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Information Salad: Episode #9

By Slobokan | September 12, 2006

This week, we remember Steve Irwin and discuss everything else from viruses and AOL to freedom of speech and Microsoft Vista.

We took time out yesterday to remember the victims of September 11th, hence the delay in releasing the podcast.

Here’s what we “tossed up” this week:

Gmail Notifier - A nice little app to inform you when you have Gmail.
Steve Irwin Dies - Our prayers go out to the Irwin family.
Jay Leno’s tribute to Steve Irwin
Discovery Channel Remembers Steve Irwin
zCodec : A Codec That Does Some Damage

Pandaâ€™s advisory last week revealed that the 100KB file is in fact adware, which â€œdownloads and runs files, changes the DNS configuration and monitors accesses to several adult websitesâ€.

zCodec, formally known as Adware/ZCodec or Adware/EMediacodec, affects most versions of Windows and was first detected last week, Panda said.
AOL Research Closes - AOL is closing the division that leaked search results to the masses.
AOL’s New Customer Retention Policy?
Google Plans To Use PC Microphones - Yikes!
When Is Everything Not Everything?

Apparently though, everything, in this case, doesnâ€™t really mean everything. It just means some things, which is probably what the coupon shouldâ€™ve said, instead of everything.
Rurics - A new way of thinking? - Slobokan mentioned this link in reference to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Microsoft School - I wonder if the school turns blue and needs to be â€œrestartedâ€ a few times each day?
Scrappleface - News Fairly Unbalanced.
John Gruber Sweetens WiFi Challenge

Jim Thompson, whose own coverage of this issue Iâ€™ve linked to several times, has offered to contribute a second matching MacBook, should Maynor and Ellch succeed in my challenge. Not only does this double the size of the bounty, but it should also make it easier for Maynor and Ellch to split their winnings â€” it admittedly wouldnâ€™t be much fun to split a single MacBook.
Boycott Vista?

Will Vista Premium be worth the extra cost? Essentially, the features you get with the more expensive version are better security, a prettier user interface, and the audio-video software formerly found in Microsoftâ€™s Media Center edition of Windows XP. That doesnâ€™t seem like a lot for five yearsâ€™ work, or for $40 extra.

Hat Tip: Slashdot.

The Path to 9/11 - When does our government have the right to coerce a television network to pull programs?
- A great resource for seeing the money that goes into elections in our country.
- Richmond is the last race before the chase. By now the field is set.