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(hx) 03:57 AM CEST - Sep,15 2004
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- Software Pirate Gets Jail Time - The noose appears to be tightening
around one of Europe's largest software counterfeiting rings as a German court
sentenced a second member of the network to prison this week, and handed a
sentence to his father for helping run front operations. After an 18-week
trial, a criminal court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentenced the convicted
software pirate to three years in prison without parole for copyright
infringement and selling counterfeit Microsoft software. The court also
convicted the defendant's father for his participation in the counterfeiting
scheme, issuing him a 16-month jail term and 100 hours of community service.
- [MS-patch] - Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow Code
Execution (833987) -
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the processing of JPEG
image formats that could allow remote code execution on an affected system.
Download
patch
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[MS-patch] - Vulnerability in WordPerfect Converter Could
Allow Code Execution (884933) - This update resolves a newly discovered,
privately reported vulnerability. A remote code execution
vulnerability exists in the WordPerfect 5.x Converter that is provided as
part of the affected software..
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[MS-patch] - Update for Outlook 2003: Junk E-mail Filter
(KB870765) -
This
optional update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003 with a more current definition of the e-mail messages that should
be considered junk e-mail. This update was released in September 2004.
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[MS-patch] - Security Update for Internet Explorer 6
Service Pack 1 (KB833989) -
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to
compromise a computer running Windows and gain complete control over it. You
can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After
you install this item, you may need to restart your computer. Note that in
Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, this update will appear as Microsoft VGX
833989.
- Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks -
The two relatively minor flaws could crash or make unresponsive systems
running version 3 of Samba, an open-source software package that allows
Windows files and printers to be shared by Unix and Linux systems. The flaws,
known as denial-of-service vulnerabilities, basically could be used to
disconnect Samba servers from the network by either overrunning the computer's
memory to such an extent that it cannot function or by sending a specially
crafted network request that would crash the NetBIOS function.
- Lexar JumpDrive Password Scheme Cracked - "Lexar
describes the JumpDrive Secure as "loaded with software that lets you
password-protect your data. If lost or stolen, you can rest assured that what
you've saved there remains there with 256-bit AES encryption."
@stake has a different take: The password can be observed in memory or
read directly from the device, without evidence of tampering." And best of
all, the punch line: "[The password] is stored in an XOR encrypted form and
can be read directly from the device without any authentication." That's why I
use ROT-13 for my encryption needs." (thanks
Slashdot.org)
- File-sharing leaps from internet to cellphones - Music, videos and
games could soon be swapped between cellphones using a mobile file-sharing
network developed by phone maker Nokia. Lorant Farkas and colleagues, at the
Nokia Research Center in Budapest, Hungary, have adapted the peer-to-peer
(P2P) schemes used by internet users to share files and
tested them on their 6600 model cellphones.
- The new Game Boy for $200? -
Walmart.com recently posted a preorder page for the Nintendo DS, the
advanced handheld game player the Japanese game giant announced earlier this
year. Though Nintendo has yet to reveal pricing or an on-sale date for the
device, Wal-Mart says it will cost $199.82 and be in the hot little hands of
gamers around Nov. 30. A Nintendo representative called those specifics rumors
and said the company has not yet settled on a price or availability date for
the DS.
- Xbox 2 chip finished? -
The Xbox2
chip might be already finished, according to a German web site. According
to
Gamestar.de, the graphics core is finalised and it may be used by both
Xbox 2 and a future Nintendo console. It seems that both Microsoft and
Nintendo will license the same architecture and it's possible we will end up
with the same graphic chip for both consoles.
- AMD desktops outsell Intel desktops 54% to 45% - A recent study by
Current Analysis found that AMD-based desktop computers selling within the
retail channel have once again
outsold
Intel-based desktops for the week ending August 21, 2004. This increase in
AMD-based sales comes on the heels of Intel's lowered financial forecast; from
between $8.6 bln and $9.2 bln to between $8.3 bln and $8.6 bln.
- Speech recognition "on a chip" in three years - The US National
Science Foundation has awarded
a $1m grant to researchers in the US who want to put speech recognition on
a chip, a move the project's proponents claim will revolutionise the way we
communicate.
- RF module requires no configuration, offers 40-mile line-of-sight range
- The
9XTend is MaxStream's longest range (up to 40 miles in RF line-of-sight),
low power OEM RF module. This affordable RF module is smaller than a credit
card and allows for robust performance in North America, Australia and Israel.
The 9XTend outputs 1-Watt (30 dBm) of conducted output power while consuming
only 780 milliamps at 5-V. This makes the 9XTend one of the most efficient
1-Watt 900 MHz modems in the industry. The 9XTend can output 4 Watts radiated
power allowed by the FCC. The RF module also provides security through data
encryption.
- Transmeta Ships Efficeon TM8800 Processors - Transmeta's
highly-acclaimed Efficeon processor delivered in mid-October 2003 after some
delays is a 256-bit VLIW chip
that integrates DDR SDRAM memory and AGP controllers as well as 512KB or 1MB
L2 cache depending on its version. It uses special code-morph software to
run conventional x86 applications and supports widely-used instruction sets,
such as MMX, SSE and SSE2. The Efficeon utilizes 400MHz HyperTransport bus to
connect I/O processors.
- ATI syncs audio, video with Theater 550 chip -
The 550 Pro provides audio and video decoding on the same silicon - a
first for the Theater family - which ensures audio and video remain in full
synchronisation. The 12-bit video decoder features 3D Comb Filtering for NTSC
and PAL, and five-line 2D Comb Filtering. The chip also provides MPEG 2
encoding with digital video noise reduction, eliminating granularity within
the picture and thus improving the quality of the compressed video.
- No built-in graphics for next nForce? -
According
to TheInquirer, NVIDIA's next chipset won't have built-in graphics in any
of its incarnations. If true, the lack of an nForce with PCI Express and
built-in graphics will leave the Sempron processor high and dry.
- Western Digital Expands External HDD Lineup -
The company is adding a USB 2.0 model to its existing WD Dual-option
product family, which features software that simplifies and automates data
back up; and is introducing the WD Essential external drive line, which
provides the necessary storage functions and maximum value. Both WD
Dual-option USB 2.0 and WD Essential drives feature a front-mounted power
button, the USB 2.0 interface, 7200rpm spin speed; and capacities of 80, 120,
160, 200 and 250GB. WD's Dual-option USB 2.0 model gives consumers the option
to back up data either on-demand or automatically and ensures that all data is
safely transferred before shutting down the drive with the company's Safe
Shutdown feature.
- UNOFFICIAL Windows 98 Second Edition Service Pack 1 1.6.1 -
It contains all Windows98
SE updates (download)
from Windows Update site and more. It is a self-extracting and self-installing
pack like Microsoft's update files. Thus, you cannot choice files
individually. However, the pack installs only required fixes for your system.
Uninstallation is possible from Add-Remove Programs.
- ReactOS 0.2.4 -
ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system
that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.
- Mozilla, Thunderbird and Firefox (updated) - Download
Mozilla 1.7.3
||
Firefox 1.0 Preview ||
Thunderbird 0.8.
- True Launch Bar 3.1 -
True Launch Bar (download)
is a Superior replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions
presented in Quick Launch are also in True Launch Bar. However, the True
Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same
folder for shortcuts. But there is one huge difference. True Launch Bar allows
you to combine your shortcuts into groups. This feature looks like popup
menus.
- Elaborate Bytes CloneDVD 2.4.5.4 -
CloneDVD 2 copies movies in unparalleled picture quality. If it"s only the
main movie or a complete DVD CloneDVD compresses even long footage in
brilliant quality and at high speed: A special transcoding technology
compresses your choice of DVD titles according to your audio and language
selection automatically to a freely adjustable target size. Our unique Film
Strip assistant will guide you step by step through all settings. With the
help of the Video Preview you select the desired DVD titles and decide if you
want to trim individual chapters.
- BSPlayer 1.02 -
BSplayer (download)
is a Windows player that plays back all kinds of media files ( avi / mpg / asf
/ wmv / wav / mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback.
- Adobe Reader 7 Beta - Software maker, Adobe, have released
a beta version of its popular reader program, Adobe Acrobat Reader. At
version 7.0, Adobe has updated a variety of features.
- Kerio Personal Firewall 4.1.0 Final -
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF)
(download)
helps users control how their computers exchange data with other computers on
the Internet or local network. Kerio Personal Firewall is a necessity for all
desktop computers connected to broadband Internet, using DSL, cable, ISDN,
WiFi or satellite modems.
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