Little-known AV packages outdo Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft

Andreas Clementi, who runs the web site av-comparatives.org, has released his latest report that looks at how well antivirus programs do against threats that have not yet been identified and included in standard AV signatures. The test looked at 17 different products, including offerings from Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky, and Microsoft, and tested how well releases dated February 2 (with no updates) fared against a swath of new malware—viruses, scripts, trojans, and other nasties—that were discovered between February 2 and May 2.

Little-known AV packages outdo Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft

Forgetting helps us to Remember

U.S. researchers have discovered for the first time the neural connection of forgetting and remembering: the brain forgets trivial stuff so that it can more easily store and retrieve important information.
Forgetting helps us to Remember

Google Recognizes Faces

Google has made a silent launch of a new face search function in Google Image Search.

If you search for a person — let’s say Henrik Larsson — and then add the following text string to the end of the URL: &imgtype=face , Google will only include faces in image search results.

Google Recognizes Faces

How Swiss Bank Accounts Work

Swiss bank accounts aren't just for millionaires, criminals or government officials trying to hide ill-gotten wealth, or celebrities protecting their assets from former spouses. They're available to anyone and lots of average people have Swiss bank accounts. People who live in countries with unstable governments and banks in particular often turn to Swiss banks because of their security and privacy.
How Swiss Bank Accounts Work

Funny Signs from Around the World

Here’s a rather large collection of funny signs from around the world that you probably haven’t seen before. There are multiple pages.
A Collection of Funny Signs from Around the World

20 Ways to Eliminate Stress From Your Life

By careful editing of your life, and changing certain habits, you can eliminate most (not all) sources of stress in your life.
20 Ways to Eliminate Stress From Your Life

Top 10 Network Utilities - Lifehacker

Looking at the history of computing, anyone can see that it wasn't until some brilliant folks connected a couple of computers together that the real fun began. Countless tools let you do all sorts of network trickery, many with their roots at the Unix command line. But forget arcane command line tools.
Top 10 Network Utilities

World's most polluted River?

It was once a gently flowing river, where fishermen cast their nets, sea birds came to feed and natural beauty left visitors spellbound.
Villagers collected water for their simple homes and rice paddies thrived on its irrigation channels.
Today, the Citarum is a river in crisis.
Is this the world's most polluted river?

CIA Website Top 25 Search Phrases

This collection reports the most frequent phrases used to search for documents on the CIA website during the previous month.
CIA Website Top 25 Search Phrases

Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe?

These days, anyone can be a published film critic, but who should you listen to when you can find both negative and positive movie reviews for anything out there? Now, the answer is simple! The quick tool below will compare your personal movie reviews with the movie reviews of some of the most prolific movie critics. The result is that you’ll know who your movie critic match is, and where to go for the movie reviews that will help you find the movies you’ll love.
Which Movie Reviews Should I Believe?

Who Gives Money to the Homeless?

Blunt Money has opened up an interesting thread about giving (or not giving) to beggars. Some of the comments bring back memories:
One reader says, "My daughter and I saw [a beggar], with a sign 'hungry need food...' while he was smoking a cigarette and talking on his cell phone."
Ask The Consumerists: Who Gives Money to the Homeless?

Microsoft Security Response Center June 2007 Advance Notification

This month, Microsoft is planning to release six security bulletins:

· Four Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows with a Maximum Severity rating of Critical. Three of the updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

· One Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office with a Maximum Severity rating of Important. This updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

· One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows with a Maximum Severity rating of Moderate. This updates will not require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Microsoft Security Response Center June 2007 Advance Notification

The Top 10 Intrepid Explorers

These daring men and women have made the world a smaller place. Thanks to their guts and sweat, we know the Earth is round, life exists in the depth's of the sea and that the view from space is spectacular.
The Top 10 Intrepid Explorers

Travel Advice for Thailand

Exercise a high degree of caution because of the high threat of terrorist attack. We continue to receive reports that terrorists may be planning attacks against a range of targets, including tourist areas and other places frequented by foreigners.
Travel Advice for Thailand - Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mohammed to be Britain's top Boys' Name

Mohammed to be Britain's top Boys' Name

Boing Boing: Google Street View

Here's a Boing Boing roundup of some of the many responses to last week's posts about Google's newly launched "street view" zoom feature.
Boing Boing: Google Street View: a cavalcade of reactions, gag pix, paranoid rants

Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2006

Statistics on incidents of victimisation for a selected range of offences that came to the attention of police and were recorded by them in the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006.
Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2006

Australian Demographic Statistics

The preliminary estimated resident population (ERP) of Australia at 31 December 2006, based on the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, was 20,852,000 persons. This was an increase of 293,100 persons since 31 December 2005, and 73,200 persons since 30 September 2006.
Australian Demographic Statistics, Dec 2006

London unveils Logo of 2012 Olympics

The logo for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has been unveiled in a star-studded ceremony in London. The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games.
London 2012 Olympic Games Logo

Business Indicators, Australia

Underlying strength in sales, wages and profit growth in the March 2007 quarter.
5676.0 - Business Indicators, Australia, March 2007