Internet - Part 20

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SIRIM portal exploited

posted on May 22, 2008 in hacks, Internet with 2 Comments

SIRIM’s site has been exploited with malware. The compromised URL is “www.sirim.my/pop_event2.asp?id=685″. The URL when accessed downloads malicious software and infects the client PC. If I were you I would not access that link. From what I know many Malaysian sites are still susceptible to cross side scripting and SQL injection attacks. Chances are this [...]

Google Factory Tour of Search

posted on May 22, 2008 in google, Internet, Web 2.0 with 0 Comments

This is the latest webcast from Google titled “Google Factory Tour of Search”. It’s centered around where Google currently is and where it plans to go in the near future. Google’s latest service Google Health is also introduced in the webcast. Some of the topics I found especially interesting. Universal search. Enhanced image search. Image [...]

Google goes social with Friend Connect

posted on May 19, 2008 in Internet, Web 2.0 with 0 Comments

Google joins the Social Network boom by introducing it’s latest work, Google Friend Connect. The basic idea behind the new service is to socialize any website looking to be socialized. Google Friend Connect provides a platform for website owners to interact with their users through current social networks like Facebook, GTalk, hi5, orkut, Plaxo and [...]

My Streamyx is screwed again

posted on May 15, 2008 in Internet, Malaysia, Tech with 6 Comments

My Streamyx is screwed again. Actually it’s been like that for a month now. The speed is nominal in the mornings but after 8pm the speed drops to 1/4 the normal. My last bandwidth test came up with 104.4 Kbits/download and 290Kbits/upload. Looks like someone’s overselling bandwidth again, you think so? Or could it be [...]

advertlets offline

posted on May 12, 2008 in Blogging, Internet with 6 Comments

advertlets seems to be offline, their ads are ok but advertlets.com is down. Looks like a DB issue. Update: Advertlets is back online. The downtime was for scheduled maintenance work.

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