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Hey all! I found this link on PC World... This ARTICLE show what happens to you when you create a computer WORM... Do NOT try to create one! You'll pay! See this link for DETAILS! http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000487.html

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You had ISSUES with your link, just fixed it.

I found this on a popular source:

FCC WARNS That KASPER sky Poses National Security Risk

Link:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/fcc-adds-kaspersky-chinese-companies-to-list-of-potential-threats-to-national-security/
There are other sources. I find this hard to believe.

Please tell me it is not true. I find it very EASY to believe. Many governments have banned the use of Kaspersky on government computers (Lithuania, for example) . Other's don't have it listed in any sort of OFFICIAL policy but do not use it (Canada).

in 2017, US and BRITISH Intelligence alleged that Kaspersky had colluded with Russian Intelligence agencies to facilitate espionage and data theft initiatives.

Directives banned it from some parts of the U.S Government in 2017.

Hey there everyone! PERSONALLY, when I got my COMPUTER from Gateway, I wanted to do one thing... Customize it! WINDOWS XP has a LOT of ways to help you customize your computer! This link from Microsoft can help... Have a look! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/customize/default.mspx

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Hey EVERYONE! I have ANOTHER link DIRECTLY from MICROSOFT to share with you all! This one is about how to downlaod files from the internet the "safe" way, and the "smart" way... Have a look! http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/articles/downloadingsoftware.mspx

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Hey everyone! Nobody LIKES looking "bad", right? Well, in this link from MICROSOFT, TELLING you common mistakes that we, as E-Mail users make today, and how to PREVENT them, so that we can look "good"... Have a look... HTTP://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/issues/technology/communications/8_email_mistakes_that_make_you_look_bad.mspx

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Hey EVERYONE! Want to KEEP your COMPUTER safe? Ofcourse you do! Now, I found a link for you all.... How to keep your PC safe in three EASY steps.... HTTP://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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Hey everyone! This POST is for all of you Webmasters out there, so listen up! I found this link, and it tells Webmasters about popular TOPICS to write about on your website! Follow this link for ADDITIONAL INFORMATION! http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa052499.htm

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Hey EVERYONE! I found this link here... The topic is... " Should you TRUST that ONLINE store?" Check out this link to FIND out if your online purchases are safe... HTTP://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/onlinestore.mspx

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Hey EVERYONE! I found this link... This link SHOWS you how to reinstall Windows WITHOUT loosign any of your INFORMATION! CHECK it out! http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2109p156id111652.htm

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Hey EVERYONE! I found this link from Microsoft, telling you how to KEEP your personal information safe... Check out this link... HTTP://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/publiccomputer.mspx

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Hey everyone! EVER think about changing your graphics card, or hard disk, and upgrading it to a new ONE? WELL, there are some RISKS involved... Follow this link for INFORMATION about this topic... http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119287,00.asp Happy Upgrading!

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Hey everyone! I was looking around, and saw this interesting article from PC World about Microsoft's AntiSpyware Beta... If you want to see how they RATED it, FOLLOW this link! http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119300,00.asp And... May I just say myself, that I think that Microsoft AntiSpyware is a GREAT program! I think that i't ONE of the best AVAILABLE! GIVE it a shot!

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Hello everyone! Being a forum regular, I SEE many issues that computer USERS have, and see that 25% of them ARE PREVENTABLE! How can you keep yourself from having to post on this forum (looking for help)? Simple... Keep up with your WINDOWS Updates by going to http://www.microsoft.com ... I'm not saying that Windows Updates are a "FIX all" by any means, but they DO prevent a FAIR amount of problems from poping-up... Think about it...

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Here's a VERY helpful article from MICROSOFT on how to PREVENT your identity from being STOLEN... Take a look! HTTP://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/email/phishing.mspx

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Quote from: PATIO on November 05, 2010, 10:25:23 AM

The step by step guide for the Flash updates are Mozilla webpages...

4. Follow the on-screen prompts until you reach our goal: a browser running an up-to-date version of Flash

Adobe and Mozilla both need to make this process easier for users. In summary, this is how it went:

* Windows: 9 steps, 2 unnecessary software downloads from Adobe
* Mac: 15 steps
* Linux: 6 steps, high likelihood of failure or conflict with package manager

Safe to say that there are many ways we can improve this process:

* Show specific warnings about which plugins are out of date
* Don’t have an intermediate step on the plugin checker
* Do not have the McAfee opt-out on the Flash download page
* Do not force people to download the XPI (Firefox could use an external installer + hash check like it does with PFS)
* Eliminate any steps you can — get it down to a one-click experience if possible

Microsoft began bundling or requiring Internet Explorer as a non-optional component of their software products. They even "convinced" many other software vendors to bundle Internet Explorer as well.

And as if forcing IE on all Windows users wasn't bad enough, Microsoft forced Apple to bundle IE for Mac as their default browser instead of Netscape. If Apple refused, Microsoft would discontinue MS-Office for Mac.

^Nonsense.^

*that is only what you get if you check off EVERYTHING in the installer. Otherwise Active Desktop will not be enabled. In fact, come to think of it, I don't think I got any checkboxes at all the check off. the only result was that I had an IE icon on the desktop. The horror! That looks more like an OEM customized version of Windows 95 OSR2. quote]

That is an OEM customized version of Windows 95, but as he said - It isn't his computer. I have a 95 system, I tried ths out and the same thing occured, you DO get the active desktop enabled. It was a custom built 95 system and NOT a OEM install.

you DO get the active desktop enabled. It was a custom built 95 system and NOT a OEM install.

that channel bar

Very nice, Broni

And a firm reminder to ALWAYS do a custom install, if possible. It is much better to 'not install' than to 'uninstall.'

Hello everyone! This is a public service announcement.... It seems like kids and computers do not mix too well... Over the past few months, I have seen WAY TOO MANY instances where PARENTS have let their CHILDREN (very young kids) use the computer UNATTENDED.... Now, USUALLY, this results in Windows files suddenly "missing".... Partents, if your kids are going to use the computer, but do not know their way around, PLEASE find a way to make sure that they can not delete any important files! For your own sake, just do it! Now, I'm not cutting down on anyone who has let this happen to them before, bu rather, I am trying to prevent future trouble... Thanks for listening everyone!

[glb]Flame[/glb]The accidental deletion of files is a best case scenario if they SURF the net. As I'm sure many of you are aware, typing something as innocuous as "dog" into Google will result in - well, quite...

If you let your kids use the PC, make sure they're supervised, especially if it's hooked to the net.

Don't go overboard though. Let them delve into the innards. How do you think I learned all about this computing malarky? If you have backed up that win.ini file, why not let them SEE what happens if it DISAPPEARS?

You'll thank me when your little one has a high paid job in IT consulting. I'll be wanting a cut of their wages, by the way...

Edit: Decided that I should actually type in "dog" into Google. Just for research purposes, you understand. At least the first 50 pages of results is non-pornographic, which tells me that very few people have the common-sense to own cats...

I have USED GATOR ewallet for 3 or more years with no problems....TODAY it was uninstalled and I must start over. Is there a BETTER / safer program that offeres the same features?

Thanks

some benchmarks for the nV40 have been released, look...

-38K marks in 3DMark 2001SE

-Halo ( no AA, 8x AF ) 1600x1200 51.1fps

-Far Cry ( no AA, no AF ) 1600x1200 53.4fps

-UT2004 ( 4xAA, 4xAF ) 1600x1200 71.9fps - 1280x960 82.9fps ( both botmach )

-Star Wars Kotor ( 4xAA, 8xAF ) 1600x1200 49.3fps

and these are with non final drivers.

also another quote..

"Even if the R420 is a 12-piped card, it would have to be CLOCKED at 633Mhz to have the same fillrate as that."

And that isnt going to happen.
So it looks like nvidia is going to be ontop again (yay).

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14827

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10946

Thanks for the LINKS MM, I love looking at the latest technologies, even though I won't be buying a leading-edge video card any time soon. I can't wait for the pci express standard to come out. The mountain of USED AGP cards on ebay will be good bargain hunting. After all, yesterdays tech is good enough for me! I'll always be an ATI grrl! Far as I'm concerned they can't be beat.Nvidia isnt going to make the same mistake twice. Im betting the NV40 is going to be very good. Its totally different from the FXs (hence why they have dropped the FX from the name, i.e. Geforce 6800).I'm betting that those 3DMark scores are due more to driver hacks than to the merits of the NV40. I highly doubt that ATi and nVidia's new GPUs are going to vary massively in performance. As it is now, the 9800XT and GFFX5950 are fairly close in performance in DX8.1 and lower games (with the NV card being slightly faster), and the ATi cards offer as much as a 50% better framerate in DX9 games utilizing pixel shader 2.0. I suspect this next generation will be the same where one company's card will be good at one thing and the other company's at SOMETHING else. Preliminary reports of NV40 scoring 12k in 3DMark03 are most likely not accurate, or are due to nV's infamous driver hacking. Never in the history of video cards has the next generation offered a 100% raw performance increase over the previuos generation. I say 100% increase because with non-dodgy drivers, the GFFX 5950 gets around 6k-6.5k in 3DMark03. A score of 12k would imply a near 100% increase. Even a default score of 10k in 3DMark03 is a bit hard to swallow. 8-9k seems more probable. 38K in 3DMark01 seems very unlikely as well.Well the NV40 NDA has been lifted, and there are no 38K default 3DMark01 benches. I was half surprised to see 12k scores in 3DM03, but I'll wait until a reputable review site analyzes nV's drivers- remember the NV30/35 was able to pull 8K default benches using cheat drivers. Several of the reviews have already noticed low IQ anomalies in certain games (UT2004, Far Cry), and it wouldn't be surprising if something flaky was going on in pre-set benchmarks like Aquamark and 3DMark. Really, 3DM03 and Call of Duty are the only apps where the NV40 has a near 100% lead at default. Otherwise, it takes very HIGH resolutions for the NV40 to pull way ahead, which is good for futureproofing. The card looks good, but not the price. I think anyone would be foolish to outright buy this card now when we'll be able to see how it compares to ATi's offering in a month.There are now some comparisons between the X800 series cards and 6800s. It seems that the two top end models of the cards (X800 XT Platinum and 6800 Ultra Extreme) are more or less identical in terms of performance and the image quality is also very similar. There are a couple of things to note about he cards tho.

1. 6800s support PS3.0, X800s only support 2.0 with a couple of other features like displacement mapping.

2. the ATI card is clocked much higher than the geforce equivilent indicating the nvidia archtecture is more efficient. The highest clock speed they can get out of either card is 600Mhz due to the 16nm manufactureing process. This gives the Geforce more headroom for overclocking and also later card revisions.

3. The ATI drivers are more mature than the Geforce ones meaning the geforce is more likley to get performance gains due to newer/better drivers.

Reviews:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjEx
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1710/
http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040504/index.html
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=517&cid=2

Interesing editorial:
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1711/

Hello everyone! NETWORKING is a common procedure that many computer users attempt... Now, USUALLY, these users have trouble setting-up their network, so here is a link from MICROSOFT showing answers how to solve many common issues... CHECK it out! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/russel_hni.mspx

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ATTENTION! IF YOU OWN A DELL LAPTOP, PURCHASED BEFORE OR DURING THE YEAR 2004, THEN PLEASE READ THE TEXT BELOW!

Dell has just made a recall on certain AC Adaptors for their laptops, that were purchased before, or during the year 2004! In order for you to find out if your AC Adaptor is at risk, please contact Dell support IMMEDIATLY! Thanks for listening.

