Amazon.com banned by Google
In an amazing ridiculous action, Google has banned the internet staple, Amazon.com. This has got to be another caching bug that has been plaguing Google’s datacenters for the last several weeks. Good Work Google! We discussed this issue thoroughly in the http://www.thegooglecache.com/?p=29 post on Google’s caching problems. While the site:amazon.com command continues to work, the direct referal search of amazon.com or www.amazon.com fails. This is of particular interest considering a large number of surfers place the url directly into the Google search toolbar when trying to access a page. http://www.google.com/search?q=amazon.com&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official No tags for this...
Why XSS Vulnerabilities Do Matter…
“What matters in the end is that these products aren’t â€Å”defective†and not even truly insecure. They’ve been modified the way the language allows for them to be modified, no more no less.” – http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/194 I really like to temper my posts with politeness and general levels of respect, but I simply cannot in this case. Neosmart.com’s objections that XSS really is not a vulnerability are both ludicrous and dangerous. First, the insinuation above that states “they have been modified the way the language allows for them to be modified” is true, but is certainly not an accurate measure of vulnerability. Any language can be exploited if...
Spammer Vigilante
So check this out. Some guy at http://www.spam-blocker-resource.com caught a spammer using his wi-fi and tracked the guy down. Now he is looking for suggestions on what to do to him or his property. Has it really come to this? That people are so violently in support of their right not to be comment-spammed that they would resort to such vigilante actions? No tags for this post.
Google’s Cache Broken
Google has seen substantial fluctuations, alterations, etc. over the last several months as the Big-Daddy roll-out has occurred. It appears, however, that among the many things that have buckled under this system is the cache. Our example site is Destination Villas, a popular vacation rental listing site. (1) First, we start with the site:www.destinationvillas.com to show all the pages Google has listed for the site. If you notice, Google lists over 100 pages to the site, including the homepage, for which Google claims to have a cache. (2) Second, we click on the “cache” link and, sure enough, it is there. (3) Third, we start checking other Google results, such as simply searching for www.destinationvillas.com. Oops! It looks like Google lost that...
Top Travel Gadgets
Top Travel Gadgets. Wow. I have about 3 of these, got to get the rest. Pretty amazing stuff. Normally I hate these types of posts just because they are filled with things that are incredibly useless, expensive or both. This travel gadget list however looks a lot better (and useful for that matter). I did not even know they made digital luggage. That is pretty awesome! Anyone else know of any amazing travel gadgets out there? No tags for this post.
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