MIMvista: Medical Imaging directly on the iPhone.
June 11, 2008
We all know the iPhone is an amazing device. It is now a life saving device as well! A company by the name of MIMvista is about to release an application for the iPhone to help medical professionals diagnose and Read more
Zero Emission Power Generation!
June 11, 2008
Two Australian inventors John Christie and Lu Brits have created a home generator that could power your home for only the price of the generator. It could produce 5 times more power then it consumes! It can run for years without stopping! Preliminary testing shows it may produce up to 24 kilowatts in a single day. Astonishing!
Links:
“New Magnetic-Electric Device Offers Near Free Energy Source”
Algae fuel at the pump!
June 11, 2008
We live in a oil driven economy! The price goods and services around the world are driven by the price of crude. We need to find an alternative!
Fuel created using Algae is the one true green alternatives to help eliminate the worlds energy crisis. It is simply amazing.
Internet surfing restrictions!! CAPS!! Time Warner!!
June 4, 2008
The time of unlimited internet has come to an end! I suppose we have reached the invisible barrier! Today ars technica reports that Time Warrners 40GB for $55 per month cap has arrived.
Lets lay out all the pricing plans first before I comment!!
Lowest: 768kbps with a 5GB cap for $29.95 per month.
High: 15mbps with a 40GB cap for $54.90 per month.
Consumers will pay an overage charge if they exceed there monthly allowed bandwidth!
Now here is my rant!!
This is so counter productive. It holds back in the advance of technology! Time Warner provides you a service with this extremely poor business model. This sounds like AOL to me back in the dial up days and we all remember what happened with AOL and TIme Warner. I feel sorry for anyone who is in a Time Warner coverage area! My advice is to switch to FIOS or DSL if available in your area!
Do you want to watch the bandwidth meter? I am going to say it again!! This is an extremely poor business model! Dreamed up by some corporate hog worried about the numbers!
Here is a tip Time Warner. Provide a solid and reliable service with great customer support! Decent prices and reliable upload and download speeds. Make your consumers love you for your service! Not for putting restrictions on their service! Booooooooooooooo
Recovery of stolen laptop with “Back to my Mac”.
May 14, 2008
Yahoo news is reporting that Kait Duplaga helped police recover over $5000 worth of goods stolen from her apartment. The Apple store employee installed a piece of software called “Back to My Mac“. This application uses the Mac’s built in iSight Camera to help identify the perpitrator. A few days after the burglary, a friend of Kait had noticed her computer was online. Kait was called at work where she immediately logged into her computer remotely with the “software”. Read more
MP3 requires special codec, BAMMMM your infected!
May 12, 2008
It is being described as one of the largest outbreak to be seen in 3 years. ~McAfee
The fake file (trojan) has been mainly distributed on the eDonkey and Limewire file-sharing networks (P2P). Once the file is downloaded onto your computer. The second you try to play the disguised file. A trojan will launch a file named PLAY_MP3.exe. When you run the executable you will see a bogus EULA. Agreeing to the terms listed will unleash a world of annoyances. Your system will be plagued by pop ups and other possible nasty infections. Read more
Securing your iPhone’s wifi traffic! (encapsulate the packets)
May 7, 2008
Have you ever been siting at your local coffee shop. You decided to start playing with your iPhone. Ohhh an email has just arrived. You visit a few websites. Log into your wordpress blog to make a quick post about “How amazing those beans are at Peets!”
Many iPhone users are blind to the fact that Read more
The pros and cons to Jailbreaking your iPhone!
May 7, 2008
There are a few Pros and Cons to consider when Jailbreaking your Apple iPhone.
Lets start with the good stuff. Jailbreaking your iPhone can be extremely fun. There are many useful applications available for download that bring your iPhone to life! I have found Read more
Raise your awareness about computer security. (Knowledge is power!)
May 6, 2008
Just came across this boingboing post.
A server used by a botnet to store stolen data from infected PCs was found to contain more than 1.4 Gigabyte of business and personal data. It consisted of 5,388 unique log files. The data included:
* Compromised patient data
* Compromised bank customer data
* Business-related emails
* Captured Outlook accounts containing email communicationTo illustrate the scope; the server contained among others 571 log files from the US, 621 from Germany (DE), 322 from France (FR), 308 from India (IN), 232 from Great Britain (GB), 150 from Spain (ES), 86 from Canada (CA), 58 from Italy (IT), 46 from the Netherlands (NL), and 1,037 from Turkey (TR).
(Glyn)
Stop and think about this for one second. 1.4 GB is an extremely large amount of data. Just by reading this post I have come to the conclusion that a few Hospitals, Clinics, and Medical Billing Agents may have had machines compromised. I can also take into account that many Financial Institutions had compromised computers as well!
My conclusion is based upon a post with limited information. But I can assure you that most of the data could have been taken from Personal Computer Systems. Many people work from home. With limited IT skills, your average user knows very little about protecting their computer.
Here are a few links that should help with protecting yourself online.
1. GeeksToGo - How did I get infected in the first place?
2. AntiPhishing Work Group - Community committed to wiping out Internet scams and fraud!
3. Get Safe Online - Protect your Apple Machine
4. Get Safe Online - Protect your Linux Machine.
5. LifeLock - Identity Theft Protection
Would you like to add something to the list? Please email ping@theleetgeeks.com.
Fring makes it way to the iphone.
May 4, 2008
A few months back my friend Stephen Hogan mentioned a service called Fring. Fring for those of you who are unaware, gives mobile phone users the ability to use services such as Skype. (MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo and AIM).
Stephen had installed Fring on his Nokia E61 and was making Read more
