New York - not so expensive

[did you know..?]
In 1970 Fred Lebow organized the first New York City Marathon, which was run entirely in Central Park with only 127 participants. Lebow used his own money (300 dollars) to purchase prizes for the first ten people to cross the finish line. In 1976 the Marathon was re-routed to travel through the streets of all five of New York's boroughs. The race now attracts more than 30,000 runners each year, and is supported by major corporate sponsors.
Lebow envisioned the New York City Marathon as a race for everyone -- men and women of every color, creed and country, regardless of ability. Each runner seeks his or her own goal -- whether to win, to achieve a personal best, or simply to finish.
Lebow served as president of the New York Road Runners club from 1972 until his retirement in 1993, after which he was feted by Mayor Giuliani at a Gracie Mansion reception. Under Lebow's direction the NYRRC instituted programs and events which popularized running and helped provide a safe atmosphere in Central Park. The NYRRC flourished and became the largest running club in the world.
The sixth of seven children, he was born Fischel Lebowitz in Arad, Romania on June 3, 1932. In his youth he hid from the Nazis and later fled from the Communists, making brief stops in England, Ireland, Czechoslovakia and other European countries before settling in the United States. After moving to New York City, Lebow embarked on a successful career in the garment and textile industry.
To honor Lebow's vision and work Daniel Mitrovich created the New York City Marathon Tribute Committee and commissioned this sculpture. This life-sized bronze sculpture depicts Fred Lebow (1932–1994), who is best remembered as the founder of the world-renowned New York City Marathon and longtime president of the New York Road Runners Club.

Antipiracy song

Antipiracy song with a little video, the comments on the piracy I'll wait in the comments, the video is just for... watch.
Don't Download This Song

... don't download that song... :)

Critical Firefox hole allows password theft (IE - FF | 1 : 0)

Vulnerability lies in browser's Password Manager software

A flaw in Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser makes it easy for cybercriminals to steal user information on Web sites where users create their own pages, such as MySpace.com.

The flaw lies in Firefox's Password Manager software, which can be tricked into sending password information to an attacker's Web site, said Robert Chapin, president of Chapin Information Services Inc. For this attack to work, attackers need to be able to create HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) forms on the Web site, something that is allowed on blogging and social networking sites.

The attack was used in a MySpace phishing attack reported in late October. In that attack, users registered a MySpace account named login_home_index_html and used it to host a fake log-in page that exploited the flaw.

This page sent MySpace username and password information to another Web site, and MySpace users who visited the page using Firefox could have easily had their information compromised, said Chapin.

Firefox developers rate this bug critical, according to an entry in the project's Bugzilla database.

The flaw arises because Firefox's Password Manager does not perform a thorough enough check when it is deciding whether to send password information, and then does not ensure that password information is being sent to the server that requested it, Chapin said. In the MySpace attack, for example, Firefox would check to see if the form was coming from the MySpace.com domain, but did not make sure that the password information was being sent back to a MySpace server.

"From a programming point of view, this is almost like a typo," he said. "Ironically I think that's why it hasn't been discovered until now. It was just way too obvious."

Chapin has posted an analysis of this type of attack, which he has dubbed a Reverse Cross-Site Request, as well as a demonstration of how it works.

Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) is also susceptible to these type of attacks because, like Firefox, it does not ensure that password information is being sent to the same server that requests it, Chapin said.

But IE is less likely to be tricked because it does a more thorough job in checking to see where the log-in form is coming from before it automatically submits password and user information, he added.

You need to protect your computer? You may do it for free...

While viruses remain a threat to our precious data, you need not necessarily invest in expensive antivirus scanners - there are plenty of free options available that may give even some commercial vendors a run for their money.
Free Online Virus Scanners (run inside the web browser to scan your hard drive - but they'll ask you t install a little activeX, or a java application, you should allow it to be scanned)

• Trend Micro HouseCall - allows you to remove detected infections. Works with Firefox and IE. Requires Java.

• McAfee Freescan - prepares a list of infected files and links to information about the viruses on your computer. It also gives you an option to clean your system. Requires IE with ActiveX.

• Windows Live OneCare Scanner - scanner from Microsoft that cleans your system from viruses and also recommends ways to improve the overall performance.

• Symantec Internet Security - can detect most virus threat but there is no option to delete the virus infected file or repair it. Does not examine compressed files. Requires IE with ActiveX.

• BitDefender Online Scanner - scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors - the default options automatically cleans the infected files. Requires IE with ActiveX.

Free Anti Virus Software for Windows

• Avast! Home Edition - One of the most popular antivirus software, can also be run from Explorer context menu. You can either scan the entire hard drive or selected folders.
  

• AOL Active Virus - based on Kaspersky Antivirus. The software can be configure to check only new and modified files thereby reducing the memory requirements. Also support scanning of incoming and outgoing email messages.

• ClamWin Virus Scanner - An opensource antivirus software that is great for running routine antivirus checks on your PC. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

• AVG 7.5 Free Antivirus - One of most popular free virus scanning software

And don't forget to install a firewall, the one from Win XP SP2, is pretty good, but you can use Zone Alarm, or Sygate Personal Firewall.
Have a healthy computer!

Aquarium design: modern or nature look

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At Photojojo there is a post with customizing your aquarium using images, creating something like a tree dimensional images, to make the fish fill better - "... a project that’ll help you satisfy Goldie’s wanderlust while keeping him safely submerged in his aquatic home...".
Tell me if his Goldie won't fill much better in an environment of green life (something like this). In other words, you do it more for your satisfaction, then Goldie's

Keep the browser up to date with the season

Like your house should be ready for the holidays, get a new look to your firefox browser...

