New Year's

I hope everyone had a fab New Year's - better than mine, at least! Because of this damn flu that I've had since before Christmas coupled with the exhaustion I really didn't feel well enough to go to the party I'd planned on, and so I stayed at home and fell asleep before midnight (only to be woken up just after midnight by all the fireworks exploding outside my window). And that's one of the first times I can remember not even staying up until midnight on New Year's Eve.

Sick of spam? Spamwars is a game where you earn points for destroying spam and cartoon spammers. Fun! And I've managed to get hooked on this game from Orisinal. Have fun :) [Both require Flash]. And try the Litmus test from the BBC - I got a score of 198, which seems to be higher than anyone got yesterday (although not really surprising considering most people's mental states yesterday!)

Private Eye reveals headlines - King Herod's Massacre of the Innocents 'a system failure'... and on a different note, the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) has attempted a reverse domain name hijack of dvla.com, the website of DVL Automation. Which reminds me - my driving test has been booked for February 4th. Keep your fingers crossed...

MP3 worm

Windows XP and Winamp users should beware the latest MP3 worms.

"Two new security vulnerabilities, disclosed late Wednesday, allow an attacker to completely take over a computer system by using malicious music files.
The first vulnerability is present in the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. This vulnerability can be exploited when a user simply lets the cursor hover over the file icon for the malicious MP3, or opens a folder where the file is stored.
The second is found in Nullsoft's Winamp, a popular Windows media jukebox player."

There's a patch available for XP users, and Nullsoft has released fixed versions of Winamp to download.