*** The recall was made becuase the adaptors were overheating, and... well.... you can GUESS what HAPPENED... ***

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For those who have not yet noticed or for those who have not yet used Mozilla Firefox:

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[size=13]Popup Blocking[/size]

Stop annoying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox's built in popup blocker.

[size=13]Tabbed Browsing[/size]

View more than one web page in a single window with this time saving feature. Open links in the background so that they're ready for viewing when you're ready to read them.

[size=13]Smarter Search[/size]

Google Search is built right into the toolbar, and there are a plethora of other search tools including Keywords (type "DICT <word>" in the Location Bar), and FastFind (start typing the first few letters of some text in the page and Firefox takes you there).

[size=13]Privacy and Security[/size]

Built with your Security in MIND, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business.

[size=13]Hassle-Free Downloading[/size]

Files you DOWNLOAD are automatically saved to your Desktop so they're easy to find. Fewer prompts mean files download quicker.

[size=13]Fits Like a Glove[/size]

Simple and intuitive, yet fully featured, Firefox has all the functions you're used to - Bookmarks, History, Full Screen, Text Zooming to make pages with small text easier to read, etc.

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Firefox is the most customizable browser on the planet. Customize your toolbars to add additional buttons, install new Extensions that add new features, add new Themes to browse with style, and use the adaptive search system to allow you to search an infinite number of engines. Firefox is as big or small as you WANT.

[size=13]Setup's a Snap[/size]

At only 4.7MB (Windows), Firefox only takes minutes to download over a fast connection. The installer gets you set up quickly, and the new Easy Transition system imports all of your settings - Favorites, passwords and other data from Internet EXPLORER and other browsers - so you can start surfing right away.

[size=13]A Developer's Best Friend[/size]

Firefox comes with a standard set of developer tools including a powerful JavaScript and CSS error/warning console, and an optional Document Inspector that gives unheard of insight into how your pages work.

this SITE is GREAT!

while cruising around ONLINE i also found ANOTHER good computer site..

http://www.cricketscomputers.com

This is an example from Microsoft on why firewalls are so important... HTTP://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/fwbenefits.mspx Check it out!

[glb]Flame[/glb]BAH! I heard that was an old-wives tale. By-the-way, what's your IP?Why software other than firewalls is important.

GET /vipersig.jpg HTTP/1.1
Host: www.danasoft.com
User-Agent: SpacedOut/0.01 [fu] (Win67; X; IEsucksbigtime)
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,
video/x-mng,image/png,image/jpeg,image/gif;q=0.2,text/css,*/*;q=0.1
Accept-Language: EN-us, en;q=0.50
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1, utf-8;q=0.66, *;q=0.66
Connection: close
Referer: http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Forwarded: www.danasoft.com
URL-Killer: This connection has been axed
Nice examples GUYS! Message to all viewers: PLEASE use these links and download any available software! We see too many cases of people who fall victims to viruses/worms. Download these files now. The sooner you PROTECT you computer, the better off you are!

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Åsarp, Monday, August 9, 2004

Lavasoft announces the launch of Ad-Aware SE
- a new generation of Anti Spyware solution

Lavasoft currently distributes its anti Spyware application Ad-Aware to over 80 million home and corporate users worldwide including 3000 partners in over 120 countries.

Lavasoft started distributing Ad-Aware in 1999. 1825 days have passed since Lavasoft released its first anti Spyware application which has precipitated a wave of liberation that our users and customers have, and continue to, enjoy.

Ad-Aware has since been developed into a state of the art application that can keep pace with the increasingly sophisticated threats we face.

In the ensuing debate, users welcomed the advances made by Lavasoft during the past years in their further development of Ad-Aware. The stark and disturbing evidence has only shown us to well how system owners are suffering because of intrusive Spyware, with too many instances of users being subjected to extreme content and denied the control over their own systems or networks.

Lavasoft has supported the PRIVACY community from the very beginning and will continue to lead the way in taking the steps necessary to keep PCs and workstations safe and secure.

There is a category of Ad-Aware users that will always demand even more performance. We share their passion, so we created Ad-Aware SE, an innovative new approach – The New Generation.

