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| (hx) 01:55 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 |
- File sharers outside the US now targeted with writs - The music
business in Europe has started trying to sue online song sharers, with a raft
of writs fired off in the direction of
uploaders
in Denmark, Germany, Italy and, um, Canada, today. A body representing the
music industry, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
(IFPI) targeted 247 alleged illegal file-sharers, charging individuals with
"illegally making available hundreds of music tracks for copying, transmission
and distribution via file-sharing services". In related news, the researchers
behind a major new statistical study claim that the Internet
music piracy is not responsible for declining CD sales.
- Microsoft's South Korean site defaced -
Microsoft's South Korean network defaced by hackers who exploited a
misconfiguration in the site's Frontpage Extensions. According to the website
defacement archive, Zone-H.org the site was turned over by bunch of boys from
Brazil going by the name of c0derz.
- Linux vs. Windows: Which Is More Secure? - In a new report, Is
Linux More Secure Than Windows? from Forrester Research Inc., based in
Cambridge, Mass., Computing Infrastructures Senior Analyst Laura Koetzle finds
that
both Windows and Linux can be deployed securely. Microsoft Corp., however,
fixes security problems the quickest - which is a good thing, since it also
has the most major security holes.
- MPlayer - HTTP parsing vulnerability -
A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was found in MPlayer.
A malicious host can craft a harmful HTTP header ("Location:"), and trick
MPlayer into executing arbitrary code upon parsing that header.
- Web Application Worms: Myth or Reality? - Imperva's Application
Defense Center (ADC) has released
a new white paper. The new paper demonstrates the feasibility of launching
worms that attack custom Web application software automatically. These
methodologies leverage common Web search engine technologies to achieve the
characteristics of a worm: anonymous origin, automated discovery of vulnerable
sites, automated exploit and self-propagation. The paper is based on the the
research, led by Amichai Shulman, the company's CTO, that was conducted by
Imperva's Application Defense Center (ADC).
- Off-topic: Microsoft Cancels Sports Video Games for Autumn -
Microsoft on Tuesday said
it will not release new versions of its sports video games this fall in a
move Wall Street saw as opening the door to deeper ties with industry leader
Electronic Arts Inc. Since introducing its Xbox game player in 2001,
Microsoft has struggled to gain share in the intensely competitive sports
video games market, and EA has shunned Xbox Live, Microsoft's online gaming
service over concerns about its financial model. A Microsoft spokesman said
three titles that had been planned to be released annually -- "NFL Fever,"
"NBA Inside Drive" and "NHL Rivals" -- were affected, as were three other
titles -- "Links," "Top Spin" and "Amped" -- that were not necessarily on an
annual release schedule. Those six titles were exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox
video game console. Another sports game, "RalliSport Challenge 2," is still on
track for a May release
- Off-topic: Waiter, There's a Drug in My Rice - The California Rice
Commission on Monday approved a biotech company's request to grow the state's
first crop genetically modified to contain a drug.
The rice is genetically modified to produce two human proteins that fight
infection: lactoferrin and lysozyme. Some rice growers and environmental
groups oppose the project, saying the rice could contaminate regular crops and
damage the export market.
- Off-topic: Future travel: How will we get around? - Nasa scientists
say their experimental
X-43A jet has the potential to make the world a much smaller place. It has
already led to predictions that passenger planes will one day fly from the UK
to Australia in two hours. But apart from the huge cost implications,
governments are increasingly sensitive to environmental concerns and may
resist the use of technology that could harm the planet.
- Off-topic: Vodka and beer to power batteries - According to the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch a university student looked no further than the bottom of
his glass to develop
a cell
phone or laptop computer fuel cell using vodka, beer or any other ethanol-based
substance. St. Louis University student Nick Aker and an assistant
chemistry professor Shelley Minteer developed the biofuel cell in class. Akers
said that once the biofuel cell is charged, it could run a cell phone for a
week or a laptop all day before needing another drink.
- Bulldog chases SDSL up to 4Mbps - Broadband service provider
Bulldog Communications today
switched on its
4Mbps Symmetric DSL (SDSL) service covering a number of major British
cities. The broadband service, priced from L100.41 a month with a L495
connection fee, is available in cities including London, Manchester,
Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sterling,
through Bulldog's local loop unbundled network. Bulldog plans to increase
coverage over the next 12 months, particularly to the south east.
- Sony studio bets on Blu-Ray; Nokia mixes radio, TV and cellular - A
studio affiliated with Sony Corp. on Monday (March 29) became the first to
officially commit
to launching its new titles on the Blu-ray high definition disk format.
Meanwhile, a new business unit of Nokia said it is developing separate
services that mix cellular data with FM radio and digital broadcast TV.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will launch all its new titles on Blu-ray
disks by early 2006 when the format is officially released, said Benjamin
Feingold, president of the movie studio that is an affiliate of Sony Corp.
- Fujitsu debuts 10-Gbit Ethernet switch - Fujitsu Microelectronics
America Inc. officially unveiled
a 10-Gbit Ethernet switch IC at electronicaUSA Tuesday (March 30). The
company made special efforts to keep volume costs of the MB87Q3070 under $1000
a chip, by keeping protocol support to Layer 2 only.
- AMD Delivers Another Inexpensive 64-bit CPU - Sunnyvale,
California-based chipmaker AMD added the Athlon 64 2800+ processor for
desktops into its technical documentation in early March.
The 2800+ chips run at 1.80GHz, incorporate 512KB of L2 cache and feature
single-channel memory controller. Thermal and electrical specifications of the
Athlon 64 2800+ are the same as those of other PGA754 chips from AMD. The
company quotes the new microprocessor at $178 price-point in for business
quantities, the same price tag as the least expensive Intel Pentium 4 with
800MHz QPB and HT technology.
- Cebit 2004 in 7 hours - The Madshrimps have their
picture report up from Cebit 2004 - Watercooling, Phase-Change, flashy
cases, new motherboards, PCX, miniPC´s and a wide range of gadgets can be seen
in this article which consists of over 150 high quality photos!
- SFF Roundup - Cebit 2004 -
check it
out!
- Intel Celeron 2.8GHz review -
The Celeron is high on MHz but low on performance. Just ensure that you're
not pulled in by the myth that MHz means everything. If you hear the words
'Intel 2.8GHz processor' in some fancy advert with a PC at an unbelievable
price, just do yourself a favour and look at the smallprint carefully.
- Creative Labs MuVo TX: MP3 in the Fast Lane -
The MuVo TX, like the NX, is an ultra-compact MP3 player based on a unique
concept. The module can be used on its own for storage, or as a portable
player when attached to the battery unit. This new version with USB 2.0 stands
out for its ergonomics, smaller size and sound quality combined with greater
speed.
- HP LaserJet 3030 All-in-One - If you want the speed and text
quality a laser printer provides, but require more versatility-for scanning,
faxing, and copying-the
HP LaserJet 3030 ($499) with its flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder
is a good choice where printing demands are light to moderate. The quality of
graphics and photo output, however, is less than ideal.
- The GPU Comparison Guide - Adrian's Rojak Pot let us know he
has posted
the GPU Comparison Guide.
- Home Networking: From the Ground Up - The following pages take you
on a tour of Bruce and Marge's home and
discuss the networking possibilities of the home office, living room, two
upstairs bedrooms, and kitchen, as well as the backyard and boat dock.
- Migrating from Windows to Linux, Part 1: Preparation - Want to
switch to Linux, but don't know where to begin? In Part I of Migrating from
Windows to Linux,
THG will help you prepare for the big move. Step-by-step instructions and
printable checklists will ensure your happy and safe journey into Linux.
- Linux Kernel Comparison: 2.6.4 vs. 2.4.25 - 2CPU have published
their
Linux Kernel Comparison: 2.6.4 vs. 2.4.25.
- SP6 for VB 6.0, VC++ 6.0 and VSS 6.0d -
Microsoft has released Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0
with Visual Source Safe 6.0d
- Ultrasound 1.0 - Monitoring and Troubleshooting tool for FRS -
Ultrasound is a monitoring and troubleshooting tool for the File
Replication service (FRS). FRS is used to replicate files and folders in the
SYSVOL file share on domain controllers and files in Distributed File System
(DFS) targets. Ultrasound is a powerful tool to measure the health of FRS
replica sets by providing health ratings and historical information about
replica sets. Ultrasound also allows administrators to monitor the progress of
replication and detect problems that can cause replication to become
backlogged or stopped.
BitTornado 0.1.1 (SHAD0W's Experimental BitTorrent Client) - A new
version of BitTornado is
available for
download.
- SpywareBlaster 3.0 -
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from
ever being installed. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on
these known spyware Active-X controls. Make sure you run the Check For Updates
feature frequently to get the latest database! (And make sure you check the
new items to protect your system against them!)
