Turn off javascript by default to disable FaceBook.com scams (http://jdnash.com/2011/03/how-to-crush-facebook-spam-scams/) , the ‘lisa moon’ cross site scripting scam (http://jdnash.com/2011/04/lisa-moon-xss-over-1-million-web-sites-infected/), and attacks against cloud services (http://jdnash.com/2011/04/cloud-services-breached-data-stolen-at-epsilon/).
Zoom in Ubuntu Natty
One of the problems we reported after installing Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” is that the Zoom feature stopped working. We use zoom daily in teaching. The closest fix I have found so far was found here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/36751/how-to-activate-superscroll-to-zoom
Ubuntu 11.04 Is Now Available
We downloaded and are streaming (bit torrent) all six of the working torrents for the latest Ubuntu, Natty Narwhale, which was released this week. The main download page is here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download and you can find alternate means of downloading here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download. If you have not tried Ubuntu and would like to see it without changing your computer, download the appropriate file and burn it to CD-ROM to make a Live CD that you can try without altering your computer. You can make a USB boot drive once the CD is booted, which will run faster than the CD runs.
Interesting Snipits 20110414
Several articles of interest, dealing with a longer range electric car, an actual implementation of GMail Motion using an XBox Kinect, and a way to unlock secret gestures in Apple iOS 4.3.
Cloud Services Breached, data stolen, at Epsilon
Individuals supplying their own information on a at-risk foreign server is one thing — and consumers are foolish — but placing customer data or private corporate data “in the cloud” is just asking for Sarbanes-Oxley trouble. Here is how to protect yourself.