By the Shores of seafsee

Charlies Web forums

It has come to my attention that the forums here:
http://www.phpbb88.com/across50kc/
have been flagged as serving up malware (by Google) and are being blocked.

Due to the nature of free forums and free forum hosting, if one site engages in this behaviour, all sites in the domain(?) [http://www.phpbb88.com] will be affected. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Anyone interested can follow the discussions on their FaceBook page.
FaceBook Page

I've earned 28 Achievements so far...

My latest from SocialVibe are:

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Scientists successfully embed silicon chips inside living cells - SmartPlanet

Call it the final frontier: the semiconductor industry has finally figured out how to embed silicon chips inside living cells.

The continuing miniaturization of the fabrication process — we’re now at 22 nanometers — has allowed Spanish researchers to begin integrating nanoelectronic components with living cells, according to a Nanowerk report.

Until now, scientists have only been able to embed living cells in nanoelectronics. Now technology is small enough to perform the reverse.

via www.smartplanet.com

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from SocialVibe | The Vibe - The World According to SocialVibe

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from SocialVibe | The Vibe - The World According to SocialVibe.

Another fun fact: Guiness and other dark Irish stouts contain antioxidants and, according to The American Heart Association, researchers say that it "may be as effective as daily aspirin in reducing the blood clots that cause heart attacks." So if you're over 21 (or are lucky enough to be in a place where the drinking age is 18), enjoy a toast to your health tonight!
Slainté!

It runs in tubes: the first high-speed rail, circa 1870 - SmartPlanet

There’s plenty going on in terms of establishing more high-speed rail networks within the United States, and we see plenty of monorails at airports. Experimentation also continues with new technologies such as maglev trains that float to their destinations on magnetically charged runways. Of course, places such as Japan have had high-speed rail since the bullet trains began running in the 1960s.

via www.smartplanet.com

Twitter Deploys New Anti-Phishing Service | threatpost

The new Twiiter anti-phishing service, which launched Tuesday, essentially serves as a proxy between users and whatever sites the links are pointing them toward. When a user clicks on a shortened URL in a Twitter messages, he first will be routed through the new Twitter service, which will inspect the link and prevent the user from visiting the page if it looks malicious.

via threatpost.com

Also, tinyurl gives a preview option as shown in this tweet:

seafsee Dubai tower exporting 10 times more renewable energy than needed (preview) http://preview.tinyurl.com/yeqyomr / http://tinyurl.com/yeqyomr

If you click the preview link, tinyurl will show you what the real link is.

Diet Twitter Spam (on the) Run

Spam about diet or weight loss plans has been around for ages now, mostly spreading through email. However, it has recently made its rounds on Twitter, compromising unknowing accounts and spreading itself via those it has infected.

Compromised Twitter accounts post a tweet message that tells their followers to click on the shortened link to try out a new diet/weight loss plan:

via blog.trendmicro.com

Backdoor found in Energizer DUO charger software

It appears that since 2007 Energizer has unknowingly been distributing a backdoor Trojan as part of their Energizer Duo software. The file Arucer.dll, which was thought to be a legitimate file used by their USB battery charger, was instead a backdoor Trojan that allowed remote access to an infected computer.

via www.bleepingcomputer.com

VIPRE Antivirus Twitter Giveaway

Attention TweeplesSend a shout out to all your followers Tuesday March 2, 2010 and inform them of VIPRE 4.0 and earn yourself a free license!To get your free VIPRE Antivirus Premium subscription, all you have to do is follow these 4 easy steps:Be a Twitter userFollow Sunbelt Software on TwitterPost the below announcement on your Twitter page the day VIPRE Antivirus Premium is released to the public, Tuesday March 2, 2010Email your Twitter username after you post the announcement and we will email you your free VIPRE Premium subscription (please allow 24 hours for VIPRE Premium licenses to be distributed via email). Send emails to: twitter@sunbeltsoftware.com@RT SunbeltSoftware #VIPRE 4 Released Today! Get the only antivirus that won't slow down your computer here: http://www.SunbeltSoftware.comThis is a one day only event! The official VIPRE Premium launch date is Tuesday March 2, 2010!

via www.sunbeltsoftware.com

There but for the grace… « Seafsee Cidar

I’d been busy fine tuning the various social-networking accounts I’d recently set up and the associated apps that went with them when the update to Twitter first appeared – probably from CNN or one of the local TV channels I monitor.

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