Craig Burton

   Blues Links for 2006-07-25: “
Leverís
Blues Welcome Friends. Letís sit back and discuss the Blues. I am
collector of blues and an avid blues fan. I enjoy all types of blues. I
created this site to showcase some of the truly great unsigned Blues
acts from around the world. (tags: blues blogs) Juneberry78s.com Blues
and roots music website with [...]

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    Clean Windows XP install without losing data: “
Fred
Langa shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an
existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to
reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the
setup.
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I have tried to install and reinstall XP many times. To get rid of
Malware and Spyware that I just can’t [...]

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    Firefox Extension Backup Extension: “
FEBE
allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions. In
fact, it goes beyond just backing up — It will actually rebuild your
extensions individually into installable .xpi files. Now you can easily
synchronize your office and home browsers. Linux version available for
testing, too!
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I used this utility. Sweet. You need to back [...]

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    Better understand the mindset of a hacker: “

The mind set is so curious to me. What are thinking that this is a good idea.
The Google links from this site link to game hacks for money. Funny.

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My rss feeds from Otavo.

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    Trojan cloaks itself as Firefox extension: “
Security vendor McAfee has detected a new piece of malicious software that masquerades as part of the Firefox Internet browser.
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I still want to understand the mind of hacker.

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    Security Blogs I monitor: “

My friends over at PauldotCom published their list of “Top Five Security/Hacking Blogs“. 
I regularly read every one of the sites on their list, but there are a
couple additional sites I thought might be worth looking at
occasionally if you’re a security professional:

Security Fix - Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security:  [...]

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    digg - Brilliant Web 2.0 Under Construction Graphics
I finally have started to get this. Two more days of suspense.

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    Open source and patent trolls: “
Ron
Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, cited the Open Invention Network, which is
buying up patents for cross-licensing purposes to defend the Linux
environment, making them available royalty-free to developers.
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Who the hell is Hovsepian? Novell, have you ever heard of King Midas? Now go to King Feces. Novell has had 20 years of [...]

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    Microsoft Outlines Three-Pronged Linux Attack Plan: “
How
does Microsoft plan to outgrow Linux in the coming years? There are
three arenas, or workloads, where Microsoft is focusing especially
strongly: security/edge computing; Web/hosting; and high-performance
computing.

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Talk about Sisyphus. Too little too late. Why bother?

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    Ozzie: Windows Live Is More Than a Bunch of Consumer Services: “
Microsoft
doesn’t see Live as just a bunch of disconnected online services.
Windows Live is also a development platform. Windows Live will be the
hub for all of the online services Microsoft builds, going forward.

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Microsoft is off to a bad start in the services [...]

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