Okay folks in case you have not heard as of yet and hopefully before you fall for it. Some scum buckets are sending emails to folks, saying do to our strict security you must reset your password! Don’t and I repeat Don’t fall for this, it seems to be hitting me wth increased rapidity by the day. So stay safe folks it is a problem child.

globeandmail.com: Have YouTube, will travel: Australia’s experiment in social media

Have YouTube, will travel: Australia’s experiment in social media
It was an offer the wired generation couldn’t refuse: Earn $150,000 by relaxing on a Pacific island and blogging about it. Now, after an extensive online contest, seven Canadians are among the 50 vying for the ‘best job in the world’

iTWire – Can Microsoft’s Kumo take on Google’s Sumo

Once again one of Microsoft’s worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google’s 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?

Linutop mag : Spice up Your System with Open Source Fonts

Fonts are like candies: you can never get enough of them. So if you are getting tired of the fonts that come with your system, here is a hand-picked collection of a few open source fonts that deserve a closer look.

The Liberation fonts are designed as drop-in replacements for the widely-used proprietary fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Courier New, etc. The Liberation font pack consists of three sets: Sans (a substitute for Arial, Albany, and Helvetica), Serif (a substitute for Times New Roman) and Mono (a substitute for Courier New, Cumberland, and Courier).

Something for all you Facebook addicts to read…

Managing your reputation on Facebook – expert tips for professionals

What started as a network for students to hang out on has grown to include professional relationships. Here’s how to keep it clean and make sure your Facebook profile doesn’t negatively affect your reputation.

globeandmail.com: YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows

NEW YORK — YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp’s archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programming.

The site, owned by Google Inc, said on Friday it was talking to other TV networks to sign similar deals to CBS. Many TV networks already run short clips on YouTube, which also offers millions of home videos uploaded by users.

Canadian Huynh wins gold – Yahoo! Canada News

BEIJING (Reuters) – Carol Huynh gave Canada its first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday in the women’s 48kg freestyle wrestling event.

Huynh, 27, defeated Japanese two-time world champion wrestler Chiharu Icho who took silver in wrestling’s lightest weight class. The score was 3-1.

Finally!

And now you know why you shouldn’t mess with Canadian Women

Loopholes that let you get Windows XP after June 30

Windows XP is dead … long live Windows XP. You may have heard that as of June 30, you’re no longer able to buy the operating system or obtain support for it. But that isn’t quite the case.

In fact, you’ll be able to buy XP on certain mainstream PCs at least until January 31, 2009, and possibly beyond. The cutoff date is even later for some ultra-low-cost notebooks such as those made by Asus: They’ll sell with XP until June 2010. As for technical support, that has a lot of life left as well–officially, Microsoft will provide at least some forms of support until 2014.

OEM Downgrade options, retailer’s stocked up on XP and ultra-low-cost notebooks are the big ones. Read the entire article at IT Business Canada

Users find plenty of ways to run into trouble, from gunking up their system with shareware to leaving it exposed to attackers to forgetting about using surge protectors. Share this list with your own users so they can sidestep preventable problems like these.

Technology may be changing at a lightning-fast pace, but one thing remains constant: Users make mistakes with their computers. Sometimes, the mistakes are just slip-ups that could happen to anyone (ourselves included). But other times, an avalanche of issues is unleashed simply because a user didn’t know any better. It may look like they’ve done something dumb, but if we haven’t taught them better habits, we’ve done something even dumber.

Hey I didn’t say it but it is the truth folks, Baldy

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