Date: 03/06/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web, google

    I can't remember what this program was called, but there is this program that detects hardware in a computer and is able to provide device names and stuff... anyone know what that program is called? (I'm sure some of you are thinking I could just open up the computer and just write down serial numbers and google it, but one of the computers I'm dealing with right now is a laptop. Dell's website has been the least informative about what kind of network driver this laptop needs)


...and speaking of that particular laptop:
    The guy who is the owner of this laptop, claimed the "mother board fried" and that he had to get a replacement motherboard, but it's a mystery to me as to why Dell (or whoever serviced this machine) had to wipe the hard drive in the process, and then half-assedly reinstall winXP with pretty much none of the hardware configured. Right now the only network things being detected on this laptop is the wireless network adapter (which can't be used in the dorms anyway, since resnet disallows private wireless routers, or actually, routers in general) and.. that's it. ;d it seems strange to me that windows xp didn't detect the onboard ethernet adapter.

    The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 600m, and I tried running everything in the CDs that came with it, but hmm, I'm guessing that since it wasn't detected in windows, the driver installation program also refused to install the network driver. I may boot the laptop with knoppix just to check if there's a working network adapter in there at all, but until then, ideas and comments are appreciated :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/624254.html

Date: 03/07/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: html, google

Is GMail b0rked for anyone else?
When I try and log into it all I get is IE (I'm at work) trying to download hist1.html from gmail.google.com.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/624763.html

Date: 03/08/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: html, google

http://www.google-watch.org/gmail.html

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/625840.html

Date: 03/09/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: google

How the heck am I supposed to remove the IDE cable from the hard drive? It doesn't seem to want to come out.

This is what I managed to find when I googled around:

"You will see both a wide IDE ribbon cable and a small 4-pin power plug. Do not force them out. The ribbon cable is usually quite easy to remove"

@ http://www.pcmech.com/show/harddrive/43/

Hahaha.....Ummm....try reversing it -_-'.

I'm not being stupid. I'm a complete amaetur when it comes to pulling apart computers. I had to google around to find the safest way to dislodge expansion and graphics cards.

Do I patiently get my fingers sore trying to nudge the firmly attached cable out or do I recklessly pull at the IDE cable hoping that will do it?

Sorry for acting like a total smart@$$ but I don't even know if I am doing it the right way.

Cheers,

-- Tom

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/626994.html

Date: 03/10/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, google

The software company bids adieu to Pat Helland, headed for Amazon, and Mark Lucovsky, now at Google.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+loses+pair+of+engineers/2100-9588_22-5606889.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/11/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: yahoo, google

Yahoo plans to challenge Google in its core market of syndicated advertising for small publishers, CNET News.com has learned.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Yahoo+seeks+to+expand+in+Google+territory/2100-9588_22-5609792.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/28/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: microsoft, google

Another feather in their search engine cap! Microsoft always claimed that it loves competition, looks like finally it got one. I wonder when Microsoft will go for purchasing Google... To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type "movies", "showtimes" or the name of a current film into the Google search box. If you've [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-ventures-into-movie-search/

Date: 12/18/04 (Java Web)    Keywords: java, web, google

Keith posted an interesting article countering the hype generated by Google Suggest & GMail - Google Suggest and GMail are a step backwards I think there are two things which makes Google Suggest interesting. People now realize there is a way to use javascript for live update of sections in a webpage, which for some strange [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/whats-so-great-about-google-search/

Date: 12/14/04 (Java Web)    Keywords: google

Occassionally Google Desktop Search contacts internet, even when I am not using it. This makes me nervous. It feels intrusive to have something which can view and possibly ( not that I would doubt Google of commiting such an act... or would I?) send critical financial information out of the computer. I have blocked [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-does-my-google-desktop-search-contact-internet/

Date: 03/14/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, virus, web, google

Okay, I have gone to several computer help websites, googled til I've gone nuts, and asked all my computer smart friends, but nobody seems to be able to fix this problem. So I'm really hoping that someone here can help me.

I recently got a new tower built by a man who seemed experienced enough. It comes with Windows XP Home Edition SP2, and so far I have had no trouble at all. Until recently when I discovered I'm unable to upload. I can't upload, transfer files over e-mails, or even send files through AIM. A friend of mine suggested I create a 1x1 pixeled size icon to just see if I couldn't upload period or something else. Well apparently it lets me upload that icon, so we figure something is limiting how much data I'm allowed to upload or send. We guess that limit is around 4096 kbs since thats about how much that icon was. I've turned off Windows XP firewall thinking that might be the issue but it wasn't. I've checked network connections, and made sure that I didn't have any anti-virus software that might be trying to prevent me from doing this. And so far there seems to be no reasonable explanation for why I'm having all this trouble. If you need to know more about my computer feel free to ask, since I'm willing to do anything to get this thing fixed since I'm going crazy trying to figure out whats wrong. I really appreciate any help given, since I know some of you are probably busy. Thanks.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/352892.html

Date: 03/14/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: yahoo, google

 I have a laptop hard drive that I've been holding on from when my older compaq presario 1200 gave out, and lately I saw a 3.5" to 5.25" IDE adaptor online, and I bought it in hopes of getting the data off of the old laptop hard drive. ...except um, I'm not sure where Pin 1 is on the laptop hard drive. There are four pins off on the left, and then a lot of pins on the right. There is one pin missing on the bottom row of the side that has a lot of pins.

