In my first post on this topic, the tip of the iceberg was described. Now the questions about “How bad could it be?” are beginning to be explored. On Friday, there was an explosion in the plant. It has been attributed to Magnesium and Aluminum dust which apparently also coat the workers’ hands and faces. Anyone familiar with high school chemistry knows how explosive even flour dust is. Here's a video clip from the plant shortly after the explosion shot by ...

The Best Instant Messaging Application for iPhone “Imo hits the sweet spot thanks to its speedy operation, intuitive interface, support for many chat protocols, and keeping itself limited to just the features you really want. – Adam Dachis Features: Supports multiple chat protocols: AIM/ICQ, Jabber, Facebook, Google Talk, MSN, MySpace, Skype, and Yahoo. Concurrent sessions allow you to be logged in on your desktop while also being logged in on your phone...

  Toni Bowers (techrepublic) reports about Foxconn (in Shenzhen, PRC) where iPhones are made, there have been 11 suicides – workers jumping out of windows. They’ve come up with a fix:   To be fair, they’re also upping wages by 50% and that action was accompanied by some long-term changes that the industrial giant’s leaders hope will change the lives and well-being of its employees before they get to the point of suicidal thoughts as well: They...

  Jeff Bargmann’s “Bins” went on sale today!   GRAB IT!!!! You can pick this gem of Jeff’s for a paltry $0.99.  It ain’t gonna get better than that. Ever. Get “Bins” here:  http://www.oneupindustries.com/Bins/default.aspx Special thanks to Jeff T for sending in this notice! Vitamin “K” for Jeff!

    Many of us know that Jafo adopts occasionally unpopular (with some) stands on IP (Intellectual Property). He insists on the highest of standards to protect artists and their efforts. He does this across the internet and at significant cost to his private life. Fewer, though, know that Island Dog becomes rabid on this topic as well until recently (“ Join me in ripping a ripper ”), and dedicates significant time to this as well. In this case alone, this same ripper ...

      Cyberbullying is a very worrisome thing. Children don’t know how to cope with it, are sensitive and easily hurt. There have been suicides because of this occurring on social networks. “The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suici...

    Nice free software here. Help get you really organized! Just the right price, too. All Windows OS’s, x32 and x64 supported. Looks like it’ll self update, too. No nag screens, simple installation, no ‘tool bars’ offered at all. Straight forward and has tutorials during the installation which was fast and went without a glitch. Looks pretty nice: Features: Download Link: Remember to follow the instructions  - “Read.me” means just ...

  I don’t usually post about hardware, but I did see this and thought what the heck… who knows? Maybe I’ll help someone spend less. Anyway…       Link: http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-latitude-laptops-roundup/31616.aspx?sid=pcmnews

  What do you think? The President issued his concern for cyber security in his State of The Union Address, and today the White House published a rough road map outlining areas to be addressed: Protecting the American People Protecting Critical Infrastructure Protecting the Federal Governments Computers and Networks New Framework to Protect Individuals’ Privacy and Civil Liberties   I’m interested in what you all think ...

  Google engineers have denied Vupen’s claim of a Chrome vulnerability. They state it’s an Adobe Flash problem. The Chrome browser comes bundled with Adobe Flash. "Vupen misunderstood how sandboxing worked in Chrome, and only had a Flash bug. It's a legit pwn, but if it requires Flash, it's not a Chrome pwn," tweeted Chris Evans, a Google security engineer and Chrome team lead. "We will not help Google in finding the vulnerabilities," said Chaouki ...

    Big deal. What’s WebGL? WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is an in development standard specification defining a JavaScript API for writing web applications utilizing hardware accelerated 3D graphics. So, this is quite upsetting to the makers of Firefox and Chrome and that’s because they use it in all their versions since 4.x and 9.x, respectively. OK, they’ll patch it. Nope. The very architecture of webGL is what makes it vulnerable, and that’s going to make it...

  For the artists, just ran across this one. The company is reliable and has been around a long time. From NeoPaint: “NeoPaint is a full featured artist’s studio for Windows that’s easy-to-learn, powerful and fun! It’s simple enough for beginners yet packed with powerful features and advanced tools. NeoPaint makes it easy for business and home users to touch up photographs and create great looking graphics for desktop publishing, presentations and the Internet! Neo...

  I love Mike Elgan, and have for years. His work appears in a variety of publications, including Cult of Mac, Computerworld, Datamation, PC World, InfoWorld, MacWorld, ITWorld, CIO, the San Francisco Chronicle and many others, reaching more than a million readers per month. I read his latest on Computerworld.com and felt strongly enough about this topic to base this piece on it. You all know the saying about “Perception is everything”? Pisses me off everytime I hear or read it....

  This past week hasn’t been a good one for helping us feel more secure. 1. Sony: Everyone knows about the 1$ Billion Class Action suit planned based on what is probably an case of felonious laziness. Turns out Sony was warned about the fact it’s servers weren’t secure or updated, by security experts – free of charge! Now I learn of a third wave attack (2): “A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handli...

  Thanks for the ‘heads up!’, Hankers.   Because many in the Community have expressed interest in and use LastPass to keep and secure their passwords, this is a quick ‘heads up!’ to everyone. Martin Brinkmann, a journalist and owner of ghacks.net  (an extremely reputable German IT Security News Site) published an article about a self reported  “anomaly” at LastPass. This is important as it is being treated by LastPass ...