Sony Recalls Vaio Adapters in US

Found this today:

Sony Recalls Computer AC Adapters Due to Shock Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Sony VAIO Computer AC Adapters

Units: About 69,000

Manufacturer: Sony Electronics Inc. of San Diego, Calif.

Hazard: Insulation inside the AC adapter can fail over time, posing an electrical shock hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Sony has received four reports of adapters short circuiting. No incidents occurred in the United States. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recalled AC adapter model is the Sony VGP-AC19V17, which was supplied for use with the following Sony products:

Read more here:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10027.html

BRUNEI ONLINE Site Is In Trouble

Saw this when Googling for an interesting story about a trainee who was denied entry to a teachers' college because she was fat. Among results returned for the search was Brunei Online's (see pix below) - along with the Google Search warning - This Site May Harm Your Computer.

I hope the webmaster is aware of this and make the checks for any malware that is being identified from their servers. Else, they might lose visits without even knowing why. It could be an innocent heuristic script or it could be some hideous software that is prompting the warning grading.

MAYBANK2U SCAM ALERT!

I was pleasantly surprised to receive this email from Maybank to say that I needed to unblock my Maybank2U account. I did not have such an account and when I decided to receive the email, I decided to do my own sleuthing (very easy actually) and see where the spammer might be hiding. below is the text in the email:

from Alert Maybank2u
dateTue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM
subjectMaybank Unblock Account !
mailed-bybounce.secureserver.net
from - alert-online@maybank.com.my

Unblock Account !
We have been unable to access your login identity in m2u database files.
Maybank has encountered a problem and you need to authenticate.
Please login at maybank2u to restore your account access.

We are sorry for the inconvenience !

The mail allegedly came from Maybank2U hyperlinked here: http://111.red-79-148-110.staticip.rima-tde.net/

I decided to trace the IP to reveal the real culprit. See the report below:

The original sender was from Abu Dhabi,

I am alerting you guys to the possible scam to get your passwords if you have Maybank2U. Do not click on any link. I

f you need to change any personal details, go to the bank and do it from there.

If not, then call up the bank's Online Maybank2U section and ask for clarification - if indeed they had sent the email.

If it turns out to be a scam, just tag the email as Spam so that your system takes care of it even before it reaches you.


The email sender, in this case, used the IP address at: 83.111.123.165 from United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Further check revealed that the server was owned by the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, under its Ministry of Labour. Let's hope if there was anyone from that organisation, he/she is alerted to this scam.

Meanwhile, if you have a Maybank2U account, I suggest you be extra careful when using it to transact.

To check IPs or mail trace, go http://www.ip-adress.com

Use This To Track IPs

Some fellas try to be funny with you, sending spam mails and doing stuff through the Net? You can get back by going to this site: http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/ to track that person down.

The site has several useful links for checking remote IPs, tracing emails (good to nab spammers) as well as the occasional speedtest. Of course, as you hit the site, your IP is also tracked. Keep the link in your bookmarks - it could prove useful one day.

Oct, The Day The Bar Code Was Invented

Today Google came up with a creative front for its Google Search page. Marking the invention of the barcode, it uses this:




Creative, isnt it?