Zenblaster's Rants of Silence

Rantings in the digital wind as your Grot Shop of the information age. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a completely useless machine when I see one" - C.J.

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Yahoo News Now Available as RSS Feeds

Yahoo News in RSS. Major bing! [Scripting News]
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Attend MIT- by way of the Internet

Check out ocw.mit.edu to see the course information available online.

MIT's Open-Course Project. From Ho Chi Minh City to Nashville, Tennessee, students are flocking to MIT's new program to post about 2,000 classes on the Web, for free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open-source style. By David Diamond of Wired magazine. [Wired News]
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Netgear's Accidental DoS Attack on NTP Server

It is interesting how such an accident can be triggered and have such a huge impact. Think of how long that hardware will be lingering around.

Netgear flaw triggers 'accidental' attack. The network hardware maker warns customers of a flaw in some of its router products that could set off an unintentional denial-of-service attack. [CNET News.com]
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SCO of Nigeria letter - Parody

Fake e-mail parody targets SCO CEO Darl McBride. The message mimics the well-known Nigerian e-mail scam messages. [Computerworld News]
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