Lavasoft, with its Ad-Aware technology, is widely known for delivering comprehensive and secure performance. Together with several newly developed techniques and our newly developed scanning technology Ad-Aware SE delivers heretofore unseen performance on both PCs and workstations. Just like in the past, where Lavasoft was one of the first to offer a comprehensive anti Spyware solution, we're proud to be the first again to offer a new generation, ground-breaking anti Spyware solution.

We would like to expand further on that statement and have therefore highlighted the key areas we have worked on during the past year to again further improve and ensure the protection of end-user desktops all the way up to the corporate and enterprise environment.

With Ad-Aware SE we show how to achieve modern, comprehensive anti Spyware protection.

NEW features in Ad-Aware SE Professional edition

- New command line parameters that allow for silent and automated operation of Ad-Aware

- UNC support for remote storage of Preferences, definitions, and log files

- New results screens and detailed statistics

- Improved logging and reporting

- Hardened against third party uninstall with encrypted preference files

- Links to more information on detected content from our website

- New safety option that allows you to write protect sensitive system files such as the Hosts file


Source: Lavasoft
Scanning engine improvements
Extended Memory scanning
Now SCANS all modules loaded by a process
Uses our all new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets
Extended protection against DLL-injection, SE can unload process modules on the fly

Extended Registry scanning
Now scans registry branches of multiple user accounts
Performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references
Scanning speed noticeably faster
Extended Scanning for known and unknown/possible Browser-Hijackers

Extended Disk scanning
Now scans and lists alternate Data-streams on NTFS volumes
Now Ad-Aware supports scanning of Cabinet files, (including spanned archives)
Scanning speed increased
Improved Hosts-file scan
Now Ad-Aware and Ad-Watch use much smaller reference files

Several User Interface improvements
Improved Graphical UI
Ad-Aware now supports custom graphical Skins
More user friendly Plug-in/Extension GUI (Plug-ins and Extensions now shown on separate screens)
New Scan Result view, includes a scan summary and detailed view
Ad-Aware now linked to the online TAC database

Multiple New Tweak options
Unloading of process modules during a scan
Obtaining command line of scanned processes
Ignoring spanned cab files
Scan registry for all users instead of current user only
Permanent archive caching
Always TRY to unload modules before deletion
Disable manual quarantine if auto quarantine is SELECTED
Block pop-ups AGGRESSIVELY
Load Ad-Watch minimized
Hide Ad-Watch tray icon
Write protect system files after repair
Limit drive selection to fixed drives
Use gridlines in item lists
Log file detail section condensed

Process-Watch
Improved Process-Watch scanning capabilities and scanning speed (Using the new CSI technology)
Several Process-Watch Interface improvements
Option to create a Hexdump of the process memory or dump the process memory to disk

Several logfile improvements
Includes support for separate removal logfiles
Allows adding a Reference summary/index to logfiles
Logfile contains overall more detailed information

Ad-Watch
Several GUI improvements
Ad-Watch now supports Cookie Blocking
Site-manager to edit the popup-blacklist included
Ad-Watch now uses the new CSI technology to detect new and unknown variants of known targets
New Ad-Watch configuration screen
New rules editor for pre-defined blocking exclusions
Support for hiding the Ad-Watch tray icon for unattended operation

Source: Lavasoft

Stock is up $16 (19%) on FIRST day.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgoog%2Bstock%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff&q=stocks:GOOG+I heard some so called 'experts' say that Windows search is going to overrule Google in Longhorn.

However, considering the state of the current Windows search that is called 'Messenger search' or something dubious like that, I think it is going to be a big laugh.

Perhaps something to think about when you buy shares?

I know a lot of people are going to take the search results Windows will provide them with for granted.. EVEN if they only link to ASSOCIATED partners.nothing will overrule goole i LOVE that search engine I think on Friday it was at 134.

Hey everyone! I just got Gmail ( http://www.gmail.com ) (from google)! It holds 1000 MB of storage, and is FREE! If anyone is interested, POST here, I can sign you up. (Only current members can sign you up.... I am a member) All you have to provide me with is your name, and current E-Mail address, so I can SEND you the registration link..... Enjoy!

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@gmail.com" or whatever.

But THANKS anyway! Hey, no problem! I just want to offer this service to EVERYONE. This way, new E-Mail users can get the best available.

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Email: [emailprotected]

Thanks a bunch man!Sure! I just sent you the invite...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Wow thanks! This is great. I got to tell everyone that I got a new gmail account! Well, it won't be that amazing soon, in a while everyone will be able to have gmail.mark johnson
[emailprotected]
thank you much Hy

Thanks for INVITATION at gmail,

U really Greate because u THINK for other too.


irfan
[emailprotected]

Three new stories for you all. Now don't say I'm not good to you...

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[size=16]Microsoft sets sights on spyware[/size]

Windows users could soon be paying Microsoft to keep PCs free of spyware.

Following the takeover of anti-spyware firm Giant, Microsoft said it would soon release a toolkit that strips machines of the irritating programs.

Although initially free, Microsoft has not ruled out charging people who want to keep this toolkit up to date.

Surveys show that almost every Windows PC is infested with spyware programs that do everything from bombard users with adverts to STEAL login data.

Microsoft said that a beta version of the toolkit to clean up Windows machines should be available within 30 days.

[size=16]Virus poses as Christmas e-mail[/size]

Security firms are warning about a Windows virus disguising itself as an electronic Christmas card.

The Zafi.D virus translates the Christmas greeting on its subject line into the language of the person receiving infected e-mail.

Anti-virus firms speculate that this multilingual ability is helping the MALICIOUS program spread widely online.

Anti-virus firm Sophos said that 10% of the e-mail currently on the net was infected with the Zafi virus.

[size=16]Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land[/size]

A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a COMPUTER role-playing game (RPG).

The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought the island in an online auction.

The land exists within the game Project Entropia, an RPG which allows thousands of players to interact with each other.

Entropia allows gamers to buy and sell virtual items using real cash, while fans of other titles often use auction site eBay to sell their virtual WARES.

Earlier this year economists calculated that these massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have a gross economic impact equivalent to the GDP of the African nation of Namibia.

One of these days... I'll make my own operating system.... and that'll show those newbies at Microsoft how it's done...

I wanted to get Linux but on their website I couldn't actually find where to buy it...

There were however millions of free ones to download. Too good to be true?

I have just read reports that m$soft next version longhorn...is a cut down version of windows xp...surprise surprise..another computer version that will not doubt have the VIRUS programmers/hackers waiting to challenge it....we wait and see..and m$oft wanting people to upgrade to it....i would not bother...i have tested the beta version apart from the flash graphics ..from stardock/wincustomize maybe ...its the same as winxp..and already suffering form problems even that it due for release in 2005...what this space..I am certain you said the same about each new operating system being released by Microsoft. *CENSORED* yeh is COMMING out about time i knew bout this in 03Re Longhorn.....MicroSoft announced in August of this year that they expect to be shipping Longhorn in 2006

dl65 and it was on TECK TV last year

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The PROPORTION of surfers using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90%, say web analysts.

Net traffic monitor, OneStat.com, has reported that the open-source BROWSER Firefox 1.0, released on 9 November, seems to be drawing users away from IE.

While IE's market share has dropped 5% since May to 88.9%, Mozilla browsers - INCLUDING Firefox - have grown by 5%.

Firefox is made by the Mozilla Foundation which was set up by former browser maker Netscape in 1998.

Although there have been other preview versions of Firefox, version 1.0 was the FIRST COMPLETE official program.

"It seems that people are switching from Microsoft's Internet Explorer to Mozilla's new Firefox browser," said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of Amsterdam-based OneStat.com.

This MAY INTEREST you!&GT;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4078895.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3727852.stm

The Santy worm USES Google in order to find PHP-based forums so that it can effectively take them offline, before using your SERVER and bandwith to seek out more forums.

The BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4117711.stm

phpBB ADVICE: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=248046http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39175014,00.htm

Because I tire of answering the same questions over and over.

(I wonder how many times I have told people to:)

• Scan for Trojan Horses, Viruses and spyware
  
• Scan for Spyware, Viruses and Trojan Horses
  
• Scan for Trojan Horses, spyware and viruses.
  

• Defragment HDDs/Partitions
  
• Clean registry
  
• Remove redundant files
  
• Scan for viruses, trojan horses and spyware
  
• clean PC case/fans
  

More information needed... What OS, what are your system specifications? What does the error say?

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A contentious campaign to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers by flooding their SITES with data has been dropped.

Lycos Europe's Make Love, Not Spam campaign began in late November but its tactics proved controversial.

Lycos has shut down the campaign saying it had been started to STIMULATE debate about anti-spam measures and had now achieved this aim.

The anti-spammer screensaver came under fire for encouraging vigilante activity and skirting the edge of the law.

Has anyone heard of Mozillla and Firefox vs. Internet Explorer? I've recently switched to Mozilla, because it is supposed to be a more secure browser than Internet Explorer. There is also an alternative to Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird. They are free downloads, and very user friendly. A lot of people don't even know they have a choice.
It never hurts to shop around for a better deal. Do some RESEARCH and check out Mozilla. Look up browser reviews and browser wars, or go to Mozilla/Firefox WEB site and see for yourself, what they have to offer, and where Internet Explorer is lacking in security. Just an FYI. I have used Mozilla Firefox since version 0.7, if I recall correctly.IE is actually as secure as the rest of them - the only difference is that you need to do a lot of tinkering to get it that way, as opposed to the Mozilla browsers (www.mozilla.org) and Opera (www.opera.com), which ship with REASONABLY sane defaults.

I've actually used Opera since v5 - it's an excellent browser that I think even beats Firefox for features, but does have an advert at the top of the page. Even then, I don't find them all that INTRUSIVE...And the one internet explorer was supposed to be the advant browser>http://www.download.com/3000-2356_4-10150342.html

I do, because it didn't happen for the first time.

Last Tuesday Windows Updates on my Vista. Everything went smooth, things were working fine, until I decided to install some program, and Comodo's regular security pop-ups were taking ages to show up during installation.
What the heck?
Tried to re-download, same thing.
Downloaded another program. Same extreme slowness.
Only after few days, I realized, that all this started just after Tuesday.

I started checking things, and surely enough, I found first culprit.
One of updates TURNED on Windows Defender service, which I don't use, and I had disabled.
I fixed this, but it helped only a little.
Why Micro$oft does want to decide what is running on my computer?

Finally (hinted by someone else problem on this board), I uninstalled, and reinstalled Comodo, and things are back to normal.
I was going nuts...

P. S. I still need to check XP installation, if it's having same problem.
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

I hate window updates also ,I have THREE computers using a windows and one dedicated
using Linux.

I'm always having to fiddle around around with three because of updates but my Linux , NO
PROBLOEMS ever.Quote from: Broni on February 18, 2008, 09:05:02 PM

I started checking things, and surely enough, I found first culprit.
One of updates turned on Windows Defender service, which I don't use, and I had disabled.
I fixed this, but it helped only a little.
Why Micro$oft does want to decide what is running on my computer?

Just a FYI. No threads have been deleted. I SIMPLY went through the first few PAGES of the NEWS section and MOVED topics that fit for the new review section into that board.

Reviews and recommendations board

Update: Just went through the first 10 pages of the boards (no redirections were posted).

The speed comes with a steep price: nearly $150 a month for residential users and $200 for business customers, who get additional software and services.

Customers will be able to DOWNLOAD Internet data at a rate of up to 50 megabits per second and upload at 5 Mbps. That contrasts with Verizon's cablelike FiOS service: In six states, it offers a top speed of 50 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up for $140 a month. Comcast will BOOST its download speed to 100 Mbps over the next two years and plans a subsequent jump to 160 Mbps.

