I just followed a tweet over to Mashable and read another article about the latest Apple security flaw. This time affecting the iPhone. Cybersecurity researchers, Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner, have identified a vulnerability in the iPhone OS that will allow an attacker to take control of the Phone via a SMS message. They have, supposedly, notified Apple more than a month ago about this vulnerability, but the company still hasn’t released a patch. The two plan to publicize the … [Read more...]
Friday Funny: The Smarter Sex?
Ok guys, here is my make-up funny for missing last week. I hope you find it of sufficient quality to make up for my lapse. Enjoy: A woman and a man are involved in a car accident - it's a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So, you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow! Just look at our cars - there's nothing left, but, fortunately, we are unhurt. This must be a … [Read more...]
Friday Funny: A Cat’s Diary
Looking for a Funny for today I realized I didn't post one for last week. Although, you had a "two-for" recently, that's no excuse to skip a day. So, today I'll give you two again. It may take me a minute or two to find a second of sufficient quality but, I will ! #1 - Excerpt from ... DIARY OF A CAT DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me … [Read more...]
IIS 6: Adding Footers to Web Pages
Did you know you can configure the Microsoft IIS 6 web server to automatically insert an HTML-formatted file to the bottom of every web page sent out by your Web Server? Well, you can. For example, you host several sites and want to add a link back to your company for advertisement. You could create a simple HTML file that contained a text message and an image that you hyperlink back to your web site. Then enable the footer function in IIS 6. Once you enable this feature, IIS … [Read more...]
Win_root System32 Hal.dll missing or corrupt
Had a dandy today. A client called saying that their computer would no longer boot. When I asked them if there was any kind of error message, they read me the following: Win_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt: Please re-install a copy of the above file. Sounds serious, huh? It is. When I arrived at the office there was an ominous "clicking" sound coming from the hard drive area of the computer. (cue scary music) And we all know what that generally means. Being … [Read more...]