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		<title>Yet Another Linux Fest &#8211; Feb 27 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 9am to 5pm:
 ITT Tech / ALE / SourceFreedom 
Linux Fest
Hosted by ITT Technical Institute, Atlanta Campus at:
485 Oak Place
Atlanta, GA 30349
( Note: At the corner of Atlanta South Parkway and Oak Place.  Once you get inside, follow the signs to the lab. )

Free Linux Discs 
Free Expert Help Installing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2010/02/07/yet-another-linux-fest-feb-27-2010/</link>
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		<title>Free CompTIA A+ Certification Lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CompTIA (Computer Technology Industry Association) developed the A+ certification to validate the knowledge skills of Computer service technicians.
To achieve the A+ Certification you must pass the:
• The Essential Exams covering fundamental computer concepts.
AND any one of
• IT Technician
• Remote Support Technician
OR
• Depot Technician Exams
COMPTIA A+ ESSENTIALS
- LESSON ONE
Identifying Personal Computer Components
You will learn here how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2010/01/02/free-comptia-a-certification-lessons/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Word Sales Illegal after Jan 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Appeals court banned Microsoft from selling Word if it uses patented XML
In 2007, i4i, a small Canadian company which owns a patent on the XML system used in MS Word 2003 and 2007, filed suit against Microsoft for infringing patent rights.  After two years, Microsoft has apparently exhausted its appeals, as on Tuesday 12/22/2009, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/12/24/microsoft-word-sales-illegal-after-jan-2010/</link>
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		<title>ALE &#8211; Ubuntu &#8211; ITT Linux Install Fest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 21, 2009 &#8211; ALE-Ubuntu-ITT Tech Linux Installfest
If you have ever wanted to try Linux but have thought the learning curve would be too steep, and you didn&#8217;t know anybody you could call about problems when they came up, this is the event for you.  The Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts have been in existence since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/11/08/ale-ubuntu-itt-linux-install-fest/</link>
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		<title>SourceFreedom Linux Top 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you contributed your top 10 Linux packages to the Wiki at SourceFreedom.com?  The idea is to develop a community-based how-to list of what a new Linux user and later a new Linux admin ought to know.  There are over 16000 commands and system calls, but do you use them ALL every day?  I know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/11/01/sourcefreedom-linux-top-10/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft is not fixing TCP/IP issues in XP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft officials have stated that they are not going to fix bugs in their TCP/IP network communications stack in the venerable Windows XP.  They say it is because the operating system is eight years old and it is not feasible to add patches for these bugs.  At face value, this seems reasonable.  They are not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/09/20/microsoft-is-not-fixing-tcpip-issues-in-xp/</link>
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		<title>Why do you use C instead of C++?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or just as reasonably, Why use C++ when C is perfectly good??
C is the older of the two and is a &#8220;functional&#8221; language.  &#8220;Functional&#8221; is not here the opposite of &#8220;dysfunctional*&#8221; which means that something has abnormal functionality; nor is it the opposite of &#8220;non-functional&#8221;, which means the object is not in a useable state.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/09/20/why-do-you-use-c-instead-of-c/</link>
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		<title>Atlanta Linux Fest 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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The Atlanta Linux Fest will be taking place on September 19th at the IBM Facility on Northside Parkway.  This is extremely short notice for some readers of the Network Security News.  I apologize.  I lost track of the time.  More information is available from http://atlantaLinuxFest.org
Parking is available and free at the facility.
Address:
4111 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/09/18/atlanta-linux-fest-2009/</link>
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		<title>FCC Upholds Net Neutrality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This issue has been pending for some time, but for now has been resolved.  The FCC upholds &#8220;Net Neutrality,&#8221; which means that carriers will be legally restrained from charging excess fees or restricting bandwidth based on protocol (ala bittorrent) for heavy usage.  For a little longer treatment of the issue, look here http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obamas-fcc-to-enforce-net-neutrality-2009-08-25.html
This is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/08/26/fcc-upholds-net-neutrality/</link>
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		<title>Conficker Worm Infecting 30% Windows PCs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conficker Worm, aka Downadup Worm is on a rampage.  Panda Security found it in January and it has been taking a real chunk out of the Windows desktop space.  I read this in the March 2009 issue of CSO Magazine, and thought you would like a little more detail.  (technorati code mbk5hqf7xd)
Symantec  provides the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/03/13/conficker-worm-infecting-30-windows-pcs/</link>
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		<title>Fake FBI Still Helping Nigerian Scammers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I told you the unfolding story of the FBI helping a set of Nigerian scammers who were upset that their identities were being stolen by some other set of Nigerian scammers.
Now Mr Robert Mueller III, who is apparently the Director of the FBI, says I haven&#8217;t fulfilled my financial obligations to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/02/24/fake-fbi-still-helping-nigerian-scammers/</link>
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		<title>Mysterious Ubuntu 8.10 Log-in Problem Solved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I updated one of our machines from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 about a week ago and an error appeared..  The mouse and keyboard input were ignored at the log-in screen.  I found a work-around, which was to go into TTY1 (straight command line terminal emulator screen &#8211; like starting Windows in Command-line-only mode) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/02/23/mysterious-ubuntu-810-log-in-problem-solved/</link>
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		<title>Updated &#8220;Templates&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have updated the info on OpenOffice.org Templates onhttp://wolfhalton.info/openofficeorg-templates/
The template-delivery system has gotten much better!  The joy of Open Source is that the community has a way of solving your problems while solving their own.

