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| (hx) 03:43 AM CEST - May,06 2004 |
- Sasser is fastest written Windows worm -
The "Sasser" computer worm now plaguing computers around the world was
based on a critical software flaw revealed by Microsoft just 17 days before
the worm's release. Microsoft revealed a total of 20 software bugs in a
bulletin issued on 13 April and the first version of Sasser appeared on 30
April. Over the next few days this and three variants - tweaked to improve the
speed of infection - succeeded in infecting many hundreds of thousands of
computers worldwide. Previously, the Blaster worm held the record for the
fastest written Windows worm. It was unleashed on 11 August 2003, using a
vulnerability revealed 25 days before it started to spread itself.
- DRM 'will be cracked' says iTunes hacker - According to the
Australian researcher who cracked the authentication used by Apple's iTunes
software, current-generation Digital Rights Management
(DRM) will never work.
- Wi-Fi Security Improves -
Two key improvements for the security and performance quality of Wi-Fi
devices are scheduled to reach wireless network users this year as businesses
and consumers continue to adopt wireless technology in greater numbers. The
Wi-Fi Alliance will certify products for the new 802.11i and 802.11e standards
by September, says Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. The
802.11i standard is the complete version of the preliminary security standard
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) introduced last year, while 802.11e is a new
standard that will improve the quality of wireless networks that transmit
voice and video.
- Microsoft aligns Longhorn client and server - Microsoft has
synchronised development efforts for the client and server versions of
Longhorn, the code name for the next Windows release, a Microsoft executive
says. "Today, the Longhorn client and the Longhorn server are tied together,"
Jim Allchin, vice president of Microsoft's platforms group, said in a keynote
presentation at the company's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference
(WinHEC). Longhorn's release is still some time away. Microsoft
executives have pointed to 2006 as the release year for the product. However,
in his presentation Allchin did not give a target ship date for the client or
server versions of the software. Previously, after hedging on whether it would
even release a Longhorn server, Microsoft said it will introduce the server
some time after the client release. In related news, some
Neowin.net member has found the key to enabling DWM (Desktop Windows
Manager, lately renamed from DCE) in Longhorn's build 4074, which was leaked
last night
- Off-topic: AOL Launches Site for Video Games - America Online on
Wednesday
unveiled a video game site for high-speed subscribers, a bid to attract
more customers toward the broadband service it sees as key to its future
growth.
- Off-topic: Dark matter detector limbers up -
This
form of matter comprises more than 70% of the Universe's mass, far more
than the stars and galaxies we can see. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search uses
equipment at the bottom of a Minnesota mine to filter out all interference.
- Off-topic: Hormones converge for couples in love -
Men are from Mars and women from Venus - except when they are in love.
During this intense period, men and women become more like each other than at
any other time. We already know that falling in love is a bit like going
crazy. Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa in Italy showed in 1999
that levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which has a calming effect, dip
below normal in those who say they are in love as well as in people with
obsessive compulsive disorder. Now Marazziti has looked at the hormonal
changes that occur in people who are in love. Her team measured the blood
levels of several key hormones in 12 men and 12 women who said they had fallen
in love within the past six months. The researchers compared these hormone
levels to those in 24 other volunteers who were either single or in stable
long-term relationships.
- NVIDIA synergy only for new products - NVIDIA has confirmed that
efforts to optimize the nForce system platform for
GeForce
graphics will only improve performance with nForce3 and newer chipsets in
combination with GeForce FX and newer graphics products.
- VIA to raise chipset prices by 6-10% in July - VIA Technologies
will
hike its chipset prices by 6-10% starting July 1 to reflect its rising
production costs, according to sources at the chipset maker. This will be
VIA’s second price increase this year, following a 5-8% increase in March.
- xp-AntiSpy Version 3.81 - This is only
a minor upgrade.
What's new: The setting "Firewall service" was misleadingly displayed under
Windows 2000. This concerns to the service called 'SharedAccess', who is
responsible for the Internet Connection Sharing. Since SP2 for WinXP it
additionally has the functionality of a firewall. If you use this programm on
WinXP you don't need to update to the Version 3.81 (thanks Csimbi)
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| Comments from Bill Gates | posted - 05:45 AM CEST - May,06 2004 | | I thinking of purchasing Stock market shares in Antivirus software. That way if Windows falls over completely, I'll still sucking billions from you suckers! Ah the power!!! =) | |
| Comments from L.A | posted - 11:04 AM CEST - May,06 2004 | | one word = FU MicroWamk and ur bug infested O/S | |
| Comments from Bill Gates | posted - 03:28 PM CEST - May,06 2004 | | You're just jealous because i have more money and a better haircut than you. So Nah! :-) | |
| Comments from El_Coyote | posted - 04:07 PM CEST - May,06 2004 | | someone needs to develop his own personality here...
My friend named Freud would properbly like to study you closer :P | |
| Comments from u nub | posted - 04:38 PM CEST - May,06 2004 | | windows seams buggy cause they need to protect EVERY thing in their os. One small hole and some one can slip in. When you have 1 company tring to fix many holes and hundreds of thousands tring to just find 1.. obviously the hacker will win. ON ANY OS .. yes this means your beloved *nix systems and mac. Wait till linux comes main steam and mac to stop suckin ass and see how "secure" they are. | |
| Comments from Bill Gates | posted - 06:33 PM CEST - May,06 2004 | | Well said Nublets. You'd do well as a spokesman/brainwasher for Microsoft. | |
| Comments from nub | posted - 04:26 AM CEST - May,07 2004 | | lol great come back.. but i heard them all a million times try to think of some facts in stead of trendy sayings like those.
GG dumbass | | The old comment system has been replaced. Use the regular FORUMS!
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