[Adobe, Microsoft Push Fixes For 0-Day Threats....]

Interestingly, there is no Adobe Flash 12.0.0.70 for Linux. Google's Pepper Flash for Chromium on Linux has support for 12.0.0.70 features, but the official Adobe Flash player for Linux is currently version 11.2.202.341 (as per the link in the article).

[Mozilla To Display Ads Within Firefox]

and ... there is "ice weasel" :

http://sourceforge.net/projects/iw4win/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project

 

and also "icecat" :

https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/

I deliberately left Unix-only browsers off of the list.

I had to shudder a little bit when I saw Google Chrome on your list :/  I would use Internet Explorer > anything Google.

I don't trust Google, or like Chrome, but some people do.

But Maxthon Cloud Browser is also a good alternative too that I've been looking into.

I deliberately left the Maxthon browser off of the list. I tend to shy away from anything that has 'cloud' features built in.

[Mozilla To Display Ads Within Firefox]

There are plenty of alternatives:

• Opera 12.16
• Opera Chromium (Opera 15/16/17/18/etc)
• Google Chrome
• Avant (Steven Burn's favorite browser, capable of using all three major browser engines)
• Pale Moon (based on Firefox)
• Comodo IceDragon (based on Firefox)
• Comodo Dragon (based on Chromium)
• SeaMonkey (old Mozilla suite)
• K-Meleon (after 4 years of no development updates, they appear to be releasing new versions again)
• Sleipnir (uses WebKit like Safari and Chromium, but appears to be a custom browser)
• Lunascape (also capable of using all three major browser engines)
• Torch (based on Chromium, doesn't support Vista)
• Epic Privacy Browser (based on Chromium)
• SRWare Iron (based on Chromium)
• Dooble (uses WebKit)
• Midori (uses WebKit)
• QupZilla (uses WebKit)
• xombrero (uses WebKit)

There's more than that, but I think most of the ones above fall into the usable category. Or, at least, what most people would consider usable. Obviously I was horrible and biased and put Opera first in the list.

I have to admit that Sleipnir sort of looked interesting, so I'm installing it to see what it's like. I don't think there was an address bar...

[Mozilla To Display Ads Within Firefox]

I remember when everyone hated Opera because of the in-browser ads in the free version.

[VLC slams cheap and nasty Dell speakers]

... I'm not sure I like the inference in the way you said "copied and pasted" Arthur.. ...

The inference was that you didn't write it, and were not responsible for the horrible spelling and grammatical mistakes in the article.

[Backlash slaps Microsoft's 'help-a-friend-dump-XP' plea]

I think it's funny that no one from Microsoft has replied to the new comments today. They seemed so attentive yesterday, but now I think they are licking their wounds and trying to rethink their strategy. Either that or Steve Balmer has already fired the guy who posted the blog entry.

[VLC slams cheap and nasty Dell speakers]

Which article; the TechEye original or the link within it??

The one you copied and pasted.

[Backlash slaps Microsoft's 'help-a-friend-dump-XP' plea]

My contribution to the discussion on the blog:

[VLC slams cheap and nasty Dell speakers]

Did anyone else have trouble reading that article?

[Malwarebytes Corporate Partners?]

Sorry for the roundabout way of getting to the Partners page, we've updated a website about a month ago, but I believe this page is what you're looking for: https://www.malwarebytes.org/partners/ ?

Did you check where the "Contact Us" button for "Corporate Partners" takes you when you click on it?

[First there were CAPTCHAs, now there are GOTCHAs.. :) :)]

Interesting, but what if I am color blind?

You'd see something different than someone who isn't color blind, and thus it would be harder for them to guess what you saw.

[Malwarebytes Corporate Partners?]

I think I still know the right e-mail address, but it's probably still better for you to either contact Corporate Support or wait for Ron to reply.

[First there were CAPTCHAs, now there are GOTCHAs.. :) :)]

I don't believe it does, and in fact, it seems like it makes it a lot easier for account creation, b/c at account creation time, the user would enter password and descriptive phrase for the inkblot - so the bot could easily be programmed to enter random words and a password and then wait for the verification email and poof! they are registered and logged in.

That's sort of what I was thinking...

[Comcast web mail servers hacked, all users at risk]

I run my own server for my e-mail, website, etc. so if there are any breaches it's my own fault.

[First there were CAPTCHAs, now there are GOTCHAs.. :) :)]

That's an interesting idea, but how does it stop automated spam bots that can create accounts?

[Learn to program in 21 minutes]

I'm terrible about not putting comments in my code. Granted it's been many years since I've written any, so it's not like it matters anymore.

[Target hackers may have exploited backdoor in widely used server software]

It's sad how many admins still don't know how to create a secure password...

[Google DNS]

Isn't this whole section off-topic?

Anyway, I guess the real question is, if my router has a DNS cache then does it matter what DNS servers I set it to use? I guess it would if I was trying to visit a website with a domain that wasn't in my router's DNS cache, so the real question is what does it cache?

[Google DNS]

That was an interesting tool:

[Google DNS]

Since I was able to (finally) get rid of their stupid search that comes up when a DNS record isn't found, OpenDNS has been OK for me. At least I trust it more than my ISP's DNS (they just aren't reliable), and I trust Google far less than OpenDNS as well.

I do have VirtualBox on my server, so I guess I could set up my own DNS servers, however I can only use NAT mode for some reason (seems to be no Internet connection in bridged mode) so I have to assume that performance wouldn't be great if I did that.

[Google DNS]

Gigabit Internet? I'd be in Internet heaven (at least if it was reliable, which is the real issue with ISP's where I live).

Seriously though, I DO NOT trust Google enough to want Internet service from them. Or, at least, if I did have Google Fiber I would be using OpenDNS instead of Google's DNS. I'm fairly certain they can't filter my DNS requests when I have my router set to use OpenDNS, although they will still be able to log what IP's you are connecting to over your Internet connection. Although if they filter HTTP traffic (at least to capture the HTTP headers), then they can get the domain name anyway, so perhaps using a third-party DNS wouldn't help any...

[HP, citing popular demand, begins promoting PCs with Windows 7]

I have Windows 8 in a couple of virtual machines, but I wouldn't use it for anything serious. GNOME 3 is more useful than Windows 8, and I refuse to use that as well.

[Microsoft: You will still need to activate Windows XP after April 8th with a fresh install]

Autopatcher doesn't work?

[Critical backdoor in Linksys and Netgear routers found.. (Again)]

Most likely.

[Critical backdoor in Linksys and Netgear routers found.. (Again)]

Yeah right. You can't push out an update to a router.  It's a manual process the user has to initiate so we know how many routers wont' be getting updates even if they have an update available today, unless there is another undisclosed backdoor that allows the vendor that type of remote access to your router.

Some routers automatically update their firmware.

Of course, I use the WRT54GL, which does not update automatically. Granted I also use Tomato rather than the actual Linksys firmware, so hopefully that shouldn't be an issue.