Flight 501, which took place on Tuesday, June 4, 1996, was the first, and unsuccessful, test flight of the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 expendable launch system. Due to an error in the software design (inadequate protection from integer overflow), the rocket veered off its flight path 37 seconds after launch and was destroyed by its automated self-destruct system when high … [Read more...]
Know Your 4th Amendment Rights When It Comes To Police Searching Your Phone or Computer
The Fourth Amendment, the one that protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, how well do you know it? What about how it applies to police want to search your password-protected laptop or smartphone? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great write-up to help you know your rights. The EFF provides this helpful information on their website, as a 1-page … [Read more...]
Zynga, the Makers of Farmville, Want You To Avoid Phishing
Zynga, the developers behind Farmville, Words with Friends, Zynga Poker, and other Facebook games, and particularly their security team wants you to avoid falling for phishing scams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrBQ4fgxxc "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Zynga Security wants you to learn that lesson well. They also want you to keep your computer and … [Read more...]
Snag.gy – An HTML5-Powered Website Where You Can Paste Screenshots
As you can tell by many posts on 404 Tech Support, I heavily utilize the ability to take screenshots. Unfortunately, it's a less than efficient process. You press Print Screen (or Alt+Print Screen for just the active window), open your photo editor, paste in the screenshot, crop to what you want, and finally, save the image. If you want to share the image, it would be another … [Read more...]
Google Sign-In Pages Changing To Match Broader Google+ Redesign Look
Product-by-product, Google is completing their larger redesign that coincides with the new Google+ look. This morning there was a notification on my Gmail sign-in page that the change was coming and a link to try out the new page. Falling in line with the other redesigns Google has done recently, the new page has the flat buttons and slightly muted color palette. Gmail, … [Read more...]