The Death Sounds (of hard drives)

"Datacent, a data-recovery house, has a page of recordings of the sound of hard drives failing, segmented by vendor and cause of failure."
The Horror... the... horror...

Via: Boingboing.net
(Click the pic to hear the scary sounds!)
(Not Safe For Work if you are an IT person!)

Has Microsoft Installed a Firefox Virus on YOUR system?

...from what I understand from the linked article, apparently, Microsoft has released a "security update" that comes with an add on to Firefox, (you know, the competing browser that everyone uses because Microsoft's own browser, Microsoft Explorer is so horrible?) that acts as a malicious software magnet. It's sabotage baby, and it's on your computerz, making you unsafe...

via j-walkblog.com

(click the pic for the whole story!)