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4.28.05
Google Search Typo Leads To Headaches
If you add the letter ‘k’ between the letters ‘g’ and ‘l’ in Google.com you could end up infecting your PC. The security firm F-Secure has discovered the annoyance and according to a report by CNET, the typo can lead to PC users being hammered by Trojan horse threats. You can read more about the issue by clicking on the following:
Scheme preys on people who mistype 'Google.com'
Be careful entering the search giant's URL into your browser, or you could end up with a mess of Trojans installed on your PC. CNET News.com - Security

Podcaster’s Will Have AM Radio Broadcast
According to CNET, podcasting will hit the airwaves in San Francisco. The format will feature podcast submitted by listeners and the streams will be available to download from via the Internet too. The radio station, 1550 KYCY AM hopes to increase their ability to target specific audiences with their unique programming.
Radio station takes podcasts to public airwaves
Radio broadcaster Infinity is set to debut San Francisco AM station that plays content created wholly by listeners. CNET News.com

Upgrade to G5 Family
Apple has upgraded their line of G5 computers and they released the following press release: Apple Upgrades Power Mac G5 Line – Apple Press Releases

Still Time To Pre-order Tiger
My copies of Tiger are on the way, but there is still time for you to pre-order Tiger and get a rebate from Amzon.com/. Please help support this web site and use the link below. Thanks!
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Thirty Dollars Off .Mac Account
Now you can get a .Mac account for $69 or try it out free for sixty-days by clicking on the link to the left or here.

Open Source Updates
Secunia released these bulletins for open source systems: Fedora (1, 2), Conectiva (1, 2), and SuSE.

Multiple Platforms.com Tip of the Day: Helpful Web Sites Continued
There are several choices for helping you learn about the weather and I use Google for a quick update of the current conditions and Weather.com for the long-range forecast. Another weather source is Yahoo.

Multiple Platforms Word of the Day: WAN
Wikipedia supplies this definition of WAN, “A wide area network or WAN is a computer network covering a wide geographical area, involving vast array of computers. This is different from personal area networks (PANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs) or local area networks (LANs) that are usually limited to a room, building or campus. The best example of a WAN is the Internet.
WANs are used to connect local area networks together, so that users and computers in one location can communicate with users and computers in other locations. Many WANs are built for one particular organization and are private, others, built by Internet service providers provide connections from an organization's LAN to the Internet. WANs are most often built of leased lines. At each end of the leased line, a router connects to the LAN on one side and a hub within the WAN on the other. A number of network protocols may use the basic physical transport mechanism including TCP/IP. Other protocols including X.25, ATM and Frame relay can also be used for WANs.
Now that the Internet provides a high speed WAN, the need for a private network made up of leased lines owned by the organization which wants to connect the sites has decreased. Virtual private networks are often used instead. These use encryption and other techniques to make it appear that the organization has a dedicated network while making use of the shared infrastructure of the WAN.