Atom vs. RSS: Who Cares?!

While browsing around "investigating" the pros and cons of the two technologies, I came around this article, link to which i could not help posting here. Read on, you may get a good laugh out of it.

It’s one big pissing match, and all we have at the end of the day is a bunch of guys running around with wet pants.

Atom vs. RSS: Who Cares?! - Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips

New "Mail Delivery Subsystem" virus... proceed with caution

I almost gave in to it, and opened the what seemed as a word document file. If it weren't for the application-like icon and "screensaver" file type, i wouldn't have known that the file wasn't actually a .doc file, but rather a .bat or similar executable which would have infected my computer with the Win32.Mydoom.am virus.

This file came attached, as a .zip to an email which had as subject:

Returned mail: Data format error
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem

The body of the email message was as follows (the actual domain name was replaced with 'mydomain', for privacy purposes):

Dear user of mydomain.com, mail system administrator of mydomain.com would like to let you know the following,

We have found that your email account was used to send a large amount of unsolicited e-mail during the last week.
Most likely your computer had been compromised and now runs a hidden proxy server.

We recommend that you follow instructions in the attachment in order to keep your computer safe.

Sincerely yours,
The mydomain.com support team.

So be on the lookout for something like that, especially if you have your own domain name and email server. As always, think twice before opening any kind of email attachments.

Can they even be called anything?

Not to be judgemental, but how can you not pass judgement on someone who has nothing else better to do than spend loads of money on property that may not really be all that proper. You hear about eccentric people buying eccentric things on eBay, but this... this... this just doesn't feed the bulldog; hell, it doesn't even feed a chihuahua. Apparently, there are 'people' who value their virtual, gaming 'belongings' to such an extent, that they are willing to purchase an area, on a map, in a game, on some server, of some dude, for hundreds and thousands of dollars - just for the fun of it? Beats me.

"Project Entropia," a computer game where players exchange real-world money for in-game goods, services and property.

Read the rest! Real cash for virtual goods | CNET News.com

Froogle Shopping List

Let your friends know what you wish for that upcoming birthday of yours, by putting together your own customized shopping and wish list with Google's help.

Here's an idea: post a link to your shopping list in your blog or why not even in your email signature.

Remember: Ask and you shall receive.

(Hint: While the shopping list you will create is private, the wish list is not; make sure you add the items in your shopping list, that you want others to see, to your wish list by checking that "In Wish list" checkbox)

While we're at it, here's mine.

Make your own Froogle Shopping List

Nice guys?

To complement the very first article on this blog, about bad girls, here's an interesting article about nice guys; or not so nice?

Lavalife: Do nice guys finish last?

Since i couldn't make a direct link, you're gonna have to login as guest and go to their Polls&Articles section to read this article.

Backtrack: Bad girl

Funny face? Nasty Trojan

Keep an eye out for the latest threat out there. See a pic of a funny old man? Laugh not.

"A new e-mail contains a picture of an old man pulling faces--and a dangerous
Trojan. This worm, dubbed Wurmark-F, travels as an e-mail attachment and
affects systems running Microsoft Windows. When opened, it displays a photo of a
man "gurning"--a British tradition of pulling silly faces."

From Cnet