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351.	Solve : Vista !
Answer» you KNEW they were coming !! have fun..... http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=24028You know I WOULD love to say that I was SHOCKED and AMAZED, but I'm not.

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352.	Solve : Microsoft puts out Police Link on messenger *?
Answer» PREMISE > "wonderful" Reality > big-brother/destroyed lives / opening up can of woop-a your thoughts? http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1855921,00.html Quote This is a landmark step by Microsoft. They could have got £20,000 in ad revenue for the space they have given up to ensure a higher level of user safety and we hope others will follow them. What rot. £20k worth of advertising revenue to a COMPANY that earns more than that every 20 seconds? Yes, that's right folks, by the time you finish reading this rant, generous-hearted ol' MS will already have recouped its losses from passing up this wonderful opportunity to advertise... It's mere coincidence that they get lots of good (and free) publicity from this manoeuvere. Of course, no one will use this new "report a paedophile" button to falsely CLAIM that all their friends are dodgy... Pointless. But I hope some good comes of it!Bill Gates " see we are doing something good. We are PROTECTING the younth and future windows users.." thats funny how they praise MS for the "huge" money lose, but like ROB said by the time that was written they made that money back plus some..

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353.	Solve : myspace
Answer» Take note, off drudgereport today!!!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401244&in_page_id=1770 i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people, not computers or web pages...IMO, hackers won't hang out on myspace. They're on Sourceforge. I haven't encountered any virus there but adware, spywares, unwanted cookies are present on their ads. BTW, I hate thos "PIMP" pages there that uses too much javascript and non-proper CSS that makes browsers somethimes freeze. Myspace was a nice place to socialize befor, like a year ago but I've been hearing negative social feedbacks and bad experiences report nowadays. Thanks so much for pointing out the news.I was posting a new blog on myspace last night and got a pop-up warning from my defender about a spyware hit. f..y..i... never had that happen before ? eh, if they dont like myspace, they dont have to be there, i like myspace, even though there are some weird people... Quote i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but [highlight]no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people[/highlight], not computers or web pages... Wanna bet? Quote Quote i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but [highlight]no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people[/highlight], not computers or web pages... Wanna bet? eh, the dude is weird. but not THAT weird... i dont see why people thin myspace has every bad person on it, although, i can admit, there ARE alot of weird people on there... sorry bout the missing letters, the ey to the left of the L, and to the right of the J went missing while i was in the bathroom... odd, but, it happensWireless keyboard in the bathroom? wierdest thing happened to me tonight, inadvertantly << spelling? received email from my 14 yr old daughter in florida (when I shouldn't have)... she's cursing and saying someone hacked into her SITE and changed her password? Is that possible if she didn't tell someone in the 1ST place? I just shipped them a new puter with all your suggested spyware's and firewall software, they are using an older puter with no protection, is it likely that happend or do u think she probably told somone and they got her? concerned dad * bozoBoth options listed are possibilities. She should change logon/password immediately in either case and keep those shields up!Thanks * G-Man , I went ahead and copied & pasted your response to me and sent to her. I hope she aint too PO'd at her dad but what the heck. She is playing with fire on that thing but I am like 1400 miles away and can't monitor her actions, it's great being a non-custodial parent! NOT* Been there. Done that. HATED it. Quote wierdest thing happened to me tonight, inadvertantly << spelling? received email from my 14 yr old daughter in florida (when I shouldn't have)... she's cursing and saying someone hacked into her site and changed her password? Is that possible if she didn't tell someone in the 1st place? I just shipped them a new puter with all your suggested spyware's and firewall software, they are using an older puter with no protection, is it likely that happend or do u think she probably told somone and they got her? concerned dad * bozo yes it is possible just ask my friends they know first hand!! lol unlovedwarrior

353.

Solve : myspace

Answer»

Take note, off drudgereport today!!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401244&in_page_id=1770

i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people, not computers or web pages...IMO, hackers won't hang out on myspace. They're on Sourceforge. I haven't encountered any virus there but adware, spywares, unwanted cookies are present on their ads. BTW, I hate thos "PIMP" pages there that uses too much javascript and non-proper CSS that makes browsers somethimes freeze.

Myspace was a nice place to socialize befor, like a year ago but I've been hearing negative social feedbacks and bad experiences report nowadays.

Thanks so much for pointing out the news.I was posting a new blog on myspace last night and got a pop-up warning from my defender about a spyware hit. f..y..i... never had that happen before ?
eh, if they dont like myspace, they dont have to be there, i like myspace, even though there are some weird people... Quote

i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but [highlight]no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people[/highlight], not computers or web pages...

Wanna bet?
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i hear all this crap about myspace, and yes, there are some rather odd people on there, but [highlight]no one that i have met is anymore than a harmless slightly derranged hacker... well, harmless to people[/highlight], not computers or web pages...

Wanna bet?

eh, the dude is weird. but not THAT weird... i dont see why people thin myspace has every bad person on it, although, i can admit, there ARE alot of weird people on there... sorry bout the missing letters, the ey to the left of the L, and to the right of the J went missing while i was in the bathroom... odd, but, it happensWireless keyboard in the bathroom? wierdest thing happened to me tonight, inadvertantly << spelling? received email from my 14 yr old daughter in florida (when I shouldn't have)... she's cursing and saying someone hacked into her SITE and changed her password? Is that possible if she didn't tell someone in the 1ST place? I just shipped them a new puter with all your suggested spyware's and firewall software, they are using an older puter with no protection, is it likely that happend or do u think she probably told somone and they got her?

concerned dad *

bozoBoth options listed are possibilities.

