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SECURITY...
- Exploit Already Out For New Microsoft DTC Windows 2000 Bug -
The
exploit is against the MSDTC vulnerability (details)
within Windows, which was patched Tuesday by Microsoft and outlined in its
MS05-051 security bulletin. Because the MSDTC component - which
coordinates any sort of transaction on multiple servers -- is enabled by
default and remotely exploitable on Windows 2000 systems, experts fear that
the bug will result in a repeat of the Zotob attacks of August. ~ download
free scanner tool from
here.
- Security experts warn of Windows worm -
Fears are growing of a new Windows worm after security companies reported
that exploit code is already circulating for three Microsoft patches released
on Tuesday.Within 24 hours of the patches coming out Symantec's DeepSight
Threat Management System issued an alert over patch
MS05-051. The security firm has issued a signature for its intrusion
detection systems.
- Critical Windows patch may wreak PC havoc -
The patch was released Tuesday to fix four Windows flaws, including one
that experts predict will be exploited by a worm in the coming days. The flaw,
tagged "critical" by Microsoft, lies in a Windows component for transaction
processing called the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, or MSDTC.
- Microsoft Exec Warns of 'Fake' XP Update - A Microsoft employee is
warning against downloading an unauthorized version of Windows XP Service Pack
3 that has surfaced on a popular Web site that provides software patches.
- WinRAR Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia
Research has discovered
two vulnerabilities in WinRAR, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
- phpMyAdmin Directory Traversal (Exploit) -
A
directory traversal vulnerability in phpMyAdmin allows to access
/etc/passwd, the following exploit code can be used to test your system for
the mentioned vulnerability
- Symantec Tests 'Big Brother' Data Monitor - Engineers in Symantec's
research and development organization
have built a new database security appliance that could eventually lead
the company into the database security business. The project has been tested
by a handful of customers since September, and Symantec is expected to decide
within the next few months whether to bring it to market.
CRIME...
- Three Indicted for 'Massive' Piracy -
Three California men were indicted Wednesday for their alleged participation
in a "massive" software and music-CD copying scheme, according to the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California. Arrests in the scheme
to illegally copy 325,000 software and music CDs were part of the largest CD
manufacturing seizure in the U.S., the attorney's office said. The indictments
follow the arrests of five people and searches of 13 locations in California and
Texas on October 6.
- US still world's top spammer - The United States is still
the world's top spammer, despite new anti-spam law and a series of
high-profile court cases, but the problem is improving.
OFF-TOPIC
TECHNOLOGY...
- HD DVD Movie Titles to be Region Free - According to the DVD Forum,
the standardization of the HD DVD-ROM/-R/RW and the HD DVD hybrid disks has
been completed, as well as for the 8cm HD DVD-ROM. Note that the HD DVD-R
is a write once disc, while the HD DVD-RW is more aligned with DVD-RAM media,
since it will be a Random Access medium featuring defect management algorithms
in order to offer data storage reliability. The hybrid disks consist of
two layers. The first layer conforms to the HD DVD-ROM standard (15GB), while
the second will most likely be a DVD-ROM layer (4.7GB). The disc will be
recognized and reproduced by both HD DVD and DVD players. Hybrid discs are
claimed to be easily manufactured with current equipment used for dual layer
DVD media.
- HP Recalls 135,000 Laptop Batteries -
HP has announced a recall of 135,000 laptop battery packs (HP)
sold with HP and Compaq notebook computers globally between May 2004 and May
2005. Of those recalled, 85,000 were sold in the United States.
- Samsung
Agrees to Pay $300M Fine - Samsung
has pleaded guilty to price fixing and agreed to pay a $300 million fine,
US officials announced yesterday.
- Samsung claims DRam breakthrough -
Samsung Electronics unveiled what it claimed to be
the industry's first 512Mb DDR2 SDRam fabricated using 70-nanometre
processing, the smallest process technology yet applied to a DRam device.
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BT starts 8Mbps broadband trials (UK) -
BT is to begin rolling out 8Mbps broadband to a limited number of
customers across the country.
- GAIM Lead Developer Hired By Google -
According to the GAIM
website, Sean Egan, the lead developer of the open source instant
messaging application, has been hired by Google.
- New Microsoft Office 12
Screenshots - ActiveWin has posted
16 brand
new Office 12 screenshots of the latest build available.
- Alliance
Formed to Complete Wireless Networking Standard -
A group of 27 technology companies said on Monday they would collaborate
on a new, faster Wi-Fi wireless Internet connection standard for computers and
other portable devices.
The
new Wi-Fi standard is known as 802.11n and follows the 802.11a, b and g
standards. The n-version is billed to be two to 10 times faster than current
Wi-Fi technologies and will enable high-quality wireless video transmission in
office and home networks.
- Gaitcode adds bite to mobiles - Finnish
researchers have presented
new technology designed to prevent thefts of mobile phones and laptops,
using biometrics to recognize the gait of the device's owner
- AMD holds
grand opening for new 300mm fab - Fab 36 is close to beginning volume
production of microprocessors on 300mm wafers using AMD's 90nm process, with
shipments of products for revenue expected to begin in the first quarter of
2006. The fab will then make a gradual transition to a new 65nm process over
the course of the next year. Because 300mm wafers offer significantly more
surface area than the 200mm wafers manufactured at Fab 30, Fab 36 will more
than double AMD's total production capacity once it's running at full speed.
HARDWARE...
GUIDES...
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How To Select A LCD For Gaming - You have probably heard it before, but
it bears repeating...the
best way to know if a computer monitor is right for you is to view it in
person. Specs are a great tool for narrowing down your choices, but they
are no replacement for hands-on experience.
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How To Build Parallel Port Prototypes - The computer parallel port is
the easiest way to control devices outside the PC, like LEDs, lights and even
home appliances.
In this
tutorial HardwareSecrets will teach you how to use the computer parallel port
to control circuits outside your computer.
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How To Use RSS - If you are confused by all of this talk of RSS, RSS
feeds, aggregators and readers, and are having trouble wrapping your brain
around it,
here’s a really simple explanation of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and
how to use it.
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ATI Catalyst 5.10 (October 2005) Performance Analysis - If you didn't
update to the Catalyst 5.9 drivers and you have a higher end ATI Radeon
graphics card,
we would definitely recommend that you take the jump this time around, not
only do we have another pile of bug fixes but some new performance to boot.
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ATI Catalyst 5.10 Comparison -
check it out (in German)
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The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 8.4.1 - Adrian has
updated his premier
BIOS optimization guide.
SOFTWARE...
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AutoPatcher XP October 2005 -
This release is based on the all-new AutoPatcher 5.1. Although it was made
with Windows XP SP2 English in mind, it will load on any (English) Windows
version, showing only the items which match the running environment.
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WindowsX's Vista Transformation Pack -
WindowsX's long awaited Vista Transformation pack has finally been
released. With 16 wallpapers, the famous Aero style look for all supported
versions of Windows, and a slew of new Vista-inspired icons and functionality,
this all-in-one wonder pack will allow all Windows users to sample the
delights of Vista long before the actual OS is released...
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Create clean 4kb wallpapers -
You
like desktop wallpapers but you hate the lots of memory they take and you
hate the way those huge pictures slow down your system? If so this tool is
made for you. It's setting a user-defined sexy looking vertical or horizontal
gradient as your wallpaper. And it takes almost no RAM. For example let's
assume your system runs under a 1024x768x24 bit display: just 4 kB of space
would be required to hold the full screen gradient bitmap. Active desktop must
be disabled in order for this to work.
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phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-pl2 -
phpMyAdmin can manage
a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but also a single database.
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Microsoft Ships Last XP Media Center Update -
Update Rollup 2 (UR2) for Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005, as
the update is awkwardly called, is a minor but free update to the current
Media Center version, and not a major upgrade.
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Update for Windows 2000 (KB820608) -
Install this update to resolve an issue in Windows 2000 that restricts the
functionality of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer (ExBpa) tool. This tool
is used to diagnose issues in an Exchange environment.
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Windows Vista Game (Solitaire) Hacked For XP/2003 -
Here's a package Michael Riviera quickly put together (download),
using win32 versions of bspatch and bsdiff, for Windows Vista's Solitaire
application. No, this doesn't work with the Solitaire in the newly leaked
5231. Don't try it. No, the package does not contain any Microsoft binaries
(e.g. Solitaire.exe). He also hacked
Shanghai Solitaire to work on non-Vista platforms.
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All Seeing Eye 2.3.6 (shw) -
Supports all the popular games such as Counter-Strike, BF1942, Quake III
Arena, etc. Designed for what gamers want: fast and easy access to the game
servers of their choice.
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Apple iTunes 6.0.0.18 -
iTunes
lets you create your own personal digital music library, allowing you to
manage and play your music collection with drag-and-drop simplicity.
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Symantec LiveUpdate 3.0.134 -
The 3.0 release (download)
contains integrated Enterprise management features that are compatible with
the Symantec Enterprise Security Architecture (SESA) v2.x.
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Copernic Desktop Search 1.61.0.783 -
The Search Engine (download)
for Your PC Find Your Files, Videos, Pictures, Bookmarks, Browser History,
Contacts and Emails with the Power of a Search Engine Right on Your Desktop.
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AbiWord 2.4.1 -
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is
suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
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QuickTime 7.03 - A new
Quicktime is
available for
download (changelog)
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Adobe Reader for Windows 2000/XP 7.0.5 -
Adobe Reader is free software that enables business professionals and home
users to reliably share information using intelligent PDF files. This update
provides features such as expanded browser support, improvement in dynamic
forms performance among others.
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Azureus for Windows 2.3.0.5 Beta 44 -
Azureus is a Java based BitTorrent client that offers multiple torrent
downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop
seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about
your torrents. Azureus also features an embedded tracker that is easily set up
and ready to use.
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TCP Optimizer v2.0.2 -
TCP
Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive
interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. Just download
and run, there is no installaion required. The program makes it easy to find
the best MTU and RWIN values, test latency and tweak all the important
broadband related registry parameters. The Optimizer can be helpful with
tuning any Internet connection type, from dialup to Gigabit+.
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Sony Launches PSP 2.50 Firmware - Sony have released
version 2.50
of its firmware. This version adds many features.
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