Conficker Worm in 6-Percent of All Computers
Jan. 21 marked by no news. Everyone is on pins-and-needles over upcoming earnings reports. Intel may take a loss for the first time in 22 years. Conficker in 6-percent of all computers says Panda. Seagate hard disk fix doesn’t work right. AMD dropping prices again. Linden buying virtual retailers. HP CEO makes 42.5 million. Google earnings tomorrow has everyone wondering.
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GPS Sends Me On Illegal Drive
After recently trying to navigate side roads to drive home during a snowstorm I decided it was time for me to get a new GPS unit to make the drive less stressful. I didn’t need a high end unit so I got a TomTom ONE 125
To learn how to use the unit I started using it to navigate to and from work. The idea was to (a) test the unit and (b) find different ways to get to and from the office.
At one point in the drive there is a fork in the road. The TomTom tells me to bear left, make a right at the next light and a left at the next corner after that. These directions are incorrect for two reasons:
- After bearing left it is illegal to make a right turn at the next light.
- Bearing right (instead of left) and going straight is a more direct way to accomplish the same thing.
One of the features on this unit is a way to correct the stored maps and share those changes with other TomTom users. So I tried to use the map corrections feature to correct the issue but the intersection (after bearing left) is already marked as one where you cannot make a right turn. So now I have 3 questions:
- Why is it directing me to make an illegal turn?
- Why isn’t it directing me to take the most direct route?
- How can I correct the route so other people making this drive with their TomToms for the first time get the proper directions?
In fairness, Google Maps directs me to follow the same erroneous directions. I’d be interested to know how I can correct their error as well.
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IBM Sez: Strong 2009
Payment processor Heartland may have lost 100,000,000 credit card numbers to hackers. Intel’s new chips. Steve Jobs needs to disclose health info to SEC. Comcast being probed for phone practices. Android point man quits. Belkin faking reviews. IBM sees strong 2009. Where are the MSFT job cuts? Seagate has maybe 30-percent of drives failing. The Conficker worm is ready to trigger. Google scraps newspaper ad program.
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Add To Facebook 1.4 Released
This morning I released version 1.4 of the Add To Facebook plugin. This version fixes an issue with the Facebook icon not showing up in version 1.3. Also, there is now a file called facebook.css that includes a style for the Facebook link. Feel free to edit the CSS and share your styles in the comments on the page fore this plugin. The new version has been committed to the WordPress.org Subversion system so current users should be prompted to upgrade from your plugins page. Check out this page for more details on the plugin.
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Add To Facebook 1.3 Released
Tonight I released version 1.3 of the Add To Facebook plugin. This version changes the link target to open in a new window/tab of your browser instead of taking the user away from your blog. The change has been committed to the WordPress.org Subversion system so you should be prompted to upgrade from your plugins page. Check out this page for more details on the plugin.
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