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Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web In June 2005, a balding, slightly overweight, perpetually T-shirt-clad 26-year-old computer consultant named Dan Kaminsky decided to get in shape. He began by scanning the Internet for workout tips and read that five minutes of sprinting was the equivalent of a half-hour jog. This seemed like Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web In June 2005, a balding, slightly overweight, perpetually T-shirt-clad 26-year-old computer consultant named Dan Kaminsky decided to get in shape. He began by scanning the Internet for workout tips and read that five minutes of sprinting was the equivalent of a half-hour jog. This seemed like Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web In June 2005, a balding, slightly overweight, perpetually T-shirt-clad 26-year-old computer consultant named Dan Kaminsky decided to get in shape. He began by scanning the Internet for workout tips and read that five minutes of sprinting was the equivalent of a half-hour jog. This seemed like Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Vintage geek gift guide In case you haven't noticed, vintage is hot right now. Vinyl records are making a comeback, vintage clothing stores are booming, and midcentury (1950s and '60s) decor is all the rage (see "Mad Men" on TV).But vi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Geek Hotels Pass the Nerd Test : Photo: scottroberts/Flickr Whether your fantasy hotel is a Star Wars-style cave dwelling or a Hobbit hole in New Zealand, specialty accommodations around the world will fulfill your nerdy needs. Other hotels geek out with crazy gear, from Apple- and Microsoft-themed suites to v Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Geek Hotels Pass the Nerd Test : Photo: scottroberts/Flickr Whether your fantasy hotel is a Star Wars-style cave dwelling or a Hobbit hole in New Zealand, specialty accommodations around the world will fulfill your nerdy needs. Other hotels geek out with crazy gear, from Apple- and Microsoft-themed suites to v Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Alt Text: A Wistful Geek Heads for Sweet iPhone Hell I do not, as of yet, own an iPhone. However, soon my cellphone provider will be unlocking the door, shooing away the rats, taking off my shackles and releasing me from my contract. At that point I will be buying an iPhone. Not because it's a shiny new Jobs-job, not because several Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Alt Text: A Wistful Geek Heads for Sweet iPhone Hell I do not, as of yet, own an iPhone. However, soon my cellphone provider will be unlocking the door, shooing away the rats, taking off my shackles and releasing me from my contract. At that point I will be buying an iPhone. Not because it's a shiny new Jobs-job, not because several Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Researchers 'poison' Storm botnet A group of German researchers has unveiled the first publicly released research attempting to actively disrupt a peer-to-peer botnet - using as their case study the notorious Storm worm.The researchers were able Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Wired.com Readers' Best Geek Tattoos : From DNA to 80 digits (and counting) of pi, Wired.com readers take their geek tattoos pretty seriously. We asked you to flash your decorated flesh, and you obliged with pictures of some pretty wild skin art. Now it's time for the rest of the world to bask in your dermatological Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Wired.com Readers' Best Geek Tattoos : From DNA to 80 digits (and counting) of pi, Wired.com readers take their geek tattoos pretty seriously. We asked you to flash your decorated flesh, and you obliged with pictures of some pretty wild skin art. Now it's time for the rest of the world to bask in your dermatological Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Microsoft: We took out Storm botnet Microsoft took credit for crushing the Storm botnet Tuesday, saying that the malware search-and-destroy tool it distributes to Windows users disinfected so many bots that the hackers threw in the towel."They rea Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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RIM's BlackBerry Storm: A new take on touch Research in Motion has finally announced details about its long-rumored iPhone competitor , an almost-all-touch-interface 3G handset with a twist: The screen itself is a big hardware button.The ability to mechan Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Reiser Delivers on 'Geek Defense,' But Is It Enough? Taking the stand at his murder trial, against his lawyer's advice, Linux programmer Hans Reiser has made a good case that he's a socially inept computer geek. But will jurors find that adequate to explain his odd behavior following the disappearance of his wife? Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Reiser Delivers on 'Geek Defense,' But Is It Enough? Taking the stand at his murder trial, against his lawyer's advice, Linux programmer Hans Reiser has made a good case that he's a socially inept computer geek. But will jurors find that adequate to explain his odd behavior following the disappearance of his wife? Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and Disappointing - PC World CNET NewsBlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and DisappointingPC World - 53 minutes agoResearch in Motion's BlackBerry Storm looks handsome enough, but it will disappoint prospective buyers hoping for a credible touch-based iPhone alternative.The Storm vs. the iPhone Busine Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Test your Geek IQ Sure, you may have scored more than 150 on the standardized IQ test, you may party hearty with Mensa Mommas -- but what's that actually worth in the real world? Diddly. If you truly want to know how smart you are when it counts, then InfoWorld's Geek IQ test is the pu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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What storm? Keys take Tropical Storm Fay in stride
(AP) AP - Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents were taking a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Fay swept across the Florida Keys and bore down on the Gulf Coast. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Can outsourcers survive the economic storm? IT service spending might not feel drastic cuts as high-tech leaders look to shave dollars off their budgets, because outsourcers and service providers could help them contain costs and streamline operations, industry analysts say. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Storm worm exploits U.S., Iran tensions The authors of Nuwar -- also known as the Storm worm -- are exploiting the escalating political tensions between the U.S. and Iran to encourage users to download the malware, according to McAfee Avert Labs.The s Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |