Saturday, January 31, 2009

Issue Resolved

So the issue with the UniSIM site seems to be resolved already... after about a week or s. And even than the method of delivering (admitting that the site was attacked) was in a peculiar way. It's a scrollling marquee across the top saying " Important Notice" and you can download the file only when you click on the moving text... which is so... not user friendly.... -_-"

Friday, January 30, 2009

UNISIM has left me speechless

Trying to log into the school's portal for the past 1 week, and what I and many others (as I googled) discovered that it appeared to either be hacked in someway or the other.

Using FireFox to get to the website and this appears:












While a Google search displays:













Among many others. Just try search terms like “unisim attack site”, “unisim firefox problem”, etc... and you'll get loads of interesting serach results... Not so helpful when you have notes to download and assignments to handup. The school did not even bother to inform the students of what is happening!

The school finally sent an email today saying:
IT dept has resolved the issue. Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer & access www.unisim.edu.sg directly.

However, as to most of the forum posts, have noted that while you will be able to access the site using Internet Explorer, their AVs (Avira, NOD32, among others) detected a virus on the site... which leaves me somewhat baffled... if it's really safe..

So what works:
IE
Safari

What doesn't:
FF

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Authentic Mexican Dessert Recipes

If you love Mexican food then authentic Mexican dessert recipes should be part of your repertoire. For the most part they are not difficult to make, use ingredients that are easy to find, and just add that perfect ending to a great meal of Mexican food... more>>

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Shopping Seach Engine

ShopWiki.com is one the places that have made shopping online a breeze, and unlike conventional shopping sites which will only show you store that have paid for placement. And that means that it offers more by showing everything for sale on the web. The way it works is just like Google, except that it's for the sole purpose of shopping. And the possibilities seem endless!

Searching for a new wireless router has never been simpler. With just a simple search text of wireless router, many search results were displayed. And that was certainly useful! A tool I definitely use when looking for things to buys online.