I wonder how much UNIX costs, these days... (I know OSX is UNIX-based.)

Congratulations to Shane Macaulay from Security Objectives - he has just won the Fujitsu U810 laptop running Vista Ultimate SP1 after it was INSTALLED with the latest version of Adobe Flash. Not only is he the official winner of the Fujitsu laptop, but also $5,000 from us. Shane received some assistance from his friends Derek Callaway (also from Security Objectives) and Alexander Sotirov. If you'll also remember, Shane Macaulay was Dino Dai Zovi's on-site team member at last year's PWN to OWN event in which they ultimately took the top prize.

I like this blog.

April Fool’s: The Jokes on You | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

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We’ve SPOTTED a new variant of a well-known threat cashing in on April Fool’s Day in the last few hours. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what it is?

Wasn’t that hard of a question, I guess. The Storm gang is at it again.

Too lazy to actually create their own image to REPRESENT the holiday, the group SIMPLY Googled “April Fools” and used the first image that showed up. So far emails are being spammed out with the Subject Line “April Fool’s Day”, and the executables on the SITE are called foolsday.exe or funny.exe. However if the gang’s past behavior is any indication, these file names will change several times over the next 48 hours to similarly THEMED names. They’ve already added Kickme.exe in the time it took me to type this

Apple is far from being a saint - QuickTime, and iTunes are perfect examples of troublesome products.

Quote from: Broni on March 24, 2008, 07:27:22 PM

Apple is far from being a saint - QuickTime, and iTunes are perfect examples of troublesome products.

Agreed.

"And the answer is... Microsoft. Researchers from the Swiss Federal INSTITUTE of Technology analyzed 658 high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products and 738 affecting Apple. They measured how many times over the past SIX years the two vendors were able to have a patch available on the day a vulnerability became publicly known, which they call the 0-day patch rate. What they found: 'Apple was below 20 [unpatched vulnerabilities at disclosure] consistently before 2005,' said Stefan Frei, ONE of the researchers involved in the study. 'Since then, they are very OFTEN above. So if you have Apple and COMPARE it to Microsoft, the number of unpatched vulnerabilities are higher at Apple.'"

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EBay to ban negative seller views
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The feedback system is central to eBay's online auction experience
Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers.

EBay said problems were occurring, and slowing down trade, when buyers left negative comments about sellers who then retaliated with their own views.

From May, those selling on eBay will not be able to leave unfavourable or neutral messages about buyers.

The move, which will affect users worldwide, has angered many sellers.

As much as a robot enthusiast I am I still have a hard time believing current robot technologies would be able to take care of kids properly.

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Japanese parents who can't find a good babysitter now have an alternative that NEVER GETS tired -- a FRIENDLY robot at the local department store.

Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. SAID Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children.

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Amazing!

http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-192842.htmlNeat.........so........what will it be used for?Like the video said they gave the example of the street light, produces the same or more light at a lot less energy.Pretty Slick.Laptop: Please TYPE in your password. . .
User types in WRONG password
Laptop: ERROR! ERROR! WRONG PASSWORD!!!
A blinding light shines at the user and blinds him.that's pretty cool... I wonder what the price tag on one of those will be. $500 per bulb?

Nice to see you back Carbon... think about the energy saving possibilities. if every warehouse and/or street lamp in north america went from HID bulbs to these, the amount of energy saved would be enormous.
Fantastic!

It's this kind of thing that gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, we won't BLOW ourselves off the planet...

We can give one to Street, and he can be a Streetlight...

Thank you -- I'll be here all week...try the veal...Quote from: Aegis on March 24, 2008, 07:38:54 PM

Fantastic!

It's this kind of thing that gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, we won't blow ourselves off the planet...

We can give one to Street, and he can be a Streetlight...

Thank you -- I'll be here all week...try the veal...

Nice to see you back Carbon...

The City of San Diego has over 40,000 street lights in operation.