Just Search Labs Just Search Research and Development

I had the displeasure of dealing with a virus-infected Windows XP machine over the weekend. This virus was a browser hijacker, but it functioned for all web browsers (Firefox, IE and Chrome were used to test this theory) and essentially intercepted and re-wrote Google results to point to spammy sites which seemed to only exist to earn ad revenue. The interesting thing is the infection vector – this hijack managed to infiltrate the system through Acrobat Reader and a known security hole which has yet to be patched (as far as I am aware, anyway).

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Geoff Adams
Programmer, Research and Development

Yahoo Pipes (available at pipes.yahoo.com) is a powerful tool that will allow you to take any content from around the web and create new pages of content with it. To get started with Yahoo Pipes you will need a Yahoo user account.

Google reader (available at www.google.com/reader/) is an excellent feed reading application that is available to anyone who has a Google user account. Not only is it easy to use, but you can also star items for later reading and even share news items that you think other people might be interested in.
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Philip Norton
Lead Developer, Research and Development