PayPal to block ‘unsafe’ browsers
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
If you are using Apple’s Safari or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and you use PayPal you might be finding your self using another browser to access your PayPal account. The reason is they are to block access to your account using those browsers and other browsers they call “unsafe”. Under this proposed action you will not be able to use any web browser that does not contain “anti-phishing protection”. This action is in direct relation to the number of instances of “phishing” attacks on it’s users.
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Tags: internet, Internet security, PayPal, phishing
PS3 2.30 Firmware released today
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Videogames
Sony released today version 2.30 or the PS3 firmware today. The new firmware improves Blu-Ray playback and also launches the new Playstation Store.
I have yet to test the playing of a Blu-Ray movie on the FW so I cannot comment about it. But I can say that the PS Store looks nice but appears to be a tad bit slow. Screens coming soon I will upload them to Flickr and link them here when I do…
Update:
Here are the pics: here, here, and here.
Wow 4 posts today, this might be a record heh…
Tags: PS3, Sony, Videogames
Are SSDs the future?
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
A lot of major Hard drive manufacturers are planning to bring solid state hard drives (SSDs) to the marketplace, but is it really the future of the hard drive?
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Tags: Computers, hard drives, SSDs, Technology
Windows XP SP3 on it’s way (Update)
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Microsoft News, Technology News, Windows
Well after a while of screwing around Microsoft has finely released the final SP3 release details.
Here is the schedule: (from Neowin.net)
- April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP
- April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers
- April 29, 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center
- June 10, 2008: Automatic Update
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Tags: Service pack 3, Windows XP
Firefox 2.00.14 RC goes out to beta testers
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
The release candidate of Firefox 2.00.14 is available for download as of today for beta testers. All the rest of you keep an eye out in the next week for the final…
Ubuntu 8.04 in 22 days
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Linux
Thats right in 22 short days (and counting) the new version of Ubuntu (8.04 “Hardy Heron”
will be released.
Tags: Hardy Heron, Linux, Ubuntu
Firefox 3 b5 released today
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
The final beta of Firefox 3 was released today. This final beta is “feature complete” meaning there will be no new things implemented into it, and the rest of the development work will focus on bug fixes. Mozilla says Firefox 3 is still on track for a June release.
