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2001.	Solve : One in Five PCs Infected With Rootkits?
Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140538/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws Malware researchers have uncovered 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring SILENT rootkit infections. Malware researchers at Prevx have highlighted what they are calling a 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harboring rootkit infections. More than 725,000 PCs were scanned using the Prevx CSI malware scanner over a two-month period. Of the around 291,000 users who scanned their PCs during October 2007, some form of spyware or malware was found on one in six. Significantly, although rootkits were detected on 15.6% of PCs during October 2007, that figure had risen to 22% by early DECEMBER. According to Prevx's Jacques Erasmus: "The rise of the rootkits has BEGUN." Rootkits are often 'dropped' or buried by other infections. They then MODIFY a PC's operating system to hide themselves from both the user and any security products installed on the computer. By so doing rootkits can allow criminals to remotely monitor, record, modify, steal and transfer data from the VICTIM's PC. Some rootkits are undetectable by conventional antivirus and antispyware applications. A tech-savvy user may believe his or her computer is 'clean', and unwittingly pass on increasingly valuable personal and financial data. Since 1 December 2007, 114,891 new users have run Prevx CSI with rootkit-detection features enabled. Of those PCs, 1,678 had what Prevx describes as 'significant rootkit infections'. That equates to 1.46% or approximately one in 70 systems, which is almost 15 times higher than the one in 1,000 rootkit-infected PCs previously estimated by industry experts. In the first nine days of this month alone, 93 companies used the free Business scan feature of Prevx CSI. Of these companies, 68 had one or more infected PCs. Thirteen companies, or 14%, had one or more PCs harboring rootkit infections. These stats don't take into account the fact that users who scan their PCs are more likely to have concerns about infections. "Consumers and businesses have a significant new threat to security and privacy to worry about," said Erasmus. "Rootkits are often undetectable and extremely difficult to remove. Both detection and removal are well beyond the capabilities of traditional antivirus, antispyware and internet security suites," he added.

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2002.	Solve : RIAA like a weasel?
Answer» HERE RIAA Says Copying Music to Computer for Personal Use OK, Washington Post and Blogs Have it Wrong Much has been made in the media this week about the news that the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) has announced, through one of their lawsuits, that they now consider it illegal for you to copy music from a CD you have purchased to your own computer, for your own personal use. The one thing that everyone SEEMS to be overlooking is that the RIAA has not said this at all. In fact, they have explicitly stated that they are not concerned with people copying music to their computer (or iPod, or other personal MP3 player) for their own personal use. The brouhaha started when Marc Fisher, a journalist with the Washington Post, wrote a blog post on his Wash Post blog, claiming that in the RIAA’s NEWEST lawsuit, in which they are suing Mr. JEFFREY Howell for unauthorized distribution (filesharing) of copyrighted material (music), the RIAA was saying to consumers, essentially, “Even If You Bought The CD, You’re Still A Crook” (that’s the title of Fisher’s blog post). In the blog post, Fisher wrote that the RIAA claims “that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.” The problem with what Fisher wrote is that it is worse than hyperbole - it is pure fiction. In fact, what the lawsuit says is that the defendant (Howell) made a copy of his music and then put it in the shared folder. In other words, rather than keeping the copies in his own person, private directory (folder) on his computer, he put it in the place where you put files that you are going to share - the “shared folder”. And this wasn’t just any shared folder - it was his shared folder for Kazaa - a program designed specifically to share files with others. The next day, an article by Fisher appeared in the Washington Post, and in that article, entitled “Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use”, Fisher again repeated the fiction that the RIAA is claiming “that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.” (Yep, he stated the same - wrong - thing in both his blog post and his article.) Not only is it fiction that the RIAA is going after someone simply for transferring music to his computer, but the very headline of the article - suggesting that the RIAA is going after copying for ‘personal use’, is a fiction. In short, that’s not what the lawsuit says at all, and even a cursory reading by a layperson makes that clear. Here is the relevant (and yet surprisingly short) paragraph of the lawsuit, which Fisher either failed to understand - or twisted to suit his own purpose (you be the judge - either way it shows an unconscionable lack of ethical rigor for someone writing for such a prestigious and influential outlet as the Washington Post). We are presenting here the paragraph in its full text; while most other reports on this issue have removed extraneous wording, we are leaving it in so that you can see all of the language in its full context: “Defendant admitted that he converted these sound recordings from their original format to the .mp3 format for his and his wife’s use. (Howell Dep. 107:24 to 110:2; 114:1 to 116:16). The .mp3 format is a “compressed format [that] allows for rapid transmission of digital audio files from one computer to another by electronic mail or any other FILE transfer protocol.” Napster, 239 F.3d at 1011. Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs’ recording into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs. ” Now, Marc Fisher, in both his blog post and his Washington Post article, relies heavily on the first sentence - and completely ignores the last sentence. In Fisher’s world, the important point - and, he claims, the reason for the lawsuit - is that Howell made copies of some music “for his and his wife’s use.” He completely neglects the part where Howell converted the music to MP3 and put the copies in his Kazaa shared folder. Which is too bad, because that is precisely what the lawsuit is actually about. In short, the RIAA is not going after people who make copies of music for their own personal use - for example people who rip CDs to their computer for use on their iPod or MP3 player. But there is no need to take our word for it. Because in an INTERVIEW on NPR today, in which Marc Fisher and RIAA President Cary Sherman were brought head-to-head, Sherman said - very pointedly - that the RIAA is not interested in going after people who copy music to their computer (or their music player) for personal use. Sherman stopped short of saying that it was legal for people to make personal copies - and Fisher, who refused to acknowledge that he had misreported the issue and was, uh, you know, wrong - attempted to deflect the attention from his wrongness by making Sherman wrong for not saying that it was legal to make personal copies - but you know, it isn’t Sherman’s place to say that it is legal - he’s neither a lawyer or a law maker, and that’s a matter of interpretation of copyright law. But he did say, clearly and publicly, that the RIAA isn’t interested in people who copy music for their own personal use, and that’s good enough for us, even if it isn’t for Marc Fisher and his employer, the Washington Post.

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2003.	Solve : Opera Files Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft?
Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140528/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws OPERA Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the EU, accusing it of stifling competition by tying IE to Windows. Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer Web browser to Windows, the Norwegian company said Thursday. The complaint, which was filed with the European Commission on Wednesday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the desktop PC MARKET by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards with IE. Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser. The issue of standards is seen as important because if all Web browsers do not use the same standards, Web site developers are likely to design their Web sites to work with the most widely-used browser, which is Internet Explorer. That gives people a disincentive to use other browsers. Microsoft's spokesman in Brussels did not immediately have a comment on the lawsuit. The company has argued in the past that consumers benefit from its tight integration of IE and Windows. Opera said it filed the complaint on behalf of all consumers who are tired of having a monopolist make choices for them. The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), a Brussels-based trade group that counts Opera among its members, said it strongly endorses Opera's move. "By tying its Internet Explorer product to its monopoly Windows operating system and refusing to faithfully implement industry accepted open standards, Microsoft deprives consumers of a real choice in internet browsers. Browsers are the gateway to the internet. Microsoft seeks to control this gateway," said Thomas Vinje, speaking for ECIS. Opera's complaint signals a potentially new front in Microsoft's long-running battle with the European authorities, and comes three months after the Court of First Instance (CFI) -- Europe's second highest court -- threw out Microsoft's appeal of a 2004 European Commission antitrust RULING against it. The CFI endorsed the Commission's finding that Microsoft had illegally bundled its media playing software, Media Player, into Windows, exploiting its monopoly in the desktop operating system market to gain influence in the market for desktop media player software. There are parallels between Opera's complaint and the earlier antitrust suit, Commission competition spokesman JONATHAN Todd said at the Commission's midday briefing. "We will study [Opera's complaint] carefully in light of the case law set in the Court of First Instance judgement in September," he said. However, the Commission's remedy against Microsoft's bundling has proved useless, which may weaken the value of the 2004 ruling as a legal precedent. The Commission ORDERED Microsoft to sell a second version of Windows that has Media Player stripped out. Microsoft christened the second version Edition N, and put it on the market in 2005, at the same price as the fully bundled Windows. Not surprisingly, no one bought it.

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2004.	Solve : RealPlayer Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Highly critical!!!?
Answer» TITLE: RealPlayer Unspecified Buffer OVERFLOW Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA28276 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/28276/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: SYSTEM access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: RealPlayer 11.x http://secunia.com/product/16937/ DESCRIPTION: Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by MALICIOUS people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is available. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is reported in version 11 build 6.0.14.748. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not open untrusted MEDIA files or browse untrusted websites.

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2005.	Solve : The 7 Most Annoying Developments in Software?
Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140490/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws From antipiracy measures to built-in nagging, today's software often comes with features that drive you nuts. Here are the irritations we'd really like to zap. When did software get annoying? There was a time when a new release of a popular program was so exciting and useful that we couldn't wait to try it out. Now, some software seems almost like it's deliberately designed to irritate you, with everything from persistent update and registration requests to sunset policies that CRIPPLE perfectly good applications. Marketers have taken over product design, and the products are the WORSE for it. I talked to other editors here at PC World to compile this list of some of the most irritating developments in software. Did we miss anything? LET me know in the comments. And let's hope the software publishers out there are listening. 1. The Antipiracy Inquisition 2. DRM Confusion 3. Never Being ABLE to Say Never 4. Registering for Spam 5. Whatever Happened to Please and Thank You? 6. Don't Get Too Attached to That Software 7. INCONSISTENT Windows Apps 1-7 details at the above link.

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2006.	Solve : How to Find a File on the Web?
Answer» If GOOGLE can't FIND it, TRY these: http://www.metaftp.com/ http://www.filewatcher.com/

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2007.	Solve : Drivers for Vista?
Answer» http://www.radarsync.com/vista/ Quote This page lists the latest Windows Vista drivers and provides direct links to the FILES for downloads. We're OFFERING this as a free service to the community, to HELP you all get through this challenging period of Vista-transitioning. Note: Free links have been temporarily disabled. In the meantime, you can try our free CHECK (based on our patent-pending TECHNOLOGY) to find out exactly which of these Vista drivers your computer needs.

