Slimed

Sandra Bullock and Hugh Jackman were slimed when revealing the kids choice for favorite book.

Asus Eee Top

The 15.6-inch touchscreen model has the standard 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of memory, and XP installed on a 160GB drive.

2009 Kids Choice Awards

The Rock hosts the 2009 Kids Choice awards tonight...

Kids Choice Awards Winners:

Favorite Reality Show - American Idol

Favorite TV Actor - Dylan Sprouse

Favorite Cartoon - SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Female Athlete - Candace Parker

Favorite Book - Twilight Series

Favorite Movie - High School Musical 3

Favorite Movie Actor - Will Smith

Favorite Movie Actress - Vanessa Hudgens

Favorite Animated Movie - Madagascar 2 - Escape to Africa

Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie - Jack Black

Favorite Male Singer - Jesse McCartney

Favorite Female Singer - Miley Cyrus

Favorite Song - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) (Beyonce)

Favorite TV Show - iCarly

Favorite Music Group - Jonas Brothers

Favorite TV Actress - Selena Gomez

Favorite Male Athlete - Peyton Manning

Favorite Video Game - Guitar Hero - World Tour

Big Geen Help Award - Leonardo Dicaprio

Florida Derby

Quality Road holds off Dunkirk to win the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park today.

Marissa Coleman leads Terps to Win NCAA Regional Semifinal

Marissa Coleman put up 42 points to lead Maryland to victory over Vanderbilt in today's Women's NCAA tournament regional semifinal college basketball game. Maryland outscored Vandy 78 - 74.

IPhones bricked after non-developers try to upgrade to 3.0 beta

Watch attempting to install iPhone OS 3.0 beta on your iPhone. Apparently you will sorely disappointed when it attempts to verify if you have an "authorized" developer device.

Full story at LAtimes.

Sports beans

Need energy when riding? I can tell you from experience that these work. My first 55 mile ride way fueled by these:



They keep your energy going!

Wine 1.1.18 release

What's new:

- RPC over HTTP support.
- Improved support for upgrades in MSI.
- Debug symbols in WineDbg on Mac OS X.
- Many Direct3D code cleanups.
- Various bug fixes.

Dollhouse

Dollhouse is a Sci-fi TV series on Fox. Fox is attempting something new with Dollhouse. It runs with fewer commericals than normal TV shows in an attempt to keep the viewer engaged.

The premise of the show is revolves around "Actives" or "Dolls". The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments (referred to as engagements).

Conficker

You have to be impressed by the complexities of Conficker.  It used a three week old encryption algorithm (MD-6).  When Dr. Rivest’s group (creators of MD-6) submitted a revised version of the MD-6 algorithm, as a buffer overflow had been discovered in its implementation, Conflicker implemented the revised MD-6 algorithm.

Conficker Analysis

From this report:

"We must also acknowledge the multiple skill sets that are revealed within the evolving design and implementation of Conficker.  Those responsible for this outbreak have demonstrated Internet-wide programming skills, advanced cryptographic skills, custom dual-layer code packing and code obfuscation skills, and in-depth knowledge of Windows internals and security products.  They are among the first to introduce the Internet rendezvous point scheme, and have now integrated a sophisticated P2P protocol that does not require an embedded peer list.  They have continually seeded the Internet with new MD5 variants, and have adapted their code base to address the latest attempts to thwart Conficker.   They have infiltrated government sites, military networks, home PCs, critical infrastructure, small networks, and universities, around the world.  Perhaps an even greater threat than what they have done so far, is what they have learned and what they will build next."

Impressive stuff.