I didn’t see anything about this all day today, but apparently Firefox posted an upgrade.
Category: Technology
Windows wireless security flaw
Mark Loveless has discovered a flaw in Windows wireless security. The fix is pretty simple:
Go to “Start,” “Control Panel,” “Network Connections,” and then right click on the entry labeled “wireless network connection” and select “Properties” from the drop down menu. Then click on the “Wireless Networks” tab, and then on the “Advanced” tab at the bottom of that window. A box should pop up that gives you three buttons to choose from: Select the one next to “Access point (infrastructure) networks only.
The GeigerPod
A guy on Flickr posted pictures of his case mod to house his iPOD in a Geiger Counter
New Lego Mindstorms Kit in August
Lego announced a new a new Mindstorms Kit, NXT, which will be available in August. The new kit comes with many new sensors, including vision, touch, sound, and light. Those sensors plug into the main NXT Brick via connectors that look like RJ-45 jacks. The kit will have software that is compatible with both PC and the Mac, has Bluetooth and USB 2.0 support. Suggested retail for this will be $249, and it will be available in August.
Fixing a 4th Gen IPOD with a bad hard drive
Ever had an IPOD go bad? Check out the
directions for replacing an IPOD hard drive on Josh Highland’s blog.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers
Are you a programmer?
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers is an article about how to you can become more productive.
New version of FireFox available!
FireFox 1.5 has been released. Click on the button in the column on the right to get your copy. I got mine just now, and it’s working great!
20Q Challenge
Another game from Radica games (maker of CubeWorld) is something I do highly recommend: Their series of 20Q games. The latest is their 20Q Challenge game. It has a mechanism inside very much like the one inside the InfoGlobe.
The game itself is twenty questions. The twist is that you think of an object, and the device itself asks you the questions. You answer “Yes”, “No”, “Sometimes”, or “Unknown”. Usually it can determine what you’re thinking of…surprisingly so. There are several different models, and they make a great stocking stuffer, if you’re looking for one this Christmas.
CubeWorld
CubeWorld cubes are pretty interesting, but I have to say, a bit overpriced. You collect sets of cubes, and when the cubes are connected, the little stick figures inside the cubes can interact with each other, and even move from their cube into the cube right next to it. They’re asking around $30-$35 for each pair of cubes. Neat idea, but they need to drop to price to about $10 per pair for people to really start collecting them.
Update:
The Cube World toys are now available for pre-order through Amazon.com, for both the Slim & Scoop and Dodger & Whip. The initial price of these through Amazon.com, is $22.95 as of this writing (check Amazon for the current prices), which is a lot lower than the original $30-$35 when these were first announced.
Video iPod on the way?
The rumors are flying about a
video iPod.
Who knows if it’s real, but it is kinda weird that a link like http://www.apple.com/movies exists on the Apple website. Usually you’ll get another type of error page instead.
Try it. Replace the “movies” in the link above with anything else, and you’ll see the normal error message.