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Solve : Judge: Microsoft can't sell Word anymore? |
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Answer» PATENT law is not EASY to understand. Don LANCASTER thinks we should not have it. The CASE Against Patents http://www.tinaja.com/glib/casagpat.pdf |
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Solve : WPA cracked in under 2 minutes...? |
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Answer» Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 06, 2009, 07:14:21 PM I only SEE 2.That's after some of the posts were deleted, or threads were MOVED to spam. Is WPA2-AES STILL uncrackable? |
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| 1803. |
Solve : CPP buys into Skype? |
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Answer» http://www.thestar.com/business/article/689644LOL when i looked at the title i THOUGHT it was "C++ buys into SKYPE" |
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| 1804. |
Solve : Today's Google logo: "Unexplained Phenomenon"? |
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Answer» Quote Typically, a Google doodle corresponds with a PARTICULAR EVENT such as a holiday or the birthday of a FAMOUS person. But that does not appear to be the CASE this morning. found on Associated ContentMissed this one. Crazy how much CONTROVERSY this has stirred up though. |
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| 1805. |
Solve : Enhance your GMail? |
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Answer» Clik Here... Some of these are QUITE useful... |
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| 1806. |
Solve : Google releases fast flip? |
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Answer» Came across this today and thought it was pretty cool, although I'd imagine MANY WEBMASTERS having issues with this since I can quickly READ web pages without having to actually visit the site. But for those of you with some time worth checking out. |
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| 1807. |
Solve : What about the Google UFO image?? |
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Answer» What about the GOOGLE UFO image? (The Google Logo.) Now theres one about crop circlesDo you think they did that to keep this thread alive? |
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| 1808. |
Solve : MS indoctrinating Best Buy employees? |
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Answer» Quote Uhh.. Why?Going to court is like going to Lunch for MS. Just something to do in the middle of the day. If you and your friends have a great new Distro of Linux, do this: Polish if up where is looks nice. Put up cool website. Make a bunch of high quality COPIES on DVD. Have it done professionally. Next go to a store where MS is doing a presentation or something like that. Stand out in front on the public sidewalk and shove the DVD into the hands of anybody who looks like a potential customer. This drives MS crazy! It is legal! You are GIVEN out a free product, so it is not unfair competition. It is not a commercial product. People pay you only by voluntary contributions because they love what your are doing to bring free software to the general public.Hehe thats funny. But they should spend the time doing more constructive THINGS then wanting to go to courtyeah, MS has some great products, but if they really think Linux is competition they should IMPROVE them, not brainwash employees. Not that that would get rid of Linux anyway; a lot of Linux USERS like the Open Source feel, as well as the strong developer feedback from most distributions. |
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| 1809. |
Solve : New Zune software released Today? |
| Answer» Full Story...Looks promising, just wish Microsoft WOULD come up with some more ORIGINALITY, they're not GOING to get many Apple USERS to switch I'd imagine with this latest update. Looks great, but so does the Apple iTouch, which this ONE resembles a lot. They really need to develop something that makes everyone think it's something they need. | |
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Solve : Why virus writers are turning to open source? |
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Answer» Malware developers are going open source in an EFFORT to make their malicious software more useful to fraudsters. By giving criminal coders free access to malware that steals financial and personal details, the malicious software developers are hoping to expand the capabilities of old Trojans. Link Know Your ENEMY. Script kiddies. Quote The script kiddie is someone looking for the easy kill. They are not out for specific information or targeting a specific company. Their goal is to GAIN root the easiest way possible. They do this by focusing on a small number of exploits, and then searching the entire Internet for that EXPLOIT. Sooner or later they find someone vulnerable. http://project.honeynet.org/ Quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_kiddie |
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Solve : Founders to sue Skype/investors? |
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Answer» The Founders of the Skype service plan on suing Skype and the group of investors after the announcement of the pending sale from eBay... |
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Solve : Burglar leaves his Facebook page on victim’s computer? |
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Answer» The popular online social networking site Facebook helped lead to an alleged burglar's arrest after he stopped check his ACCOUNT on the victim's computer, but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond rings. Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday one count of felony daytime burglary. LinkI wonder if he also posted on his Twitter while there that he was robbing SOMEONE... OMG! that's ridiculous. burglar: dum de dum... WELL, I got a good haul from this house... oh hey, it's been almost 30 minutes since I last checked my face book page OMG ROTFLMAO! I better check it. burglar: Curse these elven blood invitations! curse them! I'll just write on my wall then... "D00ds, just ransacked this house got two diamond rings good haul rounds on me next friday ha haha lol rotflol ROXOR 712 14-16 eighteen/possum!" Owners: Say, whose down there! burglar: Eek! "sorry guys they are awake hasta leave now remember I got two diamond rings beers are on me " Owner husband: Say, I don't remember leaving this window open. Owner wife: I'LL MAKE PORRIDGE LOL! Simply ridiculous! why the heck did he have to check his facebook?? Seriously how dumb can people get!!! must have been a geeky burglar.....but wait wouldn't he steal all the software then lol No, he was not a geeky burglar. One porfessional I saw on television said he was so careful, that people didn't notice things were MISSING for days or even weeks. I can at least respect that.heh yeah, I wish he hadn't checked his facebook though! What could have been on his mind amazes me!! maybe he wanted to have his status updated to 'richie rich tonight' lol...LOL or to play "armchair psychologist," he wanted to be caught.Well, there was one burgular who got caught red handed when he flushed the toilet and alerted the owners. |
