1 Million Firefoxes in 4 Days (Slashdot)

Dodger73 writes "The Mozilla guys would have liked to reach 1 Million downloads of the Firefox 1.0 pre-release version within ten days of its release. After four days, the download counter now shows 1,006,060 downloads, surpassing the 10^6 mark more than twice as fast as they desired! Congratulations!"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/19/137224

Firefox Preview Hits a Home Run (Extremetech-CoreTech)

The Mozilla Foundation hits a home run with its new browser. Find out the details of its new features and check out our comparisons with that other browser from Redmond. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1647234,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

Build It: A Home Linux Server (Extremetech-CoreTech)

Here's a cheap recipe for a solid home server that can make a big
bit-bucket and a shared printer available on your home network. We also
show you how to repurpose an older system for an even cheaper option.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1646531,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

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X.org X11 Server Release 6.8 (Slashdot)

kormoc writes "The developers of X.org have just release the long-desired version 6.8.0. This release brings real translucency and allows one to set values on different windows. Also, nifty drop shadows as well as XDamage, an extention that limits redrawing of windows to only the areas that were damaged. The Xcomposite extention is still not stable, but it works well for some people. Why not give it a shot?"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/08/125208

New Star Trek MMOG Announced (Slashdot)

jabagi writes "Perpetual Entertainment and Viacom decided to produce a Star Trek MMOG. Not many details yet, but beta will be available in 2006, and the game will be launched in 2007. Here is the discussion on gamespy." http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/07/127230

Kite Aerial Photography (Slashdot)

j cherney writes "A great combination of digital photography, kite flying, and wireless remote control. Absolutely incredible pictures. Enjoy!" We've mentioned this expensive pursuit a few times before, including a bit on how to build one of your own.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/07/2144213

TiVo and ReplayTV give in to Hollywood (Geek News Central)

Based upon the story I have just read I will predict the demise of these two companies within 2 years. It seems they have agreed to implement changes that would embed code in their machines that would limit the amount of time you can store a pay for view movie and limit how often that movie can be watched. All I can say is they are a bunch of idiots.
[Silicon Valley Mercury News]
http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/003080.html

Virus 'talks' to victims (The Register)

Read about the Turkish delight
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/13/amus_worm/

It talks to you and installs a network sniffer on the compromised computer. Oh boy, this takes viruses and malware to a new and painful level.

Microsoft Patch Day: The Next Generation (eWEEK Security)

Welcome to the SP2 era. Will we have a bifurcated patch day? Will Microsoft be able to move any faster?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1645206,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000614

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New Auto Rollout Deadline Set for SP2 - April 12, 2005

New Auto Rollout Deadline Set for SP2

Beware procrastinating IT admins! Microsoft's automatic blocking tool for XP SP2 will only work until next spring. After that, the company will push its security update automatically to all XP customers.

Read the whole article in eWeek: Microsoft Sets New Deadline for SP2 Automatic Rollout

Cool Case Mods - From Extremetech

Ran across a cool article today on Extremetech --- these are some serious case mods (really they seem more like custom cases). These are seriously intense. Read the whole article.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1640090,00.asp