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(hx) 01:45 AM CEST - Jun,06 2002
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- Gopher hole trips up Internet Explorer - A Finnish security
company is warning that hackers could exploit an outdated, little-used Internet protocol to
seize control of computers running Microsoft's browser.
- $1 movie site finds shelter in Iran - Taiwan-based Movie88.com,
which sold access to thousands of films for $1 each, went dark in mid-February after a
powerful motion picture lobbying group worked with the local government to pull its plug.
The site, which offered movies owned by the major studios without their authorization, was
deemed to be infringing on their copyrights. Now, Film88.com has sprung up in its place,
with an uncannily similar formula for renting and streaming films over the Internet.
However, the site is
a new venture based in Tehran, Iran--a country that broke off diplomatic relations
with the United States more than two decades ago and that does not protect foreign
copyrights.
- School boy spends $1.4m on friends eBay account - It has been
reported that a 13 year-old has used his school's Internet connection to spend
a total of about $1.4m on a friend's eBay account. Purchases included a helicopter,
jet aircraft, motorbike and pickup truck. His school and parents weren't at all happy to
hear about his expenditure.
- Computex 2002 - Day 3 Coverage - Chaps at T-Break have
talked with Iwill, Gainward, Gigabyte, ECS and Albetron. Again, lots of KT400, nForce
and Hammer boards.
- Nero Express toggle within Nero 5.5.8.2 - I have noticed over at
xp-erience:
When you install NERO 5.5.8.2 you can get either the old classic interface - You can
run Nero Express by either creating a shortcut or going to Start...Run.. and entering the
following: C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\Nero.exe" /w. Incase you don't know
Nero Express is basically Nero with a more friendly user interface and can be easily
switched to the original Nero interface.
- Windows XP Patches - The first
update addresses the Windows Management Instrumentation Cannot Register Permanent
Event Consumer with Dynamic Class issue in Windows XP, and is discussed in Microsoft
Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q319322, second
update addresses the WMI AccessCheck Receives Local Administrator's SID issue in
Windows XP, and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q320678.
- Mozilla 1.0 Released - Four
years in the making, the open-source browser is now available on the Web.
- UltraEdit-32 v9.10 - UltraEdit-32
is a Windows text editor with support for unlimited file sizes, a spell checker, drag and
drop, full HEX editing capabilities, user configurable syntax highlighting (pre-configured
for HTML, Java, C/C++, VB, Perl), column editing, sorting, and a configurable toolbar.
- Sonique v2.0 Alpha Build June 3 - Sonique
is a windows audio player capable of handling Microsoft Windows Media files, MP3 files,
audio CDs, and more.
- VCool 1.8 Beta 8 - VCool
will cool your Athlon/Duron processor on Via KT133 or KX133(A) (VT8363, VT8361,
VT82C691/693A/694 or VT8371 +VT82C686x) chipsets during idle.
- WINTV-DVBs WDM drivers - Technotrend has released new WINTV-DVBs
WDM drivers for WinALL.
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