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| 1813. |
Solve : FTC shuts down Sears/KMart spyware ops...? |
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Answer» UNREAL !Blue light SPECIAL: Identity theft scammers would have been in hog heaven working for KMart or Sears. Quote from: patio on September 19, 2009, 08:31:44 AM Unreal !Patio, after reading that disturbing news... I wish to move some country with No Sears... No K-Mart.... No internet! I hear Antarctica's nice, this time of year. Are you sure thee no Internet there? This lots like the local Linux users. I forgot about the local Linux contingent... Perhaps they are "leet" Gentoo users who are unaffected by Sears and K-Mart. they are surely hardcore if they are willing to swim hundreds kilometers in sub-zero waters just to check their download of the LATEST updates over a dial-up connection. I hear they are yet to be told that red-hat BROKE off into Fedora. Poor little guys. Might even be still using X-Windows. Never try to throw a "informal" dinner party in antarctica. Well, ACTUALLY, it won't hurt, but theoretically speaking you might offend penguins, who by definition are stuck in formal wear. (in reality of course penguins don't give a... err, "good gosh darn" either way.)Quote Never try to throw a "informal" dinner party in antarctica. Well, actually, it won't hurt, but theoretically speaking you might offend penguins, who by definition are stuck in formal wear.Well, I be they did not get the Tux fro Sears or K-Mart. |
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| 1814. |
Solve : Microsoft: Students to get Windows 7 for £30/$30? |
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Answer» Microsoft has taken the wraps off an amazing offer for UK and US students today. Students in the UK and US with a VALID email ADDRESS (an email address given by the college or UNIVERSITY, e.g. [emailprotected]) will be able to purchase Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional (upgrade versions) for £30 and $30 respectively. The offer will run until 3 January 2010 when the prices will revert to normal. Link That's so cool. I already got on the pre-SALE sale and got home premium for $50 but that is pritty cool. |
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Solve : New Trojan virus poses online banking threat? |
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Answer» Or maybe not so NEW..... We’ve been following the Clomp family of malware, also known as Clampi, for some TIME now. It’s a strange beast, and its nasty POLYMORPHIC packed code changes with each new release. Full read http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/?p=5734 |
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| 1816. |
Solve : Windows 7 commercial? |
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Answer» New Windows 7 commercial for those who've not seen it. That little boy making a movie REALLY pisses me off.Thats a girl.Quote from: Boozu on September 21, 2009, 03:43:35 AM Thats a girl.No it's a stupid boy making the movie with a ZEBRA toy and "mista teeth". Quote from: Helpmeh on September 21, 2009, 03:32:07 PM No it's a stupid boy making the movie with a zebra toy and "mista teeth". Oh of course, silly US, Boozu just assumed that you were actually making an on-topic post.Now why would I do that???Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 21, 2009, 03:46:24 PM Oh of course, silly us, Boozu just assumed that you were actually making an on-topic post.It's a Windows Vista commercial. Why are you being so harsh now?Quote from: Helpmeh on September 21, 2009, 03:32:07 PM No it's a stupid boy making the movie with a zebra toy and "mista teeth". I've seen it. It was the released before this one, a few months back.Can't find it but this one was released at the same time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhre2C4THT4 |
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Solve : AMD shows off Eyefinity multi-monitor setups? |
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Answer» Droolhave you seen pictures of my office? add two more monitors to that setup, and you have my office. But I doubt I could get 20fps with my setup.Yes i do remember the Pic you posted...sweet. But this was current news and i thought it'd be relevant.Personally after looking at the second EXAMPLE of the World of Warcraft picture I'd prefer just one big SINGLE display, LIKE a TV instead of that setup. The bezel edge really seems distracting to me. Although as the article said at the end if they can work with a manufacturer to make ultra thin edges I could change my mind.Personally, I like this idea better: http://cjhosting.net/images/SansaScreen.png who cares about a bezel anyways?So cool! I hate gaming on multi monitors because of the bezel, like admin. Just annoys me. Only problem is the super low fpsQuote from: michaewlewis on September 15, 2009, 10:02:13 AM Personally, I like this idea better: http://cjhosting.net/images/SansaScreen.pngLooks 'shopped. of course it isactually, it's probably gimped.Quote from: michaewlewis on September 16, 2009, 09:27:57 AM actually, it's probably gimped.Figure of speech. Quote from: Helpmeh on September 16, 2009, 03:33:59 PM Figure of speech. Thanks for clearing it up, Mr. Obvious. I wasn't sure.It is cool but the edges would be annoying. I would rather play on one really high res MONITOR. But when I am not playing games, like right now, I like having a second monitor to spread THINGS out and make it easier to look at. For the last few weeks I have been using an old toob monitor and it is really nice to have it their. It just went out a few days ago so now I miss it. When I have enough money I will definitely get a second monitor.I tried 2 monitors and I never used itI just got a Maximum PC magazine and the cover said "AMD's 6 head video card" and it showed that the DirectX 11 video card with six monitors at 7680*4800. |
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Solve : Microsoft unveils shield for critical Windows flaw? |
