Having fun with science and technology.
Nexuiz: Best First-Person Shooter Ever Posted: 2007-05-29 07:13
Okay, I promise I won't mention every article I write for OS Reviews on my blog, but here is an exception. I just put up an article about Nexuiz, which is definitely the best first-person shooter I've ever played. And of course it's free as in speech!
SCO About to Face Delisting Trouble, Again Posted: 2007-04-13 07:21
Most of you probably remember the delisting trouble SCO got into because they failed to timely file their 10-K back in 2005. The same story will show up again soon, but this time for another reason: the stock price is too low to meet Nasdaq's requirements. Read more
Read Scientific Papers from Anywhere Posted: 2007-01-03 12:56
Accessing scientific papers online is great because it spares you the way to the library. Unfortunately, most journals make their articles available only to paying subscribers (contrary to Open Access). So if you want to read an article at home or while on a conference you have a problem. This posting shows you how to access it anyway just by clicking on the download link in a journal. Read more
Bypassing Virus Scanners Using MIME Encoding Tricks Posted: 2006-12-06 10:32
From time to time a vulnerability is found in a virus scanner that allows an attacker to disguise malicious content so that the scanner won't detect it but the virus is still fully functional. Much rarer are discoveries of new attack classes that are able to blindfold not one but many virus scanners. Here is one. Read more
Welcome to the Quantenblog Posted: 2006-12-06 10:30
So I finally have a blog, too. At the moment there is not much to see around here, but I'm sure that will change soon. Read more
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