Tuesday Tech Madness - tech
(hx) 07:24 PM CEST - Jul,06 2004
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- Bagle source code unleashed - Virus writers are
distributing viral source code with the latest version of the Bagle virus
series, Bagle-AD. Much like its 29 predecessors, Bagle-AD is a mass-mailing
worm that is packed using UPX file compression. IT comes in the form of a
password-protected .ZIP file, with the password included in the message body
as plain text or within an image. The ZIP file contains an executable with the
extensions EXE, COM or SCR.
- Windows XP SP2 cracked already? - Microsoft has claimed that it's
introduced features in SP2 which mean that illegal users of stolen or cracked
activation codes won't be able to upgrade the OS, which is due for release in
August of this year. However,
sources in
the community are claiming that there's already a keygen for service pack
2 out in the wild that will bypass the security arrangements.
- Barclays unveils key anti-cyberfraud device - Barclays Bank has
issued credit
card readers to 5,000 of its Barclaycard customers in a trial of secure
online transactions. The six-month pilot to secure online and telephone
transactions follows successful internal trials over the last few months to
combat the growing problem of card-not-present fraud, which accounts for
around 40 per cent of all credit card losses.
- MySQL Authentication Bypass / Buffer Overflow -
This advisory details a bug that allows a remote user to entirely bypass
the MySQL password authentication mechanism, allowing them to authenticate as
a MySQL user without knowing that user's password. Using a similar method, a
stack buffer used in the authentication mechanism can be overflowed, though
exploitation of the overflow is not straightforward
- Checkpoint Firewall-1 vulnerability announced - A fingerprinting
technique, developed by NTA Monitor and dubbed IKE Vendor ID fingerprinting,
allows the
specific version of Firewall-1 to be identified. NTA reckons that the
security issue affects all of the Checkpoint Firewall-1 products that are
running IPsec VPN – currently there is no vendor fix, disabling IPsec is the
only known workaround so far.
- Academy backs 'pirate-proof' tech for Oscar samplers - The Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
sanctioned the use of 'pirate-proof' DVDs to allow Oscar voters to preview the
movies they're supposed to have seen before choosing their favourite
director, actor, gratuitous use of the word f**k in a serious screenplay, etc.
If it wins the support of the studios, the move will see DVD content
protection specialist and Dolby subsidiary Cinea shipping thousands of discs
and players to voters. In addition to a new hardwired encryption system,
Cinea's S-View uses a watermarking system that writes a code identifying the
host DVD player onto the disc every time it's played and even embeds it into
key picture frames. If the disc is copied or the image grabbed using a
camcorder pointing to the screen, Cinea can determine whose disc was used as
the source for the pirate copies.
- File sharing advocate has movie pirated and file-shared - Famous
lefty documentary maker Michael Moore, who has gone on record as supporting
the file sharing of his work,
has had
his latest flick pirated and file shared. A jerky hand cam version of
Fahrenheit 9/11 was being distributed in the US last week, according to the
anti-Moore Web site www.MooreWatch.Com.
According to news.com, MooreWatch co-founder Jim Kenefick, said that Moore has
said that he doesn't care if people download his movies or steal his book or
sneak into his movies. He is said to have said he doesn't agree with copyright
laws and that he makes movies, books and TV shows because he wants things to
change.
- Professor gives Cisco manual away for free - Basham, a professor of
information technology and IT security at St. Petersburg College in
Clearwater, Fla.,
wrote his own 800-page Cisco networking textbook and last week made it
available for download over the Internet free of charge. The book is available
as a Word document
here.
- Off-topic: Virtual Reality May Distract the Brain from Pain -
A trip into virtual reality may literally take a person's mind off the
pain of a medical procedure, a new study shows. Scientists found that slipping
into a computer-generated world not only lessened how much pain volunteers
felt during an uncomfortable procedure, it also dampened activity in the
brain's pain centers.
- Off-topic: Titan Reveals its Mysterious Surface - Scientists for
the first time have
peered through the thick atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to
reveal mysterious features and a possible crater. The latest information from
the Cassini spacecraft also shows a large cloud of gas that surrounds both
Titan and Saturn, extending far outside the planet's ring system. But
scientists so far have seen so sign of the oceans of methane thought to cover
the planet-sized moon.
- Off-topic: Spider-Man 2 Has Over 30 Mistakes - Spider-Man 2 may
have won over the critics, but the hard-nosed bastards at moviemistakes.com
are listing 31
mistakes already.
- Off-topic: Let software catch the game for you -
Software that can identify the significant events in live TV sports broadcasts
will soon be able to compile programmes of highlights without any help from
people. The technology will save broadcasters millions in editing costs - and
should eventually lead to new generations of video recorders that will let
people customise their own sports highlights packages. But developing software
that understands sport is no easy task.
- Off-topic: Evolution could speed net downloads - Internet download
speeds could be improved dramatically by mimicking Darwin's evolution to
"breed" the best networking strategies, say computer scientists. To tackle the
challenge, Pablo Funes of US company Icosystem and Jürgen Branke and Frederik
Theil of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany
used "genetic algorithms", which mimic Darwinian evolution, to develop
strategies for internet servers to use when caching data. Using a simulation
they were able to improve download speeds over existing caching schemes.
- Microsoft pays EU in full -
Microsoft has paid the US$600 million fine handed down by the European
Commission in its antitrust ruling against the company. Representatives of the
Redmond, Wash.-based software giant confirmed last Friday that Microsoft
deposited the payment in an escrow account while the company's appeal is
taking place. While Microsoft had the option of submitting a promissory note
in place of such a payout until proceedings are complete, the company dipped
into its massive cash reserves, estimated at US$50 billion, to cover the
largest antitrust fine ever levied against a company by the European Union.
- BT introducing bandwidth limits - Bandwidth limits are a growing an
inevitability with ISPs; NTL introduced them a while ago, and now BT appears
to be doing the same thing. Each
month, BT customers will get 15/30 gigabytes (512k/1meg respectively)
worth of bandwidth. If they go over that, they will be charged for extra
bandwidth by the gigabyte (L2/Gig). (thanks
Neowin.net)
- 1GB mail at www.walla.com -
walla.com just opened a
free 1000mb mailbox. Check it out. (thanks Tom Rosen)
- Microsoft develops Windows for parallel computing - Microsoft is
developing a version of its Windows Server 2003 operating system that is
designed to handle applications running across dozens of single- or
dual-processor computers working in parallel. The software, due in the
2H'05, represents a different approach to high-end computing than the
company's currently available DataCenter edition of Windows.
- ATI's Richard Huddy talks about Get In The Game - HEXUS' Ryszard
recently
spoke with ATI's Richard Huddy, primarily about ATI's "Get in the Game"
(GITG) initiative.
- Intel resumes deliveries of 915 chipsets - Intel has
resumed deliveries of its 915 chipsets, starting early this week,
according to sources at local IT makers and channels. Sales of the
new-generation Pentium 4 chipsets were suspended in late June after a defect
was found in the ICH6 south bridge. Although Intel informed local motherboard
makers that it will recall all boards manufactured during the period between
June 7 and June 14, it has yet to announce the recall price.
- Mobile processors compared - GamePC has published
a performance comparison of mobile processors, including Intel's Pentium M
and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, and desktop replacement and mobile flavors of
AMD's Athlon 64.
- Corsair Memory Overclocks DDR2 to 667MHz -
Corsair's new XMS2 PC2-5300 modules are able to function at speeds of up
to 667MHz with CL4 4-4-12 latency settings. The new products are also equipped
with heat-spreader with special LEDs to allow users to monitor activity of
their RAM. According to the company's statement, XMS2 5300 Pro DDR2 SDRAM
memory modules are shipping in quantities now. This makes Corsair Memory the
first company to start shipments of 667MHz DDR2 products. Additionally, the
memory firm ships DDR2 modules at 400MHz and 533MHz.
- BFGTech GeForce 6800Ultra OC - Right now if you are in the market
for
a GeForce 6800Ultra based video card you cannot go wrong with the BFG
GeForce 6800Ultra OC. It packs all the capabilities and features of the
GeForce 6 series into a package that is solid and overclocks well out of the
box.
- GeCube RADEON X800 PRO -
This video card is a copy of the reference design, but the sticker is
nicer and more pleasant than the «native ATI» one with another set of bared
teeth. There are no reprimands concerning its operation, the card is quite
stable. 2D quality of this specimen is up to the mark: 1600x1200 at 85Hz - no
reprimands. Overclocking capacity of this specimen is not bad at all: 530/1140
MHz.
- Plextor PX-712A DVD Burner review -
The PX-712A
will write to DVD+R media at up to 12X and DVD-R media at up to 8X. Of
course, it will also write to DVD+RW (4X), DVD-RW (4X), CD-R (48X), and CD-RW
(24X), and read DVD-ROM (16X) and CD-ROM (48X) media. Those are all impressive
numbers. Gone are the days of paltry CD read and write speeds for the DVD
burner. This drive excels in all categories! It also has something that is not
often found on optical drives - an 8 MB buffer.
- Ultra Products X-Connect 500W Power Supply -
The X-Connect power supply is as innovative as it is beautiful. Today's
performance seekers aren't worried about looks over performance, but it's nice
to know that you can get looks, innovation, and performance all with a single
PSU. I was a little gun-shy after the voltage problems I had with the
pre-production model, but Ultra Products regained my confidence and proved to
me that they have designed and built a worthy product.
- Syncmaster 173P 19-inch LCD Display Review -
The compact little 17" screen of the Samsung Syncmaster 173P boasts a
resolution of 1280x1024 pixels, and an industry standard dot pitch of 0.264mm
that makes for a crisper image than current 19" LCDs can muster. While the
173P does retail a bit higher than the average 17" LCD, priced a little over
$600USD, it does offer up a contrast ratio of 700:1 and brightness value of
270 cd/m2.
- AudioTrak Optoplay: At a glance -
The
AudioTrak OPTOPlay rejuvenates the audio experience in a laptop or PC with
24-bit 96 kHz professional quality audio. OPTOPlay is a USB device to enhance
a user's listening experience including Dolby Headphone Technology**. It's
small and easy to pack away in a laptop bag.
- 17in Widescreen notebook review - TrustedReviews have
a
review up of the Systemax Hurrican 6000 which is a 17in Widescreen
notebook with an Athlon 64 processor and a Mobility Radeon 9700 and
5.1-channel speakers.
- FarCry's New Patch Shows It Does Get Better Than This - As was to
be expected,
SM 3.0 does not improve rendering quality, even though NVIDIA has
repeatedly suggested just that in several of its presentations. Whether the
results we saw here in FarCry will translate into a general advantage in SM
3.0 games for NVIDIA remains to be seen, as the performance improvements could
be caused by other factors as well. For example, it is entirely possible that
the new SM3.0 code path also contains shader code specifically optimized for
the NV4x architecture
- Half-Life 2 (beta) Geforce 6800 vs Radeon X800 Benchmarks
- Mac OS X emulator & Stefan Weyergraf RIP -
There
are currently two flavors: a generic and a JIT (Just In Time) version. The
generic version is the slowest, running about 400 times slower than the
computer on which PearPC runs So, if you have a 400Mhz Pentium, the
generic PearPC version should top out at a screaming 1Mhz on your system.