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Answer» http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138278/Microsoft_unveils_shield_for_critical_Windows_flaw_as_attack_code_looms With attack code that exploits a critical unpatched bug in Windows likely to go public soon, Microsoft wants users to run an automated tool that disables the vulnerable component. The bug in SMB (Server MESSAGE Block) 2, a Microsoft-made network file- and print-sharing protocol that ships with Windows, affects Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and preview releases of Windows 7. When the flaw was first disclosed Sept. 7, it was thought that attacks would only crash PCs, causing the notorious Blue Screen of Death. SINCE then, however, researchers have figured out how to CREATE exploits that can be used to hijack a vulnerable computer. Last Wednesday, Miami Beach-based IMMUNITY, which is best known for its CANVAS penetration testing framework, built a working remote code exploit, and released it to paying subscribers of its Early Updates program. On Friday, Microsoft confirmed that Immunity's exploit worked as advertised. "We have analyzed the code ourselves and can confirm that it works reliably against 32-bit Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 systems," said Mark Wodrich and Jonathan Ness, both members of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) engineering team, on a company blog. "The exploit gains complete control of the targeted system and can be LAUNCHED by an unauthenticated user." More worrisome, however, was news that the open-source Metasploit pen-testing software will add attack code this week, according to HD Moore, a noted security researcher and one of Metasploit's makers. Metasploit's exploit code is often used by hackers to build malicious attacks. According to Kostya Kortchinsky, an Immunity researcher who worked on the CANVAS attack module, the SMB 2 vulnerability is "decently wormable." That prompted Wolfgang Kandek, the chief technology officer for security company Qualys, to implore Windows users to immediately deploy Microsoft's defensive measure. "The implementation of this workaround is now becoming critical as attackers will have access to the code soon, in the most optimistic case next week," said Kandek on Wednesday. Microsoft has not yet set a timetable for a patch, but said it is working on a fix. "We're not slowing down our investigation, and are working on an update that can be delivered for all customers," said Wodrich and Ness. "The product team has built packages and [is] hard-at-work testing now to ensure quality." Until a patch is ready, Microsoft recommended that users run the automated "Fix it" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975497) tool posted Friday on its support site. The tool automatically disables the SMB 2 service, rendering any attack moot. That, however, also makes it impossible for PCs to communicate to file servers and network printers using the protocol. Microsoft has used "Fix it" tools several times this summer to help customers protect their machines until it can create and thoroughly test patches. The last time it delivered such a tool was in early July, when it issued a "Fix it" to stymie attacks against Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and IE7. The company's next scheduled patch day is Oct. 13, more than three weeks away, but in rare cases, Microsoft releases "out-of-band" updates, usually when it sees attacks actually under way. So far, it hasn't found any. "We are not aware of any in-the-wild exploits or any real-world attacks," said Wodrich and Ness. Windows Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), the preliminary build that was handed out to millions from early May to late August, contain the SMB 2 flaw and are vulnerable to attack. Older editions, such as Windows XP, and the final version of Windows 7, dubbed RTM for "release to manufacturing," are not at risk. |
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Solve : MemTest ver. 4.00 released? |
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Answer» GRAB it Here...Thanks Patio. The FDD release is quick & easy. memtest86+-4.00.FLOPPY.zip For Windows, unzip the package into a directory like C:\memtest, insert a blank floppy into your a: disk drive and run the install.bat file. As the install prompts you, to USE memtest DIRECTLY, leave the disk in the drive and reboot your machine.You're more than WELCOME Fed... |
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Solve : Microsoft: In-place Windows 7 upgrades can take up to 20 hours? |
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Answer» http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=B37A54A9-1A64-6A71-CEFCC33B814902E0 MIcrosoft says some "in-place" upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users more than 20 hours to complete. Yes, 20 hours. Microsoft said Friday that some "in-place" upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users over 20 hours to complete. The best that users can hope for is a 1 hour and 24 minute process, said Chris Hernandez, who works in the Windows deployment team, in a company blog published Friday. So-called "clean" installs, where the user overwrites an existing edition of Windows to end up with the OS, but no former data or applications, take LESS time: from 27 to 46 minutes. Hernandez said the in-place upgrade times were obtained from lab machines in three different configurations -- labeled low, mid-range and high-end -- with three simulated users: a medium user, a heavy user and a super user. The profiles differed in the amount of data and the number of applications that were on the PC before the upgrade to Windows 7. The medium user profile, for EXAMPLE, assumed 70GB of data and 20 applications; the super user profile, on the other hand, contained 650GB of data and 40 applications. "One of the main goals with Windows 7 in general has been to be better than Vista," explained Hernandez on the blog. "As part of the Windows Upgrade team we have tracked Windows 7 upgrade performance using Vista as our baseline comparison." Microsoft's goal, he added, was to make an in-place upgrade from Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Windows 7 at least 5% faster than an in-place upgrade from Vista SP1 to a new copy of Vista SP1. Hernandez claimed Microsoft's testing showed, "that Windows 7 upgrade time is faster or equal within a 5% threshold to the Vista SP1 upgrade time." A table published in his blog post showed that in every situation, a Windows 7 upgrade was more than 5% faster than one using Vista. But the data also illustrated that many of the in-place upgrade scenarios took an extremely long time. Of the 16 scenarios -- three each for medium and heavy profiles, two for the super profile, with the tests run for both the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 -- only four clocked in at less than two hours, and only eight in under three hours. The speed record, according to Microsoft's testing, was the medium user profile upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit on a high-end PC, at just under 84 minutes. But most of the in-place upgrades couldn't come close to that mark. The slowest 32-bit upgrade, for instance, was a super user on a medium machine -- Microsoft didn't bother testing that profile on a low-end system -- that crossed the tape at an amazing 20 hours and 15 minutes. The longest 64-bit upgrade was 10 hours, 8 minutes. Those times sparked Hernandez to defend the time trials, which some reports had categorized as taking almost a full day. "The 'super user' profile is not a normal user; rather, it's the user profile that represents the extreme power-user who's working with an enormous data set and a large number of installed applications," said Hernandez. "This user profile is not representative of what most 'regular' users, who typically have a much SMALLER data set and would therefore experience a much, much shorter upgrade time." Even so, Microsoft's data showed that so-called "medium" users, those with 70GB of data and 20 applications -- would spend between 1 hour and 40 minutes and 2 hours 50 minutes doing a 32-bit upgrade. (The more powerful the PC, the faster the upgrade, according to Microsoft.) Heavy users, which Microsoft posed as people with 125GB of data and 40 applications, would need between 2 hours and 40 minutes and 5 hours and 43 minutes to do the same upgrade. Clean installs, on the other hand, were much faster, not surprisingly since no data or applications were retained. A clean 32-bit upgrade took between 27 and 39 minutes, while a clean 64-bit upgrade clocked in at between 30 and 47 minutes. Those marks, of course, do not account for the time a user would spend restoring previously-backed up data and various settings, and re-installing applications. Microsoft did not test Windows XP-to-Windows 7 upgrades , even though a clean install is the only upgrade path between those two operating systems. But users who start with XP and migrate to Windows 7 should expect times similar to the "clean" scenario Microsoft benchmarked. Again, those times will not include restore data and settings, or re-installing applications; the latter can be a laborious process, with some major programs, such as Microsoft Office, taking as nearly as long as the operating system to re-install. For clean upgrades, users -- those beginning with either Windows XP or Vista -- can use the Windows Easy Transfer utility that COMES on the Windows 7 DVD to help them back up and restore settings and data. Advancement in technology nowadays simply blows my mind away. I've tried upgrading to Win 7 RC from XP. Took me around... 45 minutes to an hour. Doing a clean install though was much faster.How did you upgrade from XP to 7? I thought, it's impossible...It is... HOGWASH. |
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Solve : Latest AV-Comparative Results (Sept. 09)? |
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Answer» http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Full report. http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report23.pdf #1 Gdata #2 Avira #3 McAfee #4 Symantec #5 Avast #6 F-Secure #7 BitDefender #8 eScan #9 Trustport #10 ESET #11 Kaspersky #12 AVG #13 Sophos #14 Microsoft #15 Kingsoft #16 NormanNever bought into that "report" and after seeing this listing I certainly don't now. McAfee #3? Kaspersky 11? No mention at all of NOD? Nonsense.My laptop has NOD32. Pretty good...pretty good. The results always change. It's impossible for one vendor to stay on top. And this is the most reliable testing you will find. EVERYONE pays ATTENTION to it when it's released. The people at the Wilders Security Forum, all they do is talk about security software and issues. If something get's their endorsement then it's usually a good bet that it's reliable. I understand. And I see the report every year and have NEVER even almost agreed with their results. In my opinion they aren't even close to realistic. But again, that's my opinion.Yea there are a few of variables that don't always add up for me also. Ultimately the best protection is yourself. Safe surfing BEATS everything...Quote from: evilfantasy on September 20, 2009, 03:23:07 PM Yea there are a few of variables that don't always add up for me also. Ultimately the best protection is yourself. Safe surfing beats everything...YEP - safe surfing / smart computing - tops on my list as well If you download a program and it tells you to turn off your av while you install to "prevent corruption" no av can stop you. In general, I never trust any of those rankings. Comparative has been maybe the only one, which has been getting pretty close to reality, but the above results are STRANGE, to say the least. I'm not going to trust any ranking, which PLACES McAfee and Norton at numbers 3 and 4. It's simply BS.Payoff much. Quote from: Allan on September 20, 2009, 03:12:37 PM Never bought into that "report" and after seeing this listing I certainly don't now. McAfee #3? Kaspersky 11? No mention at all of NOD? Nonsense. See #10 ESET (NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0)Quote from: dahlarbear on September 25, 2009, 05:34:47 AM See #10 ESET (NOD32 Anti-Virus 4.0)I was just about to point that out. |
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Solve : Infect a Mac, earn 43 cents? |
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Answer» Quote In a sign that cyber-criminals are investing more time and RESOURCES into attacks against Apple’s Mac users, a new malware affiliate PROGRAM has been discovered offering 43c for every infected Mac machine. Full story. Malware affiliate bounty evilfantasy, Thanks for that. We have noticed a DROP in revenue. With that information, we can know.. who has been UNDERBIDDING US! I must be tired... I don't get it. |
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Solve : Nvidia renames 2xx parts to 3xx? |
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Answer» http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/08/28/nvidia-renames-2xx-parts-3xx/Really unfortunate that Nvidia is doing this, doesn't seem to help anyone consumer or Nvidia.Until someone steps up as a legitimate competitor unfortunately they can do whatever they want...Anybody notice the source? Charlie from the Inquirer at work again spreading disinformation faster than a horse can TROT downhill with a hurricane behind it. Don't believe everything you read.Yeah the page title caught my eye...i would have thought it was the Onion but nothing was FUNNY.... That's why you should never buy something the second it comes out. I should not talk, because I just bought the CORE i5 and there are only a few reviews on it.Why is nVidia doing this when they are ripping people off. nVidia is putting people's money on fire unless the GT300 supports DirextX 11.Of coarse they will suprot DX11, but I heard that the current cards will also support it.Nvidia spoiled it's reputation years ago i a stack marker thing. Bu, of course, they have repented of their past sins. Quote from: neelchauhan on September 25, 2009, 02:04:10 PM nVidia is putting people's money on fire unless the GT300 supports DirextX 11. Err... I don't see the SEMBLANCE. It's the people that are burning their money... NVidia is making it. |
