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Solve : Yale computer scientists devise a 'P4P' system for efficient Internet usage? |
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Answer» A Yale research TEAM has engineered a system with the potential for MAKING the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work cooperatively to deliver data. Quote “While ISPs like AT&T, Comcast, Telephonica and Verizon and the P2P software COMPANIES like Pando each maintains its independence, the value of the P4P architecture is significant, as demonstrated in recent field tests,” said Silberschatz. For example, in a field test conducted using the Pando software in March 2008, P4P reduced inter-ISP traffic by an average of 34 percent, and increased delivery speeds to end users by up to 235 percent across US networks and up to 898 percent across international networks. Link This makes an awful lot of sense to do...Agreed and MAYBE with less of a strain on the Internet it would prevent so many ISPs from limiting bandwidth. |
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Solve : Copyright deal could toughen rules governing info on iPods, computers? |
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Answer» What is this world becoming... The deal would create a international regulator that could turn border guards and other public security personnel into copyright POLICE. The security officials would be CHARGED with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that "infringes" on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies. Link I object. This is crazy and makes no sense. I'm not going to wait for an hour and have my electronics searched.omg that sucksmake border crossings even longer...oh joy. do they have any idea how hard it can be to find a hidden movie or movies in a 200gb harddrive with 2000+ file folders? besides the added wait time, the idea of searching electronics is a complete invasion of privacy. i could have sensitive, personal, information on my laptop. also, whos to say that i DONT own some, if not all, of the music/movies on there. they could all be backups with the originals safely at home.Quote The guards would also be responsible for determining what is infringing content and what is not. Which means if you are carrying copies of anything, you had better be carrying proof of purchase of the original or written permission to have the copied materials. Quote The leaked ACTA document states officials should be given the "authority to take action against INFRINGERS (i.e., authority to act without complaint by rights holders)."This just leaves so many things open... Quote They may also have their device CONFISCATED or destroyed, according to the four-page document.Lawsuits abound... Quote The trade agreement includes "civil enforcement" measures which give security personnel the "authority to order ex parte searches" (without a lawyer present) "and other preliminary measures".Quote On top of these enforcement efforts, ACTA also proposes imposing new sanctions on Internet service providers. It would force them to hand over personal information pertaining to "claimed infringement" or "alleged infringers" - users who may be transmitting or sharing copyrighted content over the Internet. Oh nice, so just because "someone said he might have something on his computer" they can check people out. Quote Currently, rights holders must collect evidence to prove someone is sharing copyrighted material over the Internet. That evidence is then presented to a judge who issues a court order telling the Internet service provider to identify the customer. The way it should be. A simple accusation or claim isn't enough, there must be some evidence. Quote "This initiative is unprecedented," he said. Well no *censored*, that's because people won't stand for it. Quote "This government is working both at home and internationally to protect the intellectual property rights of Canadian artists, creators, inventors and investors." I'm all for protecting intellectual property rights, but not at the cost of the rights of the people. This whole thing is such a violation on so many levels. Them being allowed to search you for no reason and without a lawyer, the right to confiscate or destroy your property... it all seems a little too Judge Dredd to me. |
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Solve : JaGeX is going to give Runescape a major update!? |
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Answer» I KNOW this is kinda OLD but.... |
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Solve : Comcast.net hacked? |
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Answer» HTTP://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/comcast-hijacke.html Comcast Hijackers Say They Warned the Company First The computer attackers who took down Comcast's homepage and webmail service for over five hours Thursday say they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. In an hour-long telephone conference call with Threat Level, the hackers known as "Defiant" and "EBK" EXPRESSED astonishment over the ATTENTION their DNS hijacking has garnered. In the call, the pair bounded freely between jubilant excitement over the impact of their attack, and fatalism that they would soon be arrested for it. "The situation has kind of blown up here, a lot bigger than I thought it would," says Defiant, a 19-year-old man whose first name is James. "I wish I was a minor RIGHT now because this is going to be really bad." .......So...that's what happened to my email yesterday... I was wondering why I haven't been receiving any.Wow, that's some story if you read it all.If it were me, I'd be in Mexico by now.My mail was fine yesterday, but I was mail-less for a few hours, a week (?) ago.Defiant? I wonder if HES arrested yetI think Comcast's DNS(s) have always been a weak spot for them. There were at least two or three times while I had their service (about 1 1/2 years) that they lost their DNS. I could surf all day on IP addresses, but no names until the DNS was brought back on line. |
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Solve : Mozilla wants Guinness World Record FF3? |
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Answer» Quote Mozilla is aiming to create what may be the geekiest world record ever with its upcoming Firefox 3 browser release. Full Read I'll definitely contribute... I'm gonna STEAL your link, EVIL. I hope, you don't mind.It's Thank you Quote from: Broni on May 28, 2008, 10:06:32 PM I'll definitely contribute...Who wouldn'tQuote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 29, 2008, 02:36:32 AM Quote from: Broni on May 28, 2008, 10:06:32 PMI'll definitely contribute...Who wouldn't I won't! I REFUSE! IE4LIFE! Eww... I can't believe I just said that...Smart idea on Mozilla's part to spread the WORD. I pledged and will also be running it after download. It doesn't say unique downloads so couldn't someone just setup a script to download the file over and over. Good idea...I may keep downloading...ehh .... ff all the way!!! at least if ff3 were gold version now i'd be happy. but so far ff3rc1 does me good. |
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Solve : Adobe Flash exploit raises concern? |
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Answer» Legitimate Web sites hosting Adobe Flash Player content may be compromised to embed JavaScript that redirects users to a Chinese malware server, says Symantec. Affected versions of Adobe Flash Player include 9.0.124 .0 (latest version) and 9.0.115.0. Symantec recommends that users use script-disabling plug-ins such as NoScript for Firefox to prevent embedded Flash scripts from being loaded. Link You beat me to posting this by 3 minutes I'm sure its probably because you were working on one of your other news links today. Symantec Backtracks on Adobe Flash Warning After warning on Tuesday that hackers were exploiting an unpatched bug in Adobe Systems' Flash Player software, Symantec has backtracked from this CLAIM, saying the flaw is "very similar" to another vulnerability that was patched LAST month. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146396/symantec_backtracks_on_adobe_flash_warning.htmlWow! That's something you don't see very OFTEN. A Linux platform is actually more vulnerable to something than Windows. From the PCWorld article: Quote However, the Linux version of Adobe's stand-alone Flash Player, version 9.0.124, is vulnerable to the attack. ... That means that Windows and Mac OS X users with the latest updates are not vulnerable,... Of course the article explains that they were all vulnerable and the developers just missed a spot while doing the fix, but it's still a collector's item. |
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Solve : rent a song for $.10? |
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Answer» http://next.lala.com/ http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/05/27/2111259.shtml A new website that lets you "rent" songs for ten cents just CAME out. It looks like it lets you listen to each song once before it will start to charge you THOUGH. It lets you make playlists, and has some videos as well. I think you can even BUY a song for $.89 if you like it. You can listen to one song at a time without signing up, but to do the playlists or other FEATURES, you have to SIGN up.Pretty impressive that they're letting you listen to a preview of the full song online. Or at least all the songs I tried I was able to listen to the full song online using their player. I could even click play on the CD and listen to the full CD without paying anything. Don't think this feature and/or the site will be lasting long if they're allowing you to do this. |
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Solve : Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen? |
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Answer» From Associated Press through Yahoo! News: CARLSBAD, Calif. - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.What's that other ONE called...where it's a table...and it's touch screen.. Darn I forgot! It's on the tip of my tongue... Edit: Microsoft Surface http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html Of course it's probably too early to say this with not much being shown about Windows 7, but Microsoft's (Steve Ballmers) plan to focus more on the UI for the next version of Windows seems ludicrous in my mind. I can think of a lot of other things I'd work on before trying to MAKE it look *prettier* or introducing a touch screen... Call me crazy but we've been using the mouse/keyboard combo for the last several decades for a reason. A touch screen doesn't have much practicality other than what's been shown in the videos. I'm not going to want to browse the web with a touch screen interface or do all my work on a touch screen interface. Going from a keyboard to a touch screen seems like a STEP BACKWARDS. |
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Solve : Malware still malingering for up-to-date anti-virus users? |
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Answer» HERE A study by Panda Security revealed that 72 per cent of firms with up-to-date security software still had malware on their networks. The data - based on a sample of 1.5m users last year - also revealed that 23 per cent of home computers were infected. PCs protected by the security software from multiple vendors were affected by the problem. The data comes from scans by users of Panda's ActiveScan online scanning tool. Panda reckons the problem arises because the traditional anti-virus scanning approaches are no longer keeping up with the exponential growth in malware products. As a result, users are infected by threats that slip under the radar and LEAVE little indication of their presence. "The situation is getting out of control," said Luis Corrons, PandaLabs technologies manager. In response to the problem, Panda Security is rolling out a change in its architecture so that malware detection is more automated. Clients are linked together through data centres that correlate data and push signature updates automatically. This approach, dubbed 'collective intelligence', is designed to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional approach of pushing out virus updates from a lab. "We have automated the process and put it online," Panda's Pedro Bustamante explained, adding that the firm was moving towards the security as a service approach. In order to raise awareness about the limitations of anti-virus technology, Panda Security has launched a campaign, Infected or Not, and a new site. Users and businesses will be offered the chance to run free security assessments. The first ten firms to demonstrate they are not infected stand to win €5,000. Home users could win an iPod Nano. Panda is using its collective intelligence approach alongside honeypots and malware exchange to draw up what it reckons is a real-time list of threats. Malware would be distinguished as such by its behaviour. This seems to be more of a variation on a theme than the radical change the firm claims. Panda reckons that aggregation of the knowledge of a community of users can lead to better results. This smacks a little of the wisdom of crowds. It said information connected will be impersonal and confidential. Users would opt in to join a network. There's more background on Panda's Infected or Not campaign here: http://www.pandasecurity.com/infected_or_notHmm, depends how you define infected. This is from a Panda scan I just had a user run. Is the PC clean or infected? Quote ;************************************************* ************************************************** ************************************************** ******************************i wish av's were 100% fool-proof and 100% non-vulnerable but it still is. Nothing is 100% perfect. Some stuff still gets through the AV anyway.I didn't like the fact that I had to register, but was nice to have a web page WORK nicely in Firefox without having to rely on ActiveX. Once again it's another spyware utility reporting cookies as spyware. I really dislike the fact that companies classify cookies as spyware when they're only used with the pages their associated with and don't track all browsing habits or cause havoc like most traditional spyware. Finally, the scan is just that a scan. Just a way for Panda to get users not familiar with spyware threats to purchase their program. My system found 25 Cookies and although it says they're a low threat I think it's *very* deceptive that they don't explain how non-threatening these are and most likely *trick* a lot of users into purchasing their program. Two thumbs down.. Get one of the many available freeware spyware protections and forget Panda. Quote from: Computer HOPE Admin on April 27, 2008, 02:36:13 AM
The fact that they label all cookies as spyware is analogous to if they labelled all executables as spyware. I mean, it's unlikely, but it COULD be a virus, so we better flag it. Imagine the number of threats found with that... The Unofficial Cookie FAQ - http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/ Quote 2.4 Are Cookies Dangerous to My Computer?that is kind of what I mean- cookies aren't really dangerous in the first PLACE, but they still perform no real filtering to find out if any of them are actually tracking cookies. If they can't determine wether it is a tracking cookie why include it in the list? |
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Solve : New Adobe Flaw Being Used in Attacks, Says Symantec? |
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Answer» From PC World through Yahoo! News: An unpatched bug in Adobe Systems' Flash Player software is being exploited by online criminals, Symantec reported Monday. |
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Solve : Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD [Solid State Disk]? |
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Answer» From AFP through Yahoo! News: SEOUL (AFP) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest computer chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace HARD disk drives in laptop computers. [recovering space - attachment deleted by admin] |
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Solve : Ant Species Attacks Computers, Electronics in Houston? |
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Answer» http://www.insidetech.com/news/2062-ant-species-attacks-computers-electronics-in-houston-?referral=IT_nlet As if we didn't have enough to worry about... The ARTICLE profiles a new breed of ant that likes electronics. Quote Shane McGlaun / DailyTechUh oh.....I have many relatives in Texas....Haha that sucksSo What kills themWow, this is pretty crazy. I've never heard of computer issues with ants before. When looking for additional information about this I stumbled across this video of these ants in a guys computer mouse on YouTube.. Pretty crazy. Caution: The guy in the video does use vulgarity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNbve0W02s |
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Solve : Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits? |
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Answer» From PCWorld.com through Yahoo! News: Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit software that hides itself in an obscure part of a computer's microprocessor, hidden from current antivirus products.Very interesting..! Wow this is very interesting. However, the article mentioned it is hardware dependent and as the article mentioned, it would be real hard for something to get created and spread out to a wide audience. What I'm curious about is if it's hardware dependent and something that could be rendered invisible to the OS how would a antivirus or other protection program help protect against something like this?Quote it would be real hard for something to get created and spread out to a wide audience. My thoughts as well, but consider the below article and it is more plausible. FBI Finds 3,500 Counterfeit Cisco Components in Secure U.S. Networks More info... Also Hackable: MicroprocessorsIt's easy, just spam-mail the chips to thousands of people, telling them to install it because they should. BEcause it's new. Because it comes in a shiny box. That should give it a fairly large install base....That doesn't sound that easy and definately an extremely expensive way to hack people.Well, actually- that is what I was trying to say- If they have to change hardware any way of mass-infecting computers is going to be prohibitively expensive. I keep forgetting sarcasm is hard to write There was a batch of hard drives out of China a year or so ago. Every single one of them had a virus planted in it which collected information and sent it back to someone from the factory. I don't remember what company that was though. They recalled all the drives from that factory, of course. -=Edit=- Ok, I just had to go look it up. November '07, they were Seagate hard drives. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290782,00.htm Quote "Seagate said that antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab had discovered the existence of a virus on some of its Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 hard drives. I know somewhere I FOUND it was someone from that factory who planted the virus, but I can't seem to locate that article now. |
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Solve : Vista’s adoption rate is faster than Windows XP’s? |
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Answer» HERE During research for my series on Vista vs. Windows XP, I stumbled across an article at ChanelWeb that claimed that according to Gartner, the adoption of Vista by BUSINESSES is in line with that of XP at a comparable juncture after its release. As I will also publish an article at Computerwoche on this topic, I wanted to be sure if this surprising data really is correct. So I contacted Gartner and they were kind enough to mail me their latest numbers. This data does not exactly match with that of the ChannelWeb article, but it allows us to draw the same conclusion: the adoption rate of Windows Vista is indeed comparable to that of Windows XP after its release. Windows XP was released on October 25, 2001. The market share of Windows XP Professional was 10% after approximately two years. Windows Vista was available to business customers on November 8, 2006 and was available to the PUBLIC on January 30, 2007. If Gartner’s prediction is correct, then Windows Vista Business will be installed on 13% of all PCs worldwide at the end of 2008. This means that the adoption rate of Vista will be a little faster than that for XP following its release. The same applies to the consumer versions. According to the data in my poll, the situation looks a little better for Vista because 17% of my readers have already started moving to Vista and 12% plan to do so in 2008. Note that in my poll, I didn’t ask about the number of PCs running Vista. Starting with a deployment does not imply that all PCs in an organization run Vista. Anyway, these numbers indicate that all the gossip about Vista’s failure is just nonsense. If Vista is a failure, then XP is one as well, because it was not adopted any faster. I am quite fascinated by how this gossip SPREADS on the Internet. Take this new InfoWeek article as an example. The author, Paul McDougall, refers to a Symantec executive who said that Quote …only a small percentage of the security software company’s large enterprise customers have upgraded their corporate PCs to Vista. So, only a “small percentage” have upgraded to Vista? Could I have some concrete numbers, please? A “small percentage” probably refers only to the personal assessment of this Symantec executive. Maybe he expected or hoped that more of Symantec’s customers would have adopted Vista already. And that’s why it is only “small.” It is also a matter of fact that large enterprises adopt new operating systems at a much slower pace than small and mid-sized organizations do. Obviously, this statement contains absolutely no valuable information about Vista’s pace of adoption. Later in the article, the author cites Windows license sales for Microsoft’s fiscal third quarter to confirm his point. However, everyone knows that license sales, especially for just one quarter, can’t TELL you anything about Vista’s adoption. You might as well believe Microsoft who says that 140 million Windows licenses sold “proves” that Vista is a great success. The only thing that really counts is the number of Vista machines out there. And if you want to know if Vista is a success or a failure, you have to compare its adoption rate to other operating systems such as Windows XP. Now look at how many news sites and blogs copied this story and what they make of this “data.” Again, everyone is convinced that Vista must be a really big failure. I must admit, I am quite shocked about all of this. Not because of Vista, but of how our “free media” work. In contrast to the situation in totalitarian countries, in the “free world,” the media aren’t told what to write by the government. Instead, readers are in control - because the only thing that really counts is the number of clicks. It seems to me that more and more journalists and bloggers tend to write what everyone likes to hear, regardless of whether it is true or not.You would need the 2nd year Vista adoption rates to make a fair comparison...i do not believe they will be as strong as XP's 2nd year...how about a count of people downgrading? It happened a lot with XP, and as far as I can tell it's fairly common with Vista too.I'm sure those #'s if they exist are well hidden... which is odd considering how vocal people get sometimes after downgrading from Vista...I wondered why microsoft did not ask the general population what they wanted to see in future windows versions instead of just leaving all that to the private windows testers. Considering how many people actually use the windows operating system as opposed to how many testers there are, it would help. Microsoft would cut out all the stuff that people don't use or rarely use to the point that it's same as nonexistence and windows would be tailored to the majority of the people which is good IMO Here's a link that disagrees with your source broni. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp It says that Vista is only SEEING 8.8% internet usage currently. Back in 2003, XP had 30%.I don't know Steve Ballmer says it's doing well and I believe everything he says. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/111841,vista-selling-really-well-says-ballmer.aspx |