Book Mark it-> del.icio.us &#124;  Reddit &#124;  Slashdot &#124;  Digg &#124; ]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/02/22/updated-templates/</link>
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		<title>Linux Easter Eggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Easter Eggs in programming are undocumented features.  These are usually passed down by word of mouth.  Here are three
Free the Fish
This is a GUI Egg..
Hit [Alt] + [F2] &#8211; This opens the command-line dialog which is similar to the Windows &#8220;Start&#124; Run..&#8221; sequence.  In the dialog box, type &#8220;free the fish&#8221;  without the quotes, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/02/13/linux-easter-eggs/</link>
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		<title>Fake Confirmation Email from Tara Bartholomaios (Mrs.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was very interesting.  You probably go to a lot of sites and you may sign up at a lot of sites, or for email courses.  Confirmation emails are quite common in my test inbox, just as they may be common for you.  Here is an example of a phishing email dressed up as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/01/25/fake-confirmation-email-from-tara-bartholomaios-mrs/</link>
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		<title>Linux CLI Keyboard Shortcut for Directory-Contents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovered by researcher Gean Huston last week.  The keyboard shortcut &#8220;(Alt)/&#8221; = &#8220;ls -a&#8221;  without the color-coding.
Gean was doing a standard Command-line exercise when his finger slipped.  Much to his surprise, the display in the terminal window filled with text.  Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the text was the content of the current directory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/01/14/linux-cli-keyboard-shortcut-directory-contents/</link>
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		<title>How To Add a Custom Watermark in OpenOffice.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding a printed Watermark into an OpenOffice.org Document takes two steps. First you have to design your watermark in a graphics application and then add it to the document.
 Open your favorite graphics tool, mine is G.I.M.P. but yours might be Windows Paint or some other tool.  Choose the text of your watermark, and use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/01/11/custom-watermark-in-openofficeorg/</link>
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		<title>Scam Job Postings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a proliferation of scam job listings and direct to the job-hunter emails coming into my test email box.  You may also be getting a number of them.  Below is an example of a potential scam job-ad email.
Strategy: Looking for IT educated people who might be needing a job, and enticing them to send [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/01/10/scam-job-postings/</link>
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		<title>Death of a Hard Drive: The 7 Stages of Grief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am no stranger to grief over the loss of loved ones, and I have grown more sophisticated about loss in the last 14 years as the death of my mother continues to have impact on my life.  I wasn&#8217;t aware of the Kubler-Ross 5 stages of grief until years after her passing, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2009/01/05/death-of-a-hard-drive-the-7-stages-of-grief/</link>
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		<title>Rhythm Entrainment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proof of Rhythm Entrainment at a Macro Level
Rhythm entrainment among people will pull all unaware people into the same vibration as the strongest vibration present. In a crowd, a strong speaker (or a loud one) can draw every unaware person into a state equal to the vibrations she is emanating.
We can make the choice to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/12/21/rhythm-entrainment/</link>
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		<title>Dream-Inclusion Principle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dream-Inclusion Principle
If you wish people to be interested in your dream, include the person in your dream. If you cannot see any way to include a given person in your dream, don&#8217;t bother telling the person about your dream.

Book Mark it-> del.icio.us &#124;  Reddit &#124;  Slashdot &#124;  Digg &#124; ]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/12/21/dream-inclusion-principle/</link>
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		<title>Goal Achieving 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Past Does Not Equal Your Future.
Why do you want what you want? The more reasons you have, the more likely that you will carry on until you have what you want.
If time and money were no object, what would you be doing?
Where is your passion?
Celebrate all successes, no matter how small.
Be grateful for any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/12/21/goal-achieving-101/</link>
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		<title>Is the FBI Helping Nigerian Scammers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a very interesting email purported to be from the FBI, who say I have not sent my proper remittance to the Ministry of Finance (I didn&#8217;t know we had one of those).  Here is the message. Please note that the FBI is using hotmail.  Perhaps this is a cost-cutting measure, or perhaps a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/08/10/fbi-helping-nigerian-scammers/</link>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization Best Practices?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the rapidly-changing world of the World-Wide Web, it&#8217;s almost impossible to keep up with all the changes in search algorithms of the top thousand or so search engines.
One guy I know, continues to have success though, both with solid old techniques as well as advanced SEO using Web 2.0 tactics that can help your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/06/03/search-engine-optimization-best-practices/</link>
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		<title>Protecting Yourself Against Spyware And Adware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people use the terms spyware and adware interchangeably as if they are the same thing. Sure  they are both designed to invade our privacy but their purposes diverge in several ways.

Spyware is worse than adware because its main purpose is to track your behaviour and maybe even collect your your banking habits, passwords and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/06/01/protecting-yourself-against-spyware-and-adware/</link>
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		<title>Real Threats, Coaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

[display_podcast]
There is no such thing as a real threat.

A threat, by definition is something that hasn&#8217;t happened yet.  A threat is an imaginary undesired future event.
Most threats never materialize, and when one does, you are far too busy dealing with the event to be frightened.  You add in the fear to the tale you tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/26/real-threats/</link>
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		<title>Heat and Power Issues in Data Centers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest power-consumption issues in data centers is cooling all those servers.  There are a couple of ways to address this cooling issue.  Consolidating the servers you have, can reduce the number of boxes running at all, and this will immediately address the cost of powering the data center as well as addressing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/15/heat-and-power-issues-in-data-centers/</link>
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		<title>Funny Virus Hoax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated Alert:  Most visus hoaxes are notable for their lack of information and detail.  This poor quality in virus hoaxes must be stamped out, so here is a candidate for a more entertaining virus hoax.  Here is the &#8220;Neverland&#8221; Virus Hoax.
New virux Hoax &#8216;Neverland&#8217;
There is a new hoax virux that is going around. KrispyKreme and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/14/funny-virus-hoax/</link>
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		<title>New Online Marketing Success Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find what you&#8217;ve been missing to succeed online.
My friend Jae Jans has developed the Blackbook Collection, a series of guides on internet marketing to show you the best practices to use in order to enjoy long term success online.

The first &#8220;Blackbook&#8221; is coming out on June 3rd. Go to their site immediately to find out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/12/online-marketing-success/</link>
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		<title>Want Help Installing Ubuntu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are considering loading Linux, and you happen to be in Atlanta GA on the 17th, you can get a chance.  The Ubuntu Loco GA is having an installfest at Emory University on the 17th of May, 2008.  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GeorgiaUSTeam/Events/HardyHeronInstallFest 
This would be an excellent place to learn about the newest Ubuntu Release [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/12/want-help-installing-ubuntu/</link>
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		<title>Top-Down Web Design &#8211; New eBook Publication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Announcement!
I have published a new web design ebook called Top-Down Web Design. This eBook covers the crucial period of a web project before the site-coding begins.  It is a truism that coding projects get more expensive and more time-consuming as the project continues, and so it makes sense that the time when you would want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/05/05/top-down-web-design-new-ebook-publication/</link>
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		<title>Atlanta SecureWorldExpo Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Atlanta SecureWorldExpo was really fun this year!  I had a chance to catch up with some old friends and meet some great new people.
There was a snafu with the program, and my session was not on the paper schedule, though it was on the web site, so I was pleased to see anybody [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/04/30/atlanta-secureworldexpo-again/</link>
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		<title>Computer Security Habits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Just a quick idea.
Computer security is a habit.  There are a few things that need to be done consistently, and they are not difficult.  They are also not expensive.

 # Use a password on your computer.  These days, the threats you let in on your computer might be just bad habits your friends have.  You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/04/27/computer-security-habits/</link>
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		<title>Wolf Halton Speaking at Atlanta SecureWorld Expo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am going to be speaking at the Atlanta SecureWorld Expo.  This is my third SecureWorld, and I have been going to the Expo since they started having them.  I was asked to post the details of the talk and so here they are.  My segment is part of the 2-day conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/04/19/wolf-halton-speaking-at-atlanta-secureworld-expo/</link>
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		<title>Linux-Solaris Command Comparator Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new project at http://lsc.hsi-us.com/tiki-index.php  All about the similarities and differences of the command-line language for Solaris and Gnu/Linux.  Go see!  It is a project at its infancy, so come help change the diapers and feed it!

Book Mark it-> del.icio.us &#124;  Reddit &#124;  Slashdot &#124;  Digg &#124; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/04/17/linux-solaris-command-comparator-project/</link>
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		<title>Is it True You Are Dead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This phishing email is very creative but not exceedingly believable.  I thought it was one of the funniest I had seen for a while.  It is an interesting title, however, as it contains an implicit call to action.  A good marketer with the right product could do some good with this title. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/04/11/is-it-true-you-are-dead/</link>
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		<title>How a Geek Markets a Web Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have put up a web site called http://goodcoffeedirect.com/  My talent lies mostly in getting the sites working, and so this is an interesting one for me in that I am having to figure out how to market the site.  I have done a lot of reading on this topic, but this is really the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/03/18/how-a-geek-markets-a-web-site/</link>
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		<title>Spring Web Maintenance Special!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Maintenance on web pages usually costs $125, but I have managed to negotiate a rate of $100 for one page development or maintenance!  This is a 20% savings, just for my loyal readers.  Just enter the detail of what you want us to do for you and click the &#8220;Pay Now&#8221; button.
&#160;



















Detail what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2008/01/10/spring-web-maintenance-special/</link>
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		<title>Storm Worm Takes (another) Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Storm Worm loves holidays.  Storm Worm is a code name for a particular bot-net.  A bot-net is a large group of zombified computers that are 0wned by some shadowy person without the knowledge of the people who actually have the computers.   Bot-nets do a few things.  What Storm Worm&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/12/29/storm-worm-takes-another-holiday/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Engage in &#8220;Actionable&#8221; Engineering Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Marketing-speak 101  Word for the day: Actionable
 Defining IT&#8217;s Role in Actionable Sales Planning
This is an actual title I received from one of the white-paper producers to which I am subscribed.  By reading into the various articles it is plain that they believe this word &#8220;Actionable&#8221; has something to do with being active [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/12/26/dont-engage-in-actionable-engineering-plans/</link>
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		<title>Get A Blogging Course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, with all this spare time surrounding the Christmas Season, I thought I would look into ways that you or I could get useful traffic to a blogging web site.  I bought the source codes from Mark Joyner&#8217;s last, extremely successful, web business Aesop.com and found it very interesting and useful.  I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/12/20/get-a-blogging-course/</link>
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		<title>Tech Jobs Outnumber Applicants, 4:1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech Jobs Outnumber Possible Applicants 4:1
A study in April of 2007 from the non-profit Software Human Resource Council (SHRC) has called attention to the severe gap between the number of job openings in the Canadian ICT sector, 35,000 each year, and the number of students graduating from Canadian universities with computer science or engineering degrees, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/12/06/tech-jobs-outnumber-applicants-41/</link>
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		<title>Writing a Useful Extension For FireFox 2.0.0.x</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I have started a new project, to make an extension for Firefox that switches between some number of homepages, either randomly, set to a time schedule (it is 8:00am, my homepage must be a work-related resource :: conversely, it is 8:00 pm my homepage is my online class login), or changed by manual over-ride (similar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/11/28/writing-a-useful-extension-for-firefox-200x/</link>
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		<title>Possible Solution for Captives of MS Publisher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pubooo is an extension of OpenOffice.org that may give release to people who have a lot of material in the proprietary and un-convertible Publisher format.
When I was converting to Linux and OpenOffice.org, all my .pub files had to be recreated or replaced by hand.  This solution might be far easier.

Book Mark it-> del.icio.us &#124; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/11/18/possible-solution-for-captives-of-ms-publisher/</link>
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		<title>New OpenOffice.org Support Forum Open for Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
In March of this year, a small band of adventurers put together the idea of an independent support forum for English-speakers that was truly free, even free of possible loss of key people (including our gallant adventurers).   The  progress of this adventure was steady and marked by all sorts of drama and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/11/18/new-openofficeorg-support-forum-open-for-business/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Hackers Bible for 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My bags are packed, and I am going to Seattle WA in about an hours  It is 6:00 am, and I have managed to sleep for about 2 hours.  There are so many things to do.
In 2005, I was siting in the faculty office at a local college, where I teach a couple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/10/27/anti-hackers-bible-for-2007/</link>
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		<title>Dramatic Internet Prison-Drama Scam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This morning I got what is probably the best-written scam email I have ever gotten.  It reads like a piece out of a William Gibson novel, which is syncronistic because I am currently reading a William Gibson novel, Spook Country.
Here is the email:






