Date: 08/09/06     Keywords: web, spyware

Windows Genuine Advantage (how to remove WGA) has been alleged as Spyware, creates innumerable problems for genuine users and yet it is very simple to fool with 15 minutes or less of effort. Ed Bott spent about 15 minutes to find a web page containing five volume license keys that had reportedly been posted on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-fool-windows-genuine-advantage-in-15-minutes/

Date: 08/09/06     Keywords: web

Cancelling an AOL account can become a royal pain. As easy as it is to get an AOL account, they make it extremely hard to get out of it. This article lists three sure-fire time-tested methods of cancelling your AOL account in three minutes or less, one of them using the web. A fun bonus [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/3-ways-to-cancel-aol-account-under-3-minutes/

Date: 08/08/06     Keywords: microsoft

Apple touted its new version of operating system Leopard as Vista 2.0 . Their marketing gimmick may come back to bite them. Apple has pulled a stunt we are habituated to see with Microsoft. As tuaw found out Apple delayed Mac OS X 10.5’s ship date to Spring 2007. It was originally promised for Fall 2006. Having [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apples-leopard-resembling-vista-20-in-unlikely-ways/

Date: 08/08/06     Keywords: no keywords

Bush have created a legacy of sorts for a leader of a nation. What was he thinking!?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-backrub-texan-style-like-bush-game/

Date: 08/08/06     Keywords: google

Google has reached a deal with the owner of MySpace.com (News Corp.) to pay at least $900-million in shared advertising revenue and become the exclusive search provider for the popular online hangout. The deal, which marries the Internet’s leading search engine with the top social-networking site, means News Corp. will have essentially paid off the bulk [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-signs-900-million-dollar-deal-with-myspace/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: database

Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah. Global Picture Editor Tom Szlukovenyi called the measure precautionary but said the fact that two of the images [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reuters-admits-doctoring-photoshopped-beirut-photographs-fires-photographer-adnan-hajj/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: no keywords

U.S. service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. via Bad Bad Bush You can view the full list here. I think it is serious and deplorable loss of human life and property, both Iraqi’s and American’s, for no good reason.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/collage-of-bush-american-soldiers-killed-in-iraq/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: microsoft

These instructions to disable or uninstall the pilot version of Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications are from the horse’s mouth i.e. Microsoft itself. Note: If you are looking to cleanly remove Windows Genuine Advantage Final version then look here. Disable WGA Notifications 1. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrative permissions. 2. Make sure that [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-disable-or-uninstall-pilot-version-of-microsoft-windows-genuine-advantage-notifications/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: xml, security

Watch the video presentation Jon “Johnny Cache” Ellch and David Maynor at Black Hat USA 2006 conference in Las Vegas on a new method for remotely (using Wireless) circumventing the security of an Apple Macbook computer to seize total control over the machine. var movieSrc = “http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/player/player2.swf?whichMode=normal&justify=center&playad=yes&mediatype=stream&postdir=business&postvideo=080206-17v&cuesfile=none&autoplay=no&starttime=0&endtime=0&largerver=none&image=080206-17v_427&playlistxml=none” ; //URL OF WHERE .SWF MOVIE IS PUBLISHED var movieWidth [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-hijack-a-macbook-in-60-seconds-or-less/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: no keywords

In Worldwide Developer’s Conference 2006 Apple has posted an interesting banner which reads “Introducing Vista 2.0″ to introduce Mac OS X 10.5. You can view the photo taken by Gernot Poetsch which almost clearly shows the banner at Moscone West. via Tuaw Note: Click on the image for larger view which almost shows the text. I hope Apple’s [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-introduces-vista-20/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: hosting, google

Google has teamed up with an anti-malware organisation, Stop Badware Coalition (StopBadware.org) to offer warnings when search results might otherwise lead surfers to sites hosting malicious code. Google is using data from the Stop Badware Coalition to display warnings about potentially harmful sites. Google hopes to provide users with a safer searching experience. StopBadware.org was launched in [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-offers-malware-warnings-in-search-results/

Date: 08/07/06     Keywords: microsoft

I will provide a simple utility for you to shutdown and power-off Microsoft windows. You can also configure it to shutdown on any keystroke combination. The following article will provide the reasons for needing this, how to setup on keystroke combination and where to download the utility. Why? We all know how to shutdown windows by navigating [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-shutdown-poweroff-microsoft-windows-from-command-line-or-shortcut-key-combination/

Date: 08/06/06     Keywords: virus

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition has the annoying habit of popping up a virus alert everytime it detects an email virus. There is no way to stop the alert in the free edition (on Windows). It is very annoying and distracting as it requires two clicks to close each of them. Imagine getting few hundreds of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-automatically-close-avg-anti-virus-free-edition-virus-alert-popups/

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: web, seo, google

Matt Cutts, Google’s famous search engineer, answers several often asked search engine optimization questions, in video this time. If you are developing any kind of web sites or blogs you should benefit from reading this. There is a wealth of information in these videos for both newbies and pros. Qualities of a good site Busting SEO [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/seo-answers-from-googles-matt-cutts-videos/

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: google

Eight different ways Google Checkout prevents and protects you from fraudulent credit card transactions, reimburses you for eligible chargebacks and even fights on your behalf: Google performs industry-standard Address Verification System (AVS) and Card Verification Value (CVV) checks to prevent credit card fraud. The Address Verification System is used to verify the identity of the person [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/8-fraud-prevention-protection-measures-in-google-checkout/

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: web, yahoo, google

Google Analytics increased the number of default profiles from 5 to 10. This increases the number of websites you can track. Google highlights that you can use AdSense on pages created on Google Page Creator to monetize your effort. I would think you can use alternatives like Yahoo Publisher Network too, make sure you check their [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-analytics-increases-default-profiles/

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: html, web

If you want to share a specific part of a video on your blog or website, these directions should be helpful. 1. Get the embed code (Click on the ‘Embed - Blog - Post to MySpace’ button, and then click the ‘Embed HTML’ link): 2. Copy the code, and insert the following FlashVars=”initialTime=number” Where “number” is the time in [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-embed-google-video-with-specific-start-point-autoplay/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

This is sure to cheer up your monday morning. What happens when Popeye meets Japanese Anime character’s in a quest to save the Earth (what else?). via MacManx

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/popeye-meet-japanese-anime/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: security

WordPress 2.0.4 is available for download. This release contains several important security fixes, so it’s recommended upgrade for all users. Over 50 bug fixes have been made in this release including the widely discussed privilege escalation security vulnerability in plugins. Upgrading means overwriting your old files in every directory, except wp-content, with the latest from the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-204-security-update-released/

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: no keywords

Apple has asked owners of its 15 inch MacBook Pro notebook who bought their machine between February and May 2006 to contact the company and request a replacement battery. Apple stressed the batteries it wants to replace “do not pose a safety risk”. The Mac maker didn’t specify why it was recalling the MacBook Pro batteries [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apple-recalls-macbook-pro-batteries/