 I've heard that laptop hard drives get their power and i/o from the cable that connects it to the motherboard, so I don't want to risk assuming the laptop hard drive is like a normal 5.25" hard drive (which always have pin 1 and 2 closest to the power input). I looked around on google and yahoo for a few hours with the keywords "3.5" hard drive, pin settings" or "3.5" hard drive, pin numbers" but all I was able to learn was that the four separate pins are jumper pins.

... So umm.. on a laptop hard drive, where is Pin1?


PS - is a 3.5" to 5.25" adapter stable enough to be used as a long term set-up? (as in, would I be able to use the laptop hard drive like a normal 5.25" hard drive once I have it set up correctly?)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/634383.html

Date: 03/14/05 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: html, java, web, google

Is there away to retrieve the GET data of a form/url with Javascript?

URL = ... somewebsite.com/apply/index.html?promo=CLP32005

document.referrer ignores the GET data.


We would like to write the GET data to a cookie once they arrive.


***
And yes, I have already tried Google, so please, if you don't know or don't want to help, just skip this post.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/javascript/60105.html

Date: 03/16/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: database, linux, google

Upgrade a network application and it propagates immediately to all users. In many ways that s all Google is, a networked Linux application (database-driven). They ve been very busy taking new features gold lately: Google Maps. (Slow loading, but attractive.) Google News. (Input your own keywords and dump their categories ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=190&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 03/16/05 (Apache)    Keywords: web, google

This is in regards to "SEARCH /\x90\xc9\xc9\xc9\xc9... etc." showing up in the server logs.

I googled around and found this article telling me to have no reason to worry, and this article on how to disable logging of request strings that are too long. There's also a news article briefly describing the exploit. A post request is made as well: "POST /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/fp30reg.dll HTTP/1.1" 404

I guess this is my curious side taking over. My IP address is *.45.61, I'm on a college residental network. The requests always come from with the same prefix -- *.37.86, or *.15.95, or *.37.238 - it changes every time. Why? What is triggering these addresses to access my webhost?

Also, what kind of exploit is this? From the trend I'm seeing, making a quick post to that file right after an overflowing URI is probably the bug, but I guess I'm more curious as to what exactly can be accomplished from that.

Thanks for any info :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/apache/17962.html

Date: 03/16/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: html, security, yahoo, google

T_T I was reading away messages and my brother's was about new pictures or whatever, so him being far away I was interested in seeing them. I believe the link was http:// www.TravisArket. com/photos. pif or at least something similar to it. Whatever you do, don't click on it! I ended up downloading shit onto my computer and now it's infected (at least, more than before). I deleted the files I downloaded earlier, scanned my computer with PestPatrol, Ad-aware, and AVG.. The first two detected some junk and I deleted it, while AVG didn't detect anything. I searched through recently modified files and deleted what I believe was the AIM away message crap. However, even after deleting it I still have the problem (I think). Does anyone know what I'm talking about? This is aggravating. How do I get rid of this?

Ooh ok, so now it's just randomly but frequently putting up away messages now. It says, "NEW PICS FROM THE BEACH http:// www.TravisArket .com/photos. pif !!!!!" =(

Also, I've discovered that I now cannot view my processes, memory, and the other stuff alt ctrl del does. Every time I try to open it, it closes after about one or two seconds. I tried searching for more information about this on Yahoo and Google, but apparently my textboxes aren't working. I keep receiving the error message "Your current security settings do not allow you to send HTML forms." I know that I had not recently changed any settings whatsoever.. I do believe that my cookies have now been disabled, or at least on Yahoo, cuz I've just been logged out and cannot log back in due to "disabled cookies." =(

Edit: New fake URL at the domain of softhue.com, same ending though.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/356305.html

Date: 03/17/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: java, web, microsoft, google

Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Web+tools+blaze+trail+to+the+past/2100-9588_22-5621010.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: software, web, spyware, microsoft, google

Here's a challenge for you.

reviews.cnet.com may or may not have a section dedicated solely to reviewing spyware removal software. It seems that they would, but I can't find it. Can you? If so, what steps did you take to find it?

Many people can find the webpages they need instantly. I, on the other hand, find most sites hard to navigate. If I need something on Microsoft.com, for instance, I don't click around their site's built in navigation. I'll use google's site:microsoft.com functionality. If that fails, I'll try to look around their site. Worst case scenario, I ask someone else to look it up. Anyone else here do the same?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/itprofessionals/7551.html

Date: 03/17/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: google

Search king's new Google Code site is intended to be a central resource for developers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Google+courts+open-source+developers/2100-9588_22-5623534.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: web, google

Bob Rosenschein, the man behind GuruNet and its Answers.com reference, talks about his company's complicated relationship to Google and the future of info-gathering on the Web.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Answer+man+on+the+future+of+search/2100-9588_22-5623043.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/17/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: java, web, microsoft, google

Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Will+AJAX+help+Google+clean+up%3F/2100-9588_22-5621010.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn