SECURITY...

• Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2 LAND Vulnerability - By sending single LAND packet to file server causes Windows explorer freezing on all workstations currently connected to the server. CPU on server goes 100%. Network monitor on the victim server sometimes can not even sniff malicious packet. Using tcpreplay to script this attack results in total collapse of the network.
• Trojan gets the cell phone message - Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to cell phones than Cabir. The malicious software, dubbed "CommWarrior" and described as a virus by some antivirus companies, takes aim at the version of the Symbian operating system running on Nokia Series 60 handsets. F-Secure, SimWorks International and other security providers issued reports about the threat Monday. CommWarrior attempts to spread by sending messages via Bluetooth wireless connections and Multimedia Message Service--different from the Cabir virus, which only used Bluetooth to proliferate.
• Blooover - J2ME Phone Auditing Tool -  Blooover is a proof-of-concept tool that is intended to run on J2ME-enabled cell phones that appear to be comparably seamless. Blooover is a tool that is intended to serve as an audit tool that people can use to check whether their phones and phones of friends and employees are vulnerable.
• Moscow prosecutor lets low-cost MP3 site off the hook - Russian prosecutors have decided they are unable to take legal action against controversial online music provider Allofmp3.com - despite the music service's lack of sufficient licences to offer the content it does. Last week, the Moscow Southwest regional prosecutor's office said no criminal indictment could be brought against the music seller because it has not violated Russia's copyright law, a local blogger has reported.
• Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net - A University of California researcher says he has found a way to identify computer hardware remotely, a technique that could potentially unmask anonymous Web surfers by bypassing some common security techniques.

OFFTOPIC...

• Zapped neutrinos zip through the Earth - Scientists are to zap neutrinos through the Earth to better understand the mysterious particles' shifting nature with a new experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, US. Scientists at Fermilab will zap neutrinos underground from Illinois, across the state of Wisconsin, through Lake Superior to a particle detector in the Soudan Underground Mine in Minnesota State Park, US. A trip of 457 miles (735 kilometres).
• New particle physics collider coming soon - The 50-foot-long magnet weighing 38.6 tons is the first of 1,232 the same size that will be placed in the tunnel to speed subatomic particles around the accelerator, said Renilde Vanden Broeck, spokeswoman for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by the French initials CERN.
• Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers - Electronic engineers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia are researching a device they say could make objects "nearly invisible to an observer." The contrivance works by preventing light from bouncing off the surface of an object, causing the object to appear so small it all but disappears. The concept is based on a "plasmonic cover," which is a means to prevent light from scattering. (It is light bouncing off an object that makes it visible to an observer). The cover would stop light from scattering by resonating at the same frequency as the light striking it. If such a device could cope with different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation (including visible light), in theory, the object would vanish into thin air.
• Dr.Who Episode Leaked - BBC News is reporting on how an episode from the brand new series of the old science fiction TV show, Doctor Who, has been leaked onto the Internet.

TECHNOLOGY...

• Google Adds Features and Plugin to Desktop Search - Google Desktop now supports alternative Netscape based browsers like Firefox, PDFs, images, video, and music files. Google also added a plug-ins feature so that developers can integrate their software into the Google Desktop catalog.
• Microwires: replacement for the CD-ROM? - A ballpoint that detects if we are forging a signature or a substitute in miniature for the CD-ROM are some of the applications that can be carried out using microwires. 3 or 5 times thinner than a human hair, these fine threads were invented in the old Soviet Union for military purposes but, the broader scientific community has been studying them for some time now for other applications – including at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). The researchers calculate that a 10 cm long microwire can carry out 10 billion divisions or cells (10GB) and in each one of these a bit can be stored. In order to store the byte, each one of these cells is magnetised in one orientation or the other.
• Sony PSP to hear the music - Speaking at the iHollywood Digital Living Room forum, Yair Landau, vice chairman of Sony Pictures, said the Japanese giant plans to release software that would let the PSP synchronize with Connect, Sony's entertainment download service. The company also plans to launch software that would let the PSP link to PCs and Macs within a year, he said.
• Firefox developer feels like throwing in the towel - Firefoxer Mike Connor is complaining in his blog that the development of the Mozilla-sponsored alternative browser isn't getting the attention it deserves from its parent. An exasperated Connor says he's "on the verge of just walking away indefinitely" from the project because of its "glacial pace of development." (thanks TheInquirer)

HARDWARE... 

