The GISS "Interesting Web Links"

(for curiosity, fun & exploration - and security).

Send us any links you think are cool to: interesting@giss-uk.com and we'll add them.

*Those marked with an asterisk already have already been gratefully contributed by GISS customers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6411349.stm - stereo imaging of sun storms - a distant view - will your mobile work?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6380789.stm - Record power for military lasers - Star Wars here we come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot - Read a quotation from Carl Sagan on the mote of dust that is planet earth.

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http://mindstorms.lego.com/ - This is Lego - but not as we know it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5167938.stm - Brain Sensor allows Mind Control

http://uk.gizmodo.com/2006/07/11/hyanide_snow_bike_mobile_conce.html - Snowbike? Bet you want one.

 

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http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/ - It all started with "The Inaugural Lecture of the Cloud Appreciation Society".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2179265.html - "Co-sleeping”, makes children more likely to grow up as calm, healthy adults".

 

http://www.gotomypc.com - From those Citrix boys comes the ability to access your office or home PC desktop from a web browser anywhere on the planet.*


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http://www.altiris.com/Products/SoftwareVirtualizationSolution.aspx - You know about virtual OS's Vmware etc. Now you can install an application using software virtualisation. Then "turn the install off/on" or transfer the installed application to another PC. Free software for personal use.*

 

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http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/general/news/seasquirts/seasquirts.htm - a plant that eats its own brain?

http://www.loop.ph/twiki/bin/view/Loop/WebHome - Wow! - a luminous life at home one day... a Digital Dawn?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4581374.stm - it's official (the BBC says so) - Football is the most exciting sport.

http://techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm - what it says on the tin. Especially good for freeware PC protection.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925433.500.html - see Astronomically Hot.  Maybe we have metaphorically fired a gunshot in the next valley - who was listening elsewhere in the universe, maybe they will come?

http://www.7-zip.org - file archive compression like Winzip that when a GISS customer compressed a 650Mb directory (~10,000file) using winzip created 166Mb file, using 7-zip a 48.6Mb - squashed or what?*
 

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org - a database of all those hoax warning emails.*

http://www.millersmiles.co.uk - a repository of information on phishing.*

http://www.taxationweb.co.uk - site for anyone that wants to know about tax and how to constructively and legally reduce it*

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ - help with ADSL stuff*

 

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http://www.sans.org/aboutsans.php - For security training and security news - register for weekly vulnerability listings.*

https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/ - Good site for listing of vulnerabilities.*

http://www.ubcd4win.com/ - The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows to fix any problem - worth exploring if in IT support.*

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ - Boot into Windows XP from a CD-Rom*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4685238.stm - Is there a Zombie sitting next to You?

http://earth.google.com/ - Just in case you have not discovered it already.
 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/default.mspx - Some of our customers are installing Media Centre at home now. Have you seen how it is evolving?*

http://www.imdb.com/ - Earths Biggest Internet Movie Database (reputedly).*
 

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http://wordcount.org/main.php - How common is that word/name?

http://amaztype.tha.jp/ - Get those products - graphically (Note: uses ActiveX.)

http://www.pandorastocks.com/item--Sonic-Grenade--SonicGrenade.htm - Something to create a stir - but don't take on on the Underground.

http://local.google.co.uk - A clean and simple way to find places.



 

GISS takes no responsibility for the consequences of visiting or using the tools/products/information on any of these sites.