From: 
Corporal Donald Payne &#60;donalldpayne@yahoo.es&#62;


Reply-To: 
gmarthins@myway.com


To: 
my-email


Subject: 
It is very important you get back to me


Date: 
Tue,  9 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/10/09/dramatic-internet-prison-drama-scam/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Windows Laptop Threats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
What are the most common failures of laptop security?
Some of these are physical handling issues and some are web-surfing
issues. If you get these right, you have more than half the battle
against hackers won.
10. Go to all sorts of sites and leave unnecessarily personal information there, so people decode your patterns easily.
9. Dump your coffee in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/09/28/top-10-windows-laptop-threats/</link>
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		<title>Is Dual-Booting a Computer Safe?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: I have read that dual-booted Windows and Linux operating systems can make all Linux partitions accessible through the Windows side, and that people could steal the password files from the Linux side this way. Is this true? How could I avoid it?
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The short answer: It is true, but it is not easy.
To actually search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/09/28/is-dual-booting-a-computer-safe/</link>
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		<title>Who is this Lady Toreth and Why Does She Want to Send ME Money??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dear Wolf,
What the heck is this? I get them from time to time, usually delete without reading.
Signed,
Charitably Perplexed
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Lady Toreth
net&#62; cc:
Subject: Hello
05/30/2007 11:17
PM
From: Lady Toreth Hughes
52 Oxford Street,
England.
Hello Friend,
Here write lady Hughes.I am married to Sir Richard Hughes an
Englishman who is dead,he died in a train bomb blast in spain when he
was going for his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/09/28/who-is-this-lady-toreth-and-why-does-she-want-to-send-me-money/</link>
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		<title>Fall Web Maintenance Special!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Maintenance on web pages usually costs $125, but I have managed to negotiate a rate of $100 for one page development or maintenance!  This is a 20% savings, just for my loyal readers.  Just enter the detail of what you want us to do for you and click the &#8220;Pay Now&#8221; button.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/09/21/fall-web-maintenance-special/</link>
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		<title>Can Evil Hackers Destroy Your Enemy&#8217;s Life For $20?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I recently read a blog that addressed the question, &#8220;Can hackers destroy a person’s life for as little as $20 per month&#8220;.  The blogger responded, &#8220;Yes and absolutely.&#8221;  He apparently gave a very racy account to a Seattle paper that was following up on a story that some hackers are advertising their ability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/09/06/can-evil-hackers-destroy-your-enemys-life-for-20/</link>
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		<title>Which Auto-Responder Do You Use?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Everybody knows that auto-responders are great tools.  Auto-responders are those great scripts that can send an immediate email back when somebody sends you one, even if you are out of the office and will be away from your email.  For Internet marketers, auto-responders are used to send out newsletters,  email courses or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/31/which-auto-responder-do-you-use/</link>
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		<title>OpenOffice.org Templates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I was thinking about putting up some templates that I use in and around the office
We used to be a Windows shop and I had marketing materials developed on MS Publisher for our reps.  I am now mostly a Linux shop. My work computer is running Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) and my Office Suite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/31/openofficeorg-templates/</link>
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		<title>ALZip &#8211;  Integrity In The FREE_Download World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I look at a lot of software items and eBook texts, in fact I publish and market eBooks at TheLittleCow.org.  I see this boilerplate at the end of dozens of download pages.
&#8220; You&#8217;ll also need a zip utility to un-pack the zipped files. If you don&#8217;t have a zip utility on your PC you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/30/alzip-integrity-in-the-free_download-world/</link>
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		<title>End-to-End Security &#8211; ProCurve Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
End-to-End Security
ProCurve by HP
From the perspective of a CSO
by Wolf Halton
The larger players in network-appliance vending have begun to address the issue of complete end-to-end security.  For instance, how do you keep a mobile computer from infecting your system, presuming you are not using a static addressing system.  Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/27/end-to-end-security-procurve-style/</link>
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		<title>Adding Metatags to ZenCart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Adding Google-analytics to a zencart
Google gives you 2 ways to verify that you own the site:

Put a special html page on the site
Put a special metatag on the index page.

ZenCart automatically makes all 404 &#8220;page not found&#8221; requests go to the home page or index, so Google says they cannot use method #1 to verify [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/21/adding-metatags-to-zencart/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hi!  The purpose of this site is to test interesting, and entertaining technology. As a writer and a technology hacker, I like to play with stuff, test it, break it and put it back together.  Sometimes technology designed for one purpose can be put to use for some completely different purpose.

Book Mark it-> [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wolfhalton.info/2007/08/13/hello-world/</link>
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