March 2006

Internet Stuff

Track Amazon Product with RSStalker.com

I found this site after surfing aimlessly for an hour straight. At first I thought the site is about typical social bookmarking or just another RSS aggregator, but after close inspection I found out that this Web 2.0 website offer a free service to track various Amazon products via news feeds. Users can track Amazon […]

Internet Stuff

Spammers are using TinyURL.com to escape spam filters

I recently found out that besides the new breed of spam bots which emulate human surfing behavior and sporting javascript support. Spammers now developed a new tactic by concealing their url behind TinyURL.com redirection service. I hope TinyURL administrators will take note of these service abuse, and devise a plan to reduce spammers from using […]

Ubuntu/Debian

Readable Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) root password

Ubuntu Breezy users, a new security problem has surfaced where root password is readable to the world by merely executing this command : mypapit@enterprise:~$ grep -r rootpassword /var Users are advised to update their Breezy installations (via automatic updates) as soon as possible to counter the bug. The problem has been fixed in Ubuntu 6.04 […]

General

Mypapit GNU/Linux blog may be unavailable on March 14

I’ve one announcement to make, Mypapit GNU/Linux blog *MAY* be unavailable starting March 14 (0100 GMT+8), this is because my hosting company is performing some server upgrades and maintenance. My website will be available back on March 15. Well, Just telling you in advance in case if you are wondering why you can’t reach my […]

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