Message date: 2009-07-04

Making a John Q Public account on Google

One of the advantages of working at Google is that you get to see neat products and features before the rest of the world does. But that can also be a disadvantage. Sometimes I’d like to talk about a fun Gmail Lab or a new Calendar feature but I’m honestly not sure whether the outside [...]
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Six Flags to showcase Wii Sports Resort

If you’re going to be at a Six Flags amusement park this summer you’re going to get an opportunity to play one of the newest games for the Nintendo Wii. Under an expanded partnership with Six Flags, Nintendo will allow guests the opportunity to play Wii Sports Resort which will be available to buy beginning [...]
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Intel steps up, gives virtualization to more CPUs

Intel announced yesterday that they would be converting the following CPUs to the R-0 stepping: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300, Intel Pentium E5300 and E5400, Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 and E7500. Intel states the reason for the bump to the R-0 stepping, which will become effective on August 3, 2009, is: Addition of Intel Virtualization [...]
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TweetCraft - use Twitter while playing World of Warcraft

Twitter is not only very popular it seems to be expanding its presence across the web. You can embed feeds in web pages, access them from mobile devices, and now you can tweet from inside the most popular virtual world there is. That’s right, World of Warcraft now has Twitter access while you play through [...]
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China still gets Internet filtering software, PC makers volunteer it

In a most unexpected twist of events, it’s being reported that several PC makers will voluntarily be including the Chinese-made Green Dam Youth Escort Internet filtering software, designed to filter out unwanted content and pornography. Originally, China had proposed a mandatory requirement that all new PCs sold after July 1 either come with the software pre-installed, [...]
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FFSearcher trojan - an intelligent click fraud threat

The main aim of a trojan is to gain control of a machine. The hacker can then steal personal information or use the machine on a botnet. Usually all this is done without the knowledge of the user and they play no real part in aiding the hacker making money after the machine is compromised. A [...]
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