May 2007

Cellphones Disable Nissan Car Keys

If you drive either a 2007 Nissan Altima sedan or a Nissan Infiniti G35 sedan you will want to keep your car keys well away from your cellphone. Reports from Nissan conclude if the keys and cellphone are touching when any incoming or outgoing call is initiated the data on the car keys can be erased. No keys, no entry or ignition! Those of you who don't drive these makes or models would do well to consider the greater significance of two electronic devices colliding. Always be aware of the potential for unexpected results when dealing with the ever present digital geegaws and thingamajigs. NOTE: Contrary to the Heading this is NOT an actual product recall . . . for now.

Opera 9.21 Released

It's fast, it's secure, it's got widgets and it seems to play any and all media files without choking right out the box - no fiddling with file associations, etc. - nope, just works. Check out the list of features here: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/

Abandon hope all ye who enter!

Aargh! Is this safe? I am not believing this!

Pidgin 2.0.0 Released

Are you an Instant Messaging freak job? If so, you should be using Pidgin (formerly GAIM) Instant Messaging client. The advantage is that Pidgin can connect with other IM clients such as Yahoo, ICQ, MS Messsenger or AOL AIM so even if your friends all use different IM clients you only have to use one.

Eudora Morphs Into Penelope

Some old (six months) news for those who use an email client cobbled together anywhere but Microsoft. The venerable email client from the early 1990's, Eudora, is no longer being upgraded, patched or otherwise looked at by its creator, Qualcomm. From the ashes comes a new open-source email client dubbed, Penelope, which appears based on the Mozilla branded engine that now powers Thunderbird.

Google: 1 in 10 Websites Unsafe

Especially if you use Internet Explorer as opposed to Firefox or Opera. The chance of being nailed by a "drive-by download" is almost non-existent when using any browser other than Internet Explorer. Do yourself a favour and try a safer alternative.