Here Comes Another Bubble

[ Edit: Original taken down, link updated. ]

Here Comes Another Bubble

Doris, Will You Marry Me?

Doris, Will You Marry Me?



[via Engadget]

How To Kill Your Husband

My wife's reading a book called How To Kill Your Husband - should I be worried???

Ready for 3 Dimensional TV?

Take a look at this video of how a mirror spinning at high speed could bring us 3D TV in the future.

Piracy used to measure popularity of TV programs

"TV executives are starting to sit up and use online media to gauge the popularity of their programs."

Read more...

Google Zeitgeist 2007

Google Zeitgeist 2007 is out, take a look at the top search queries for the year.

Links4Later: quick UNsocial bookmarking

Links4Later is run by the same person as Sneakemail, my favourite disposable email address solution.

Links4Later addresses the need to save a link temporarily and access it from anywhere at a later date, without worrying about sharing or tagging it (a la delicious). Oh, and get rid of the old cruft automatically.

It's a neat idea and I look forward to trying it out.

Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers

Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers:
"One of the most sensitive science and technology labs in the US has been hacked as part of what it called 'a sophisticated cyber attack that now appears to be part of a coordinated attempt to gain access to computer networks at numerous laboratories and other institutions across the country.'"

This technique, known as spear phishing, is on the rise - don't open email attachments you are not expecting, even from people you know. Email is easy to forge, one mistake and you could cost your company dearly.

Santa putting children's information at risk, warn experts

Santa putting children's information at risk, warn experts:

"Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned."

Very serious stuff indeed... ;)

DivX For Free!

Thanks to Veronica, here's a link to DivX Pro for free (for a limited time only so get it while you can).

Google Maps can't find Newbury

Google Maps can't find Newbury
Originally uploaded by Surferbill.

Oops.

Want a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 for Christmas?

Amazon.co.uk today announced the launch of 'Amazon Customers Vote' at www.amazon.co.uk/customersvote on Monday December 10. Thousands of must-have Christmas gifts – including the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Toshiba HD-EP30 HD-DVD player – will be offered at discounts of up to 75% off throughout the week.

Where When?

Where When?
Originally uploaded by Surferbill.

Google Calendar doesn't seem to know where or when it's going.

Miniature Earth

If the world's population were reduced to 100, it would like something like this...

How To Disable Automatic Download Blocking in IE7/Vista

Issue: Since moving to IE7 on Vista, I cannot download some attachments from some websites or web applications. I click the link on the website, it pops up a new window, and in the new window the File/Save dialog box does not appear. Instead, the new window just disappears. This particularly affects PeopleSoft HelpDesk version 8.

Resolution:

1. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
The Internet Options dialog box appears.

2. Click the Security tab.
The Internet Options dialog box shows your security levels and zones.

3. Select the relevant zone, and then click Custom Level.
The Security Settings dialog box appears.

4. Scroll down to Downloads, and then select the Enable option for Automatic prompting for file downloads.

5. Click OK

6. Click OK

Blogger supports OpenID commenting

Blogger now supports OpenID commenting, at least in the beta version, and hence so does this site. Leave a comment using your OpenID!

Elf Yourself

It's that time of year again, Christmas is coming, so go out and Elf Yourself!

(Just read the new terms of service carefully, you're giving them full permission to do anything they want with your photo)