Tinseltown is a Christmas theme with holiday imagery including Christmas lights, snow, reindeer, presents and more. This theme is made eve better with great Christmas icons from Watiworks and a semi-transparent URL bar. Get in the holiday spirit with Tinseltown.

Get it here

And when you'll find a IE skin, let me know(in post coments)

[NEWS]Vietnam produces human H5N1 vaccines in labs

A Vietnamese vaccine institute announced it has successfully turned out 5,000 doses of H5N1 vaccine for humans in labs, Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.

The vaccines produced by the Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines and Biological Products in central Khanh Hoa province have yielded good results after being tested on white mice, guinea-pigs and cockerels. They have been sent to Vietnam's National Institute of Verification of Vaccines and Biological Products.

Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, who is directly involved in the vaccine research, said the institute will produce another 5,000 doses of the vaccine in early 2007 for tests at international verification centers. If successful, the institute will propose to test on humans.

Vietnam has detected 93 bird flu patients, including 42 fatalities, in 32 localities since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003, the Vietnamese Health Ministry said on Nov. 21, noting that it has seen no new human cases of infections since mid-November 2005.

[romana]Vaccin vietnamez impotriva virusului H5N1
Un laborator din Viernam a anuntat joi ca a produs un vaccin uman impotriva gripei aviare si ca asteapta rezultatele analizelor facute de Ministerul Sanatatii pentru a putea sa-l experimenteaze pe scara larga. Specialistii care au produs vaccinul sunt de la Institutul pentru vaccinuri si produse biologice din Nha Trang, (situat in centrul tarii), iar vaccinul este eficient impotriva virusului de tipul H5N1. Institutul anunta ca au fost produse 5.000 de doze de vaccin, pritr-o tehnologie de transplant pe oua de gaina, vaccin experimentat – cu succes – pe soareci si gaini. Vaccinul a fost trimis in octombrie la Centru national de etalonare de la Hanoi si acum se asteapta rezultatul Centrului. Vietnamul n-a inregistrat nici un caz de gripa aviara la om din noiembrie 2005, dupa ce anterior virusul aviar a fost cauza a 42 de decese si a dus la sacrificarea a zeci de milioane de pasari.

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• Sa stii ca pleaca de la servici mai devreme doar oamenii limitati si neinitiati, ca Internetul contine atatea lucruri interesante
• In Romania avem doua mari probleme: prostii si drumurile, iar azi in parlament o problema hotara soarta celeilalte.
  

[VIDEO]New animation movie is comming from PIXAR

It is about a mouse, and because Pixar like to do good stuff, I hope this will be really good too. Enjoy the trailer:
Ratatouille

[Video]Alien song

See here nice animation, and several description lines.
Alien Song
Victor Navone did this a long time ago. He had an art degree, animation was new for him and he used this as a learning tool for creating animation. Instead of a mock-up of an actor or videos to create character movement he did this trial and error along with watching himself in the mirror for finer details. It took him 250 hours to complete (about a month and a half of 8-5 hrs days ). From this very video you see here, the president of Pixar contacted him and today he works full time with Pixar. He has contributed to Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars (where he also 'produced' a State Farm video based on the movie).

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[good news]No Office 2007 shutdown switch - says Microsoft

Microsoft has no immediate plans to add a controversial Windows Vista anti-piracy feature direct to its Office 2007 suite (so.. hurry), but will consider offering it as an add-on, the company said.
Microsoft revealed that although it has not built its Software Protection Platform (SPP) into Office 2007, it is considering adding it to its Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program, a validation system that checks if a user has a legitimate copy of the software. Office 2007 was released to manufacturing earlier this month, and will ship on December 1.
Windows Vista's SPP feature requires users to activate the software with a valid activation key within 30 days of purchasing the OS (but it will be some good guy that will find a way to avoid that). If that does not happen, the OS goes into reduced functionality mode, which lets users browse the web for an hour before the system logs them out. To browse more, users must log in again, but they will only have another hour before the process repeats itself.
Office 2007 does have a product-activation feature similar to SPP. Product activation requires the system to be activated with a product key after being started 25 times. If it is not, the application will go into reduced functionality mode.

[VIDEO]Sometimes you feel like flying...

I found this guy that made some animations. I found this animation first, and then I searched for it on MySpace.com so I could put it in this blog.

So you can download this animation from Dony Permedi(the guy who made it) page, or you could watch it right here.

• The page to see and download: http://www.donysanimation.com/

• The animation in embedded player:

Kiwi

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SIM+ 128MB with 3D content

Orange makes it possible to listen to music, see pictures and watch videos saved directly to the SIM+ card's memory. The SIM+ card makes 128 MB of additional flash memory available, which you can use as you wish, to store multimedia, personal or any other content.

SIM+ card works with any mobile phone, but the 128 MB flash memory is only accessible from a compatible mobile phone. Enter the SIM+ menu on your mobile phone and you have access to a variety of multimedia content: special 3D content that you can view using the special glasses included with the SIM+ package, wallpapers, video clips and music.

Along with the 128 MB of flash memory, the SIM+ card makes available all the services you find on any Orange 2G SIM card, simply by accessing the Orange menu on your mobile phone. Here, you’ll find a number of services which provide you with useful information, let you carry out mobile banking transactions, save and recover your SIM card contacts and personal data, services that let you send text messages to groups of recipients and much more.

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- Draga, te lasi de baut? Cine imi va mai spune acum ca sunt cea mai frumoasa..?