Firefox 2.0 released

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Mozilla Releases Major Update to Firefox and Raises the Bar for Online Experience

The Mozilla foundation released Firefox 2.0 today. This latest release brings several new features. Among them, spell check for text entered into forms and anti-phishing technology. One of the coolest features, however is its ability to recover your session state in the event of a crash. It not only puts you back where you were, but even remembers the entire browsing history of each tab. Also, this is the first Firefox I’ve used in a while that plays well with my tablet pc. (thanks to GeckoTIP) In fact, I wrote this entire article with FF2.0 & GeckoTIP on my tablet. I may just have to try this more often. 😉 If you haven’t taken a look at Firefox lately, it may be time to check it out. This looks to be the best version yet.

RSA details risks of RFID credit cards

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Security risk found in new credit cards – Technology – International Herald Tribune

I’ve been wary of new RFID-based card technology like PayPass and others because of the fact that, encrypted or not, my data would be passing through the air. Now I see that my suspicions have been confirmed, and then some. The worst part is that some personal information may not be encrypted. This seems to be an extension of research published by RSA last year.

Die spammers, die!

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You probably haven’t noticed it, (because the filters are doing their job) but this site has been the focus of some persistent spamming over the past week. As I’m sure anyone will tell you, spam, especially comment spam is pretty annoying. As usual most of it is for pharmaceutical products, but what’s interesting is where it’s coming from, Korea. I can’t help but wonder if this has anything to do with the recent trade embargo against North Korea. Anyway, I’m blacklisting the IP space of the offenders, so if you suddenly find yourself having to view my site through Google’s cache, that’s probably why.