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Solve : Most annoying software? |
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Answer» Quote No gain without pain? http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000001048,39419834-1,00.htmI agree with some of that even thought I really didnt look at all of it, however I thought you where meaning hackers an such at the time but I suppose you can include those. I pulled off a perectkeylogger today didnt even know it was on there. What about y2k if anything I think that it would help an show what can happen.Lol I agree with this commenters post on this story: Quote How about annoying articles.... You know, the ones that span eleven pages at two paragraphs per page? Ugh looked like an interesting story but not GOING to go through 11 pages to read it all.just hit the print link and it consolidates it all into one page..... http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/print/0,1000000169,39419834-30000024c,00.htmGood suggestion. For years I had the most effective anti-virus available. Unfortunately many thought it "unthinkable"- I didn't have the internet to begin with. they'd say "well what do you do then"? and I'd say, what I do is a *censored* of a lot more productive then going on facebook and droning on and on about how worried you are about your cat because he's made one less bowel movement then he did yesterday, and more productive then going on MSN to chat with your friend despite the fact that your talking about the same crap that you talked about in person, only this time half the words are abbreviated. Thankfully, so is the conversation, since you see your cat going in it's litterbox and have to go back on facebook to tell the world the exact length of his deposit. Wow, that had absolutely NOTHING to do with software...Well, we asked for it, in a way...we human animals with our visual orientation. TEXT on the internet wasn't ENOUGH -- notice how a good deal of that rogue's gallery facilitates images and video? |
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Solve : XP SP3 news? |
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Answer» Scheduled for release to the Public April 29th below is an overview of it's contents... Vista isn't slow, it just have higher system requirements than XP. Remember XP is 7 years old by now that is an eternity in computer science. If you Put Vista And XP on the same Box, then XP would in general run faster then Vista. Thus the conclusion that Vista is slower. Then again, if Microsoft didn't waste so much time with implementing that DRM BS (I mean, a f-ing driver error code for having too high a resolution? *censored*? and check every single output frame of audio and video for changes to the "tilt bits" of the drivers, it would probably run WAY faster then XP. That is the main reason I really don't like Vista- the main reason it has the higher requirement isn't necessarily for new functionality, (forgetting aero and such), but rather because there is so much garbage code to prevent us from using functionality it is ridiculous.I wish Microsoft kept windows xp and just updated it with the AERO graphics. That would make it a good operating system and of course, keeping up to date with the security too.Quote from: mcxeb52! on May 26, 2008, 06:54:54 PM I wish Microsoft kept windows xp and just updated it with the AERO graphics. That would make it a good operating system and of course, keeping up to date with the security too. I've heard of people hacking the aero interface into XP. Just had to fiddle with the DLL files and such so the DLLs thought they were running on Vista. WindowBlinds has a Vista Skin for XP, looks like Aero, but not Aero Glass.it wopuld be great to have the official AERO theme on windows xp that comes with the system or installable as with all other official microsoft signed themes. And no, windowsblinds doesn't work do AERO justice. ---- Deja-vu- I think I had this EXACT type of discussion about XP's Luna themes being usable in 98....of course, I use vista to enjoy the GUI and that is all but if I were to go back to xp .... it better have looked good enough |
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Solve : SP 3 is back? |
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Answer» Microsoft releases Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center: Ok, I installed SP3 and my external HDD died, I know it's about 4 years old and makes a grinding sound, but it was SP3 that did it. I haven't seen this documented anywhere, but the pagefile seems more stable with SP3. Pre-SP3 my pagefile always had scores or even hundreds of fragments. Occassionally this fragmentation would cause a fault in the pagefile addressing and result in a BSOD. Just as occassionally I would defrag this file with the System File Defragger and life would go on until next time. Ever since installing SP3 the pagefile has not gone above 1 fragment. Maybe it's coincidence or righteous karma. Note: The first boot after installing SP3 resulted in, wait for it, a BSOD from a page fault. SP3 seems to be working fine for me, I've been using it for a few days and have no issues.me too, there was just an article on /. about all the people who ended up getting unstable systems because they installed sp3. I think the number was in the hundreds..... out of tens of thousands. No problems here yet either....lets hope it stays that way.I think I might wait until it hits Automatic Update. I might not be as weary about it by then.Aww where's your sense of adventure. |
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Solve : XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots? |
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Answer» Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. HERE Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft and a prominent Windows blogger, has WORKED with users to tentatively identify the problem as involving only machines using processors from Advanced Micro Devices . Messages from frustrated users BEGAN accumulating on the XP SP3 support newsgroup Wednesday, just a day after Microsoft released the update to the general public. "I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the Windows," said a user labeled as "Olin" in a message that kicked off a long thread . "It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots again." Most users who left messages on the forum said that they were unable to boot into Windows Safe mode -- a last-ditch way to sidestep the normal boot process for troubleshooting purposes -- or revert to a previously saved System Restore point. Some were understandably upset. "Way to go, Microsoft, releasing the pile of dung called SP3 that hoses your system so bad even Safe Mode isn't working!" said a user identified as Mike Voss. "Props to your QA GUYS, they certainly have done their job." Johansson, who watched one of his PCs repeatedly reboot after installing XP SP3, traded accounts with several other users on the newsgroup, and summarized the RESULTS on his blog. According to Johansson, there appear to be two separate issues. One affects only AMD-equipped PCs sold by Hewlett-Packard . "The problem is that HP, apparently along with other OEMs, deploys the same image to Intel -based computers that they do to AMD-based computers," said Johansson. "Because the image for both Intel and AMD is the same all have the intelppm.sys driver installed and running. That driver provides power management on Intel-based computers. On an AMD-based computer, amdk8.sys provides the same functionality." Running the "intelppm.sys" driver on an AMD-powered PC isn't normally an issue, but on the first reboot after a service pack installation, it causes "a big problem," Johansson said. The machine either fails to boot or crashes and immediately reboots. The other problem, according to Johansson, also seems to affect only AMD machines, and involves an error message indicating trouble with the PC's BIOS. Johansson said that the ensuing recommendation to update the BIOS is "most likely not your problem," but said that the problem may be isolated to a specific motherboard. "Possibly, it is related to computers with the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard in them," he said. Johansson also spelled out workarounds for both problems on his blog. The HP issue can be solved by disabling the intelppm.sys driver, while the second fix requires the user to plug in a USB flash drive before booting. Microsoft was not immediately available for comment early Friday, but someone identified as a Microsoft employee on the support forum had asked users to e-mail him information such as the PC's system configuration, tell him whether they were able to enter Safe mode, and submit event viewer logs. This isn't the first endless reboot problem Microsoft's faced in relation to a service pack recently. In February, the company pulled a Windows Vista SP1 prerequisite update from automatic delivery because it was crippling some machines. Glad I didnt download it yet Though I have a Dell with Intel..... Don't even want to try Glad I didn't take all of my friend's (and teacher's) advice. I just hid the icon from my taskbar.I have had no problems at all on my box.... neither have calum, soviet, or sidewinder..... as well as the majority of /. users (so it seems).And mine is an HP with an AMD processor, so this must not be affecting very many people.I feel sorry for the people having problems. I've had none though, I am glad to say. I wouldn't be affected by this seemingly isolated problem anyway, Intel and custom built all the way. People are always quick to criticize, but personally I always expect problems when upgrading - that way I am either pleasantly surprised or prepared. Always back up, especially before installing a major update like a service pack.Quote from: Soviet Genius on May 12, 2008, 03:50:09 PM And mine is an HP with an AMD processor, so this must not be affecting very many people. So too is my main desktop computer. Luckily I haven't installed SP3 on it yet, or the other 3 computers for that matter, though their processors are Intels.All my XP systems here are also running SP3 with no issues. |
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Solve : WhiteHouse.org pwnd, Serving Malware? |
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Answer» Quote Joining the GROWING list of Web site compromises is whitehouse.org, the “officious” parody site of CURRENT U.S. White House administration, and all the colorful punditry that accompanies it. Quote Of course, the official White House Web site is whitehouse.gov, and although it has been REPORTED that some people BELIEVE whitehouse.org is the real deal, even those LOOKING for this site specifically should be forewarned. linkage |
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Solve : Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures? |
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Answer» From AP through Yahoo News: SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically don't inflict PHYSICAL pain on their victims. I'm going to *censored* for finding this slightly humorous.... You and me both LMAO!any idea what it looked like? I was trying to find a picture of it.......Is that like strobe LIGHTS bother you or something I used to have a friend who WOULD pass out at concerts due to the flashing lights. It's nothing slightly humorous. Loosing consciousness with no warning doesn't afford one the luxury of catching themselves or softening the fall. Lost teeth are not uncommon in these falls. What these idiots did is really nothing to be even slightly amused about.yeah I have a high sugar level an once during shop. I ALMOST passed out. Told my mom I was diabetic turned out a friend has the same problem too. Then it happens when I stand for long periods of time. Like when I went my sister to those later night kurch things |
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Solve : BitDefender Embraces Gaming Community with Launch of GameSafe? |
Answer» When activated, BitDefender’s GameSafe:
“TRADITIONAL antivirus security providers are focused on protecting computer applications, while BitDefender is focused on new and emerging threats resulting from the emerging online lifestyle,” said Bogdan Dumitru, BitDefender CTO. “GameSafe offers BitDefender’s award-winning antivirus protection, while not interfering with gamer activities, allowing hours of uninterrupted GAME play for the ULTIMATE SECURED gaming experience.” For more information on the BitDefender’s GameSafe, please visit Game Safe - Antivirus DefenseWhat a slick little idea ! ! |
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Solve : Microsoft to Block XP SP3? |
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Answer» HERE Microsoft to block 'endless reboot' AMD desktops from Windows Update Will deploy month's second filter to keep some PCs from receiving XP SP3 Microsoft Corp. said last Thursday that it will put filters in place to make sure AMD-powered PCs susceptible to an "endless reboot" problem can't receive Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) from the Windows Update service. It marked the second time this month that Microsoft has had to bar some systems from obtaining the long-awaited service pack. The move was in reaction to a weeklong debacle during which some PCs equipped with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rebooted repeatedly after being upgraded to Windows XP SP3. According to users who diagnosed the endless reboots -- and Microsoft when it first weighed in last week -- some computer makers made the mistake of using a disk image created on an Intel-based machine to factory-install Windows XP on hardware running AMD chips. Microsoft had advised computer makers against doing that as long AGO as 2004. Users afflicted with endless reboots had fingered Hewlett-Packard Co. as responsible, saying that their affected PCs were HP-branded desktops. Last week, HP confirmed the snafu and said it would issue a patch. Microsoft ECHOED HP in a message of its own on Thursday, but did not call out its reseller partner by name. "We've determined this problem occurs on AMD-based machines with Windows XP images that were originally captured by [a manufacturer] on an Intel-based machine," said Microsoft in an ANONYMOUS post to its Micrososft Update team's blog. "The problem is a registry value, present on images created with Intel processors, that causes a driver (intelppm.sys) to load at boot. When intelppm.sys attempts to load on an AMD-based system upon the install of SP3, it causes a blue screen and the continuous reboot." The same post acknowledged that engineers were working up a fix. In the meantime, Microsoft will block AMD-based PCs which have the errant registry key from receiving XP SP3 through Windows Update (WU). "We're planning to add a filter to prevent Windows Update from offering SP3 to affected systems," the post continued. It is not the first time this month that Microsoft has had to selectively ban some PCs from getting the service pack. In early May, the company added filters to stop machines running its retail point-of-sale SOFTWARE, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS), from downloading XP S3 after it confirmed that the upgrade could corrupt and destroy RMS data. Microsoft had postponed the availability of XP SP3 for a week while it investigated the RMS bug and crafted a WU filter. Ironically, the new endless-reboot problem cropped up almost as soon as Microsoft deployed the RMS filter and released XP SP3 to general distribution through Windows Update. Users impatient with HP's patch plans or Microsoft's filtering scheme can instead download a free tool (HERE) crafted by JESPER Johansson, a former Microsoft program manager, that detects and fixes PCs susceptible to the endless reboot. |
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Solve : May Patch Tuesday Release? |
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Answer» Source: May Patch Tuesday Release | TrendLabs | MALWARE Blog - by Trend Micro Quote May Patch Tuesday Release |
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Solve : Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo? |
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Answer» MICROSOFT said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low. Link Now Yahoo is having 2nd thoughts and wooing them back to the table...i knew that wouldn't take too long...News article about Yahoo still being open to Microsoft deal I'm still placing my money on that this deal is going to happen before August '08. You can bet on that.. Board members are not happy at this point. Although this was part of Microsofts GAME.. Very Business Savy that are. |
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Solve : SP3 CD available? |
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Answer» Quote XP SP3 CDs available from Microsoft. Kudos to Quietman for this... |
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Solve : Vista is the most secure OS of 2008 (?)? |
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Answer» At LEAST what this ARTICLE SAYS: |
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Solve : Is Vista less secure than Windows 2000? How the Vista bashing industry works? |
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Answer» HERE When I started reading my RSS feeds this morning one of the first headings that caught my attention was this one: “Microsoft lies about Vista being the most secure Windows ever”. Since it is from a Vista blog that usually has good stuff, I clicked into it. After reading about the meaningless data that is supposed to support the claim of the heading, I just thought, okay, good job, you LURED me to click on this. Very funny, really! Then I moved ahead and was quite surprised how many news sites took the same bait. So my second thought was that I am missing something here. So what is behind all this? The source of this new Vista bashing campaign is Simon Clausen, CEO of PC Tools, a security vendor. This is how InformationWeek cites him: Quote Ironically, the new operating system has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000 operating system, and only 37% more secure than Windows XP. If you are an IT pro, you probably already smell a rat. If a security vendor claims that a new Windows version is not really as secure as Microsoft wants US to make us believe, then something fishy might be going on. But if this were the only thing one could say about this case I wouldn’t have started to write this blog post. What I find interesting is how many news sites pounced on this story without even taking the time to read the data provided by PC Tools. Everyone who knows a little about computers should be taken aback when such “evidence” is provided: Quote Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP. Later the author makes it even more clear what this data implies: Quote Given an infection rate of 639 per 1,000 PCs, almost 64% of Vista users should have compromised machines. 64% of all Vista machines are infected??? I am pretty sure that mine is clean which means that it is quite likely that yours is running some malware while you read these lines. Well, I read quite a few articles on different news sites about this topic and none of them really questioned this data. A Techworld article made it even worse by mixing up infections with vulnerabilities which probably comes from the fact that a Microsoft spokesman was not able to keep these terms apart. I am not sure if it even makes sense to try explaining this implausible data. But it could be that these numbers are not at all about infections, but about the alarms ThreatFire triggered. Since this software uses heuristics instead of signatures, most of those alarms are probably false positives. If that is the case, then you could as well measure the number of UAC prompts to gather data about the treads your computer is exposed to. Agreed, Vista’s UAC uses very crude heuristics to determine possible threats, but according to Clausen’s data, TreatFire seems not to be much smarter. The fact that Windows 2000 triggered fewer alarms than Vista is easily explained. Typical Windows 2000 users just launch their Word 6.0 every day and their browser once a week. The last time they installed software was when their grandchild came to see them and insisted to try a new fabulous game which probably didn’t work anyway on this outdated machine. Thus, the TreatFire heuristics had fewer chances to trigger false alarms. It didn’t surprise me either that Windows XP came off only third in this questionable contest. XP lacks so many features that their users are BUSY all day to download and install all those tools and features that Vista already has. Okay, that was a joke. ;-) I just thought some XP bashing would be nice, too. I leave it to you to find a BETTER explanation. So this is how rumors come into being. I am pretty sure that many readers of these articles really believe now that Vista is more vulnerable to malware than Windows 2000. I think this is a good example how easy it is to convince people of something they really want to believe. And that’s why the Vista bashing industry is so successful.1,021 for Windows XP..... is that out of 1000, too? or is it a misprint?Quote Given an infection rate of 639 per 1,000 PCs, almost 64% of Vista users should have compromised machines. Either that or each user has a 64% chance of being infected. As opposed to the 102% chance with XP, if the statistics shown are correct o.O ... That doesn't sound right.Consider the source...Quote Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP. I guess it depends on how you read this. If 639 machines/1000 each had one threat each then the infection rate would indeed be about 64%. But if just one machine had all 639 infections then the infection rate would be negligible. |
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Solve : Windows Vista more secure than XP, says security company? |
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Answer» Microsoft's Windows Vista is 37% more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed Friday, a rate it hinted was disappointing. HERE Microsoft's Windows Vista is 37% more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed Friday, a rate it hinted was disappointing. Using different data collection techniques, Microsoft has recently asserted that Vista is 60% more secure than XP. For every 1,000 machines running Vista, security company PC Tools counted 639 unique threats over a six-month period, said Michael Greene, the firm's vice president of product strategy, on Friday. "A threat is actually when [malicious code] has penetrated the machine," Greene said. "The malware has to be on the machine to be counted by our ThreatFire community." Vista's number is lower than the one for Windows XP. Users of PC Tool's ThreatFire behavioral-based anti-malware software who run the nearly-seven-year-old XP reported 1,021 unique threats per 1,000 machines in the same six-month period. "We wanted to find out how bulletproof Vista was," said Greene, noting that Microsoft has claimed Vista is significantly more secure than its predecessors. "The answer is that it is more secure than XP, but not so secure that you can give up on anti-virus and other security software." Ironically, the even older Windows 2000 is much more secure, by PC Tools' statistics, than Windows XP or Vista; ThreatFire users reported just 586 unique incidents of penetrated PCs per 1,000 machines during the six-month span. But Greene essentially dismissed that number, or at LEAST direct comparisons with XP or Vista. "It's a matter of what people are using as desktop machines," he said, adding that since ThreatFire targets consumers and Windows 2000 is rarely run as a desktop client outside of businesses, the unique-threat-per-1,000 doesn't necessarily MEAN that the old OS was more secure. Overall, Greene was disappointed in the stats for Windows. "I didn't think the situation would be this bad in general," he said, adding that Microsoft's claims that Vista is substantially more secure than XP doesn't jibe with the ThreatFire NUMBERS. "I don't think Vista is really any more secure than XP," he said. "People still need to practice safe computing and need to have good security software, and keep their machines patched and up-to-date." Microsoft, however, has recently claimed that Vista is more secure than XP, and by a greater margin than what Greene and PC Tools allege. According to data collected during cleansing operations of the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), software that Microsoft updates monthly and feeds automatically to most Windows users, 60% fewer Vista machines were infected by a recognizable piece of malware than PCs running XP during the SECOND half of 2007. Microsoft summarized its MSRT data in a security report published about three weeks ago. The report's key findings, as well as the full report, can be downloaded from Microsoft's site. It may be more secure but how secure is it's ability to run Windows XP Programs.... One reason why I dislike Vista is it's inability to use Google Sketchup properly.Welcome Back Carbon !QUOTE from: patio on May 12, 2008, 07:12:57 AM Welcome Back Carbon !Thanks, although I will be on and off a lot. A lot of homework.........best excuse |
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Solve : Yahoo teams with McAfee to offer search results security? |
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Answer» I've seen all of that. What I keep referring to is this article from my first post. If McAfee has identified a SITE as having employed such tactics, YAHOO users won't see the LINK at all. When GOOGLE and StopBadware did this it was flawed to the point of it being done away with very soon after it was implemented.Don't know how I missed all that. MUST be my contacts... they've been tweaking out today. |
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Solve : Gateway Slips Windows XP into New Desktops? |
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Answer» http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2293682,00.asp Gateway has announced the availability of a flock of new and refreshed desktops—including a Windows XP offering. The new models range from affordable GT series offerings and mid-level DX442 systems starting at $550, to a midpriced FX7026 gaming system at $1,100, and high-end FX541 gaming systems ranging from $1,200 to $3,500. Gateway is shipping these systems with Windows Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, or XP, depending on which model you buy. The Gateway FX7026 gaming system is equipped with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (running at a stock 2.5GHz), 4 GB of DDR2 memory, 640 GB HARD drive, and an overclocked nVidia GeForce 8800GT graphics card. According to Gateway, the FX7026 is available at leading retail outlets around the country and online. This system also comes with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, representing a shift in the system manufacturers toward 64-bit computing. It remains to be seen when game developers create games to take advantage of 64-bit computing, but it's been a chicken and the egg situation so far. The GT Series is Gateway's mainstream system LINEUP, available in five models in retail stores (one exclusive to Costco ). The GT5670 ($549.99) is powered by a triple-core AMD Phenom 8400 CPU, and features a 320GB hard drive, 3GB of memory, integrated graphics, and 32-bit Vista Premium. The GT5674 ($649.99) includes a quad-core AMD Phenom 9500 CPU, a 500 GB hard drive, 3 GB of memory, integrated graphics, and also comes with 32-bit Vista. The GT5676 ($749.99), GT5678 ($849.99), and GT5685E ($899.99) all have 64-bit Vista to fully utilize the included 4 GB of memory. The GT5676 and GT5678 have quad-core processors, from AMD and Intel, respectively, while the GT5685E has a dual core Intel Core 2 Duo. Hard-drive sizes for the latter three GT models range from 500GB to 750GB. The GT5678 has a discrete ATI Radeon HD 2400XT graphics card, while the others use integrated graphics. The GT5685E is a Costco exclusive that comes bundled with a 22-inch Widescreen HD LCD monitor. All of the GT series systems come with DVD burners in similar chassis with different trim. The DX442 series is Gateway's multimedia-oriented mainstream desktops, with processors ranging from Intel Pentium Dual Core to Core 2 Quad processors. Both the DX442B ($549.99) and the DX442XP ($999.99) use integrated Intel GMA 3100 graphics off of their Intel G33-based motherboards. The DX442XP is notable because it is Gateway's single consumer model with Windows XP Pro support. Even the gaming models above and below, price- and performance-wise, ship with Vista installed. At the high end, the FX541 models come with Quad-Core Intel Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors, as well as motherboards that support nVidia SLI dual graphics card technology. The top of the line FX541XT comes with an overclocked PROCESSOR and dual overclocked nVidia GeForce 8800 GT cards in a SLI configuration. The FX541s come with Vista's 32-bit flavor. |
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Solve : Ballmer: Vista Is 'a Work in Progress'? |
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Answer» HERE As PC users clamor for Microsoft to continue to support Windows XP, company CEO Steve Ballmer called the Vista OS "a work in progress" at an annual Seattle event on Thursday. "It's a very important piece of work. We did a lot of things right and have a lot of things we need to learn from. You never want to let five years go between releases," he said. While Microsoft recently extended the date when the XP software will be available for low-cost PCs, it doesn't plan to listen to some other complaints, including that Vista is too big. "Vista is bigger than XP and it's gonna stay bigger than XP," Ballmer said. "We have to make sure it doesn't get bigger still." During the lively session, peppered with flag waving by a rowdy group of Canadians, hoots and applause, Ballmer spoke about a few other key areas that the company will focused on in the near future. "It's virtualization time for Microsoft," he said. "We're gonna make sure we democratize virtualization." Probably less than 5 percent of servers in the world are virtualized today, he said. "It's too darn expensive and too hard to manage. We intend to take major strides around addressing both of those." He also said to expect more work from Microsoft in the search market. "There's an opportunity to knock the socks off in terms of innovation," he said. Once Microsoft introduces some BLOG services later this year, Ballmer intends to ask its MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) to switch their default searches to Live Search for one week. After that week, he'll ask for their feedback about what they liked and what they didn't, as part of a broad effort to improve Microsoft's third-place standing in the search market. Another key area for the future of Microsoft is services. Overall, the use of hosted services worldwide is small, but Ballmer EXPECTS that in two to three years there will be an inflection point after which millions of people will use hosted services, he said. There are 4,000 Microsoft MVPs around the world, and NEARLY 1,800 of them gathered in Seattle this week for an annual summit. MVPs are technology experts who provide feedback to Microsoft about its products -- Ballmer said they are his favorite group to address. The topics Ballmer tackled during his talk were sometimes similar, but much broader compared to the big issue that he, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft's FOUNDERS, discussed while beginning to develop software at Harvard University. "Our strategy and mission have expanded," Ballmer said. In the very beginning, year after year, Allen would approach Gates with the idea to start building computers. And each time Gates sagely said, 'No, Paul, we're not hardware guys,'" Ballmer said. "We're on that same strategy 30 years later ... but we do have an expansive vision." Everything MS does is a work in progress....we're just the gineau pigs.I just caught you on misspelling something....heheheQuote we're just the gineau pigs. We're valued beta testers. Quote from: Broni on April 27, 2008, 11:50:42 AM I just caught you on misspelling something....heheheHow is it spelled ? ?I think it's "guinea" Since you had all the letters, Patio, it's not a misspelling, it's a "typo." I'll take that anyday ! ! And i didn't even have to buy a vowel... It's like a COUNTRY- Guinea. Quote And i didn't even have to buy a vowel...LOL |
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Solve : Fred Langa calling it quits? |
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Answer» Anyone who's been around Computers as much as i have will know the name... i always didn't agree with some of his viewpoints he was a wealth of KnowledgeI agree on both statements...Wow that's too bad. Definitely agree that Fred was a dang smart MAN and someone who was a great help to the computer community. I'd hope he's not taking langa.com down too. I'm unable to access the site.Quote from: patio on May 03, 2008, 01:00:07 PM Anyone who's been around Computers as much as i have will know the name... I have been "around computers" since I visited an LEO III installation in 1965 as a schoolboy and I had never heard of him until I saw his name here. It seems like I have been missing out. He is certainly right that it's hard to find the free version of Foxit Reader! I shall browse his site with interest. His web site seems to be OK.Quote from: Broni on May 05, 2008, 06:39:45 PM His web site seems to be OK.That it does, was probably just getting hammered after this announcement. Good to see it's still up. |
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Solve : Users Fuming Over Vista Audio Driver Glitch? |
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Answer» http://www.crn.com/software/207500472 SEVERAL users running Windows Vista with SP1 INSTALLED who recently downloaded an audio driver for through Windows Update say the update disables their machines' audio functionality. The update for IDT (Formerly Sigmatel)'s high definition sound and is called "IDT High Def Codec," according to several users on a Dell customer forum, who claim that INSTALLING the update results in a "Code 10" Error after rebooting, as well as the loss of audio. "Should you see this update appear, *do not* install it," warned 'Chris B', a Dell (NSDQ:Dell) Digital Life Liason, in a Thursday forum post. Sigmatel drivers were on the list of problematic device drivers that caused Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) in February to delay the public release of Vista SP1. When Microsoft did release Vista SP1 through Windows Update in March, the vendor blocked users with these drivers on their PCs from downloading the update. The issue underscores the spotty OEM experience that has plagued Vista since its launch, and Microsoft and Dell share equal amounts of blame in this case, according to Susan Bradley, a Microsoft Small Business Specialist partner in Fresno, Calif. A spokesperson for Dell Computer, Round Rock, Texas, said Dell is looking into the matter, but didn't OFFER an explanation for the issue. Microsoft couldn't be reached for comment. Many users vented their frustrations in Microsoft's Discussion Groups, with some claiming to have fixed the problem by uninstalling the driver, or using System Restore to roll back to a stable configuration. However, other users said they were unable to resolve the conflict this way, and were still searching for answers. "How is it that we obviously cannot trust Microsoft to provide fully tested software pushed by Windows Update?" asked community member Per Nermo from Oslo, Norway, in a Thursday forum post. Even APPLE (NSDQ:AAPL) users running Vista in dual boot configurations are encountering the problem. "I have a MacBook Pro with SigmaTel sound card, and I was stupid enough to install this update. After installation, sound is gone and Windows started to say 'no audio output device,'" wrote 'salimeryigit' in a post to Apple's Boot Camp discussion forums. I've ran into this issue a few times in XP and Vista with other sound and video drivers Microsoft has posted in the Windows update. Personally I think its best to get your hardware drivers directly from the manufacturer and only do updates for your OS though Windows update. |
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Solve : Microsoft Pulls XP SP3, Delays Release Indefinitely? |
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Answer» Maybe we aren't... |
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Solve : Microsoft gives details of massive web attack? |
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Answer» On April 17, 2008, hundreds of thousands of pages on legitimate domains—including several at the United Nations and in the UK government—were attacked. Many of these SITES ended up serving malware by redirecting users to malicious pages using JavaScript and IFRAMES. Users' PCs were LOADED with a malware program that tried eight different exploits in an attempt to hijack the system. LinkAnother reason to disable scripting. VBS wizards please note! No Script FTW!Hmm.... Quote Microsoft Corp. denied the recent incident, in which more than half a million websites were hacked, was CAUSED by vulnerabilities in its Web and SQL Server software, ACCORDING to U.S. media reports Monday. Full story. 2008/4/29 17:23:16 - Microsoft Denies Massive Security Incident |
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Solve : Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final - ready for download? |
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Answer» It was released to the PUBLIC today. Will probably begin ROLLING out in auto updates at midnight (or whenever they release them) for everyone.does it have MS paint?Service packs don't install any programs...I still USE MS paint OFTEN but Paint.NET is much better and free. |
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Solve : 20+ Windows Vista Features and Services Harvest User Data for Microsoft? |
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Answer» Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this CONTEXT, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and TRANSMITTING your personal data to the Redmond company. |
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Solve : Dell to offer Windows XP beyond June 30 cutoff? |
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Answer» http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/24/Dell-to-keep-xp-available_1.html InfoWorld has confirmed that Dell will sell and support Windows XP to consumers beyond the June 30 Microsoft sales cutoff date that Microsoft reaffirmed today, after earlier comments from CEO Steve Ballmer seemingly indicated it might reconsider that decision. Dell will take advantage of a licensing option in VISTA BUSINESS and Vista Ultimate that LETS PC makers provide XP under the Vista license, which Microsoft calls a "downgrade" license. (Enterprises with site licenses have these same rights with any version of Vista.) In essence, the user is buying a Vista license that it can apply to XP, and Microsoft can still claim a Vista sale. Dell will preinstall XP Professional as a "downgrade" on a variety of desktop PCs and laptops, a spokesperson said, saving users the hassle of doing it themselves. The computers available with the XP option will include the Windows Vista installation DVD in the box so users can later install Vista over XP under the same license if they wish. The "downgrade" program is available as an option on some Dell Latitude, OptiPlex, and Dell Precision systems at no charge. It's also available as an option on some Vostro and Dell XPS gaming systems for a small fee; these systems are targeted mainly at small business users and consumers. A Dell spokesperson said this program will be supported as long as Microsoft SUPPORTS the "downgrade" program. Although Dell will ship a resource DVD that includes XP and Vista drivers for included peripherals, it's unclear whether Dell will ship XP drivers for all the available options. For example, a Vostro 200 desktop today available with a choice of Windows XP and Windows Vista has an option for a wireless card that will not work under XP. I always did like Dell. Micro Center just started offering Dual-Boot XP/Vista machines in the $600 to $2000 price range with extended XP support.... No more excuses now ! |
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Solve : Microsoft starts Vista SP1 auto delivery? |
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Answer» HERE Limits Windows Update push to English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish SKUs Microsoft today flipped the switch to start automatically upgrading some COPIES of Windows Vista to Service Pack 1 (SP1), the company announced. Users who have Windows Update (WU) set to automatically download and install important patches, hotfixes and other updates will start receiving SP1 beginning Wednesday, a Microsoft spokeswoman said in an e-mail. "Today Microsoft will begin automatic distribution of SP1," she said. "This means that users with the Automatic Update feature turned on will automatically download SP1 to their PCs." Not EVERYONE will be offered the update immediately, however, because Microsoft is distributing SP1 in phases, a common practice when it ROLLS out a major upgrade VIA its online update service. It is also limiting the automatic delivery to English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish versions of the operating system. Although Microsoft released the other 31 language PACKS last week, it will wait until the middle of next month before it adds them to Windows Update automatic distribution, said Chris Flores of the Windows client communications team, in a post to the Vista blog today. Microsoft had posted Vista SP1 to Windows Update more than five weeks ago, but made the download optional; users had to aim a browser at the WU site and manually select SP1. At the time, the company said it would begin serving SP1 automatically in "mid-April." Even after today's announcement, however, some Vista users may not see SP1 for weeks or even months because their PCs are using defective device drivers that Microsoft says may cause problems during an upgrade. It is blocking systems with those drivers from obtaining SP1 until the drivers themselves have been updated. Flores alluded to the delay in his post. "Automatic distribution will only occur, according to user settings, on PCs ready for SP1," he said, and linked to a support document that spells out seven different reasons, including the balky drivers, why some users won't be offered the service pack. Users can obtain SP1 by downloading a much larger standalone installer from Microsoft's site if the service pack is not visible in Windows Update.Get ready for a busy Forum Month or so.... |
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Solve : Microsoft patent reveals wearable mouse design? |
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Answer» Microsoft did invent the mouse wheel and something I could not LIVE without, but not sure if this idea would take off. But who knows, looks interesting. I think rotating your hand from a horizontal to vertical position would really get your wrist TIRED and seems like it could cause some issues with typing. With all the advancements in OPTICAL and laser technologies, the mice works great on most practical surfaces but as soon as you lift it off the surface it degrades to a very bulky clicking device. If you’ve ever leaned right back on your seat or lounged on a very soft couch and tried to use a mouse to surf the web, you’d PROBABLY be FAMILIAR with the strain on your arms or back. It’s not easy or comfortable. Link with pictures |
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Solve : ISPs’ Greed to Monetize Mistyped Domains - Delight for Phisher and Hackers? |
