Archive for June, 2007

WordPress 2.2.1 Upgraded.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

It is necessary to upgrade to this version because this is a security release. It addresses following security vulnerabilities:

Along with other bugs fixed.

  • Atom feed validation fixes
  • XML-RPC fixes
  • Widget backward compatibility fixes
  • Widget layout fixes for IE7
  • Page and Text Widget improvements

For more details, please refer to this page.

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Rob and Rape: Outrageous Organized Crimes In Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Friday, June 15th, 2007

All these, happened in Johor Bahru, Malaysia recently.

Case #1

Early May, 28 year old pregnant woman, along with her husband and 3 year old son, on their way to downtown Johor Bahru. The husband stopped the car at a petrol station near Tampoi to answer nature’s call. Wife and son waited on the car. Robbers with knife showed up and knocked at the car’s window, threatened the woman with her husband’s safety. The woman gave in and unlocked the car door, prayed that the robbers was only after the valuables. The robbers hopped in the car and drove away, with the woman and her 3 year old son on board. The robbers drove the car to Plentong area, raped the pregnant in somewhere quiet, and took away all her valuables. After the robbers fetched another member on board, finally released the mother and son at Taman Permas Jaya.

Case #2

5th June, around 10 pm. A construction contractor with his female companion, headed to Danga Bay condo to visit their friend. They stopped at one petrol station beside Pasir Gudang highway to fuel up the car. 3 armed robbers showed up and forced them back into the car. The robbers then drove the car with the couple held hostages inside. The robbers then drove the car around Pasir Gudang area for an hour, finally stopped at Kempas area. The robbers gang raped the female victim inside a bush, and took away both victims’ valuables. The 4th robber drove another car and fetched the 3 robbers on the spot, then fled.


Amazing Keyboard Mod.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Guys at SteamPunkWorkshop.com brings you this wonderful antique typewriter look keyboard mod.

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Head over and learn how did they mod.


Are You Aware of Online Privacy?

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Now this is getting my attention. Privacy International has published a report with title “A Race to the Bottom : Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies” on June 9, 2007. This report has attracted a lot attentions especially on the Google side since it is ranked at the bottom one as “Hostile to Privacy” among other companies reviewed, including

  1. Amazon
  2. AOL
  3. Apple
  4. BBC
  5. Bebo
  6. eBay
  7. Facebook
  8. Friendster
  9. Google
  10. Hi5
  11. Last.fm
  12. LinkedIn
  13. LiveJournal
  14. Microsoft
  15. MySpace
  16. Orkut
  17. Reunion.com
  18. Skype
  19. Wikipedia
  20. Windows Live Space
  21. Xanga
  22. Yahoo!
  23. YouTube

Safari Is Now On Windows.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Safari, the default web browser for Mac OS has released a windows version, available to both Windows XP and Windows Vista. Anyone who is sick of Internet Explorer 7, and not yet satisfied with Firefox 2, this is another option for you.

Safari 3 Public Beta