Entries from January 2009 ↓

Google flags every search results as malware at 6:30am to 7:25am at 31 Jan, 2009 PST.

Google flags every search results as malware [image from TechCrunch]
I was watching TV and my elder brother told me that the Google search results are not accessible. I checked Google on my mobile. The Google for mobile was working fine but the classic Google was adding a text “This site may harm your computer” on every search result.
A quick check on my twitter account (@liewcf) showed that it was Google’s fault, which was fixed after couple minutes.
The official Google blog responded about the error, a human error.
Google flags search results with the message “This site may harm your computer” if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. Unfortunately, the URL of ‘/’ was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and ‘/’ expands to all URLs.
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Original post by LcF

Happy New Year 2009! OK, I know I am late and January 2009 is almost past.
What I did in 2008?
I spent a lot of money in 2008 on:

Traveled to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with my friends
Traveled to Hong Kong, ShenZhen and GuangZhou with my dad and younger brother
Bought Canon IXUS 860 IS compact camera
Bought Apple iMac 24″ desktop computer
Bought Canon 450D and 24-105mm F/4 L IS USM Lens
Bought a car, the Honda City 2009

Beside spending money, I also lost a lot in my investments (due to the economy crisis). The Net-Asset-Value (NAV) of my mutual funds dropped up to 50%, if not more! The same goes to my stock investments too…
One more bad news. My weight is nearly 90KG now, up from 85KG last year!
What to do in 2009?
After spending (and losing) so much money in 2008, I plan to save more money in 2009. No big spending allowed, [...]

Original post by LcF