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Answer» HERE The way in which some of the US’ largest ISPs handle mistyped website names, monetizing them through Barefruit, has opened a vulnerability that if exploited by phishers and hackers could be an OPEN and unfettered conduit for the injection of their malicious payloads onto the Internet. Reported late last week by Dan Kaminsky, this particular security hole has been patched. The fundamental danger, though, remains. To understand how it works you need to know a little about how the glue that holds the Internet together, the Domain Name System (DNS), works. Now don’t worry, we’re not going to walk you through the BIND source code; we’ll be gentle. Let’s start our easy journey with what happens when you enter a URL (say www.google.com) into the navigation toolbar of your Web browser. DNS maps the URL or domain name into an IP number (in the case of our example, 64.233.167.99) which uniquely identifies the computer from which the domain’s content - in this case the iconic search page of Google’s Web site - is served. Now consider what happens when you enter a non-existent URL, or mistype the URL name. When DNS cannot map to a destination IP number, the browser most usually returns a page telling you “server not found”, so if you’re like me you can see you’ve made a mistake, smack your head, and enter the correct URL. And here’s where the ISPs, notable among them Earthlink, started to get clever. Instead of merely telling you that they couldn’t find the server you requested, they intercepted the returned error message and provided you instead with a Web page originating from Barefruit, one of their ad partners, giving a list of sites for which you may have been looking, a search box and some Yahoo ads. We’re SURE they’re just trying to help, and that thoughts of monetizing mistyped domain names never entered into their heads. That Verizon, Qwest, Comcast and AOL Time Warner conduct similar intercepts is, we’re sure, unrelated. Let’s suppose that you got the domain name correct, but mistyped the sub-domain name. As an example, perhaps you typed maol.google.com instead of mail.google.com. Your browser will be sent, as before, to the Barefruit page containing suggested sites and ads, but with one chilling difference. The browser treats the page contents, code and all, as if it came from a legitimate domain. And because the Barefruit servers were poorly configured and extremely vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks, you could, were you guided by mali cious intent, have the browser execute your own Javascript code, steal and modify user’s cookies, bypass authorization procedures, or CREATE your own fake sub-domain to a rightful financial institution’s domain, to steal passwords and other data (anyone for fakesite.paypal.com?) For all our readers who administer domains we recommend a review of your DNS records. If you have wildcarded your A records, all access to unrecognized sub-domains will route to your legitimate top-level domain, and these DNS redirection tricks will not succeed. Alternatively, Earthlink customers can specify DNS servers which do not pass control to the Barefruit servers. While the Barefruit servers have been patched to resolve this particular problem, how long can it be before greedy ISPs, scratching for cents, attempt to “enhance the user experience” and instead open another security hole for the N’er-do-wells to exploit? |
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Solve : Windows 7 due next year? |
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Answer» http://tinyurl.com/586sqn Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so."Man that seems really fast. If true and they actually get it out by next year Vista truly will be the next ME aka XPME or ME2.Windows 7..........WHY?Because Vista is bombing ? ?its probably going to be a piece of crap since they're releasing it so quickIt was in development at the same time Vista was being worked on so it's actually had much more time...So another OS to learn, another exam to write. These people must give us a chance... It would be nice if it used the better components of previous systems and left the garbage out.You can count on it...LOL Anyway, Bill was probably under influence, or... Windows 7 in 2009 - Denied HERE Microsoft has moved to deny rumours started by outgoing chairman Bill Gates last week that the REPLACEMENT for Vista could be here by as early as next year. Speaking at a corporate philanthropy seminar last week, Gates suggested that Windows 7 would be released “sometime in the next year or so”. Given that Microsoft’s official policy is for its OS products to be given a three-year life cycle and that Vista was only launched at the START of 2007, a 2009 release for its successor would have meant a 12-month reduction in shelf life. Early builds of Windows 7 However, in an email to INFORMATION Week, Microsoft has clarified the company’s position with a firm rebuttal of the 2009 rumour: "We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer" a Microsoft representative said. The spokesperson then went on to explain that Gates’ gaff could well be down to the fact that Microsoft tends to trial beta versions of new OS products before releasing a full consumer package: "As is standard with the release of a new PRODUCT, we will be releasing early builds of Windows 7 prior to its general availability as a means to gain tester feedback," the spokesman said. Well, that’s that then. We’ve been told. |
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Solve : Limewire has even better future - California Seeks to Tax Music Downloads? |
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Answer» I don't understand why my state has to always come up with SOMETHING stupid... HERE 99 cent iTunes downloads will go the way of the dodo if California state lawmaker Charles Calderon gets his way. His proposal, AB1956, seeks to tax music downloads, adding 8.25-8.75% sales tax to music purchases made online, and increasing the purchase price to $1.08. Despite having an economy that ranks among the ten largest in the world, California has a long and (in)distinguished history of failing to manage it well. A rapidly worsening financial hangover has lawmakers staring at a $16B shortfall. Enter Charles Calderon, D-City of INDUSTRY, proposing this bill, and estimating $500M as the amount of tax revenue that would be raised. The State Board of Equalization, the agency responsible for tax administration and fee collection in California, disagrees, placing the figure at about $114M. In a curious twist, the bill does not seek directly to impose TAXES on music purchased online for download. Instead, it sets a perilous precedent by extending the definition of what is “tangible personal property” or “digital property” to include (and here I quote from Section 1(f) of the bill) electronic “products like music, movies and books.” Assemblyman Calderon himself STATED that “the notion of taxing tangible, physical property is really an industrial-era construct when we made widgets and sold widgets. Now it’s not about widgets, it’s about information, and selling information and moving information.” It’s not a TERRIBLY long leap of intellectual effort to extrapolate from his statements an online sales tax where bits and bytes delivered to your computer could be liable for tax. Software as a service, online webapps, your own personal data stored on a remote server; where will the line be drawn? And do you for a second think that line will be static, forever fixed in one location? If you do, I’ve got some tangible personal sea-front property in Nevada to sell you. And it all starts from this one small seemingly-innocuous redefinition of the word “tangible”. Whatever next, reclassifying the carrot as a fruit? Maybe common sense and less fuzzy thinking will prevail. The bill was heard before a tax and revenue committee this week, and failed passage. It is down but not out; leave to be reconsidered at a later date was granted. Yet this is the kind of bill that should have been taken out from the committee room and ignominiously shredded. We hope this is its fate.Quote Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan. |
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Solve : Memory Breakthrough Could Mean 500,000 Songs on an iPod? |
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Answer» Mobile phones, iPods and other consumer devices may someday be able to hold a hundred times more information than they do at present thanks to a breakthrough in storage technology. I have a question. what would be more practical iPOD nano with 8G or iPOD video 80G? which of the two can withstand long hours of playing? thank you.If you have a question you need answered please start a new topic, don't just attach it to some random topic. |
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Solve : Paypal to block 'unsafe browsers'? |
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Answer» Quote Paypal said it was "an alarming fact that there is a significant set of users who use very old and vulnerable BROWSERS such as Internet Explorer 4". LinkageInternet Explorer 4! Wow, that's old. Yeah, they ought to block them. There's no reason anyone using financial-type websites should be doing so with such an old browser. yeah it's too old and people should just be using modern technology anyway! PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated) PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated) | The Apple Core | ZDNet.comQuote from: evilfantasy on April 20, 2008, 12:14:06 PM PayPal may ban Safari for being unsafe (updated) Wow .... the first ' modern ' browser that's being GIVEN the boot. But there is always the firefox for them MAC users I guess. But then again I am seeing reports that said that safari is being used by very low percentages of internet users.Well, Safari is Apple's web browser, right? So, it would have a substantial number of users. New update. I have to credit my friend Jason at Tech Support Team for this info. PayPal: We won't block Safari users Quote from: Jason Amison;16049 PayPal, the electronic payment service owned by eBay Inc., has denied that it plans to tag Apple Inc.'s Safari as "unsafe" and block it from accessing the site.From what i've read Safari has or will shortly be releasing a patch for the exploit advertised by the security convention recently concluded.This is interesting. Quote IE 5.01 to be exact -- will be terminated in mid-2010 when Microsoft retires Windows 2000. MS was trying to kill off XP this year. Yet Windows 2000 is slated for 2010. Whats up with that?Quote MS was trying to kill off XP this year Bloody evil capitalists.XP support including a live voice on the end of a phone was extended early last year to the Year 2014... More like they were HOPELESSLY trying to market VISTA rather than kill XP.that's what I hear that sp3 is intended to give users all the updates that they didn't get the first time around for the xp system as well as some newer updates meant for bug / security fixing but that vista is what they intend you to go get. and I also heard that microsoft stopped producing UPGRADE versions of windows vista and dropped the full versions of vista to the now-defunct upgrade price.... |
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Solve : Side by Side Comparison? |
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Solve : Windows Vista update 'kills' USB devices? |
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Answer» HERE Microsoft has admitted it is investigating reports that a recent Windows Vista security update causes havoc with some USB devices, but the software giant is yet to provide a fix for the *censored*-up. The Windows Defender update was released last week, but some unfortunate Vista customers have claimed that their USB mice and keyboards among other devices refuse to work after the update is installed on their computers. One reader told The Register that he gave up after several frustrating attempts to remove the erroneous update. Microsoft had released the update to plug a security hole in its spyware blocker Windows Defender. The company SAID in a statement today: “We are aware of concerns that a recent Microsoft update may be causing problems with USB devices. We are investigating the matter, and at this time, do not have any information to share.” Yesterday, meanwhile, Microsoft finally pumped out Vista service pack one (SP1) in the remaining 31 languages available as a manual download via its Windows Update site. However, the AUTOMATIC version of the download remains missing in action. Redmond had chalked mid-April as the date when SP1 would start downloading onto computers across the world. Now Microsoft has been forced to admit that it has once again missed a crucial service pack deadline. The true trouble fun will start when computers begin receiving the automatic SP1 update, so why is Microsoft delaying getting the party started? A SPOKESMAN at the firm told El Reg: “Microsoft wants to ensure customers have the best possible experience with Windows Vista, including installing SP1; this has always been the priority. Until SP1 is automatically distributed via Windows Update, CONSUMERS are able to download SP1 manually using Windows Update.” Elsewhere in Microsoft land, rumours are wildly scurrying through the interweb suggesting that Windows XP SP3 could throw its anchor overboard with a release to manufacturers on 21 April followed by a general release a week later. That's news that is likely to satisfy plenty of people who have decided to swerve Microsoft's unloved Vista in favour of soldiering on with XP until the arrival of Windows 7; the momentous occasion which some, including BillyG himself, hint could come as early as the second half of next year. ® vista sp1 came for me in the auto update function. So that means Microsoft was attempting to delay the release of sp1 until the certain problems is already FIXED? |