Fortunately, there is hope. The JIT version of PearPC is a bit more efficient,
running at a much faster pace of 40 times slower than the host hardware. This
means that our 400Mhz Pentium would drive PearPC at about 10Mhz. In a real
world scenario,
this would put PearPC at about 77Mhz on a 3GHz Pentium. And although this
may be a bit depressing, the fact that we actually have a PowerPC emulation
environment running in a completely alien computing architecture is well,
quite cool. Unfortunately, on a blog for PearPC, co-author Sebastian Biallas
has written of Stefan
Weyergraf's death late yesterday evening. A tragic end to a young
developer who proved that Mac emulation software wasn't a myth
- [Useful]: Sysinternals Autorun -
This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting
locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to
run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order
Windows processes them.
- [Useful]: Sysinternals TCPView -
TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all
TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses
and state of TCP connections.
- [Useful]: Sysinternals PSTools - The tools included in
the PsTools suite, which are downloadable individually or as a package,
are: PsExec - execute processes remotely, PsFile - shows files opened
remotely, PsGetSid - display the SID of a computer or a user, PsKill - kill
processes by name or process ID, PsInfo - list information about a system,
PsList - list detailed information about processes, PsLoggedOn - see who's
logged on locally and via resource sharing (full source is included),
PsLogList - dump event log records, PsPasswd - changes account, passwords,
PsService - view and control services, PsShutdown - shuts down and optionally
reboots a computer, PsSuspend - suspends processes, PsUptime - shows you how
long a system has been running since its last reboot (PsUptime's functionality
has been incorporated into PsInfo).
- [Useful]: Sysinternals Process Explorer -
Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs
processes have opened or loaded.
- phpMyAdmin 2.5.7pl1 (patch level 1) -
phpMyAdmin can manage
a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but also a single database. To
accomplish the latter you'll need a properly set up MySQL-user who can
read/write only the desired database.
- Linbox Rescue Server 20040702 -
The Linbox Rescue Server (LRS) (download)
is a tool to centralize hard disk images, file backups, hardware inventory,
Windows PCs software inventory, and remote access on a single server. The LRS
can be managed from any PC through a Web-based administration interface. A
bootable installation CD or DVD can also be generated from any hard disk
image. It supports Ext2/3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, NTFS, and FAT filesystems
(including Windows' dynamic disks).
- WinMX v3.53 - WinMX
(download) is a
FREE file-sharing program like no other. It allows you to connect, download,
and share files with MILLIONS of other users through the decentralized WinMX
Peer Network (thanks Ally Russell)
- VideoLAN 0.7.2 -
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it's own plugins for
playing different formats, so it doesn't need any codecs to be installed. It
works great for previewing partially downloaded files too.
- Sateira CD&DVD Burner v1.42 -
Saterira CD/DVD burner
allows you to create audio and data CD / DVD, CUE / ISO images, multisession
and bootable CD/ VD's
- DVD Decrypter 3.2.3.0 -
DVD Decrypter is a free tool which enables you decrypt and copy a DVD to
your PC's hard disk. From there you can choose to watch them with the likes of
PowerDVD and WinDVD or you can re-encode them to MPEG1 (VCD) or DivX..
- DVD Region+CSS Free 5.10 -
DVD Region+CSS Free
has been updated to version 5.10. This software enables you to watch and copy
any region CSS-encrypted DVD movies on any DVD drive. This new version added
support for Explorer, which means you can copy DVD to hard disk in explorer
window now and support for Nero Burning ROM and Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator,
which means you can make bit-to-bit copy now.
- True Launch Bar v.3.0 -
True Launch Bar (download)
is a utility that seamlessly integrates into Windows shell and gives it
additional flexibility by allowing the user to group selected application
icons and shortcuts into cascading popup menus of any complexity level.
- WinRAR 3.40 Beta 2 -
WinRAR (Win32
~ Linux ~
changelog) is a
powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email
attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and
create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.
- NVIDIA ForceWare 61.80 Beta drivers -
The files
are dated 06/16/2004 and will work with the entire range of Nvidia
graphics cards. I haven't had time to test these fully and bare in mind they
are not WHQL so please be careful.
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