Windows DLL Hijack Vulnerability Affects Exe Files As Well

The recently discovered DLL hijack vulnerability in Windows appears to be more critical than thought. Up until now it was confirmed that Windows would load dlls from the current working directory if they cannot be found in directories with a higher search priority. This in turn meant that attackers had to use a dll unknown on the system to exploit the vulnerability. Users who want a confirmed list of Windows programs that are affected by the DLL vulnerability can visit Secunia for that. At the time of writing, a total of 123 different applications by 47 vendors are affected.
Windows DLL Hijack Vulnerability Affects Exe Files As Well

Internet Explorer 9 – What you Need To Know

The beta release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is just around the corner. The first version of the browser with the new interface included will be available publicly on September 15.
Internet Explorer 9 – What you Need To Know

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 19/2010

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 19/2010

10 Killer Google Chrome Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

As Google’s Chrome browser celebrates its second anniversary, we thought it appropriate to commemorate the occasion with some handy tips and tricks. Here are 10 tried and tested hints that will help you to get the most out of Chrome by taking advantage of some of its more functional tools and time-saving setups.
10 Killer Google Chrome Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

Google Instant Search – The Ultimate Guide

The biggest website on the web has supposedly undergone metamorphosis with introduction of Google Instant Search. According to Merissa Mayer, it is a “fundamental shift in search”. The way the whole web erupted to this announcement has been pretty much overwhelming. Everyone has some question or an opinion of their own. Some people want to know how they can disable Google Instant. Some people are wondering why they are not seeing Google Instant and few others, who are webmasters, are worrying about what would happen to their SEO and organic traffic.
Google Instant Search – The Ultimate Guide

How To Access Google Instant From Australia | Lifehacker Australia

Google’s new Instant Search looks pretty impressive, but isn’t officially available on Google’s Australian domain right now. Here’s some tricks to get it working.
How To Access Google Instant From Australia

Ten Misheard Expressions To Avoid In Your Writing

Anyone can make a typo or a spelling mistake, and fixing those is pretty easy in the spellcheck era. If you want your writing totally error-free, you also need to avoid using expressions which you think you’re using correctly but which you’ve actually misheard. Here’s ten examples to watch out for.
Ten Misheard Expressions To Avoid In Your Writing

Google Instant Predictions From A to Z

Google just launched Google Instant, a speedy new search offering that lets users search as they type. With Google Instant, the search engine technology is capable of predicting a user’s search query — in gray text — before he finishes typing it.
Google Instant Predictions From A to Z

How to Update Your Insecure Passwords and Make Them Easy to Use

You know how important strong passwords are, but you've got a huge backlog of passwords—some you can't remember, others you've been using for years. Here's how to securely update, create, and manage your passwords on any computer.
How to Update Your Insecure Passwords and Make Them Easy to Use

American Express Cardholders - $30 Fuel Voucher when you spend $50 at Coles Express

Spend $50 or more at Coles Express in one transaction and get a free $30 Coles Express Fuel Voucher by mail in 6-8 weeks.
American Express Cardholders - $30 Fuel Voucher when you spend $50 at Coles Express

New Zealand Earthquake Visualized in Google Earth

A strong earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand on September 4 was one of the worst to hit New Zealand in 80 years. No deaths have been reported, but the earthquake caused devastation throughout the region of Canterbury. Flickr has put up a special page with some of the best user images of the earthquake, which show great damage on the buildings and structures in Christchurch. Also, Google Earth Blog has posted a neat Google Earth visualization which uses data from Geonet. To see it, you must have Google Earth installed; download this KMZ file, and click the “play” button in the upper-left corner.
New Zealand Earthquake Visualized in Google Earth

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here's how to wipe them clean.
Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives:

35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages

“404 Not Found.” These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web? Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page. Instead of letting their site readers bump heads with a nasty dead-end error message, they’ve managed to squeeze a little entertainment out of it. Below you’ll find some of the most entertaining 404 error pages on the web.
35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages

The physics of breaking stuff with your fists

iO9 recently ran a story on how martial artists are able to break boards and cement blocks, using their hands rather than mystical powers.
The physics of breaking stuff with your fists

Trying to Make a Tough Decision? Try Asking the Five Fateful Questions.

(Gretchen Rubin) - When I’m reluctant to take a risk or face something uncomfortable, I ask myself these five questions which, in melodramatic form, I call the "Five Fateful Questions." They help me think clearly about a situation.
Trying to Make a Tough Decision? Try Asking the Five Fateful Questions

NASA Plans to Visit the Sun

If you’ve seen Danny Boyle’s movie Sunshine, you may be a little disappointed: NASA’s mission to visit the Earth’s Sun won’t include sending people up there. But it will be sending a spacecraft into the Sun’s atmosphere, approximately four million miles from its surface. The project, called Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch sometime before 2018.
NASA Plans to Visit the Sun

World’s Riskiest Places to Surf the Web

Ever wondered which are the places in the world where you will more likely be attacked by malicious viruses while surfing the web? Well, AVG has done all the hard work and has collected the ten riskiest places to surf the web in the world. This comes after AVG looked at data from 100+ million PCs in 144 countries. If you are in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, you are most likely to be hit by a malicious computer attack or virus. While surfing the web in Sierra Leone, Niger, Japan or Togo is the safest. AVG’s research was conducted in the last week of July.
World’s Riskiest Places to Surf the Web

A birds-eye view of hurricane Earl

This serene-looking view of hurricane Earl was taken aboard the International Space Station as it passed over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Taken by NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock, it shows the distinctive eye of the storm, which spans 28 kilometres.
A birds-eye view of hurricane Earl

Use OneNote to Make Memorizing Information Easier

Microsoft OneNote is a great tool for taking notes and storing information you don’t want to lose. But sometimes, simply storing information in our computers isn’t enough – we need to store it in our brain, too! One great way to make yourself remember information is to review it, then test yourself on your new knowledge. Flashcards are great for this, so here’s how you can bring flashcards into the 21st century with OneNote.
Use OneNote to Make Memorizing Information Easier

Windows 7 Family Pack Returns

When Windows 7 launched last year, Microsoft offered a discounted Windows 7 “Family Pack.” It was a boxed package that contained the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade for both 32- and 64-bit systems and a product key that could be used on up to three machines; at $150, it was a pretty good deal for families — and web workers with more than one machine to upgrade. Unfortunately, the Family Pack was only available in limited quantities, and was sold out in the U.S by December. The good news is that, in time for Windows 7′s first anniversary on October 3rd, Microsoft is bringing back the Family Pack. It’s the same deal as before — three upgrade licenses for $150, although you’ll probably be able to find it a bit cheaper online. If you haven’t already upgraded your machines to Windows 7, it’s definitely worth considering as, once again, it’s only available “while stocks last.” The Family Pack will also be sold in Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Australia and “many other markets” on or after October 22nd to mark Windows 7′s first anniversary in those territories.
Windows 7 Family Pack Returns