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2008.	Solve : Video games reduce blood flow to the brain: study?
Answer» People who spend too much time playing video games, especially VIOLENT video games, may risk damaging brain function and affect their learning and emotional control, a study released yesterday showed. LinkThat explains everything.I sure am GLAD I'm not a gamer...... I would like more information about this its just so short I do not know if to believe it or not.The only hope is 'abstenense' So a gamer could/would never believe any such study because they won't believe the short essay on the study (because there isn't enough evidence) and they wouldn't understand a long essay because their minds wouldn't be able to handle all of the proof because their brain lacks the blood and OXYGEN necessary to process the overload of information. Not to mention, that, if the game doesn't want to WORK for some reason, and you have to do this , things are GETTING even worse...COL!!!!!!!

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2009.	Solve : Website Identifies Mystery Files?
Answer» http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx Quote Got a file VIA e-mail and don't KNOW how to open it? Have a .DOC file that Office won't open? Downloaded a document and don't know what archiver was used to compress it? CHECK what TrID can tell about it!

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2010.	Solve : NetSetMan?
Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/userreviews/fid,68952/userreviews.html# Easily CHANGE your network CONFIGURATION on the fly. If you carry a laptop between multiple locations and need to change your network configuration at each location, here's a program that will save you a great deal of time. You won't need to drill down multiple menus deep to get to your TCP/IP Properties dialog box and manually change it time and time again. Instead, use this program--and with a click, you're done. NetSetMan exceptionally easy to use. You can create up to six different network configurations. For each, you specify the IP address, Subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server, and other information. Then, when you're at that location, with a few mouse clicks, you'll configure your laptop PROPERLY Go to another location, and with a few clicks, you're CONFIGURED properly for there as well. This program is free for non-commercial use, such as at home, at schools, and so on. But if you use it for your business, you're expected to pay for the Pro version. Note: To run NetSetMan in Windows Vista, you'll have to run it as an administrator. To do that, right-click the program, and choose Run as Administrator.

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2011.	Solve : AntiVirus Performance Statistics?
Answer» Interesting site: http://winnow.oitc.com/malewarestats.php Quote When a piece of Malware is detected by the Malware Incident Reporting & Termination (MIRT) team, it is uploaded to VirusTotal for analysis. The performance of each antivirus engine is monitored by CastleCops. Once an hour, the system checks for updates. If there are some, the information on the performance of the 36 antivirus engines on all the detected malware is accumulated and statistics are updated for display by OITC. The statistics provided here are an indication of the ability of the AntiVirus system's ability to deal with NEAR 0-day infections. The performance by each antivirus system on early detections do not reflect the overall performance of an antivirus system. Consult with your IT department or computer SECURITY specialist for a more detailed analysis. These performance statistics have been accumulated SINCE Saturday, 2 December 2006, e.g. for the last 389 days. The most recent malware was detected and processed as of Tue Dec 25 13:57:08 2007 EST.

2011.

Solve : AntiVirus Performance Statistics?

Answer»

Interesting site:
http://winnow.oitc.com/malewarestats.php
Quote

When a piece of Malware is detected by the Malware Incident Reporting & Termination (MIRT) team, it is uploaded to VirusTotal for analysis. The performance of each antivirus engine is monitored by CastleCops. Once an hour, the system checks for updates. If there are some, the information on the performance of the 36 antivirus engines on all the detected malware is accumulated and statistics are updated for display by OITC.

The statistics provided here are an indication of the ability of the AntiVirus system's ability to deal with NEAR 0-day infections. The performance by each antivirus system on early detections do not reflect the overall performance of an antivirus system. Consult with your IT department or computer SECURITY specialist for a more detailed analysis.

These performance statistics have been accumulated SINCE Saturday, 2 December 2006, e.g. for the last 389 days. The most recent malware was detected and processed as of Tue Dec 25 13:57:08 2007 EST.

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2012.	Solve : THE OLDEST DOMAINS?
Answer» http://www.jottings.com/100-oldest-dot-com-domains.htm Take a look at this great bit of virtual HISTORY courtesy of Jottings.Com. You'll see a list of the first 100 registered domain names and get an insight into the birth of the World Wide Web. Rank Create date Domain name 1. 15-Mar-1985SYMBOLICS.COM 2. 24-Apr-1985BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985THINK.COM 4. 11-Jul-1985MCC.COM 5. 30-Sep-1985DEC.COM 6. 07-Nov-1985NORTHROP.COM 7. 09-Jan-1986XEROX.COM 8. 17-Jan-1986SRI.COM 9. 03-Mar-1986HP.COM 10. 05-Mar-1986BELLCORE.COM 11= 19-Mar-1986IBM.COM 11= 19-Mar-1986SUN.COM 13= 25-Mar-1986INTEL.COM 13= 25-Mar-1986TI.COM 15. 25-Apr-1986ATT.COM 16= 08-May-1986GMR.COM 16= 08-May-1986TEK.COM 18= 10-Jul-1986FMC.COM 18= 10-Jul-1986UB.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986BELL-ATL.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986GE.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986GREBYN.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986ISC.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986NSC.COM 20= 05-Aug-1986STARGATE.COM 26. 02-Sep-1986BOEING.COM 27. 18-Sep-1986ITCORP.COM 28. 29-Sep-1986SIEMENS.COM 29. 18-Oct-1986PYRAMID.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986ALPHACDC.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986BDM.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986FLUKE.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986INMET.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986KESMAI.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986MENTOR.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986NEC.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986RAY.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986ROSEMOUNT.COM 30= 27-Oct-1986VORTEX.COM 40= 05-Nov-1986ALCOA.COM 40= 05-Nov-1986GTE.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986ADOBE.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986AMD.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986DAS.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986DATA-IO.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986OCTOPUS.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986PORTAL.COM 42= 17-Nov-1986TELTONE.COM 42= 11-Dec-19863COM.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986AMDAHL.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986CCUR.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986CI.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986CONVERGENT.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986DG.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986PEREGRINE.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986QUAD.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986SQ.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986TANDY.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986TTI.COM 50= 11-Dec-1986UNISYS.COM 61= 19-Jan-1987CGI.COM 61= 19-Jan-1987CTS.COM 61= 19-Jan-1987SPDCC.COM 64. 19-Feb-1987APPLE.COM 65= 04-Mar-1987NMA.COM 65= 04-Mar-1987PRIME.COM 67. 04-Apr-1987PHILIPS.COM 68= 23-Apr-1987DATACUBE.COM 68= 23-Apr-1987KAI.COM 68= 23-Apr-1987TIC.COM 68= 23-Apr-1987VINE.COM 72. 30-Apr-1987NCR.COM 73= 14-May-1987CISCO.COM 73= 14-May-1987RDL.COM 75. 20-May-1987SLB.COM 76= 27-May-1987PARCPLACE.COM 76= 27-May-1987UTC.COM 78. 26-Jun-1987IDE.COM 79. 09-Jul-1987TRW.COM 80. 13-Jul-1987UNIPRESS.COM 81= 27-Jul-1987DUPONT.COM 81= 27-Jul-1987LOCKHEED.COM 83. 28-Jul-1987ROSETTA.COM 84. 18-Aug-1987TOAD.COM 85. 31-Aug-1987QUICK.COM 86= 03-Sep-1987ALLIED.COM 86= 03-Sep-1987DSC.COM 86= 03-Sep-1987SCO.COM 89= 22-Sep-1987GENE.COM 89= 22-Sep-1987KCCS.COM 89= 22-Sep-1987SPECTRA.COM 89= 22-Sep-1987WLK.COM 93. 30-Sep-1987MENTAT.COM 94. 14-Oct-1987WYSE.COM 95. 02-Nov-1987CFG.COM 96. 09-Nov-1987MARBLE.COM 97= 16-Nov-1987CAYMAN.COM 97= 16-Nov-1987ENTITY.COM 99. 24-Nov-1987KSR.COM 100. 30-Nov-1987NYNEXST.COMthis is actually REALLY cool. nice linK!What? No porn sites? haha j/kQuote from: quaxo on December 07, 2007, 03:23:36 AM What? No porn sites? haha j/k LOLOLOLOL!!! what NEED to happen now is the search for the oldest porn on the interwebs. QUOTE from: hyperhedron on December 07, 2007, 08:08:20 PM what need to happen now is the search for the oldest porn on the interwebs. I'm sure it's been done, but I'm not about to look for it. Microsoft.com didn't even make the list they didn't come online until: 02-may-1991

2012.

Solve : THE OLDEST DOMAINS?

Answer» http://www.jottings.com/100-oldest-dot-com-domains.htm

Take a look at this great bit of virtual HISTORY courtesy
of Jottings.Com. You'll see a list of the first 100
registered domain names and get an insight into the birth
of the World Wide Web.

Rank Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986BELLCORE.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986IBM.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986SUN.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986INTEL.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986ATT.COM
16= 08-May-1986GMR.COM
16= 08-May-1986TEK.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986FMC.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986UB.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986BELL-ATL.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986GE.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986GREBYN.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986ISC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986NSC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986PYRAMID.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986ALPHACDC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986BDM.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986FLUKE.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986INMET.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986KESMAI.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986MENTOR.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986NEC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986RAY.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986ROSEMOUNT.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986VORTEX.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986ALCOA.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986GTE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986ADOBE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986AMD.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986DAS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986DATA-IO.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986OCTOPUS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986PORTAL.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986TELTONE.COM
42= 11-Dec-19863COM.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986AMDAHL.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CCUR.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986CONVERGENT.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986DG.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986PEREGRINE.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986QUAD.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986SQ.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986TANDY.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986TTI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986UNISYS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987CGI.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987CTS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987APPLE.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987NMA.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987PHILIPS.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987DATACUBE.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987KAI.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987TIC.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987NCR.COM
73= 14-May-1987CISCO.COM
73= 14-May-1987RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987SLB.COM
76= 27-May-1987PARCPLACE.COM
76= 27-May-1987UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987UNIPRESS.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987DUPONT.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987QUICK.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987ALLIED.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987DSC.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987SCO.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987GENE.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987KCCS.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987SPECTRA.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987MARBLE.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987CAYMAN.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987NYNEXST.COMthis is actually REALLY cool. nice linK!What? No porn sites? haha j/kQuote from: quaxo on December 07, 2007, 03:23:36 AM

What? No porn sites? haha j/k

LOLOLOLOL!!! what NEED to happen now is the search for the oldest porn on the interwebs. QUOTE from: hyperhedron on December 07, 2007, 08:08:20 PM

what need to happen now is the search for the oldest porn on the interwebs.

I'm sure it's been done, but I'm not about to look for it.

Microsoft.com didn't even make the list they didn't come online until: 02-may-1991

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2013.	Solve : Look Out Gamers?
Answer» Full Story Quote Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of dynamic random ACCESS memory, unveiled its first GDDR5 memory chips that can work at UNPRECEDENTED clock-speed. The new chips will be able to power ultra powerful graphics cards or enable currently maximum level of performance on more affordable graphics boards. Samsung’s GDDR5, which will be introduced at a density of 512Mb (16Mb x 32) chips, is capable of TRANSMITTING DATA at 24GB per second, which means that the new chips can operate at 6GHz clock-speed. Nowadays the fastest GDDR4 memory chips are capable of working at about 2.50GHz. GDDR4 is not even widely accepted yet, it'll be interesting to see when GDDR5 is finally accepted as industry standard. Good to see improvements, as always, THANKS for the info patio.Appart from making older cards cheaper I wonder how they're making them more affordable. Maybe the decrease in required power I guess. 24GB/s though is amazing.

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2014.	Solve : Some free goodies from M$ - Vista & Office 2007 related?
Answer» http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1844.entry http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1822.entryHuh. Exclamation marks in URL's? Well obviously SMF is not converting those URL's properly here are tinyurl's to the above links. http://tinyurl.com/2c8tlq http://tinyurl.com/258qebThe thread title is mis-leading...it may lead people to believe they can get Vista or Office 3007 for FREE. However i did GRAB the Avery LabelMaker free offer ! ! Registration required. Thanx !Thanks Nathan You're right, PATIO. I just adjusted it.Apparently the ! isn't even a valid CHARACTER for URL's it's one of the reserved characters. But I guess Microsoft GETS to CHOOSE what they want to do. Thanx Broni... And you're correct Nathan...they certainly can !

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2015.	Solve : The 3GB solution?
Answer» http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1828 I notice that DELL and HP are now selling desktop PCs with 3GB of RAM as a STANDARD configuration (2 1GB sticks and 2 512MB sticks). This is a neat WAY to avoid having to deal with the common question: “Hey, how come I bought this PC with 4GB but I can only see 3GB or thereabouts?” Answers here and here, but it is truly smart to avoid the issue in the first place. And of course it becomes a non-issue in a few years when we achieve x64 Nirvana. All clickable links at the above siteInteresting solution. I read in one of the user POSTS that linked here this will be changed in Vista SP1. Quote With SP1, Windows Vista will report the amount of system memory installed rather than report the amount of system memory available to the OS. Therefore 32-bit systems equipped with 4GB of RAM will report all 4BG in many places throughout the OS, such as the System Control Panel. However, this behavior is dependent on having a compatible BIOS, so not all users may notice this change.

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2016.	Solve : Most significant computer related 2007 event??
Answer» Just curious what everyone else thought was the most significant thing to happen in 2007? Was it the iPhone, Windows Vista, $100 dollar laptop, 1TB HDD's, Halo 3, Amazon Kindle, CRYSIS, Leopord, Drobo (I finally just ordered one), HD / Blue-ray drives, or something else? I'm personally going to go with the $100 dollar laptop even though they've yet to send me mine. Also funny video on JibJab about 2007 I found while looking for 2007 items: http://seehere.blogspot.com/2007/12/2007-year-in-review.htmlI'll say the OLPC project too. Halo 3 was slightly disappointing to me, a GOOD GAME but not as good as the hype. The iPhone and Windows Vista are two of the things I DISLIKE the most. Also, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray - I can't see that much difference to be honest compared to NORMAL DVDs. On a very large HD screen, I can - otherwise, the tiny difference in quality does not, to me, justify the expense of a player.

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2017.	Solve : Worm Squirms Through Google's Orkut?
Answer» From PC Magazine: A fast moving worm is squirming though Google's Orkut social network, ADDING hundreds of thousands of users to an Orkut community created by a Brazilian hacker. The worm, which first appeared on Dec. 19, has been spreading through Orkut's Scrapbook system at a rapid pace, infecting more than 650,000 users in the space of a few hours. According to an alert from anti-virus specialist Trend MICRO, infection starts when an Orkut USER is sent an e-mail telling them that they have a new Scrapbook entry. Logging into Orkut, the victim is greeted with Portuguese-language text that reads: "2008 vem ai… que ele comece mto bem para vc." This translates to "2008 is coming…I wish that it begins quite well for you". No interaction is necessary. Simply looking at the scrap starts the infection sequence," says Trend Micro researcher Robert McArdle. Once the scrap is viewed, it deletes itself and the victim is automatically added to the "Infectados pelo Vírus do Orkut" community. Once a user becomes infected, the infected account downloads and executes an embedded Javascript that sends a copy of the original Scrapbook post to all the victim's contacts. According to McAfee researcher Vinay Mahadik, the worm is abusing the ability to add JavaScript content to Orkut Scrapbook entries, a feature that was only recently introduced by Google. "This clearly illustrates the issue with allowing rich-content on social/professional networking sites, and not sanitizing it enough," Mahadik said in an entry on the McAfee Avert Labs blog. This is the second major worm attack to TAKE AIM at a popular social network. In October 2005, the Samy worm used cross-site scripting techniques to spread through MySpace, infecting more than a million users in less than a day. Appreciate the link. However, in the future please also post a URL to where you're getting news stories. Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071219/tc_zd/222106

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2018.	Solve : Trojan Hijacks Google Text Ads?
Answer» From PC Magazine: Malware authors are beginning to nibble at Google's text advertising money pie. According to a warning from anti-virus vendor BitDefender, a new Trojan is making the rounds, hijacking Google text advertisements and replacing them with ads from a different provider. The Trojan.Qhost.WU threat works by modifying the hijacked computer's Hosts file to redirect the initial query to the Google AdSense servers to a malicious host. Instead of getting advertising content from Google's "page2.googlesyndication.com" domain, the Trojan, discovered Dec. 17, instructs the infected machine to fetch ads from a different, third-party ad server, according to BitDefender virus researcher Attila Balazs. BitDefender did not identify the rogue third-party ad server. Balazs said the threat is a worry for Webmasters and end users. "Users are affected because the advertisements and/or the linked sites may contain malicious code, which is a very LIKELY situation, given that they are promoted using malware in the first place. Webmasters are affected because the Trojan takes away viewers and thus a possible money source from their WEBSITES," he said in a statement. Over the past year, malicious hackers have turned their attention to ad networks as vehicles for drive-by malware downloads. In November, security researchers found DoubleClick serving up massive amounts of ads for bogus anti-spyware programs in place of legitimate advertising. Before that, advertisements served by RealNetworks' RealPlayer were also used to EXPLOIT a zero-day software vulnerability.From what i've read this exploit only will run on XP machines without SP2 and all current UPDATES. Anyone doing that is foolish to say the least...Once I agreed to format and reinstall XP for a friend. He had an ancient XP disc without any of the service packs slipstream to it. I failed to realize that his computer was connected directly to the INTERNET without a router to act as a firewall in between. Before the XP desktop had finished loading for the first time after the reinstall, the computer had already been infected by 2 or 3 worms. I learned a couple of things that day... Always have a router handy when doing a reinstall. And updating an XP installation without any service packs slipstreamed takes forever. So yes letting a computer loose on the internet that's anything less than fully updated is just dumb. And a hardware firewall never hurts either. I had a similar situation when fixing my Grandma's machine. Restored XP to realize she was on a modem. Downloading all the XP updates on a modem is not fun.

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2019.	Solve : OOooops?
Answer» Full Story If you have any sense at all you would walk away from their products yesterday. Disclaimer:This is only My OPINION...others may differ.wow...BIG oooops.Wow!!!I hadn't HEARD of this... big whoops. I avoid their products like the plague.The one thing I don't like about Symantec is that if you are using a limited account, and there is a virus, you must login as an administrator to remove the virus. And if the admin has a password, you're doomed.I had the full NORTON package from... oh I think 2001 or 2002... I just finally had to ditch it. It bogged down the computer too much, didn't catch half the crap it should have... switched to AVG, haven't had a problem since.Ugh. Man if I was Solid Oak I'd be wanting some reimbursement from Symantec for causing not only their customers a lot of grief but also the companies SUPPORT.

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2020.	Solve : Fearby NASA TV?
Answer» http://www.softpedia.com/get/Windows-Widgets//Video-Widget/Fearby-NASA-TV.shtml Fearby NASA TV is a gadget that will let you VIEW the NASA TV station on your desktop or Vista Sidebar. The source video is 320 x 240 at 151 Kbps.That's PRETTY cool. Seems like it WOULD utilize a lot of your bandwidth though unless it stops playing when not visible or in the background.

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2021.	Solve : Vista sets 2007 land-speed record for copying and deleting?
Answer» http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/20/more_vista_copying_problems/ Quote It's been almost nine months since we FIRST reported on Windows Vista's inability to copy, delete and move files without stalling INDEFINITELY, and yet the problem continues. Screenshots relayed this week by two Reg READERS say it better than we ever could. "48167 Days and 23 hours remaining," one of them reads. "36843 Days and 0 hours remaining," states the other. Both are Vista's best-faith guesses as to how long it will take to copy data from one LOCATION to another. It's obviously ISSUE based off that thread. I've never had this issue with my Vista systems though.

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2022.	Solve : AOL pulls plug on Netscape Web browser?
Answer» Netscape Navigator, the world's FIRST commercial Web BROWSER and the LAUNCH pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support FEB. 1 after a 13-year run. Link I'll still run VER. 4.5.................. Who needs support ! !

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2023.	Solve : Korea’s First Ever USB Type Credit Card?
Answer» Shinhan Card ROLLED out Korea’s FIRST ever USB TYPE CREDIT card on December 27. The USB credit card provides the online and contactless payment function and works the post-paid transportation card as well. LinkI am old.I just got semi-comfortable with my debit card.

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2024.	Solve : Updated firewall rating?
Answer» http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php#firewalls-ratings Great post and find Broni. I'm a little behind so catching up. But was real disapointed to see AVG scoring so low on the firewall score.I'm sorry, but I can't HELP it....hehehe. Go for Comodo. I have it on two computers, and it works great.Ok. Well going to try out Online Armor first SINCE it's been INSTALLED already.Not to crazy about the Online Armor firewall placing a protected by Online Armor firewall on my Windows startup screen. But well see how it goes.Try this: On the options Tab, click "Hide Boot SPLASH screen"

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2025.	Solve : Google browser to compete with Microsoft and Firefox?
Answer» Hmmmmm.....I seem to have lost $5000........ BRONI!!!!Too LATE...all spent drmsucks wanted a NEW computer, and I needed some dough, too.Quote from: Broni on September 27, 2008, 10:05:04 PM Hey drmsucks, now patio wants a chunk....LOL Yeah...well he can just Told you Google was up to no good with this one. I knew it was a further attempt to add more data too there bottomless cyber pit of data they seem to have accumulated over the years. Stupid EULA's, they'll be the death of us some day. Quote By installing said software, you agree to donate all vital organs and your soul to {insert company here} Actually, Microsofts EULA's have been invalidated in several locations around the world- don't know about other companies. The problem was the disclaimer that "By opening this package, you agree to the terms in the EULA" and yet the EULA was IN the package.Yeah, I know what you mean. Its just the companies trying to control there product and figure out how and why people are using it, what there using it for, and so on. I believe that to be an INVASION of privacy to the fullest extent though, I won't support any product that will claim to take ownership of anything you do in/with it.Do you guys have any info for me with regard to the SECURITY vulnerabilities in chrome? I have been reading stuff and learning loads. It is intresting this whole browser is pretty FUNKY. Read a whole thread, and you'll know.

2025.

Solve : Google browser to compete with Microsoft and Firefox?

Answer»

Hmmmmm.....I seem to have lost $5000........ BRONI!!!!Too LATE...all spent
drmsucks wanted a NEW computer, and I needed some dough, too.Quote from: Broni on September 27, 2008, 10:05:04 PM

Hey drmsucks, now patio wants a chunk....LOL

Yeah...well he can just
Told you Google was up to no good with this one. I knew it was a further attempt to add more data too there bottomless cyber pit of data they seem to have accumulated over the years. Stupid EULA's, they'll be the death of us some day. Quote

By installing said software, you agree to donate all vital organs and your soul to {insert company here}

Actually, Microsofts EULA's have been invalidated in several locations around the world- don't know about other companies.

The problem was the disclaimer that "By opening this package, you agree to the terms in the EULA" and yet the EULA was IN the package.Yeah, I know what you mean. Its just the companies trying to control there product and figure out how and why people are using it, what there using it for, and so on. I believe that to be an INVASION of privacy to the fullest extent though, I won't support any product that will claim to take ownership of anything you do in/with it.Do you guys have any info for me with regard to the SECURITY vulnerabilities in chrome? I have been reading stuff and learning loads. It is intresting this whole browser is pretty FUNKY. Read a whole thread, and you'll know.

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2026.	Solve : Firefox 3.1 beta?
Answer» Firefox 3.1 beta now available: News - Software - ZDNet Australia Quote in brief A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla. The version, intended for testing by developers, was released overnight. According to the Mozilla website, the beta version of the browser contains a number of new features including: web standards IMPROVEMENTS, added support for CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, a new tab switching SHORTCUT and support for new web technologies. Testing VERSIONS of the browser are available for Windows, Max OS X and Linux. Firefox PREVIOUSLY broke all records for the largest number of downloads in 24 hours after the release of Firefox 3.

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2027.	Solve : Windows 7 will be called… Windows 7?
Answer» http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/oct/14/windows-7-microsoft Microsoft has officially revealed the name of the successor to Windows Vista, and it's not Vista II, ReVista or AltaVista Comments (18) The shocking revelation on Microsoft's Vista blog is that the final name of what we now call Windows 7 will be… Windows 7. Mike Nash, corporate vice-president, Windows Product Management, says: "Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore Windows 7 just MAKES sense." Well, it is certainly true that the previous version – Vista – was Windows 6, but I'm not convinced at this stage that Windows 7 merits a 1.0 increase. Windows XP was only a 0.1 increase on Windows 2000, and that probably had more changes than Windows 7 will bring. After all, the interesting stuff will be how Windows 7 relates to Windows Live and Live Mesh – or doesn't. (I'd expect the US Justice Department to block the sort of innovations that would be really good for consumers on the grounds that they'd be good for Microsoft as well. Can't allow that!) Microsoft will be handing out a pre-beta "developer only release" at PDC at the end of the month, and at WinHEC, which follows. It will be interesting to see how Windows 7 is received, because then we might have some idea whether it will appear in February 2010 (or thereabouts) or whether Microsoft might get it out before Christmas. Either would arguably be "on schedule". After all, Microsoft DELAYED the public release of Vista until after Christmas, so as not to disadvantage PC retail suppliers who feared they would be stuck selling old fashioned and obsolete Windows XP machines… After that, ROLL on Windows 8 and Windows 9! There's plenty of virtualisation stuff that's worth doing and probably isn't going to make it into Windows 7, and (for the benefit of the particularly clueless) every numbered release is really a snapshot of what's ACTUALLY a continuous work in progress. That's true of Mac OS X as well. Im glad there being original. Shouldn't they keep there Eyes on vista?I doubt this will STICK til the release date...Good point.I'm with the crowd thinking this won't stick, Windows 3.x -> Windows 95 -> Windows 98 ->Windows NT ->Windows 2000 -> Windows XP -> Windows 2003 -> Windows Vista -> Windows 7? Heh they really should stick with some type of theme and stop jumping around.

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2028.	Solve : Authorities Shut Down Spam Ring?
Answer» Yippie! The Federal Trade Commission won a PRELIMINARY legal VICTORY against what it called one of the largest spam GANGS on the Internet, PERSUADING a federal court in Chicago on Tuesday to freeze the group’s assets and order the spam network to shut down. Link About time!

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2029.	Solve : Nasty web bug descends on world's most popular sites?
Answer» Quote Broni is not really in a great MOOD today What do you mean?Quote from: Broni on October 05, 2008, 10:35:32 PM Quote Broni is not really in a great mood today What do you mean? I just felt you were not in a good mood! What happened??I CLEANED out his walking AROUND money account of pilfered Chrome funds and he's not real happy about it...You had to tell, huh? I've actually invested all of it into Quaxo's Gold Reserve Fund account since he won't be back stateside for a bit... Precious metals do real well when the market GOES in the tank. We'll discuss an equitable distribution strategy at a later time. You really thought i would keep it all for myself ? I'm dissappointed. Oh, well...I'm speechless....LOOOOOOOLmy current investment is in the NUMBER of posts one of our more infamous members make that make sense. almost 3000 posts now- and 43 of them make sense. so I stock is down a bit... probably won't be going up either.Squall?Shhhhh.....Hey now, if he reads this, it'll hurt his feelings. it's 45 now, so my stock is up!

2029.

Solve : Nasty web bug descends on world's most popular sites?

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Broni is not really in a great MOOD today

What do you mean?Quote from: Broni on October 05, 2008, 10:35:32 PM

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Broni is not really in a great mood today
What do you mean?

I just felt you were not in a good mood!

What happened??I CLEANED out his walking AROUND money account of pilfered Chrome funds and he's not real happy about it...You had to tell, huh? I've actually invested all of it into Quaxo's Gold Reserve Fund account since he won't be back stateside for a bit...
Precious metals do real well when the market GOES in the tank.
We'll discuss an equitable distribution strategy at a later time.

You really thought i would keep it all for myself ?
I'm dissappointed. Oh, well...I'm speechless....LOOOOOOOLmy current investment is in the NUMBER of posts one of our more infamous members make that make sense. almost 3000 posts now- and 43 of them make sense.

so I stock is down a bit... probably won't be going up either.Squall?Shhhhh.....Hey now, if he reads this, it'll hurt his feelings.

it's 45 now, so my stock is up!

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2030.	Solve : mac cause cancer!!?
Answer» http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24438570-8362,00.html only macs made before 08 so if you have a mac from 07 or what ever through it away!!!!!Oh wow! That's weird for sure!Quote or what ever through it away no way but intresting. OUCH mate that article KINDA scared me BIG TIME!me too pcgeek and aegies i ment throw it outHuh, fascinating. That's the FIRST time I've read or heard about computers that emit a gas. Wow so many jokes could be attributed to that. Oh! I had not read the article !! So the mac emits ''gas'' yucks!!!!!!!!!LOLya! i know!!!!!So that "new car" smell is the same as a rotting CARPET? And how do these people know what a rotting carpet smells like? I'd still be interested to see any evidence...what?

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2031.	Solve : All browsers are vulnerable to clickjacking?
Answer» HERE The latest Internet threat cloaks Web links so a wayward click can download malware to your PC without your knowledge. What's worse, all browsers and other Web software are susceptible to clickjacking, but you can take steps to reduce the risk. Clickjacking allows an attacker to use one or more of several new attack scenarios to literally steal your mouse clicks. When you think you're clicking on a simple button — for example, to see the next page of an article — you may actually be giving the bad guys permission to do something entirely different, such as log on to your online checking account. By taking advantage of any of a growing number of recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari, and all other Web browsers, criminals can hijack your system by intercepting clicks of what appear to be legitimate links. The problem doesn't stop there, however. At least some of the flaws that make clickjacking possible also show up in such popular Web tools as Adobe's Flash player and Microsoft's Silverlight streaming-media plug-in. "If they can control where your clicks are going, they may be able to get a user to reconfigure the system so they disable security," Ed Skoudis, a security instructor for the SANS Institute, told Windows Secrets. Skoudis is also co-founder of the security firm InGuardians. Disguised links lurk behind clickable buttons In clickjacking, surreptitious buttons are "floated" behind the actual buttons that you see on a Web site. When you click the button, you're not triggering the function that you expected. Instead, the click is routed to the bad guy's substitute link. Robert Hansen, CEO of SecTheory, and Jeremiah Grossman, chief technology officer of WhiteHat Security, are the bug sleuths who discovered this latest generation of potential security glitches. They point out that even users who watch their systems like a hawk can be victimized. "There's really no way to know if what you're looking at is real," Hansen told Windows Secrets. In fact, Hansen and Grossman found so MANY new ways to attack your PC — and your Mac — that they categorize these threats as a "new class" of exploits. While this class includes scripting attacks, it also affects scriptable plug-ins such as Microsoft ActiveX controls, Skoudis said. Clickjacking isn't new. In fact, it dates back to at least 2002, Hansen said. What's new is the range of browser vulnerabilities that make clickjacking possible. Hansen's blog posting describes the scope most clearly: "There are multiple variants of clickjacking. Some of it requires cross domain access, some doesn't. Some overlay entire pages over a page, some use iFrames to get you to click on one spot. Some require JavaScript, some don't. Some variants use CSRF [Cross-Site Request Forging] to pre-load data in forms, some don't. Clickjacking does not cover any one of these use cases, but rather all of them." This doesn't mean there are no protections, however. In fact, one of the most important steps that users can take to protect themselves is to enable JavaScript only for approved sites. Disabling JavaScript has serious drawbacks, because so much of the Web's interactivity is driven by JavaScript apps. "[Disabling JavaScript] totally cripples the Web experience," Skoudis said. In addition, Hansen states, even browsing with JavaScript disabled will not protect against all possible avenues of attack. "Most browsers are going to be vulnerable," Hansen told Windows Secrets. Even the new version 8 of Internet Explorer, currently in beta, is susceptible — though Hansen said he expects Microsoft's upcoming browser to be patched by the time it's released later this year. Flash apps may activate webcams and mics Besides browsers, the bad guys can also exploit Web programs such as Adobe's Flash player. For INSTANCE, one proof-of-concept demonstration shows that a hacker can use the Flash player to take over a PC's webcam and microphone. Imagine the implications of stalkers eavesdropping on your laptop's built-in camera and mic. Clickjacking vulnerabilities don't stop there; attacks may also be launched via iFrames by using cross-site scripting techniques. Hansen says that disabling browser plug-ins and scripting will help but is no panacea, given the threat's complexity. In fact, in the three weeks since Hansen and Grossman first revealed the discovery of the clickjacking vulnerabilities, Hansen says he's received about half a dozen examples of proof-of-concept code and knows of several more — not counting the half dozen or so that he and Grossman have already found. To date, there have been no attacks in the wild, although with proof-of-concept code already out, it's just a matter of time. (Contributing editor Mark Edwards also mentions Flash exploits in his column today.) Can you stay safe in a clickjacking world? Browser and plug-in vendors have joined watchdog organizations in describing what you can do to stay safe. * Adobe: The Flash vendor has issued a patched version that will help keep you safe from Flash-based attacks. See the company's download page. Previously, the company had posted a security advisory containing a workaround. * Mozilla Foundation: Install Giorgio Maone's open-source NoScript plug-in to block execution of JavaScript except for sites you approve. NoScript is free, though the vendor requests a donation. The add-on lets Firefox users designate the sites on which scripts are allowed to run and blocks JavaScript on all other sites. * Microsoft: To date, the company has taken a noncommittal stance in regard to the clickjacking threat. Microsoft responds to QUESTIONS by REFERRING users to the company's Security Support page. * U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT): The agency provides a document that describes how to protect IE, Firefox, Safari, and other browsers from a range of attacks. Even taking all of the above precautions doesn't guarantee that your system is 100% immune to the new threat. You'll need to become more conservative in visiting untrustworthy sites until the applications you use are made more secure. While we're all waiting for vendors to patch their products, ALFRED Huger, vice president of software development for Symantec Security Response, has some down-to-earth advice. Since most malware attacks occur on adult sites, keep your browsing rated PG-13. "You're most likely to see [attacks] on porn sites or on sites that offer game-cracking software," Huger adds. When in doubt, ask yourself whether your mom would approve of the site. However, even on sites where you could reasonably expect to be safe from such attacks, you can still be blindsided, so always think twice before you click. Despite the seriousness of this latest round of security threats, SANS Institute's Skoudis says he is optimistic. While the threat of attack may be high for the next three to six months, Skoudis expects more complete protections to become available as early as next spring and no later than next fall. "This is a very serious finding, but this is not going to be the end of the Web," Skoudis adds.omg so every single broswer on earth can be clickjacked!!

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2032.	Solve : Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7?
Answer» http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1643 The Windows team is readying second service packs (SP2) for Vista — and for its server complement, Windows Server 2008 — and is aiming to deliver these SP2s before it releases Windows 7, according to my sources. I’m hearing that Microsoft already has delivered a beta of at least Vista SP2 to select hardware and software partners, the same way that it has been providing a hand-chosen few with early builds of Windows 7. I noticed that Microsoft has put up a place holder Knowledge Base article on October 2 regarding the forthcoming SP2 betas. (I see a couple of other bloggers saw this, as well.) I haven’t heard details from any testers regarding any of the features due in Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2. But here are some tidbits of what I have heard from my sources: * Microsoft’s goal is to deliver both SP2 releases before it delivers Windows 7 in order to lessen confusion among users as to whether to deploy Vista and Windows Server 2008 — or to wait for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (a k a Windows 7 Server). Currently, Microsoft is believed to be attempting to RTM Windows 7 in the second half of 2009. The Softies have said Windows Server 2008 R2 is on track for 2010. * Because Microsoft is trying to keep Windows client and server code in lock-step, Windows Server 2008 was built around the Vista SP1 codebase. That’s why the first standalone service pack for Server 2008 is being called SP2. As many customers still are reticent to deploy a new OS until the first standalone SP goes out, Microsoft also is pushing to get SP2 for server out there to convince these users to consider upgrading. * The biggest deliverable in SP2 for Windows Server 2008 will be the integration of the Hyper-V bits with the server OS. (I’ve asked the Windows client and server teams for comment on their respective SP2 features/timing and will update this post if and when I hear back. Given how TOUGH it was to get info out of Microsoft on Vista SP1, I am not holding my breath….) Update: Here’s all the Vista team will say, courtesy of a spokesperson: “Microsoft is working on a second Windows Vista service pack (Windows Vista SP2) and will share more details in the coming months.” Update No. 2: From the server team, via a spokesperson: “(T)he comment (above) serves for Windows Server as well; Microsoft is not commenting further on the timing/release plans for the WS08 SP2 at this time, but will share more details in the coming months.” Microsoft is expected to release a public Beta 1 of Windows 7 in mid-December, according to internal schedule information from sources. I haven’t yet heard when Beta 1 of Windows Server 2008 R2 is due, but I would bet it will be in the next month or two, as well. If Microsoft really is hoping to get Vista SP2 and Win Server 2008 SP2 out first, that doesn’t give the Redmondans a whole lot of time to test and deliver its pair of SP2s. Given the timing, I’m wondering whether Microsoft might decide to deliver any of the tweaks or features it is building into Windows 7 via Vista SP2. Are there any fixes or tweaks you are hoping Microsoft delivers as part of Vista/Win Server 2008 SP2?I don't know how CLOSE they really are (I don't TRUST rumored release times), but if I was Microsoft I wouldn't be releasing press releases LIKE this if they're not wanting people to just wait until Windows 7.

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2033.	Solve : Austalia Government Internet Filter - learning from China???
Answer» http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081024-aussie-govt-dont-criticize-our-terrible-net-filters.html Australia's plan to subject every Internet user in the country to mandatory content filtering just keeps getting stranger. Although the current government says it simply inherited the program from its predecessor and that the filtering will be voluntary, it seems intent on continuing the rollout PLANS even as it has become apparent that some level of filtering will be mandatory. Now, an Australian newspaper has uncovered documents showing that the government minister responsible for the program has ignored performance and accuracy problems with the filters, then tried to suppress criticism of the plan by private citizens. The filtering plan as it now appears consists of two tiers. One would apply to all Australian Internet access and would block access to content deemed illegal (though how that term will be defined hasn't YET been disclosed). A second tier would be switched on by default, but users would be allowed to opt-out; this tier would target content inappropriate for children. Back in June, however, the government's own Communications and Media Authority issued a report on tests on some of the equipment that might be used to implement the filters. Although the report puts a positive spin on the results—"Hey, the tech has gotten better since we last looked, in 2005!"—it's hard to get around the FACT that the filters simply aren't that great. Five of the six filters degraded network performance by over 20 PERCENT, and two simply hammered the network, dropping throughput by more than 75 percent. That poor performance came without stellar filtering performance, either. Half the devices let more than five percent of the blacklist sites through anyway, and all devices had measurable percentages of false positives. And all of these problems came simply while trying to filter web traffic; FTP, P2P, and other protocols would all flow through the filters unimpeded. If you read our earlier coverage on this matter, you'd see that one of the primary sources of information on the filtering program is a very unhappy ISP EMPLOYEE named Mark Newton, who is speaking on his own behalf, rather than that of his employer, Internode. Now, Australian newspaper The Age is reporting that the ministry responsible for the program has contacted a trade group that includes Internode to request that the company keep a tighter leash on Newton. The Age has also obtained an e-mail that a staffer in the office of Stephen Conroy, the government's Communications Minister, sent to the Internet Industry Association, of which Internode is also a member. "In your capacity as a board member of the IIA, I would like to express my serious concern that an IIA member would be sending out this sort of message," the e-mail said in part. It was apparently accompanied by a phone call in which it was made clear that this message should be passed on to Internode. Little of this makes sense, of course, if the program were only something inherited from the prior administration that the current government had no intention of implementing.

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2034.	Solve : Microsoft issues 'critical' patch outside normal cycle - very important!?
Answer» http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10073787-83.html Quote On Thursday, Microsoft issued a rare out-of-cycle patch for a VULNERABILITY in the Windows Server service that HANDLES REMOTE procedure calls (RPC) that allows programmers to run code either locally or remotely. In issuing MS08-067, Microsoft warns "it is possible that this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable exploit." Entitled "Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)" the specific vulnerability has been assigned a National Vulnerability Database designation of CVE-2008-4250. Microsoft rates this patch as critical for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and important for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It also affects versions of Windows 7 pre-beta in limited release. The patch replaces MS06-040. Microsoft normally issues patches on the second Tuesday of each month, which has been deemed Patch Tuesday. But out-of-cycle patches are not without precedent. Recent examples include the Windows Animated Cursor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (April 2007), a vulnerability in Vector Markup Language (September 2006), and a vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine (January 2006). Microsoft said there have been only limited and targeted attacks to date. The company did say that a firewall should block network resources from attacks from outside the enterprise perimeter. The patch is available via Microsoft Update or the individual bulletin for MS08-067. Patch link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspxThanks for the heads up Broni.

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2035.	Solve : beware of dell laptops?
Answer» also, computeruler, It's POSSIBLE that they just were unable to diagnose your 1D 10-T error. what are you talking aboutThere's nothing wrong with Dell PCs... The laptops I've had personal experience with --- died. It was a few years ago, so PERHAPS they've changed over the past few years --- I don't know. In any case, there is no more evidence to show that Dell is any worse than other manufacturers... Some people have had great Compaq PCs, even though I think they're garbage. We all have our own experience with them. FlameQuote from: computeruler on October 16, 2008, 07:01:54 PM so its not real?? aww i wanted another reason to hate dell Why do you hate Dells? There good well MADE computers. You must be one of those fanboys who hate everything else Because your friends do it. Im RUNNING a Dell Xps 630. i personally hate moslty all name brand computers yes my freind hates dells and i do not hate them because he doesGood to see you, Flame. Quote from: computeruler on October 18, 2008, 04:55:45 PM and i do not hate them because he does yeah, that's a good reason....Quote from: computeruler on October 18, 2008, 04:55:45 PM i personally hate moslty all name brand computers Why?Quote i do not hate them because he does Then why do you ? ?because i think they are terrible and low quality alont with most other name brand computersThen.....where would I get a laptop?Quote from: computeruler on October 19, 2008, 07:50:11 PM because i think they are terrible and low quality alont with most other name brand computers If you could provide some decent evidence to support that statement I'd be possibly convinced. Also if you can see an alternative for Joe Average, I'd be impressed.Actually, any prebuilt computer is trash until you reload the os for yourself and get rid of all the junkware that comes preloaded with it. The computer is separate from the OS. However, I agree that any computer from a company such as Dell or HP will come preloaded with all sorts of rubbish.

2035.

Solve : beware of dell laptops?

Answer»

also, computeruler, It's POSSIBLE that they just were unable to diagnose your 1D 10-T error. what are you talking aboutThere's nothing wrong with Dell PCs... The laptops I've had personal experience with --- died. It was a few years ago, so PERHAPS they've changed over the past few years --- I don't know. In any case, there is no more evidence to show that Dell is any worse than other manufacturers... Some people have had great Compaq PCs, even though I think they're garbage. We all have our own experience with them.

FlameQuote from: computeruler on October 16, 2008, 07:01:54 PM

so its not real?? aww i wanted another reason to hate dell

Why do you hate Dells?

There good well MADE computers.

You must be one of those fanboys who hate everything else Because your friends do it.

Im RUNNING a Dell Xps 630.

i personally hate moslty all name brand computers yes my freind hates dells and i do not hate them because he doesGood to see you, Flame. Quote from: computeruler on October 18, 2008, 04:55:45 PM

and i do not hate them because he does

yeah, that's a good reason....Quote from: computeruler on October 18, 2008, 04:55:45 PM

i personally hate moslty all name brand computers

Why?Quote

i do not hate them because he does

Then why do you ? ?because i think they are terrible and low quality alont with most other name brand computersThen.....where would I get a laptop?Quote from: computeruler on October 19, 2008, 07:50:11 PM

because i think they are terrible and low quality alont with most other name brand computers

If you could provide some decent evidence to support that statement I'd be possibly convinced.
Also if you can see an alternative for Joe Average, I'd be impressed.Actually, any prebuilt computer is trash until you reload the os for yourself and get rid of all the junkware that comes preloaded with it. The computer is separate from the OS.
However, I agree that any computer from a company such as Dell or HP will come preloaded with all sorts of rubbish.

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2036.	Solve : Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 10 final?
Answer» Java SE Downloads Scroll down to Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 10 After installing the new update use JavaRA to completely remove the old version(s) Download JavaRa Unzip the file and open the JavaRa.exe Click Remove Older Versions JavaRa will search for and remove any outdated version of Java and remove any that are found. Click Additional Tasks Place a check next to Remove Useless JRE Files and click Go Exit JavaRa Delete the JavaRa files from the Desktop Thanx again EF !I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I'm currently running JRE 6 Update 7. When I try to update thru the Java Control Panel (update tab), I'm informed I have the latest Java PLATFORM for this system. What happened to updates 8 & 9? Java.com and Sun.Java.com frequently have TWO different versions. The Sun Java web site always has the latest technology. Appreciate the info, but a 3 release spread? Thats a mystery....I have read that beginning with this version Java will now overwrite the old version.

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2037.	Solve : Mozilla Invites World to Shape Web's Future?
Answer» The latest versions of Firefox did not bring any drastic changes to the way people browse the Internet besides a few welcomed features like tabs. Now, Mozilla Labs PLACED a call to the online COMMUNITY to share their ideas on the future of the Web.... http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007411.htmlIntriguing. I still don't get it. It looked she/he was on a Mac, or is that the browser? Still pretty neat.. Quote share their ideas on the future of the Web.. Hmmm...where's this?Quote from: KPAC on August 11, 2008, 09:29:04 AM The latest versions of Firefox did not bring any drastic changes to the way people browse the Internet besides a few welcomed features like tabs. Now, Mozilla Labs placed a call to the online community to share their ideas on the future of the Web.... That's the first sentence on the article... I think it's about a new concept browser... "Aurora".... Am I right, do you think?Who knows.... Quote from: Video ....the browser learns what your preferences are based on your activity....... It went SOMETHING like that. I'll be interested if they make any video game that learned.

2037.

Solve : Mozilla Invites World to Shape Web's Future?

Answer»

The latest versions of Firefox did not bring any drastic changes to the way people browse the Internet besides a few welcomed features like tabs. Now, Mozilla Labs PLACED a call to the online COMMUNITY to share their ideas on the future of the Web....

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007411.htmlIntriguing. I still don't get it. It looked she/he was on a Mac, or is that the browser?

Still pretty neat..

Quote

share their ideas on the future of the Web..

Hmmm...where's this?Quote from: KPAC on August 11, 2008, 09:29:04 AM

The latest versions of Firefox did not bring any drastic changes to the way people browse the Internet besides a few welcomed features like tabs. Now, Mozilla Labs placed a call to the online community to share their ideas on the future of the Web....

That's the first sentence on the article...

I think it's about a new concept browser... "Aurora"....

Am I right, do you think?Who knows....

Quote from: Video

....the browser learns what your preferences are based on your activity.......

It went SOMETHING like that.
I'll be interested if they make any video game that learned.

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2038.	Solve : Ex-Googlers launch rival search engine?
Answer» Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable - only this time it's not for sale. Patterson instead intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet. Link New search engine (Cuil -- dumb name(imo)) here I saw this a few days ago. Can't say I'm overly impressed but I do like it. Yeah it's got good results (for the most part). Really dislike the name though, I'd think someone with the capabilities to make this good of a search engine would of thought the name through a little more. Don't really care for how the results are displayed either. I do however, like the idea of creating picture icons for the sites. Overall not terrible, but still has a long way to go before it has any hopes of competing with Google.Not sure about the picture icons. The first thing I searched with it is my screen name. Depending on the site it looks like I am either one of two breeds of dogs or someone of a different ethnicity.... http://www.cuil.com/search?q=evilfantasyInteresting.....Like everything chance is inevitable. There will come a time when Google will not be used by the masses. censored look at Microsoft is slowing losing market shares as Cloud and SASS computer COMES into play.I dont like it how OLD is it?Checked it out today and set up a search that ''should'' have brought up results I'd anticipate in Google - nope - didn't impress one bit. Might be a cool engine but the display does not cut the mustard in my book - still find Google does the JOB for me.OK, tried it. I can't say i'm really a fan, but this is all because of the layout. You can't get it to display more than 11 results. and the final problem i have with it is that is simply isn't as fast as google. There are pictures to load, and a fancy layout for the browser to deal with, and normally this wouldn't be a problem but i am using a slow computer with only 256 mb of ram. So i'll stick with google for the time being, until i get a nicer computer.A scathing review > http://www.gorillasushi.com/?q=node/833 apparently moms dont like it. http://parentzing.wordpress.com/I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph. All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring.Quote from: CBMatt on August 05, 2008, 06:59:11 AM I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph. All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring. hehe yeah Apparently its pronounced Cool.Quote from: !~:.Pink Floyd.:~! on August 05, 2008, 09:02:28 AM Quote from: CBMatt on August 05, 2008, 06:59:11 AM I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph. All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring. hehe yeah Apparently its pronounced Cool. I don't see how... It looks more like 'Kewl'Quote from: !~:.Pink Floyd.:~! on August 04, 2008, 01:13:43 PM apparently moms dont like it. http://parentzing.wordpress.com/ Hope this isn't anyone's blog on the forums and that I don't offend anyone but the blog post was pretty bad, they primarily didn't like it because their blog wasn't showing up on the search engine. However, PARENTS do have some reason to worry because apparently they had a file corruption that caused some results to return adult results for some search queries that were not adult RELATED searches.

2038.

Solve : Ex-Googlers launch rival search engine?

Answer»
Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.

She believes her latest invention is even more valuable - only this time it's not for sale.

Patterson instead intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet.

Link

New search engine (Cuil -- dumb name(imo)) here

I saw this a few days ago. Can't say I'm overly impressed but I do like it. Yeah it's got good results (for the most part). Really dislike the name though, I'd think someone with the capabilities to make this good of a search engine would of thought the name through a little more. Don't really care for how the results are displayed either. I do however, like the idea of creating picture icons for the sites.

Overall not terrible, but still has a long way to go before it has any hopes of competing with Google.Not sure about the picture icons. The first thing I searched with it is my screen name. Depending on the site it looks like I am either one of two breeds of dogs or someone of a different ethnicity....

http://www.cuil.com/search?q=evilfantasyInteresting.....Like everything chance is inevitable. There will come a time when Google will not be used by the masses. *censored* look at Microsoft is slowing losing market shares as Cloud and SASS computer COMES into play.I dont like it how OLD is it?Checked it out today and set up a search that ''should'' have brought up results I'd anticipate in Google - nope - didn't impress one bit.

Might be a cool engine but the display does not cut the mustard in my book - still find Google does the JOB for me.OK, tried it. I can't say i'm really a fan, but this is all because of the layout.

You can't get it to display more than 11 results.

and the final problem i have with it is that is simply isn't as fast as google. There are pictures to load, and a fancy layout for the browser to deal with, and normally this wouldn't be a problem but i am using a slow computer with only 256 mb of ram. So i'll stick with google for the time being, until i get a nicer computer.A scathing review > http://www.gorillasushi.com/?q=node/833

apparently moms dont like it.

http://parentzing.wordpress.com/I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph.

All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring.Quote from: CBMatt on August 05, 2008, 06:59:11 AM

I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph.

All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring.

hehe yeah Apparently its pronounced Cool.Quote from: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on August 05, 2008, 09:02:28 AM

Quote from: CBMatt on August 05, 2008, 06:59:11 AM
I have been waiting half an hour for the site to load, but nothing has shown up. Hmph.

All I know is that "I'm gonnna Cuil it" doesn't have the same ring.

hehe yeah Apparently its pronounced Cool.

I don't see how...

It looks more like 'Kewl'Quote from: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on August 04, 2008, 01:13:43 PM

apparently moms dont like it.

http://parentzing.wordpress.com/

Hope this isn't anyone's blog on the forums and that I don't offend anyone but the blog post was pretty bad, they primarily didn't like it because their blog wasn't showing up on the search engine.

However, PARENTS do have some reason to worry because apparently they had a file corruption that caused some results to return adult results for some search queries that were not adult RELATED searches.

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2039.	Solve : Massive US Hack Attack?
Answer» Did anyone hear about this? http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0806/credit.html (Irish website but who cares? ) Quote US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of the credit and debit card details of about 40 million people. The US Department of JUSTICE believes it is the largest identity theft case it has ever prosecuted. If anyone has a better website, post it.Didn't hear about this. Thanks for sharing, surprised with this being the biggest case the DoJ has dealt with that it's not in the news more.When I asked "Did anyone hear about this?", I didn't expect someone to say they hadn't. It's all over the Irish news.... I'm very surprised that you haven't heard of it..... Being the biggest identity theft case ever in America.I thought the terrists found out how to control our nukes.Pink, please do not comment unless it relates to topic being discussed in thread. I'm surprised as you kpac that I of all people hadn't heard about this since I often troll the computer news sites. I haven't heard about this either. It doesn't surprise me, though, because people in other countries often know more about what's GOING on here in the US than we do.A guy on the TV basically told everyone how they did it..... The drove along the streets of a city, looking for Wi-Fi hotspots with WEAKNESSES. Once they were connected, they installed "free downloadable software from the web" onto the NETWORK, which allowed them access to huge databases of credit card and bank details. Quote from: kpac on August 08, 2008, 02:51:36 AM A guy on the TV basically told everyone how they did it..... The drove along the streets of a city, looking for Wi-Fi hotspots with weaknesses. Once they were connected, they installed "free downloadable software from the web" onto the network, which allowed them access to huge databases of credit card and bank details. wut? What Station was this? It doesnt make senseQuote from: !~:.Pink FLOYD.:~! on August 08, 2008, 05:52:43 PM wut? What Station was this? It doesnt make sense What do you mean it makes no sense? I don't know exactly how they did..... If I did I would probably be trying something like that myself.

2039.

Solve : Massive US Hack Attack?

Answer»

Did anyone hear about this?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0806/credit.html (Irish website but who cares? )

Quote

US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of the credit and debit card details of about 40 million people.

The US Department of JUSTICE believes it is the largest identity theft case it has ever prosecuted.

If anyone has a better website, post it.Didn't hear about this. Thanks for sharing, surprised with this being the biggest case the DoJ has dealt with that it's not in the news more.When I asked "Did anyone hear about this?", I didn't expect someone to say they hadn't.

It's all over the Irish news....

I'm very surprised that you haven't heard of it..... Being the biggest identity theft case ever in America.I thought the terrists found out how to control our nukes.Pink, please do not comment unless it relates to topic being discussed in thread.

I'm surprised as you kpac that I of all people hadn't heard about this since I often troll the computer news sites. I haven't heard about this either. It doesn't surprise me, though, because people in other countries often know more about what's GOING on here in the US than we do.A guy on the TV basically told everyone how they did it.....

The drove along the streets of a city, looking for Wi-Fi hotspots with WEAKNESSES. Once they were connected, they installed "free downloadable software from the web" onto the NETWORK, which allowed them access to huge databases of credit card and bank details.

Quote from: kpac on August 08, 2008, 02:51:36 AM

A guy on the TV basically told everyone how they did it.....

The drove along the streets of a city, looking for Wi-Fi hotspots with weaknesses. Once they were connected, they installed "free downloadable software from the web" onto the network, which allowed them access to huge databases of credit card and bank details.

wut?

What Station was this?

It doesnt make senseQuote from: !~*:.Pink FLOYD.:*~! on August 08, 2008, 05:52:43 PM

wut?

What Station was this?

It doesnt make sense

What do you mean it makes no sense? I don't know exactly how they did..... If I did I would probably be trying something like that myself.

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2040.	Solve : Kazaa P2P decision imminent?
Answer» HTTP://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/riaas-lawsuit-s.htmlInteresting READING No decision yet, it's just LIKE a tv soap... http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/judge-hints-at.htmlOHh boy a P2P soap, now that's something I could watch. If this does turn out to be a mistrial it WOULD be huge!

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2041.	Solve : Windows Defender 1.41.110.0?
Answer» Windows DEFENDER has been releasing multiple database updates lately and now there is a new version released. Maybe they are finally trying to MAKE this software live up to it's POTENTIAL? Windows Defender 1.41.110.0They need to have it update itself DAILY outside Windows Update.I checked Windows Updates. Not showing yet.

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2042.	Solve : Japanese team developing palm-held 3D display?
Answer» Researchers in Japan are developing a GADGET that COULD enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of SOMEONE in the palm of their hand. Link INTERESTING, but surely you could make a better picture with a spherical screen... however, that would prove to be difficult to make.Hmmmm....a spherical screen.....interesting...

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2043.	Solve : UPS Virus?
Answer» CLEVER

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2044.	Solve : 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP. What about Apple??
Answer» http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=505 Last October, roughly one year after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista, I did a comparison of how well Windows Vista was living up to its promise of being more secure than its predecessor, Windows XP (see “One year later, Vista really is more secure”). My data source was the Microsoft Security Bulletin Search page, where I tallied up security bulletins rated CRITICAL or Important for the TWO Windows versions. The result? Vista had an overwhelming edge over XP, with a mere 14 security updates compared to 41 for XP with Service Pack 2 during the same period. Has Vista maintained its security edge in the succeeding nine months? The answer, it turns out, is yes, although the margin has narrowed. I repeated that previous experiment using data from November 2007 through July 2008. The totals are as follows (in both cases, I assume that the most recent service pack is installed, with Vista SP1 counted beginning in March 2008 and XP SP3 in May 2008): * Windows XP: 23 * Windows Vista: 19 The grand total for the period from November 2006 through July 2008, again assuming the most recent service pack is installed: * Windows XP: 64 * Windows Vista: 33 Over the 21-month period, that’s a monthly average of roughly 1.5 Critical or Important security updates for Vista and 3 for XP. Although it’s difficult to do Apple-to-Windows comparisons, I tried my best, using the Apple security updates page. By my count, between November 2007 and July 2008 there were 22 updates for Mac OS X and its included components, including seven Security Update packages designed to fix multiple vulnerabilities (such as the 13 separate fixes listed in the Mac OS X 10.5.4 update released on June 30). That’s four more than the Vista PATCH count during the same period and one less than the XP total. Make of that what you will. My takeaway? The changes in the security model for Vista are continuing to PAY off, and as Vista’s market share grows, bad guys are turning their attention to vulnerabilities that can exploit both operating systems. When they do, the impact on Vista is likely to be less severe, as in Bulletin MS08-36, which was rated Important for XP SP2 and SP3 but only Moderate for Vista RTM and SP1. And, of course, none of these numbers take into account the improvements in security that accrue when administrators are able to configure a standard user account in Vista that wouldn’t work smoothly if at all in XP. That simple change goes a long way to preventing users from being able to compromise a system by running malicious executable code.another reason not to get a mac thanks broni

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2045.	Solve : Eco-Friendly Hard Drive??
Answer» Interesting.... http://www.macworld.com/article/134714/2008/07/redrive.htmlBamboo huh!? Different! Think I'll stick to all aluminum for now!agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance. and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics)You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea...Quote from: patio on July 30, 2008, 12:42:38 PM You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea... They use bamboo in china for scaffolding. It is nearly as strong as steel when used right. Bamboo bike... Not to prolongue the debate and be PEDANTIC but - yes bamboo is immensely strong considering but - it's main strength is derived when it is still working as a tube - in itself a good engineering structure. I can't imagine this excellent material however being quite so strong used in other ways tho - concede that if someone felt it good enough to use on an HD then it must have something going for it! Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural?Quote from: evilfantasy on July 30, 2008, 06:19:24 PM Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural? I'm trying to figure out which one is the hobby which is the career for that person- taxidermy or computers? And when somebody asks how they do something on the computer, they can just say they "leave it to BEAVER". ha ha. Quote from: macdad- on July 29, 2008, 06:15:33 AM agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance. Well first off, I've never seen people throw axes at any job site, in fact, I've never even seen them USE axes, Hammers, drills, etc, but axes? What purpose would they serve there? "Duh, we gotta hack up this wall for no reason, even though we're supposed to be buildin'". And even in the case that there was an axe and some goof decided it would be FUN to throw it at the foremans portable, I'm fairly sure that if it hit the external drive, it wouldn't make a difference wether the casing was made of bamboo,PLASTIC, or carbon-alloy titanium, the shock inflicted would likely cause a head crash anyway, making any damage to the casing collateral. Quote from: macdad- on July 29, 2008, 06:15:33 AM and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics) It's only eco-friendly if you can somehow use solar power to get the aluminum to it's melting point. Otherwise, chances are the source of energy to melt it won't be particularly eco-friendly. Although it still comes out a lot cheaper then the ELECTROLYSIS required to get aluminum from it's ore...It would be cool to have a computer put inside me....Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 30, 2008, 08:29:21 PM It would be cool to have a computer put inside me.... you already have one with unlimited memory...your Brain!!! or you could have a brain like the terminator's...Quote my brain is a Neuro-Net logic proccessor...A learning computer. The beaver pic was funny. The cooling Fan in the beaver's but. LOL

2045.

Solve : Eco-Friendly Hard Drive??

Answer»

Interesting....

http://www.macworld.com/article/134714/2008/07/redrive.htmlBamboo huh!? Different!

Think I'll stick to all aluminum for now!agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance. and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics)You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea...Quote from: patio on July 30, 2008, 12:42:38 PM

You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea...

They use bamboo in china for scaffolding. It is nearly as strong as steel when used right.

Bamboo bike...

Not to prolongue the debate and be PEDANTIC but - yes bamboo is immensely strong considering but - it's main strength is derived when it is still working as a tube - in itself a good engineering structure.

I can't imagine this excellent material however being quite so strong used in other ways tho - concede that if someone felt it good enough to use on an HD then it must have something going for it! Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural?Quote from: evilfantasy on July 30, 2008, 06:19:24 PM

Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural?

I'm trying to figure out which one is the hobby which is the career for that person- taxidermy or computers? And when somebody asks how they do something on the computer, they can just say they "leave it to BEAVER". ha ha.

Quote from: macdad- on July 29, 2008, 06:15:33 AM

agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance.

Well first off, I've never seen people throw axes at any job site, in fact, I've never even seen them USE axes, Hammers, drills, etc, but axes? What purpose would they serve there? "Duh, we gotta hack up this wall for no reason, even though we're supposed to be buildin'". And even in the case that there was an axe and some goof decided it would be FUN to throw it at the foremans portable, I'm fairly sure that if it hit the external drive, it wouldn't make a difference wether the casing was made of bamboo,PLASTIC, or carbon-alloy titanium, the shock inflicted would likely cause a head crash anyway, making any damage to the casing collateral.

Quote from: macdad- on July 29, 2008, 06:15:33 AM

and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics)

It's only eco-friendly if you can somehow use solar power to get the aluminum to it's melting point. Otherwise, chances are the source of energy to melt it won't be particularly eco-friendly. Although it still comes out a lot cheaper then the ELECTROLYSIS required to get aluminum from it's ore...It would be cool to have a computer put inside me....Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 30, 2008, 08:29:21 PM

It would be cool to have a computer put inside me....

you already have one with unlimited memory...your Brain!!!
or you could have a brain like the terminator's...Quote

my brain is a Neuro-Net logic proccessor...A learning computer.

The beaver pic was funny. The cooling Fan in the beaver's but. LOL

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2046.	Solve : Already 8.8 percent of enterprise users have Vista installed?
Answer» Don't you use GPS?I have in the past. Can get pretty annoying.... "recalculating" Quote "recalculating" Probably because HK is such a vast country.....LOLNah, this was in the US. Road Trip. Oh, that's Bush fault, then Yeah, there's a little editorial SECTION in the weekly computer section in the BANGKOK post that mentioned this: Quote The Department of You Can Prove Anything With Statistics announced that use of WINDOWS Vista in the corporate world rose by 40 percent so far this year or, to put it another way, FEWER than 10 percent of companies use Vista. Apple shipped 2.5 million computers in the second quarter of the year or, to put it another way, Apple market share in Q2 was 3.5 percent.

2046.

Solve : Already 8.8 percent of enterprise users have Vista installed?

Answer»

Don't you use GPS?I have in the past. Can get pretty annoying....

"recalculating" Quote

"recalculating"

Probably because HK is such a vast country.....LOLNah, this was in the US. Road Trip. Oh, that's Bush fault, then Yeah, there's a little editorial SECTION in the weekly computer section in the BANGKOK post that mentioned this:
Quote

The Department of You Can Prove Anything With Statistics announced that use of WINDOWS Vista in the corporate world rose by 40 percent so far this year or, to put it another way, FEWER than 10 percent of companies use Vista. Apple shipped 2.5 million computers in the second quarter of the year or, to put it another way, Apple market share in Q2 was 3.5 percent.

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2047.	Solve : The Mojave Experiment: A Vista Love Fest?
Answer» Microsoft announced the results of its Mojave Experiment survey, which gauged user reactions to Windows Vista in a SUPPOSED blind trial USING hidden cameras. The trial polled 120 users in the San Francisco area who had an INITIAL "unfavorable" VIEW of Vista. Link Anyone here have any favorable views?NOTHING favorable here!!!

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2048.	Solve : Windows XP a hot item on Amazon?
Answer» No . .. where did you hear that Windows XP updates are being stopped? I knew you were JOKING about making your own patches, I do have some SENSE of humour.Yeah, I get you Calum. Are Windows XP Updates really being stopped??Support is being stopped in about 8 years, isn't it?YEAH!!! Is it?http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&x=16&y=12&C2=1173Hmmm......Interesting...... So EXACTLY what is stopping next year? Mainstream support?

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2049.	Solve : YouTube HQ shooting.?
Answer» Sad news from the You Tube HQ in California. A woman injured 3 others then took here own life. Here is the CNN report: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/youtube-hq-shooting/index.html As reported by BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43635864 Quote Police have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam, 39, and say they are still investigating a motive. ... Aghdam had in the past posted material venting anger at YouTube. So sad that people can't FIND any other way to express their dissatisfaction over SOMETHING... Too much shooting latelywhattherecord, I agree. Too much already. If l you murder a tyrant, you become like him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TyrannicideI was one of the evacuated employees, and I just wanted to say that I was SURPRISED how polite the washington POST guy who came up to me was. He basically said "I'm so sorry to ask you this, but would you mind answering a few questions. This is the worst part of my JOB." Maybe it was reverse psychology though because I ended up helping him lol.

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Solve : YouTube HQ shooting.?

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Sad news from the You Tube HQ in California.
A woman injured 3 others then took here own life.
Here is the CNN report:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/youtube-hq-shooting/index.html
As reported by BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43635864
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Police have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam, 39, and say they are still investigating a motive.
...
Aghdam had in the past posted material venting anger at YouTube.

So sad that people can't FIND any other way to express their dissatisfaction over SOMETHING... Too much shooting latelywhattherecord,
I agree. Too much already.
If l you murder a tyrant, you become like him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TyrannicideI was one of the evacuated employees, and I just wanted to say that I was SURPRISED how polite the washington POST guy who came up to me was. He basically said "I'm so sorry to ask you this, but would you mind answering a few questions. This is the worst part of my JOB." Maybe it was reverse psychology though because I ended up helping him lol.

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2050.	Solve : Huge new Microsoft features In Windows 10?
Answer» This was reported by the Express, a UK thing. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1082404/Windows-10-update-introduce-new-top-apps-feature-for-Microsoft-users QUICK Quote: Windows 10 Insider preview builds typically provide fans with an early glimpse into forthcoming features. It is PRESUMED Microsoft will release the next substantial version of Windows 10, code named 19H1, in April. This means it MAY only be a few months before the next iteration of the software is available I did a quick read and could not find the Huge Features. Will somebody tell me what I MISSED? Tha Daily Express is a tabloid far-right piece of trash, even by UK standards. It regularly features non-stories like this. Don't poison your mind by visiting their their website. It's just a LOAD of rehashed hype about the 1903 update, and a copied list of features in recent Insider builds. Salmon Trout, Thanks for the heeds-up.

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