The Most Idiotic Stuff I have EVER Read!

Published on November 13th, 2007

● Yahoo settles suit with journalists.
● Apple iPhone goes into China. I predict clones.
● European iPhone results unknown.
● gPhone story laughable.
● I go nuts over the “Microsoft executive calls XP hack frightening.” This is the most idiotic story I have ever read. Guess what? You can get onto an unsecured wireless network if you want to. Stop the presses!
● More amazing news. Bebo let’s you post videos for free. Mediaweek thinks this is something new! What is wrong with these people?

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# 1 EJmcn said, on November 13th, 2007 at 6:25 pm

H there John do you know your RSS feed is broken? I have tried 3 programs and the error I get back is “XML Parse Error” , first program
error adding feed:parser error. the second one is from Feedreader 3.11 and Thunderbird does not even recognize it a a feed at all. can you please fix thanks

EJmcn

# 2 julieb said, on November 13th, 2007 at 7:58 pm

I think the IP he was referring to is the local IP. He was on the local network with the other machine. He was probably 192.168.1.101 so he guessed that his “victim” was 192.168.100 or 102

The hack is really old news.

They should have mentioned how so many people use the default network names in their routers that laptops will often automatically connect to the “linksys” or similar network because it is in its list of previous networks and set to automatic.

# 3 ChrisMac said, on November 13th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

ifconfig

# 4 ECA said, on November 13th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

Send in the Clones….
sang to the song, send in the clowns..

# 5 John S said, on November 14th, 2007 at 7:52 am

I think all these technology sites are running out of news! They are starting to replay old news thinking people will have forgotten it.
I think the quality of journalism is going down. They don’t get facts straight. They try to make stories out of non stories.
Just like to story about a unprotected computer can be hacked??
This is news???

# 6 moss said, on November 14th, 2007 at 9:23 am

Also – the funniest podcast in the Tech5 series, so far.

# 7 ECA said, on November 14th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

5,
when you have 10 people finding and researching NEWS, you have some interesting stories.
When the CORPS and GOV control what they print, you only get the SIDE they wish you to see, and NOT the bad news.
When people get PISSED OFF enough, they go searching FOR the REAL news. NOW you have 1000’s looking for news, and publishing it.
The problems come when they dont REALLY know HOW to tell a story. The WHO< WHEN WHERE< WHY<HOW are all messed up.
BUT you also have the corps and GOV refuting/confusing what is being broadcast.
There are many stories out there, and MANY have been buried and will NEVER be seen. Do you know the one about Tibet, and WHEN they were invaded by CHINA, that the story ended up on the OBITs page.

We now have an OVERWHELMING AMOUNT of news, and comments, being posted, and we need to wheedle our way thru it and discern WHAT IS TRUE, even if its written BADLY.

# 8 Glenn E said, on November 15th, 2007 at 2:27 am

This “Microsoft Executive’s” rant about an XP hack, is obviously more FUD! This time it’s aimed at their own OS product, which Microsoft hopes to ween everyone off of, and onto Vista. So they’re attempting to poison the milk, of good olde XP. By claiming that he has all of these glaring vulerabilities. Yeah, but they had to go back to Service Pack 1, to find them! Just apply SP2 and a decent Firewall, and most of those hacks will fail. If M$ wanted to do something beside crouse about XP’s faults. They should come out with SP3! But of course, that might dampen Vista sales. Which would be good for the RIAA and MPAA, who are counting on all that juicy DRM protection that Vista has, that XP doesn’t.

# 9 Glenn E said, on November 15th, 2007 at 2:32 am

BTW, check out this Vista vs OSX commercial. The ending is a scream! I’m sure Balmer blew an gasket when he saw it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLEjpM98HtI

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