- MRU-Blaster 1.5 - 3/28/2004 -
MRU-Blaster is a program made to do one large task - detect and clean MRU
(most recently used) lists on your computer. These MRU lists contain
information such as the names and/or locations of the last files you have
accessed. They are located ALL OVER your registry, and for almost ANY file
type. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you
opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and much more! (And, in
many cases, the lists are displayed in drop-down menus automatically.)
- Foobar 0.8.1 Beta 3 -
Foobar2000 is an
advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features
include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for
several popular audio formats.
- Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.0.0.210 -
Macromedia Shockwave Player lets you enjoy multimedia games, learning
applications, and product demonstrations on the Web using exciting new 3D
technology.
- Media Player Classic 6.4.8.2 -
Window Media Player Classic is an enhanced version of Windows Media Player
6.4. This program can play DVDs with help of external decoders like WinDVD and
it can also play Realmedia files, if realplayer one is installed.
- Google Toolbar 2.0.110 - A new version of
Google Toolbar is
available for download.
- Asterisk Key 6.3 -
Asterisk
Key shows passwords hidden under asterisks (Windows)
- Central Brain Identifier 7.0 -
An official beta release of
CBId 7.0 (download)
with the full support of AMD64 processors is available for download! Now the
"Brain" uses a new driver for 9x/NT Windows platform. Added multiplier/VCore
change feature and P-Rating calculation for the AMD64 processors. Central
Brain Identifier is designed to provide detailed recognition and obtaining the
most complete extended information for all AMD processors.
- EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD Driver Patch Update for Sound Blaster Audigy &
Audigy 2 - Download update for
Audigy 2 || Download update for
Audigy 1. You should only install this update after you have downloaded
and installed the Audigy Web Update files released on 19 November 2003.
(thanks Duncan).
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| Comments from giGGler | posted - 04:50 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | "File sharers outside the US now targeted with writs"
Wow, thank god I don't live in Europe or Canada! :) | |
| Comments from | posted - 05:48 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | RIAA you are a fucking moreon...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15073
we have been saying it for years... | |
| Comments from asd | posted - 07:19 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | nooooo!!!!!!!!11
leave europe alone, why you cant just sue them fat ass americans, theres no file sharing in europe, go away | |
| Comments from El_Coyote | posted - 08:19 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | like it havent been happening for a while now? | |
| Comments from Tom | posted - 09:26 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | File sharers in canada will be caught and already have. You can take but you can't give. Easy enough to figure out. | |
| Comments from Tom | posted - 09:27 PM CEST - Mar,31 2004 | | Europe makes me laugh. Their laws are a joke to begin with and everyone I have EVER known from Europe breaks their laws every day. I guess they just like paper work. | |
| Comments from nah | posted - 08:16 AM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | Bulldog chases SDSL up to 4Mbps.... ROFL. Thank god no company in the US is stupid enough to charge that much for internet access... maybe if it were 100mbps it'd be worth it, but even then I wouldn't shell out nearly a grand for installation, a monkey can do it. | |
| Comments from nah | posted - 08:17 AM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | Bulldog chases SDSL up to 4Mbps.... ROFL. Thank god no company in the US is stupid enough to charge that much for internet access... maybe if it were 100mbps it'd be worth it, but even then I wouldn't shell out nearly a grand for installation, a monkey can do it. | |
| Comments from Bill Gates | posted - 08:36 AM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | Ok, which one of you punks hacked my Korean website?!??!?!! | |
| Comments from Toby | posted - 09:02 AM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | @SDSL commenter:
Guess your not gonna want to live in UK then, that price isn't extortionate if you compare it to prices we pay for other connections. Bulldog is infact one of the cheapest companies offering broadband here, and alot of users have switched to their services as more an more ISPs here put bandwidth/usage limits on their connections <.< | |
| Comments from El_Coyote | posted - 02:06 PM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | Tom: Atleast we are better than you gun-tooting maniacs in the us. | |
| Comments from Tom | posted - 06:21 PM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | im not in the US. Thanks. | |
| Comments from Tom | posted - 06:34 PM CEST - Apr,01 2004 | | and in the defence of the US, at least they had the balls to do something about it, not like the Europeans. Europeans probably had secret financial deals in place before they jumped in. And aren't the Europeans directly north of all this? Ah, the turn the blind eye act..Who us? What's wrong? or how about the french telling people that we don't care about your traditions/religion, remove the headdress. Classy.. very classy. Europeans are just wonderful. Pfff. | | The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!
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