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"Taiwanese drivers have captured the moment TransAsia flight GE235 crashed into a river near the country's capital city of Taipei today. The footage shows the plane, a turboprop ATR-72, rolling sharply to the left as it descends over a road. TransAsia Airways has confirmed that the plane carried 58 people — five crew and 53 passengers — and that at least 13 people died in the crash." - CW

The video is just scary. - CW

"A vulnerability in fully patched versions of Internet Explorer allows attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicious content into users' browsing sessions. Microsoft officials said they're working on a fix for the bug, which works successfully on IE 11 running on both Windows 7 and 8.1. The vulnerability is known as a universal cross-site scripting (XSS) bug. It allows attackers to bypass the same origin policy, a crucially important principle in Web application models that prevents one site from accessing or modifying browser cookies or other content set by any other site. A proof-of-concept exploit published in the past few days shows how websites can violate this rule when people use supported versions Internet Explorer running the latest patches to visit maliciously crafted pages." - CW

"Attackers have popped the HipChat service run by software house Atlassian accessing names, encrypted passwords and email addresses for two percent of users. The company has warned users who had to date sent some four billion messages using HipChat to reset passwords." - CW

"This is the story of how a company with nearly $400 million in assets went bankrupt in 45-minutes because of a failed deployment." - CW

"Let the flailing commence." - CW

"Bob Pendleton is a 60-something year old blogger who has (probably) been programming since before you were born. His blog, thegrumpyprogrammer.com, documents the lessons he's learned from decades in the technology trenches. We've worked with Pendleton to present his tales in Web comic form. You can find the first installment, What Old Farts Can Teach You, and the second installment, Before Computing Was Cool, in our archives. Here's the third." - CW

"Van Eaton Galleries is proud to present the exclusive sale of an unprecedented collection of vintage Disneyland memorabilia, the breadth of which weaves an engaging narrative of Walt Disney's beloved theme park. Exhibition Begins February 7th. 2015 Sale: February 28th, 2015 Van Eaton Galleries 13613 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks, CA 91423" - CW

For those of you with means and time to go to an auction. - CW

"If you’ve been missing having a urinal in your home, then you need to make a pledge to support the MainDrain Kickstarter project.  The MainDrain is a urinal that you can add to your existing toilet without any costly plumbing.  It’s designed to attach to the toilet bowl without causing any damage to the toilet; the toilet sit will lower over the attachment, and you can use it without having to remove the MainDrain first.  The MainDrain is adjustable to any height, for easy use by children to adults.  It’s made of hydrophobic materials, and it supposedly cleans easily just by spraying a cleaning liquid into it. Should MainDrain meet the funding goals, a pledge of $45 will get you a MainDrain.  The funding period continues through Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 7:47am EST." - CW

Lift seat. Instant urinal. :) - CAJ was here

When you fold it down, won't pee drip on the floor next to the toilet? - Anika

and double demerits for not putting the seat down when you're done, although if we do forget... we won't hear any more complaints about falling in. :-] - Aloof Schipperke

"Before Facebook Inc. became the most widely used social networking site, there were others. These services connected people to old friends, and served as a platform for meeting new friends. Though these forgotten social networks served their purpose, users eventually migrated to newer platforms that offered exclusivity and shiny new features. Some of the following once-popular social networking sites eventually made a comeback after reinventing themselves, while others didn’t survive at all." - CW

Friendfeed didn't even make this list. :( - CW

INO! - Aloof Schipperke

I've never heard of the last two, I think. - bentley

"A 9-year-old boy was suspended from his Texas school for telling a classmate that he could make him disappear with his Tolkien invisibility ring. “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence,” the boy's father later wrote in an email. "If he did, I'm sure he'd bring him right back." School principal Roxanne Greer will not discuss the matter with the media. The boy was suspended two other times this year: ...for referring to a classmate as black and bringing his favorite book to school: The Big Book of Knowledge. “He loves that book. They were studying the solar system and he took it to school. He thought his teacher would be impressed,” Steward said. But the teacher learned the popular children’s encyclopedia had a section on pregnancy, depicting a pregnant woman in an illustration, he explained." - CW

Sounds like that kid needs to go to a school where the adults actually act like one. - Anika

No shit, right? - Hookuh Tinypants

"When Microsoft vaguely revealed last year that Windows 10 would run on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, my mind turned to Intel’s Galileo boards and Arduino. But with today’s announcement about the Raspberry Pi 2 supporting a free version of Windows 10, Microsoft has snagged a part of what is arguably the most successful IoT development board." - CW

There's always next year... - Stephen Mack

... and the year after that ... - John (bird whisperer)

"Funny merit badges for the less accomplished. Now, all our Demerit Badges utilize our very own "peel & stick" adhesive technology that makes it easy to use them on heat-sensitive materials that are common in the outdoor industry like backpacks, polyester clothing and gore-tex ski shells, even DWR coated fabrics!" - CW

Say my name. - CW