Johnny Lee from Youtube has come up with some very innovative designs. Such as…
THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER!!!!!
Tracking your head with the wiimote? Tracking fingers? Foldable user interfaces? Low Cost Interactive whiteboards? And all using the Wiimote! I am so gonna try this, and I will post my progress here. You have got to check out his website though!
Ubuntu 8.10, the new update for the Linux operating system Ubuntu. Supposedly a few “major upgrades” from 8.04, I decided it was time to install the new operating system, I put in my discs and it automatically asked if I wanted to upgrade. I said yes, and the firs thing it done? Said that my system was not compatible with the new operating system. My computer is *NOT* that old.
It said that the graphics card I had was not supported. SInce when was a fairly new Nvidia graphics card NOT supported? I decided to wait until there is a fix and then maybe get it.
I’m a bit late to report his, but Google Chrome is now out of beta stages! I know, its amazing Google has actually released something OUT of beta 
Heres the scoop from:
Yesterday at the Le Web 08 Confrence in Paris, Google VIP Marissa Mayer Told TechChrunch’s Mike Arrington that the move would be happening, but she did not say when. Google representatives have confimed the Thursday change of status for Chrome.
How to get it
The first people to get the non-beta version will be new users who download the browser directly from Google. Also Thursday, a small proportion of existing Chrome user will automatically get the update. On Friday, all the remaining Chrome users (10 million, according to Google) will get hte download.
If you want to know whether you have the update, check Chrome’s About page. If you don’t have the current version, you can force the update from the dialog box. Normally, Chrome checks for updates every fifth hour of use.
The update system has been used for 14 updates of the beta product so far. This 15th update ill be the first non-beta release.
What’s Included
Sundar Pichai, vice president of product development told me that this release of Chrome will have “tons and tons of bug fixes,” especially around audio and video playback, which should now be “more stable.”
Chrome will also be faster
Pichai said Google’s browser is 1.4 to 1.5 times faster (depending on which benchmarks you use) than it was at launch.
There are a few new features, as well. The bookmark manager is being revised to do a better job for people who have lots of bookmarks, and for those who want to import bookmark lists. Privacy options have all been consolidated into one dialog box. And there are improvements in the security features of the browser.
Features that the team is still working on include autofill for forms, native support for RSS feeds, “and so on.” But the top three features that Pichai says he and his team are working on are extension support for Mac and Linux versions.
“All the development is in the open,” Pichai said. Curious users can monitor Chrome’s progress at Chromium.org or download the Google Chrome Channel chooser, which will tell their installation of Chrome to download either the betas between major updates of Chrome, or even the nightly (and often buggy) builds of the browser as it is developed. Pichai recommends that last option for those dying of curiosity about Chrome’s upcoming extensions support.
I personally am really happy with the progress of Chrome and I cannot wait for the Linux version 
I will post a review when it comes out.
I just seen this on Cnet and to be honest it doesn’t seem that surprising.
An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was first puplished two days ago, Microsoft says.
Microsoft is investigating reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in IE but said in an update to a security advisory issued late on Thursday that all versions of IE are potentially vulnerable.
The company recommends setting the Internet zone security setting to “high” and using access control lists to disable Ole32db.dll to provide the most effective protection against an attack (I personally think “just switch to firefox”).
“Our latest information is that there are still limited attacks seeking to load malicious software on vulnerable systems,” Christopher Budd writes in the Microsoft Security Response Center blog.
Microsoft has seen several hundred detections of exploits from around the globe, though the sites taking advantage of the vulnerability appear to be hosted on Chinese domains, Microsoft said in a Microsoft Malware Protection center blog.
“The exploit sites we’ve seen so far drop a wide variety of malware-most commonly password stealer’s like new variants of game password stealer’s like Win32/OnLineGames, and Win32/Lolyda; keyloggers like Win32/Lmir; trojan horse applications like Win32/SystemHijack,” the Malware Protection Center blog says. “We fully expect the variety of malware being dropped by this exploit to broaden as the exploit code starts to circulate around the Internet underground.”
People visiting trusted sites could be affected as well from sites targeted by SQL injection attacks through which malicious code is injected into sites, Microsoft says.