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Solve : Kimbo wants your Caterpillar? |
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Answer» Wait for it... Wait for it...Lol. Epic WIN. I wish I was a CATERPILLAR with LASER eyes!What does the leaf represent? LOL. that was awesome. But...I don't use Norton |
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Solve : Mole steals 130 million card numbers.? |
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Answer» Quote from: Helpmeh on September 07, 2009, 05:28:47 PM Well not in the bulk he did sell them in! You have no idea what you're talking about.Quote from: patio on September 07, 2009, 09:17:37 PM You have no idea what you're talking about.He got caught for trying to sell so many at once. It aroused too much SUSPICION. Quote from: Helpmeh on September 07, 2009, 09:20:06 PM He got caught for trying to sell so many at once. It aroused too much suspicion. yeah, because somebody saying, " hey I stole 10 thousand credit card numbers! Who wants to BUY" is common and nobody finds it suspicious.Quote from: Helpmeh on September 07, 2009, 09:20:06 PM He got caught for trying to sell so many at once. It aroused too much suspicion. I'm officially done ARGUING with you.Then let's both agree that the stite is RIGHT and he got caught. Quote from: Helpmeh on September 08, 2009, 04:07:34 AM Then let's both agree that the stite is right and he got caught.AGREED! What I saw in that story is that sort of thing will go on and on because little is being done to catch the crooks who deal in smaller amounts of theft. Thank kind of apathy is like not arresting shoplifters unless they take the pilfered stolen goods out of the store in a large U-Hall truck.http://mswt.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/cardstealer/ that is my blog post |
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Solve : 12 core amd cpu? |
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Answer» http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1255/amd-12-core-processor.htmlI want one I am currently running on a 1.4 gHz Athlon 1400+ (Thunderbird) so I really need an upgrade - Take a look at my SPECS. My netbook got a better score in Passmark! They are just trying to compete with Intel's i7 (DUH), but nothing will use all of thouse cores and that makes it a waste of money. I did not catch a price point but it will be very high.I hoped not to buy a Dell Inspiron 530 because I can make more out of my money. I'll just sell each part.Quote They are just trying to compete with Intel's i7 (Duh), but nothing will use all of thouse cores and that makes it a waste of money. I did not catch a price point but it will be very high. Quit bein' so whiny and short-sighted! Don't you have ANY vision??? Sure, not much TODAY will use twelve cores, but tomorrow? I'm supposed to be the grumpy old GUY around here. I can't afford a twelve core processor today, but tomorrow? Who knows? It's cool. |
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Solve : Stupid Filter - Time To Fight Back The Imbiciles!? |
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Answer» FULL STORY HERE Oh, plz, plz, plz LET this work!!!Nathan, please add this ASAP. Think what this would have done to the Pluto thread.Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 27, 2009, 05:41:54 PM Think what this would have done to the Pluto thread.The benefits COULD help stop global WARMING! |
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Solve : Cloud Antivirus under the microscope? |
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Answer» LOOKS LIKE the HIGHLY praised Cloud Antivirus that many companies are releasing might not be all it's cracked up to be. Click the links for the entire article. Quote Dissipating the Cloud - ESET Threat Blog Quote VB Conference Day 2 - Avira Blog Quote A Cloud is a Container of Fog that Obscures Vision - ESET Threat Blog |
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Solve : IRS scam now world's biggest e-mail virus problem? |
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Answer» http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138527/IRS_scam_now_world_s_biggest_e_mail_virus_problem Criminals are waging a nasty online campaign right now, hoping that their victims' fears of the tax collecter will lead them to inadvertently install malicious software. The spam campaign, entering its third week now, is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gary Warner, director of research in computer FORENSICS with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This one campaign accounts for about 10 percent of the spam e-mail that his group is presently tracking, he said. "This is the most prominent spam-delivered virus in the world right now," he said. Since FIRST spotting the spam on Sept. 9, antispam vendor Cloudmark has counted 11 million messages sent to the company's nearly 2 million desktop customers, said Jamie Tomasello, abuse operations manager with Cloudmark. That number is "very high," she noted. The messages TYPICALLY have a SUBJECT line that reads, "Notice of Underreported Income," and they encourage victims to either install the Trojan attachment or click on a Web link in order to view their "tax statement." In fact, that link takes the victim to a malicious Web site. The IRS says not to open attachments or click on links included in e-mail that claims to come from the tax-collection agency. What makes this campaign particularly ugly is that the malware that accompanies the fake IRS messages is a variant of the hard-to-detect Zeus Trojan. This software hacks into bank accounts and drains them of money as part of a widespread financial fraud scheme. Researchers estimate that the Zeus criminals are emptying more than a million dollars per day out of victims' bank accounts with the software. Small businesses have been particularly hard-hit by this fraud, because banks have sometimes held them accountable for the losses. Testing a recent variant of Zeus on the VirusTotal Web site, Warner found that only five of the 41 antivirus detection systems used by VirusTotal managed to spot it. Although antivirus vendors have other techniques for blocking the malware -- they can stop people from visiting the malicious Web sites, for example -- the spam is giving the companies a run for their money. "It's difficult to stay ahead of it via antivirus because the Zeus binaries are changing a few times a day to evade detection," said Paul Ferguson, a researcher with Trend Micro, via instant message. "It's definitely a problem."I am constantly ASTOUNDED at how many people continue to click on links in emails from "unknown" sources. Like many others, I received those emails a few weeks ago. My first thought was that there is no way the IRS would conduct business via email. Period. I immediately deleted the email(s). If you receive an email from an unexpected but legitimate looking source and it asks you to click on a link, don't do it! Instead, enter the subject of the email into a Google search. The likelihood is that by the time you've received the email it has already been received by many others and if it is indeed of malicious origin a number of sites will have documented the fraud and Google will point you to those sites and the information you need.if you think about it, it's kind of analogous to if you recieved snail-mail from an unknown source that said to eat the pills that were included. Most people wouldn't! But attachments and E-mail they treat differently, for some reason.What's scary is that some people would eat the pills.I just think it's neat that you can attach pills to an e-mail....Those guys are usually good psychologists. Any scam exist just for one reason: there will be people, who will fall for it. They know, that IRS scares sh** out of many people and from the scammers world point of view, using IRS as a bait, is just a "brilliant" idea. |
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Solve : Ants Vs. Worms: New Computer Security Mimics Nature? |
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Answer» I found this article fascinating and may finally stop AV programs from growing exponentially with signatures. I found this article fascinating and may finally stop AV programs from growing exponentially with signatures. i agree, if they can get it WORKING it will be GREAT , i think you will find this being moved Sounds similar to Cloud Security. Which is slowly being debunked... Dissipating the Cloud I like this idea BETTER than cloud. |
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Solve : HP Envy 13 unboxing and first impressions? |
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Answer» We've got one of HP's sexiest laptops ever staring us down here, the brand new ENVY 13. It hits the streets on October 18, running Windows 7 and brazenly DEMANDING a $1,700 base price tag. Worth every penny? Perhaps. We'll be going more in depth with the laptop over the NEXT few DAYS, but here are a few first impressions. Link |
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Solve : Robo-One Competition from Japan? |
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Answer» UTube vids Courtesy of Wired Mag.I underestimated the CREEPINESS of those ROBOTS. Have you seen the Golf one ? ? HYSTERICAL...This one? (second shot is nice!) |
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Solve : Dell Latitude Z: Form? |
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Answer» A look at the Dell LATITUDE Z: Form. Looks pretty hot and has some REALLY SLICK looking new features not found in any other laptop. E.g. wireless docking and charging station. |
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Solve : Computer makers seek to banish boot-up blues? |
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Answer» http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/05/computers.bootup.speed/index.htmlAnother technology working towards the "instant boot" scenario. Although it will likely only be available to LARGE very EXPENSIVE computers for a LONG time, if ever. Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoresistive_Random_Access_MemoryQuote from: evilfantasy on October 05, 2009, 07:33:23 PM Another technology working towards the "instant boot" scenario. Although it will likely only be available to large very expensive computers for a long time......What? Are you living in a cave? Cell Phones now have more computing power than the early Personal Computers. Embedded OS is already been with us for a long time. And don't lecture about RAM and FLASH. It does not matter. Here is what is working right now. http://laptop.org/en/laptop/index.shtmlIt's a ploy to DESENSITIZE us from the coming invasion visit. |
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Solve : Mattel's Mindflex: One of the geekiest and coolest toys for the holidays? |
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Answer» http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic258469.html Interesting. Quote During the 2009 CES show, Mattel showed off a cool toy called Mindflex. What makes this toy so cool is that the toy is operated via mind-control. Using your mind, you will need to navigate a small ball through an obstacle course. How well you can train your mind to display certain emotions or thoughts will determine how well you are ABLE to play the game.Only $80?!Looks pretty cool. Although from the looks of it, the knob appears to rotate it around the circle so technically you're just focusing or RELAXING to move it up and down and then rotating it to move it around.Quote Although from the looks of it, the knob appears to rotate it around the circle so technically you're just focusing or relaxing to move it up and down and then rotating it to move it around.Quote read the electrical impulses from your brain, and using the strength of these impulses, lower or raise a ball on a small jet of air. You then use a dial to move the ball to the left and to the right.That is what it said.I BET in less than a year after this, someone will design a controller for video games on this technology. And then SkyNet will become SELF aware and kill all of us.Quote from: Boozu on September 30, 2009, 06:41:30 PM And then SkyNet will become self aware and kill all of us.What?Quote Quote from: Boozu on Today at 10:41:30 AMUuuuum...Terminator...Quote from: Helpmeh on September 30, 2009, 06:39:49 PM I bet in less than a year after this, someone will design a controller for video games on this technology. Yeah, I can see people looking back on this game, years from now, the way that old gamers look back at Pong. This could be the new wave in gaming technology. I like the Star Wars toy better. It's just a ball in a tube, but it somehow has 15 levels. Ha ha. |
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Solve : Google is honoring me ! !? |
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Answer» Well not really...
Just saw that in a news article. I FIGURED it would be something to do with Google but that's just boring.That's FUNNY... My barcode reader comes up with $249.95 UPC 1534656 7738491zI’ma bring my laptop to the store! Anyone care to clean up the barcode's history for me just a bit? When Google did that, I looked up the barcode's history and read this article. According to this, the barcode was patented in 1952, making this the barcode's 57th anniversary. But earlier this year, it was the barcode's 35th birthday (it was first scanned in 1974). Does this mean that it took 22 YEARS for the barcode to actually go from patent to product? Or are these dates representative of the original circular design and the modern bar design (respectively)? Check this. Wiki is your friend, as well as Google Wikipedia would only be my friend if it answered all of my questions, but it doesn't. It explains that the barcode was used throughout those years, but it doesn't explain why one date is the anniversary and one date is the birthday. You could argue that the anniversary refers to the original barcode's patent while the birthday refers specifically to the UPC, but even that doesn't make sense because the UPC technically existed a good while before its first official scanning in 1974. To me, the "birth" would be the moment at which the UPC is actually created, not when it is put into beta MODE. I'm largely dissatisfied with how this whole thing works and I demand an international press conference.I'll be there...i am as incensed about this as you are...Quote from: patio on October 08, 2009, 07:30:25 AM That's funny... Just out of curiosity, why do you own a bar code reader?who knew Google was expensive or ERR semiexpensive? |
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Solve : Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Sets Record? |
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Answer» Microsoft's upcoming Patch Tuesday update will set a record as the largest yet, with 13 patches that fix a total of 34 vulnerabilities -- including two zero-day flaws. Microsoft gave eight of the 13 patches the highest severity ranking of critical, indicating that they repair errors that allow hackers to launch malicious attacks remotely, typically to STEAL information. Thus FAR, Microsoft's patch record has been 12 in one month, which it reached both in February 2007 and October 2008. LinkAt least they're STAYING on TOP of things.Good to see a Win7 patch included...Quote from: Allan on October 09, 2009, 05:35:45 PM At least they're staying on top of things. ditto Hope I'm not going off topic too much ... but one day, I had a windows update named "windows update agent 7.4.7600.226" and now I see Windows Defender not UPDATING with latest updates and my computer's telling me to go update it. Should I just turn off the Windows Defender or is my computer gonna still try to update the windows defender even if it's off? Disable Windows Defender AND set the Windows Defender Service to DISABLEDthis is good news! Im using windows xp, is it included? thanks for the link. |
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Solve : Hacked email accounts affect thousands? |
| Answer» http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/706223--hacked-email-accounts-affect-thousandsHmmm, for once we heard this in Ireland before the US. this HAPPENED to a friend of MINE | |
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Solve : Texting and Driving Contributed to 6K Deaths in 2008? |
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Answer» http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353609,00.asp Quote Texting and Driving Contributed to 6K Deaths in 2008 CLICK on link for full story.People do the dumbest things behind the wheel. I've SEEN people reading a FREAKING BOOK while they drive on the highway... People who do **** like text behind the FREAKING WEEL make me mad. I have just got my permit like 3 weeks ago and I have had some experiences with idiots like that, including one crash from behind (he messed up my freaking bumper and just drove off with his phone still in his hand texting like the idiot he is). err!!I like to follow them and then key their car.I think I am going to quit driving all together, it’s just too dangerous with today drivers.I envy the people who live in situations where they don't have to have a car.In Ireland it is illegal to hold a phone while driving.I got rear ended the other day by a man who was texting, I was stopped at a red stop light when all of sudden..BOOM! At least he had insurance and I got everything paid for but the the whole insurance claim process is a *****!Let them clear the gene pool and keep texting i say...Quote from: patio on October 12, 2009, 02:10:22 PM Let them clear the gene pool and keep texting i say... unfortunately it will not simply be them that will be removed, but the people they crash into in some cases.True. I did not consider that...sorry.If people always used common sense you wouldn't have the Darwin Awards.In showing my contempt for people ridiculous enough to actually do this i posted hastily and did not consider the innocent victims... For this i apologise. patio.It is sometimes difficult, when faced with the results of bad choices and stupidity, to remember that all who become involved did not make those choices or display the stupidity. |
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Solve : Comcast Tries Pop-Up Alerts to Warn of Infections? |
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Answer» Comcast CORP. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers -- the armies of infected personal computers, known as ''botnets,'' that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating cybercrime. The country's largest provider of high-speed Internet to homes started testing a service this week in Denver in which Comcast sends customers a pop-up message in their Web browsers if their computers seem to have been co-opted by a botnet. One botnet can have tens of thousands or even millions of PCs. LinkNow they have something they can blame their throttled down speed on... "My connection speed is ATROCIOUS".... "Oh that Sir....that's our new super duper botnet sniffer working in the BACKGROUND....perfectly normal".....And you know some spammer or hacker is going to take advantage of this and create their own popups saying I'm from Comcast, click here to protect your self.It's a never ending struggle...but you're probably RIGHT on. |
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Solve : Lavasoft Sees Porn Sites as Potential Partners? |
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Answer» What are we coming to... “We don't have a problem with a porn site as a distributor because that's where the risk is and that's where the risk takers are GOING,” says Michael Helander, vice president of Lavasoft. Maybe they should cocentrate on getting back to where they were 7 years ago...with an effective usuable app that meant something in the marketplace. Most users know not to download anything from a porn website. I THINK it would further damage their reputation. 'Ad-aware' isn't exactly the most non-rouge sounding name. If they are wanting to work with such sites they should do it directly through whatever host they use, keeping their name off of the porn sites. I'm sure the profit from business packages would outweigh individual downloads. |
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Solve : Opinions on 500.00 PC's? |
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Answer» Heres your mission Mr Phelps , |
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Solve : Add-ons Blocklist | Mozilla? |
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Answer» An interesting development. I just got a pop up in Firefox saying it’s blocked some Microsoft add-ons because of high security risks. There must be some serious legal issues with MS making changes to a competitors product without anyones permission. That's a pitfall of open source. I just wonder if MS will respond with a lawsuit. Calling their software a security threat is actually a pretty big deal. Hopefully they try to work with Mozilla. That would be a much better gesture and might actually make them look like they do care about Firefox USERS.Quote from: evilfantasy on October 17, 2009, 11:54:54 AM I just wonder if MS will respond with a lawsuit. Calling their software a security threat is actually a pretty big deal. According to the Mozilla blog post that you linked to, Microsoft agreed to the block. Quote from: Mozilla Security Blog ... we contacted Microsoft today to indicate that we were looking to disable the extension and plugin for all users via our blocklisting mechanism. Microsoft agreed with the plan ...Ahh. ALTHOUGH MS could just stub their nose at Mozilla and do something DIFFERENT. Hopefully they handle it respectfully and not use our browsers/computers as the battle ground!Mozilla OS? |
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Solve : no cod mw2 dedicated servers? |
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Answer» Quote Jockyitch is posting the following informaton from his twitter during the Bashandslash live WEBCAST: WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM! Why would they do that? You cant even choose the server you want!!! What would make them do something like this? Maybe they were paid to do this so more people would switch to consoles |
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Solve : Vast Majority of US Bank Websites Pose Security Risk to Users Says Study? |
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Answer» http://tinyurl.com/59nuwn A recently released study conducted at the University of Michigan has found that as many as 75% of all bank websites have security flaws which pose a security risk to customers who visit the website. Now, this is different from phishing, etc., for which banks are KNOWN targets. This is you going to your own bank’s website, and just by visiting the site, having your computer or your personal data - or both - compromised. According to Atul Prakash, the University of Michigan professor who oversaw the study, “To our surprise, design flaws that could compromise security were widespread and included some of the largest banks in the country,” although no names were named. Perhaps even worse is that these are, as Prakash points out, design flaws. Not bugs. Not holes that have been hacked in by HACKERS. It’s how the websites were designed! The three biggest problems were # The use of insecure pages (http: instead of https:) where users MIGHT input their password # Allowing weak user IDs and passwords that are easily guessable # Emailing sensitive INFORMATION via the site What does this mean for you, the user? Well first, to be hypervigilant when using your bank’s website - make sure you are on a secure page, or don’t send sensitive information. And make sure that you have a strong password, that includes upper- and lowercase letters, and numbers. I can only judge by my own on line banking but - some while ago they set up a two level sign-in - all under a secure socket umbrella so - hopefully reasonable secure. I'd not want to be using one without this I must say. Not good if some banks do not follow good SSL and encription practice.Any bank that doesn't use a secure page for the log in has to be insane, however I'd **assume** that most of the banks with flaws are city/state town banks and not large world-wide/country-wide banks.Quote from: Broni on August 01, 2008, 06:01:37 PM http://tinyurl.com/59nuwnThat URL isn't working. Quote from: Broni on August 01, 2008, 06:01:37 PM # The use of insecure pages (http: instead of https:) where users might input their passwordDoes anyone know of a bank that uses insecure logon pages? If there are any, it would surely be a small local bank SOMEWHERE, and I find even that very difficult to believe. Personally i've never seen one... They'd have to be lazy or incompetent...or both. |
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Solve : Windows packaging? |
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Answer» Now that 7 is being released take a stroll down memory lane and review their package DESIGNS... |
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Solve : Rogue bloggers and vendors 'PWND'? |
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Answer» Quote http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/10/rogue-bloggers-and-vendors-caught-with.html Full story: http://siri-urz.blogspot.com/2009/10/secure-shield-fake-rogue.html Feel free to point and laugh, at the rogue bloggers and vendors involved; http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%28%22Secure+Shield%22+rogue%29&btnG=Search&hl=en&sa=2Heh that's great! |
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Solve : ZoneAlarm FREE? |
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Answer» For less than 24h , you can download ZonAlarm Pro 2010 for free ( http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index-b.html )! Ditto...oh well. Quote from: patio on October 13, 2009, 03:47:29 PM Ditto...You sound like my wife describing me I'd keep her over ZA...Quote from: patio on October 13, 2009, 03:54:34 PM I'd keep her over ZA...Perhaps we can work out a trade.Quote from: Allan on October 13, 2009, 03:55:53 PM Perhaps we can work out a trade.I should mail a screenshot of this conversation to her. Go for it...should i submit a pic just in case ? ?Quote from: patio on October 13, 2009, 04:04:11 PM Go for it...should i submit a pic just in case ? ?sure. Online Armor with AVAST Free (or any other AV that's performing at least as well as AVAST Free), IMHO, is a sexier couple than ZoneAlarm ever will be |
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Solve : Yahoo links people to spyware? |
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Answer» Take a look at this story on Yahoo. |
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Solve : Internet turns 40 with birthday party? |
| Answer» HTTP://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091029/technology/us_it_internet_history_kleinrock | |
