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(hx) 04:43 AM CET - Mar,04 2003
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- sendmail 8.12.8 fixes critical security problem - Sendmail,
Inc., and the Sendmail Consortium
announce
the availability of sendmail 8.12.8. It contains a fix for a critical
security problem discovered by Mark Dowd of ISS X-Force; we thank ISS X-Force
for bringing this problem to our attention. Sendmail urges all users to either
upgrade to sendmail 8.12.8 or apply the patch for 8.12 that is part of this
announcement. Patches for older versions can be downloaded from
ftp.sendmail.org, see
http://www.sendmail.org/ for details.
Remember to check the PGP signatures of patches or releases obtained. For
those not running the open source version, check with your vendor for a patch.
There is a bug fix for ident parsing in 8.12.8. While this is not believed to
be exploitable, if you are not upgrading to 8.12.8, you may want to turn off
ident checking by adding this to your .mc file: define(`confTO_IDENT', `0s').
- China Sets Sights On Lunar Mission - China, which is poised to send
a manned spacecraft this year, could launch
an unmanned Lunar mission within the next two-and-a-half years, a top
space official has said. "We will be able to embark on a maiden unmanned
mission within two and a half years if the government endorses the scheme
now," the chief scientist of China's lunar exploration programme, Mr Ouyang
Ziyuan was quoted as saying by the official China Daily today.
- The US M1A2 Abrams, and war as a video game - TheRegister has
posted pretty
interesting article about upgraded M1A2 Abrams tanks.
- SMS text: The new English? - Educationists are in a state of
alarm after a Scots teenager presented an essay written in the shorthand
commonly used in mobile text messages, the Times reported on Monday. The
unnamed 13-year-old girl submitted the essay to a teacher in a state secondary
school in the west of Scotland and explained that she found it "easier than
standard English". The essay began: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd
2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kds FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc." The
Times offered a translation: "My summer holidays were a complete waste of
time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and
their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it's a great place."
- Sony Shows First Blu-Ray Recorder - Sony has taken the wraps off
the first commercial consumer-use video recorder that uses blue-laser
technology. Sony's first generation recorder will land on Japanese retail
shelves on April 10, at a price of $3,815. It looks similar to the prototype
Blu-ray player that Sony showed at the Ceatec show in Japan last October.
- New 'all-in-one' printers from HP -
The $150 PSC 1210 is part of a growing crop of so-called all-in-one, or
multifunction devices, which HP says have continued to enjoy rising sales. In
addition to being smaller than prior models, the new printer is cheaper and
has a power cord that is designed to allow the device to be pressed right up
against the wall. HP also introduced a new line of business-oriented
all-in-ones, the OfficeJet 7100 series, which ranges in price from $399 to
$699 and adds faxing abilities as well as the option of being attached to a
network.
- Intel's wants to 'unwire' your notebook - Intel, which plans to
introduce
the new chip family at a March 12 event in New York, will kick off the
Centrino campaign with teaser TV ads. The Centrino family, which includes
Intel's new Pentium-M processor, a supporting chipset and an 802.11b radio
module for wireless networking, will form the core of a new generation of
lightweight notebooks from computer manufacturers.
- T-Mobile team on Treo 270 - The two companies on Tuesday plan
to announce that they are working together to market and
sell a co-branded Treo 270 device. The $499 device already is available on
the Handspring Web site and through T-Mobile stores. A $100 rebate will be
offered to new T-Mobile subscribers when they activate their service. The
device includes some specialized preloaded T-Mobile software and the ability
to access next-generation GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) networks.
- Digicam memory cards crack 4 gigabytes - Lexar Media said
Monday that it will soon release
two new CompactFlash cards that far exceed the memory capacity of other
digital cards on the market, while rival SanDisk unveiled a line of
CompactFlash and SD cards that transfer data at a higher rate of speed. The
new cards, unveiled at the Photo Marketing Association convention in Las Vegas
taking place this week, are aimed at professionals and avid hobbyists in
digital photography.
With capacities of 2GB and 4GB, the Lexar cards will let photographers
take reams of pictures before downloading. Other companies are currently
selling 1GB cards, while most cameras come with a 32MB card.
- Microsoft quits OpenGL board - Microsoft has tendered its
resignation from the consortium governing the OpenGL standard, signalling an
intention to go it alone with its Direct3D graphics platform. Actually, the
OpenGL ARB website still listed Microsoft as a member today. This doesn't
necessarily mean Microsoft is making a huge break with the OpenGL standard.
- Windows Server 2003 Pricing To Remain Flat But Add-Ons Will Cost
- Microsoft said Monday that
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with be priced at $999 with five user
or five device client access licenses (CAL) and $1,199 for 10 CALs, while the
pricing for the enterprise edition -- similar to Windows 2000 Advanced Server
-- will remain flat at $3,999. The company's new SKU Windows Server 2003, Web
Edition, will be priced at $399 but will only be available to OEMs and select
channels.
- Source Code To Dungeon Master Java - There were many requests for
Alandale to release the source code to Dungeon Master Java and now he has
released
the source code on the Dungeon Master Java site. Dungeon Master was an all
time classic RPG game first released in 1987 that made monumentous
improvements in user interface design in gaming, and many other improvements.
(thanks
Slashdot.org)
- kX Project Drivers 5.00.3530 Beta -
The kX Audio
Driver is an independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1
and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or
E-mu Sytems Inc., including the SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio
Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy series of cards.
- Hot CPU Tester Pro 3.4.2 -
Hot CPU Tester Pro
(download) is a system health
and stability tester. It tests CPU, and virtually all parts of motherboard for
errors/bugs and defective parts. It is a burn-in test with uniquely designed
state of the art DefectTech engine.
- A4Tech Drivers - A4Tech have updated their
mouse drivers
to version 7.40.
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