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SAVE NETSCAPE!!! 2008-01-10 02:32:59 Ok y’all. You may have read that AOL is planning on discontinuing support for Netscape. Nyuh-uh. Not having any of that. Are you going to let them take away the reason why you’re reading this blog... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

The Death of Netscape 2008-01-10 02:05:41 AOL has a long history on the internet, being one of the first companies to really get people online. Throughout its lifetime, it has been involved with a number of high profile acquisitions, perhaps... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

God Save the Queen: She's Now Playing Wii 2008-01-08 17:23:02 Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly enamored with Nintendo's Wii. According to a tabloid source close to UK's The People, The Queen is showing signs of becoming a "Nintendo addict" after getting her... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Bluetooth Celebrates Its 10th Birthday 2008-01-08 17:21:21 The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced Monday that Bluetooth technology celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008. The technology first got off the ground in 1998, though products didn't... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ... Bluetooth

OpenMoko Linux phone to get Wi-Fi, faster chip 2008-01-07 17:48:36 OpenMoko is upgrading its Linux-based mobile phone with a faster processor, Wi-Fi networking, and better graphics abilities, the company said Thursday. The Neo FreeRunner has a faster 500MHz... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

OpenMoko gains some independence 2008-01-07 17:33:46 Google's Android project has stolen most of the thunder, but another Linux-based mobile phone effort is still making a go of it, and on Wednesday, OpenMoko announced it's gained a measure of... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Google sends Android to conquer mobile world 2008-01-07 17:23:36 The search king became popular more than a decade after PCs went mainstream and several years after the Web became a staple. Has Google done exceptionally well? Of course. But it's one of many... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ... Google

Wikia Search Launches With Google in Its Sights 2008-01-07 17:12:27 Declaring that Internet search is currently broken, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is trying to fix it. And he wants your help. After several months of development and acquisitions to assemble the... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ... Google

The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry 2008-01-07 17:07:31 Who in the hell is Asustek, and why does Microsoft hate them more than any other company in the industry? Why does Apple, Dell and Palm Computing hate them? And why does Intel love them? ... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

January issue of Cubed webzine 2008-01-07 16:50:58 IN THIS MONTH'S EDITION... New consumer technologies mean that we are seeing 'do it yourself' culture taken to a whole new level. This month's cubed explores a sophisticated new movie-making tool... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Infinite monkey theorem 2008-01-06 09:36:23 The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a particular chosen text, such as the complete... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

How to use iptables against SSH attacks 2008-01-05 18:10:30 In 2005, hackers started using "brute force." These types of attacks target Secure Socket Shell (SSH) daemons running on port 22 and use dictionary attacks against them to blindly guess usernames and... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Facebook's "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users 2008-01-05 18:02:32 A "widget" application used on the Facebook social network site promises to tell you who has a secret crush on you, but instead tries to trick you into downloading... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Malware Writers Hack CA's Site 2008-01-05 18:01:08 Part of security software vendor CA's Web site was hacked earlier this week and was redirecting visitors to a malicious Web site hosted in China. Although the problem now appears to have been... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...

Mac OS Adoption Rising, Linux Desktop Too 2008-01-05 17:54:53 According to a Net Applications Survey Mac adoption rose with an increase to 7.1% of the total market share for web browsers (as in clients not in actual web browsing programs, that's how MarketShare... Visit http://ivorygambit.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ...