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Mailinator is a service that gives you free, disposable email anytime, anywhere. Mailboxes are created when email arrives for them (see their FAQ for more information).
The system receives around a million junk mail messages a day. By using hostip.info to resolve the geographical location of IP addresses used to distribute this junk mail, then plugging this data into Google maps, the people behind the service have created a map to show where the spam they receive is coming from.
From inside google – the Google Secure Access client. This connects you to a Google-run Virtual Private Network. It’s Windows XP and Windows 2000 only at the moment – though techlife couldn’t get it to install.
Apparently, it’s a Google engineers 20% project.;
One of our engineers recognized that secure WiFi was virtually non-existent at most locations. As a result, he used his 20% project time to begin an initiative to offer users more secure WiFi access. Google Secure Access is the result of this endeavor.
If you choose to use Google Secure Access, your internet traffic will be encrypted and sent through Googles servers to the Internet. The data that is received will then be encrypted and sent back through our servers to your computer. Your privacy is important to us, we strongly encourage you to read our Privacy Policy to be fully informed about how your privacy is protected.
On the surface, routing massive net traffic through Googles servers is a huge financial undertaking. What, if anything, do they get out of it ? One conclusion is that Google is trying to get its hands on more of your internet traffic for data collection purposes.
Many people saw this as the motive behind Web Accelerator, and theythe net freaked out. Ultimately, Web Accelerator was pulled. Google Secure Access would provide similar benefits for Google as Web Accelerator did, with fewer of the negatives, and the added plus of a ‘free’ VPN service.
One less paranoid explanation also exists (from inside google) is that this program may just be designed to make Google’s own WiFi locations secure (I had no idea there were Google wi-fi locations – are they private or public ?), and not truly meant for the general public.
EDIT: – from zdnet – And now, without further ado: the Google PC;
With Google SAN, it’s irrelevant where you are – sufficient bandwidth and you can work on any server you have access to. Whatever your client operating system.
From Scoble:
Mini-Microsoft often infuriates me. He often makes me cheer, too. But, that’s why I love him. He gets me to think. He gets me to question what I’m doing. Where I’m going. And the same about Microsoft.
2005 09 – back to basics
2005 07 – great amazing innovate huge
2005 07 – great amazing innovate huge
2004 09 – Satan’s Process Excellence
2004 07 – original post
If you ever have to reinstall Windows, you’ll need the license key that came with your copy, but it’s not always handy. You’d think that in a world where you can’t use Windows without activating it, the code required to do so would be a well-guarded secret, but thanks to lax Windows security, a 252KB download–Magical Jelly Bean Software’s free Keyfinder 1.41–will recover your license key in a snap.
Just download and run the app, and write down your key. Now if only it could find my Windows CD….
Even though you’ve written down your license key (somewhere), your Web site passwords probably aren’t. I use the FX ‘remember password’ feature so that I don’t have to figure out the right log-in and password every time I go to, say, Amazon.com. Still, my only record of the password is asterisked out on Amazon’s site. Because Windows doesn’t do much to secure those stored passwords, you can get them back using another download. Revelation 2 from Snadboy Software will reveal any asterisk-hidden passwords. (It’s free, although the site asks for a donation if you keep the software.)
A $US15 utility called Aqua Deskperience pairs a similar password-revealing ability with some useful features
such as a convenient screen grabber and the ability to copy text from any application (including those where a copy command isn’t available).
Finally, if the password you’ve forgotten is your Windows XP administrator password–required for operations such as booting into Safe Mode–Microsoft has a knowledge base entry that will help you reset the password.