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Burger King’s online marketing department has scored another success with their latest addition at sithsense.com, where you can challenge Darth Vader to guess what object you’re thinking of by asking you questions about it.
The technology behind the game is impressive, but the sight of the Burger King himself coming out to give Vader hints alone makes the website worth a visit.
The WordPress development blog has an entry up alerting users of the popular blogging software about their latest security update:
It has come to our attention that under certain circumstances there is a security vulnerability in WordPress that may be triggered if you’re running the default template. We were able to respond very quickly (under 40 minutes) and update the download to 1.5.1.2. You can upgrade by overwriting your old 1.5 files or if you would like to apply the fix manually it is relatively simple
The latest version, 1.5.1.2, is available from the WordPress download site, along with installation and upgrade instructions.
Mozilla Europe has released three promotional videos as part of an online advertising campaign for the Mozilla Foundation‘s free, open-source Firefox web browser.
You can view the promotional videos here.
In other Firefox news, current users of the alternative web browser should note that V1.0.4 has been released to address the security concerns announced on May 7th, and they’re encouraged to upgraded to the latest version.
PostSecret is an interactive art project created by Frank Warren. The site contains images of postcards anonymous people have sent in sharing a secret. Some are funny, others tragic, but most of them manage to touch the viewer in one way or another.
Tips on submitting your own postcard secret are available on the website.
IT-Director.com has an article up by Philip Howard, who claims that American companies may be losing an estimated $10 billion annually due to mistakes in computer spreadsheets.
A simple problem, such as the misuse of a software feature or incorrectly applied formula equation, can create an estimated $10,000 and $100,000 cost every month based on a single spreadsheet error. This is compounded when you consider that auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG have both estimated that up to 90% of all important corporate spreadsheets have material errors in them.
It’s not hard to see how a simple error in an important spreadsheet could cause such trouble. Most companies don’t properly audit the setup of spreadsheets created by management for planning and control and most IT departments see doing so as outside their department.