A Microsoft spokesman said he could not say when a fix would come. The next Patch Tuesday is scheduled for January 13.
Microsoft’s updated advisory lists a number of mitigating factors: Protected Mode in IE 7 and IE 8 in Windows Vista limits the impact of the vulnerability; IE on Windows server 2003 and 2008 runs in a restricted mode known as Enhanced Security Configuration that sets the security level for the Internet to high attacker could only game the same user rights as the local user”, known attacks can not exploit the issue automatically through e-mail.
You can view the CNET article here.
My own personal views on this are as follows:
Why anyone uses IE nowadays is a mystery to me, there are far greater browsers out there such as FireFox, Safari and Google Chrome.
That is just my personal view, yours doesn’t have to be the same.
And the bit about they are not sure when a patch can be done, well that just proves the fact that they are useless doesn’t it? Again that’s only my personal view.
Well Ubuntu 8.10 arrived today, I have been using 8.04 for ages (Since it came out) and before that I have been using the older versions (I have been using Ubuntu since 6.10) I didn’t want to install it straight away, I wanted to see what differences there where in the operating system, and what new features had been added.
When I booted up the Live CD there wasn’t really much difference to 8.04, granted there is a new wallpaper. But other than that nothing really changes straight away. As I go further into the operating system it seems that it is almost the same as 8.04, no mega updates or anything that really needs noting.
I guess this update wasn’t really a software update, it was more of a behind the scenes bug fixer. I am not going to install it straight away, seeming there is more support on 8.04 at the moment (It lasts for 3 years longer).
I will upgrade soon, I am just going to stick to what I am already using because it seems to work pretty well
Pce
-TendencyDriven
Well duh! Of course I made a blog you are reading it! What I meant is:
I have made a video on Youtube saying that I made a blog. Its an awesome way to advertise
In Other News:
I am going to download Cross-Over or Cedega for my Ubuntu machine, I am fed up of Wine crashing on me almost all the time, don’t get me wrong Wine is an awesome program, it just bugs me when WoW crashes.
Also:
I am putting together a text tutorial on how to record in Linux. I am also going to put together a video tutorial on my Youtube Channel
I’m not the kind of person to get addicted to games! No seriously I’m not, but this recent game has got me going crazy! Its called Free Rider and its made by onemorelevel.com
That website doesn’t seem to be running that well for me at the moment so I decided to check out another website that has the exact same game. There are two versions to the game. Free rider 1 and free rider 2.
Free rider 1 can be found here and free rider 2 can be found here.
I play free rider 2 and I am addicted, I keep making perfect circles and perfect ramps and curves (Its not as easy as you think, its made completely out of straight lines and it works seamlessly) I will post a tutorial to it soon
But you have got to check out that game if you are a casual gamer like me. Or if you are a heavy gamer, just check out that game!!
Keyboardr! is an innovation in internet searching!
I have it as my home page, just load up the web browser and start typing something to search. No need to press enter and no need to use a mouse. You may be thinking “But Luke, you can do that with google!” but thats where you are wrong! Can you navigate all of the links that google shows you without touching the mouse? Does google show results from Wiki, Youtube, Google (Duh) and Google Blogs and Google Images all in the same web page? Does it do it with a really awesome gui? I think not!!
Check out keyboardr at keyboardr.com! I think its the carry on from the much loved chosr.com!
Check it out and tell me what you think, I would love to hear from you!
Hey!
So yeh this is my first post on this blog, the rest is on my Geeks.pirillo.com blog. I will not be putting those posts onto here, I decided to start fresh here.
So, I come to you with one of the best applications a blogger can ever have for Linux.
They call it, “Gnome-Blog”.
I wont give you a link to the website, thats just pointless. It will only explain what I am explaining here.
So, this is what I bring to you. The first Linux Desktop Blogging application. I am using it right now to update my blog without actually being on the website! Its amazing! Ok well not amazing its just a few lines of Python (By a few I mean a lot).
To install it just load up a console and type “Sudo apt-get install gnome-blog” once it is installed just run it from the start menu, put in your blog details and you are away!
I advise any blogger to check it out! It is amazing!
Anyway, thats it for my first blog post here. Peace out