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Solve : State of Virginia to Require Internet Safety Classes in Public Schools? |
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Answer» HERE Concerned about the general increase in online crime, cyber-bullying, and sex offenders preying on underaged children, the state of Virginia has become the first to mandate that public schools offer Internet safety classes to all grade levels. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, distributor of NetSmartz resources to enhance the online safety of children, cites a report that showed 1 in 25 children received an aggressive solicitation from a predator to meet offline. Social networking sites, email, and in particular chatrooms and instant messaging have all been used by those with evil intent to introduce themselves to children, and to groom them for later attacks. You can never know if an online contact from a “15 year old girl, social and friendly, wanting to meet new people” is indeed from a 15 year old girl, from a 40 year old online predator with a long history of *censored* offences behind them, or from an FBI agent trying to track someone down. Parents want their children to be prepared for a safe and productive online life in the same way that they want their children to be safe offline, and to this end there is much that parents - in partnership with schools, after-school clubs and the local community - can do. It is perhaps inevitable that given the role of the Internet in our everyday life, programs similar to this one will be increasingly rolled out across the United States; until they are, we recommend parents review the NetSmartz resources for parents and guardians, and initiate an age-appropriate discussion with their children, linking online behaviors with what they’re being told to do offline. Of course, we don’t advocate letting young children on the Internet at all, let ALONE unsupervised. On the other hand, educating children on safe Internet usage at an early age makes it less likely they’ll be taken in by phishing, 419s or other Internet scams and frauds when they’re adults. Well, we can all hope so, can’t we?My only concern is that there's only so much time in a school day, and this takes time away from...what? I don't think kids are being grounded well enough in the basics as it is. For example, I helped my nephew with his 8th grade math HOMEWORK. We'd both work the same problems and compare notes. I actually did most of the problems faster (and I don't think I'm that good at math) because I knew 7 times 9 equals 63, and I didn't have to punch buttons on a calculator all the time.Once again Parental responsibilities are being taken up by the Public School system. A sad reflection on how bad a job some Parents are doing. My 7 year old NIECE knows more about online activities and threats including malware than her Parents do...because she's teaching them...only because i TOOK the time to teach her.Good on you, old son! It's a combination of a lot of things. A lot of it is lazy PARENTING. My stepson has seen movies I won't even watch (slasher stuff) because part of him thinks they're cool, but his father doesn't stop him. He's played video games I won't even look at for the same reason. (I've enough garbage in my head from games and things I have seen.) Oh, my stepson is eight -- he was allowed thses things at six and younger. Part of it is stress -- but it's not good enough (according to our skewed "family values" society to be "just" a parent, anymore. There's your career, and then there's managing your career and networking and then of course, you have to have your dreams, because those can't be put on hold, and the kids have to be in everything so who has time? I'm painting in broad, general strokes, here. The cmputer stuff can be done, and done fairly easily, and Patio (who knows everything) certainly has the right approach. |
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Solve : Vista Anti-Malware Fails VB100 Tests? |
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Answer» HERE It's fortunate that Vista-specific malware is still in its infancy because a new test of anti-malware products running on the platform has found that many don't work as well as they should. The latest independent Virus Bulletin tests looked at 37 different Vista-based security programs to see which could manage to reach the level of threat detection required for 'VB100' Certification. Out of 37 tested, 17 failed the tests, including big name products from McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro. Before users rush to de-install Vista products from those companies, the VB100 sets an incredibly high detection bar of 100 percent of a subset of malware DEFINED by a malware collection known as the 'WildList.' Programs must also, using default settings, avoid false positives - false flagging files as malware infected when they are in fact innocent. While McAfee, Sophos and Trend detected 99.99 percent of the WildList, other programs fell some way short of this 'almost' status. Doctor Web reached only 95.21 percent, and Security Coverage PC Live managed a hopeless 84.35 percent. Microsoft's own oft-criticized Windows Live OneCare and Forefront Client Security both hit the VB100 100 percent mark. "It is disappointing to see so many products tripping up over threats that are not even new - computer users should be getting a better service from their AV vendors than this," said Virus Bulletin tester-in-chief John Hawes. "With the SP1 upgrade promising a raft of improvements to performance and FUNCTIONALITY of the platform, we are likely to see a significant upturn in the number of people installing it on their desktops and it is therefore imperative that anti-malware vendors are able to provide solid protection on the platform," he said. Three programs were so problematic that they couldn't, for a variety of reasons, be made to run properly, and were ditched from the full tests, while some working products struggled to run in a stable fashion on Vista. The tests were done before the SP1 update appeared. A few months ago, Virus Bulletin lifted the stone on Windows 2000 anti-malware performance and found a few unwelcome creepy-crawlies underneath. But do the VB100 tests tell the whole story? As has been noted before by Techworld, they don't test programs against the best the criminal world has to throw at the average Windows install, Vista or not. The danger posed by many rRootkits, Trojans and malware based on specific and usually unpublished vulnerabilities, is all left up to conjecture. This is where a good element of today's threat comes from, but they aren't easy to package up into tests. Thus far, Vista's defense has been the relative trickiness of programming malware for it and the fact of its slow uptake. NEITHER factor will protect it indefinitely.QUOTE 17 failed the tests, including big name products from McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro. Quote While McAfee, Sophos and Trend detected 99.99 percent of the WildList, other programs fell some way short Huh?? Quote from: evilfantasy on April 12, 2008, 08:54:04 PM Quote17 failed the tests, including big name products from McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro. The first 3 comments at the bottom of the page say it all... I never read the comments. Someone pointed out the same thing as I did. I have always felt PC World had an agenda. More proof.Quote I never read the comments.Same here.More than happy to do it...one of the many services i offer... how can one judge applications that are always being updated as "failing" if it just fails to detect those stuff that are so UNCOMMON that it's very haerd to get infected with ?! |
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Solve : How to install Vista with "upgrade" DVD - $130 versus $239? |
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Answer» Micorosft unofficially supports using Vista “upgrades” for “full” installs HERE The typical way of installing an operating system from Microsoft is purchasing the full VERSION and installing it over your old system or purchasing the upgrade without wiping your existing files. The company may not admit it in so many words but now unofficially supports using the "upgrade" editions of Vista to perform full installations. According to Market Wire, Microsoft supports using "upgrade" editions of Vista SP1 to perform full installs. The fact that Microsoft conveniently "OVERLOOKED" locking this out shows the company is behind this, in order to get more people using Vista. To use an upgrade disc to install the full version, first install it without a license key and then use the disc to "upgrade" the unactivated installation and enter the license key. The "normal" use for a Vista upgrade disc would be to move from Windows 2000 or XP to Vista but the fact that Microsoft knowingly left this "hole" in the installation procedure shows it must, on some level, support the use of it. Windows Secrets EDITORIAL director Brian Livingston says, Quote "The fact that the company has not taken steps to remove the upgrade trick from Vista SP1 leads us to believe that Microsoft executives knowingly support the trick." Indeed, the upgrade version of Vista costs about $130 versus $239 for the full version. The price SENSITIVE and comptuer savvy consumer would buy the cheaper upgrade edition and use it to install the full version of Vista. Of course, using this method requires you to litterally install Vista, twice. He adds, Quote "There is no ethical dilemma with people using a feature that Microsoft has specifically programmed into Vista." Microsoft may not have officially admitted it supports this feature but the fact that it is still possible to take advantage of it says it does on an unofficial level.I've read and heard about this a few days after Vista was released. But I'm not sure what Microsoft's stand point is about the legality of it. I haven't seen anything stating it would be deemed as piracy or illegal so I'll let this stay.I had my doubts before posting, as well, but I basically, figured out same approach, as you did.Looks as if MS has given it an "unofficial" blessing... Full StoryAha...Quote from: Broni on APRIL 07, 2008, 09:41:21 AM Aha... You're off the hook for now...but i still got my eye on ya. I'll check your guards, trying to sneak something in, once in a while...heheheActually this approach makes an infinite amount of sense as far as the Mothership is concerned...they rushed a product to market that wasn't worth near the price point and if they can get $130 per install instead of free torrent versions they wind up ahead of the game... Gates contrary to popular belief is not DUMB...I never thought about him as dumb....money hungry, yes.what about now that the upgrade versions will no longer be produced but that the full version will be sold at the upgrade old upgrade version priuce which is cheaper??? |
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