• Athlon 64 4200+ pictured - AMD is close to releasing its next Athlon 64 CPUs. Busy people at the Xtreme Systems forum managed to get a CPU-Z snapshot of the AMD upcoming 4200+ CPU. That is what that site reckons. This CPU is actually clocked at 2600MHz just the same as the FX55 but in the case of Athlon 64 4200+ the multiplier is locked higher. The 4200+ has 1MB of cache built on 90 nanometre marchitecture and works with 1.4 volts.
• AMD shows off first Geode chipset - AMD has announced the availability of its first development board designed specifically for its low-power Geode NX processor line. The Geode NX DB1500 board and reference design includes a chipset from Silicon Integrated Systems in a small Mini-ITX form factor. It has been designed for thin client applications and embedded systems using Windows or open source software.
• Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic - TrustedReviews posted today a review of the Gigabyte GA-8I915P Dual Graphic motherboard which is based on the 915P chipset and offeres support for two PCI Express graphics cards.
• HIS X800XL IceQ II Turbo 256MB PCI-E Video Card - 3DGameMan has posted a video review of the HIS X800XL IceQ II Turbo 256MB PCI-E Video Card. This product is based on the ATI R430 chip, has a core speed of 400MHz, a memory speed of 985MHz, and 256MBs of GDDR3 memory
• Fanless Power Supply Roundup - XYZ Computing take a look at  at fanless power supplies from Coolmax, Thermaltake, Antec, and SilverStone.
• Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router - Despite the suggestive brand name this access point doesn't support the draft 802.11n high-speed wireless standard and will not be compatible with it when it is expected to be ratified late in 2006. What it does do is use a technology called MIMO (multiple input multiple output) that was developed by Airgo Networks in 2003 and which may form part of the 802.11n standard
• The Ergonomic-Friendly RollerMousePRO - The idea behind the RollerMousePRO (picture) is to offer a solution to the awkward stretch required for using a mouse. This helps reduce muscular discomfort associated with repetitive use, and potentially increase productivity by letting you keep your typing position as you control your cursor. Some people with muscle pain screech at the notion of reverting back to a normal mouse and would rather use a more ergonomically friendly alternative. Contour has designed a product that is the first of its kind
• Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard - The Internet Phone Wizard is a phenomenal device that allows a person to make free and cheap calls over the Internet through a regular or cordless phone. Instead of utilizing speakers and a microphone, the Internet Phone Wizard makes it possible to use a regular phone. With Skype, a regular long distance or international phone call is extremely low cost or free. Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard is the perfect device to save money making phone calls with a phone instead of a headset.
• Samsung SGH-Z107 - Samsung SGH-Z107 is the first 3G phone introduced here in Singapore. The SGH-Z107 is based on a clamshell design It has a dimension of 89 x 48 x 25 (mm) and weighs only 120g. It is one of the smaller and lighter 3G phones available in the market.  SGH-Z107 has an internal QCGA 262K TFD LCD (176x192) and an external 65K OLED (96x96). The phone comes standard with 2 batteries, a ear piece, battery charger, EasyStudio III CDROM. Similar in design to the GSM phones, SGH-Z107 features photo (VGA) and video recording of up to 30s. It supports the MMF ringtone format and has a rotatable lens for video calls, photo and video taking.
• Motorola V3 Razr -  $500 for a phone is a bit outrageous. And although you may get this phone for cheaper online, walking into a Cingular store and buying this phone sill set you down $500. You can do quite a bit for $500.

.GUIDES... 

• Are you ready for the next Major Desktop Migration? - OK, the 64-bit is a big step ahead, but what about the final users?
• Microsoft adds Universal Printing to Terminal Server - In this article, Terminal Server printing guru Stefan Vermeulen (webmaster for printingsupport.com and fellow BriForum speaker) explores the new UPD printing capabilities that Microsoft is building into Service Pack 1 for Terminal Server on Windows 2003.

SOFTWARE...

• Bench'emAll v2.65 - Bench'emAll! - this program can help you to do automatic common benchmarking or stability tests (Painkiller, Half-Life 2, etc) with your computer, basically 3D hardware.
• XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2005-03-04 CVS build - XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) is a new free open source (GPL) multimedia player for Microsoft's Xbox. XboxMediaCenter is still in beta stage but can currently be used to play and view most video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG/MPG, VOB, AVI, OGM, DivX, XVID, MP3, OGG, JPG, GIF and many more direct from a CD/DVD in the DVD-ROM or of the Xbox build-in hard disk drive, it can also play files over a network (LAN) from a PC via an "XStream Server" application or from a Windows (SMB) share.
• Bluetooth Headset Presenter - The Headset Presenter turns your Bluetooth Headset into a Powerpoint remote; it is as simple as that.
  Kaspersky AV 2006 beta - With the amount of features "coming soon", this looks more of an alpha, but well ..check it out.
• AVG Anti-Virus Free edition v7.308 - AVG updates automatically, usually every day, so this is only required if you can not connect to their server in automatic updates. Save to a temporary location, open AVG control center, select the update button at the bottom, then the select folder button, and follow the prompts.
• Driver Cleaner Professional Edition 1.1 - Driver Cleaner Professional Editon is a program which helps you to remove parts of drivers that are left after uninstalling the old drivers. The program is for ATI, nVidia, Creative, Realtek, SIS, 3Dfx, S3 and more drivers.
• GreenBrowser - tabbed web browser - GreenBrowser (download) is yet another IE based browser that offers tabbed, multi-page browsing and many additional features including grouped pages, ad filtering, search engine integration, privacy cleaner, form filler and much more.
• Google Desktop Search 20050227 - Google Desktop Search provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks.
• Google Toolbar 3.0.119.9 Beta - Google Toolbar increases your ability to find information from anywhere on the web
• PowerStrip 3.58 - PowerStrip (download) provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest video cards.
• XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0 - XP TCP/IP Repair is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) (download) for commands in Windows XP® that repair your TCP/IP registry settings and your Winsock LSP's.
• DNA-Force 1.2.7590 (NVIDIA ForceWare) - These are modified NVIDIA ForceWare drivers (download) for Windows 2000 & XP. Modified drivers simply means that the author takes official or beta drivers from the manufacturer and starts to tweak them for either better image quality and or performance.