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SECURITY...
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 embedded content cross site scripting -
Sven Vetsch found
a cross site scripting vulnerability in the current
releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Thus, it is possible to use a
manipulated embedded content to run arbitrary script code in the
security context of the website.
- Spoof email tricks AOL users - An email scam is targeting AOL
customers in an attempt to steal personal details, according to web monitoring
company Websense.
Users receive a spoofed email purporting to come from the security department
at AOL claiming that the company suffered a security breach over the
weekend and that confidential information may have been compromised.
- Platinum Secure Smart Card security bypass technique - The
Acer notebooks include a smart card reader, two smartcards and a security
application called Platinum Secure. The smart card security system
should prevent access to the console while the smart card is not present or
when password has not been entered. This test was conducted on the
aforementioned notebooks with the latest versions of the software downloaded
from the Acer website and the latest BIOS upgrade
- Kerio ServerFirewall Unspecified Denial of Service Vuln. (v1.1.1 and
older) - Kerio ServerFirewall is prone to an unspecified vulnerability
which may result in a denial of service. They recommend to install version
ServerFirewall 1.1.2.
- Security Fix for DirectX 8 on 98/ME/W2K -
There are two buffer overruns with identical effects in the function used
by DirectShow to check parameters in a Musical Instrument Digital Interface
(MIDI) file. A security vulnerability results because it would be possible for
a malicious user to attempt to exploit these flaws and execute code in the
security context of the logged on user.
- Firefox Update Squashes Bug - The Mozilla Foundation has released
a new version of its Firefox browser that contains fixes for two critical
security bugs in the software that were reported over the past week. According
to a Secunia
vulnerability report, this still leaves Firefox with
3 out of 23
unpatched advisories
- Microsoft Anti-phishing White Paper -
The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new
capability, the Microsoft Phishing Filter, which will be included in the
upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7, and as an add-in to the MSN Search
Toolbar
- PayPal Glitch Sparks Customer Anger -
Online payments company PayPal is working to fix a glitch that has been
causing duplicate debit card withdrawals and deposits on some customer
accounts since the beginning of September. The problem first surfaced on Sept.
6, when some PayPal customers noticed duplicate withdrawals from their debit
cards that sent their accounts into the red. Two weeks later, more PayPal
customers also reported duplicate withdrawals and deposits into their
accounts.
- Apple plugs ten 'critical' security holes - Apple has released
a security update for its OS X 10.3 and OS X 10.4 operating systems.
OFF-TOPIC
- The History of Microsoft Internet Explorer -
The first version of Internet Explorer was not included with Windows 95
when the operating system was officially launched on August 24, 1995. Rather,
we were introduced to Microsoft's first Web browser when the Windows 95 Plus!
Pack was released.
- Microsoft 30th Anniversary Factoids - 40 years
ago, in 1965, a 2311 Disk Drive sold for $2,057 per Mb. In 1971, it went for
$300 per Mb. In 2003, one Mb cost $0.005...more
facts.
- Grand Theft sales to resume in October - Take-Two's
Rockstar Games publishing house said that
starting Oct. 18, it would sell a special edition of "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas" for Sony's PlayStation 2 console system. It will include a DVD
with a backstory to the game and a documentary film called "Sunday Driver."
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Nintendo to cut 10% off DS price - Nintendo UK is to knock a tenner off
the price of its DS handheld console, the videogames company announced this
morning.
The cut will come on 7 October and leave the standard DS retailing for
£90.
TECHNOLOGY...
- Vista Graphics Drivers to be More Stable Than XP Drivers - Graphics
drivers developed for Vista, Microsoft's next generation operating system,
will be far more stable
than their Windows XP-based counterparts, and will not crash the operating
system anymore, said an ATI executive.
- New Virtual Earth Website -
Virtual Earth is
a new map and search system released by Microsoft;
Special: trace Hurricane Rita
- MSN to Close
Adult, Mature Groups - BetaNews has learned that
MSN
plans to remove mature and adult rated communities from its MSN Groups service
in late November. The groups would be moved to a third-party site,
WorldGroups, who will handle mature and adult categorized groups for the
service after the transition.
- 2GB iPod nano Only Costs $100 to Make -
After disassembling the iPod nano, iSuppli discovered something that’s bound
to make iPod nano owners angry. The entire cost of materials inside the nano
adds up to a measly 90.18 and if you add 8 dollars per unit for labor,
Apple still makes $100.82
per 2GB iPod nano sold.
- iPod Nano Owners in Screen Scratch Trauma -
People slavering to get Apple's "impossibly small" iPod Nano into their sticky
hands may want to pause a moment: those ahead of them in the queue have
discovered that it's
also unbelievably easy to scratch the screen, nixing its photo-displaying
abilities
- Gigabyte attempts quad-SLI -
The board is powered by NVIDIA's new nForce4 SLI x16 chipset, whose 40 PCI
Express lanes are more than enough to provide each graphics card with eight
lanes of PCI-E.
- Acer to deliver 24-inch wide screen LCD monitors in
October -
Set to be priced at NT$ 28,800 (US$871) in Taiwan, the new 6ms response
time 24-inch widescreen model features a native resolution of 1920×1200, and a
contrast ratio of 1000:1.
HARDWARE...
GUIDES...
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What To Look For When Buying a Computer Case - TechZone will show you
what to
look for when buying a new computer case.
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AMD64 Overclocking Guide -
It's a visual guide aimed to increase your system performance without
killing your rig.
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Sharky Extreme's September value gaming PC buyer's guide -
check it out!
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BIOS for Beginners -
Here is a step-by-step guide to setting BIOS parameters, using a popular
Asus motherboard as an example.
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Firefox Tweak Guide (updated) -
The guide
is designed specifically for those running Firefox on Windows XP, however most
of the tweaks in this guide apply to Firefox on other platforms
SOFTWARE...
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Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 -
Internet Explorer 6 SP1, the latest version of Internet Explorer for users
not running Windows XP, provides a flexible and reliable browsing experience
with enhanced Web privacy features for all Windows users. This version
includes a full installation of the Web browser and the most recent version of
Outlook Express, the e-mail client that is included with Internet Explorer.
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Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 -
Mozilla is an open-source Web browser, designed for standards compliance,
performance and portability.
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PHP-Nuke 7.9 Final -
This version (download)
includes a new variables validation and filtering system more effective and
more secure, potential security vulnerabilities generated from the wysiwyg
editor has been fixed, BBtoNuke 2.0.17, added banned IP edit function,
improved search module internals, and more.
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7-Zip 4.27 Beta - 7-Zip
(download)
is a free file archiver with high compression ratio. This new beta allows to
unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives, multivolume CAB archives and deletes
files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 6.31.00.07 -
A pretty decent free
antivirus package...
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Google Talk 1.0.0.70 Beta -
Google Talk (download)
enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free-anytime,
anywhere in the world.
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YPOPs! 0.7.7 -
YPOPs! (download)
is an application that provides POP3 access to Yahoo! Mail. It is available
on the Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac platforms.
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AIM Fix (9/23/05) -
AIM Fix was
created to remove all known AIM viruses in one consolidated removal tool.
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Picasa 2.1.0 Build 27.54 -
Picasa (download)
is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on
your PC
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HyperSnap-DX 5.63.01 -
HyperSnap-DX 5 (dowload
trial) is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. It
captures screens from standard desktop programs and even those hard-to-grab
DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games.
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VirtualDub-MPEG2 1.6.10 build 23784 -
VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows
platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public
License (GPL).
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AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot) 2.18 beta -
AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot)
is a DivX / XviD backup utility. With support of DVD sources and other MPEG2
sources (such as DVB captures and transport streams) encoding into your
favorite MPEG4 format was never as easy as now.
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VSO PhotoDVD 2.0.11 - VSO Software has released a newer version of the
program PhotoDVD
bringing it up to 2.0.11 (download)
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DVD Region+CSS Free 5.9.4.5 fixes a problem with external drives - A
new version of DVD
Region+CSS Free fixes a problem with external USB and Firewire drives and
DVDFab lets you now choose the write type of DVD-R media.
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AnyDVD 5.4.4.1 -
This program
runs in the background automatically unprotecting DVD-Movies and removes
pesky region coding as well. Once in this state, you can use any of your
Windows applications you wish with the movie. When coupled with CloneDVD,
Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. you are now able to copy CSS
protected movies. This new version adds support for a new protection as found
on "Lords of Dogtown" R1 (US) to the option to remove "Protection based on
unreadable Sectors"
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VSO Inspector 1.1.0..47 -
VSO-Inspector is a free add-on to report various information about your
hardware configuration.
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NvTempLogger -
This is a simple program that is used to watch the temperature (Core and
Ambient) of Nvidia Based GPUs. You Have the options to check the graph for the
last 10 mins approx. and/or make a log file for as long as you like.
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XTreme-G WarCats 5.9 PRO - WarAnakin took what he developed in
the
WarCat 5.8 drivers and applied it to the Catalyst 5.9 drivers and out came
a great set of WarCats.
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Creative Audigy 2/ZS/4 Beta Drivers -
This beta driver is recommended for gamers who want full OpenAL support
for their audio devices. Try only at your own risk!
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nForceRemix 2.5.1 - Windows 2000/XP -
This remix package is primarily for users of the NVIDIA nForce1 and 2
Platforms
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nForce Drivers 6.67 WHQL - Here's a new set of
nForce4 Drivers version 6.67 WHQL (microsoft tested and approved) for
Windows 2000/XP
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NEC 3540A firmware v1.03 - Liggy has patched the official firmware and
published a unmodified, riplock removed and rpc1 version of the original
firmware together with bitsetting firmwares on
the Liggy &
Dee website.
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