Be on the watch this Friday for the Kama Sutra worm.

Many sources are reporting that there is a new computer virus spreading around, called the "Kama Sutra Worm" which is downloaded on your computer when you except to download things from shady emails. This worm sits on you computer until the 3rd of every month where it then over writes data of common files such as .doc , and .pdf. Here is some more insight in to this developing story: eWeek article , CNN article, washingtonpost.com, lurhq.org
Updates on this will be posted ASAP, smartest thing to do is update your virus scan software, backup your important documents and most of all do not open emails from strange sources.

Firefox 1.5.0.1 (02.01.06)

The people at mozilla recommend that you upgrade your firefox to this fabulous new version so you can enjoy stability and security that the firefox browser brings to the table. Download Here

This is whats new:
Improved stability.Improved support for Mac OS X.International Domain Name support for Iceland (.is) is now enabled. Fixes for several memory leaks.Several security enhancements. The Burning Edge has more detailed lists of notable bug fixes.

-mozilla.org

Critical security flaw in Winamp 5.12

Nullsoft issued a new version of winamp on 01.30.06, "winamp 5.13" (which you can get here) to fix a major security flaw in winamp 5.12 which allowed a hacker to take control of someones computer through a hacked playlist file. I would upgrade ASAP.

Chinese New Year 2006 Year of the Dog

January 29th marks the Chinese new year, the year of the dog. To learn more about the Chinese calendar and the 12-year cycle: click here.

Mans obsession with fire

These lads dabbled a little in the field of pyrotechnics and made it to the other side alive, take a gander at their research (Here).