa) afloat. The plea follows weeks of fund raising efforts, which prior to the letter managed to raise $3.5 million. Days later, that number now stands at over [...]

CastleCops Takes Off Badge, Shuts Down Website

Posted on December 30th, 2008 by admin
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Since 2002, CastleCops has been among the leading antimalware research websites, offering a Wiki, blog, malware removal and prevention tips, and much more. CastleCops founder Paul Laudanski went to work for Microsofts Live Consumer Services team in mid-May of this year, and CastleCops, which was volunteer-driven, did not survive the transition. CastleCops' last day [...]

XSS Vulnerabilities at AmEx Website

Posted on December 27th, 2008 by admin
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Before you drop in on the American Express website to see how much damage you did to your credit line with holiday shopping, you should know it's vulnerable to an XSS (cross-site scripting) exploit. As The Register reports, this news comes after a bungled attempt to fix the problem. As El Reg puts [...]

Millions of LIFE Magazine Photos Now Available on Google Images

Posted on November 20th, 2008 by admin
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LIFE Magazine, which published classic photojournalism from Maragaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt, David Douglas Duncan and many others during its various incarnations as a weekly (1936-72), special issue (1972-78), monthly (1978-2000), and Sunday supplement (2004-2007), lives again, thanks to the new LIFE photo archive hosted by Google.
Ultimately, about 10 million photos (only about 3 [...]