She should change logon/password immediately in either case and keep those shields up!Thanks * G-Man , I went ahead and copied & pasted your response to me and sent to her. I hope she aint too PO'd at her dad but what the heck. She is playing with fire on that thing but I am like 1400 miles away and can't monitor her actions, it's great being a non-custodial parent! NOT* Been there. Done that. HATED it. Quote

wierdest thing happened to me tonight, inadvertantly << spelling? received email from my 14 yr old daughter in florida (when I shouldn't have)... she's cursing and saying someone hacked into her site and changed her password? Is that possible if she didn't tell someone in the 1st place? I just shipped them a new puter with all your suggested spyware's and firewall software, they are using an older puter with no protection, is it likely that happend or do u think she probably told somone and they got her?

concerned dad *
bozo

yes it is possible just ask my friends they know first hand!!

lol

unlovedwarrior

Discussion

354.	Solve : Finally !! "fun" news in a crappy world* #1 PC's?
Answer» Hope this article is fun for you to read, Have a great day! http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126692;page,1/article.htmlA good representation, and I remember virtually all of them. SUSPICIOUSLY missing was the Dell Optiplex GX1, a cornerstone of business around the world for years and still very functional and RELEVANT, a claim some of those do not have! <---------------- Quote A good representation, and I remember virtually all of them. Suspiciously missing was the Dell Optiplex GX1, a cornerstone of business around the world for years and still very functional and relevant, a claim some of those do not have! <---------------- Hey G-MAN, could you not sense the anger from all the perceived OMISSIONS from "their" list. I do remember the Atari 600 << that was a huge seller! There sure were a lot of apples in the list. The Commodore 64. NOT in the Top 25 ? Puh-leeze. I screwed up above! I really MEANT to say the 64, YOUR RIGHT everyone & their brother interested at the time bought that puter.Here is a good read for Apple enthusiasts: http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2006/techtips-10aug06.htmCould the AMIGA be considered a personal computer?Yes.THEN WHY ISN'T IT IN THE LIST.There were a LOT of models not in the top 25 on that list. No harm, no foul. Quote There were a LOT of models not in the top 25 on that list. No harm, no foul. Including the Commodore 64!!! (Oops, I mentioned that already, didn't I?) Where is the BBC Micro? The IMSAI? The Spectrum/Timex? the Compaq 286? That list is biased. And so am I. Quote That list is biased. And so am I. At least you're honest about it. i learned something today thats cool

354.

Solve : Finally !! "fun" news in a crappy world* #1 PC's?

Answer»

Hope this article is fun for you to read, Have a great day!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126692;page,1/article.htmlA good representation, and I remember virtually all of them. SUSPICIOUSLY missing was the Dell Optiplex GX1, a cornerstone of business around the world for years and still very functional and RELEVANT, a claim some of those do not have!
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A good representation, and I remember virtually all of them. Suspiciously missing was the Dell Optiplex GX1, a cornerstone of business around the world for years and still very functional and relevant, a claim some of those do not have!
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Hey G-MAN, could you not sense the anger from all the perceived OMISSIONS from "their" list. I do remember the Atari 600 << that was a huge seller!
There sure were a lot of apples in the list*. The Commodore 64. NOT in the Top 25 ?

Puh-leeze. I screwed up above! I really MEANT to say the 64, YOUR RIGHT*
everyone & their brother interested at the time bought that puter.Here is a good read for Apple enthusiasts:

http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2006/techtips-10aug06.htmCould the AMIGA be considered a personal computer?Yes.THEN WHY ISN'T IT IN THE LIST.There were a LOT of models not in the top 25 on that list. No harm, no foul. Quote

There were a LOT of models not in the top 25 on that list. No harm, no foul.

Including the Commodore 64!!!

(Oops, I mentioned that already, didn't I?) Where is the BBC Micro?
The IMSAI?
The Spectrum/Timex?
the Compaq 286?

That list is biased. And so am I. Quote

That list is biased. And so am I.

At least you're honest about it.
i learned something today thats cool

Discussion

355.	Solve : The rotten "Apples" ! > laptop batteries AGAIN*?
Answer» http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2006-08-24T170315Z_01_N24242533_RTRUKOC_0_US-APPLE-RECALL.xml&src=rss&rpc=23Sony strikes again! according to this , it gets EVEN WORSE here for Sony* http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c2eab782-3394-11db-981f-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=6700d4e4-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.htmlI am smirking right now. I dislike the Apple company more than Gateway and *[highlight]Dell. [/highlight][/i][/b] But, I'm not to tease the animals... Quote I am smirking right now. I dislike the Apple company more than Gateway and Dell.* [highlight]But, I'm not to tease the animals[/highlight]... That's a GOOD lad.

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356.

Solve : yAhoo mail

Answer»
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3290172,00.html
Where do you FIND all these news articles, Honvetops?Probably Google like everyone else You guys don't mess with my buddy Honvetops! Quote

Where do you find all these news articles, Honvetops?

3:20AM <4:33am << unlocking work door
8:30am 1st -dispatch shift ovr
8:30am to 12:30pm <off-time for dispatcher
12:30pm-5:15pm <<2nd shift Louie (Taxi ) YELLS/ speaks softly: at his drivers and continues surfing all day. Let's just say I am a news / surf junkie.
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Where do you find all these news articles, Honvetops?

3:20AM <<alarm goes off
4:33am << unlocking work door
8:30am 1st -dispatch shift ovr
8:30am to 12:30pm <<surfing,sleeping, walking to WALLY world
off-time for dispatcher
12:30pm-5:15pm <<2nd shift Louie (Taxi ) yells/ speaks softly: at his drivers and continues surfing all day. Let's just say I am a news / surf junkie.

wally world??

wheres that? is it like six flags or somethingnice i like that idea of the article [smiley=grin.gif] [smiley=grin.gif] [smiley=evil.gif]

but i would never figure it out and use it on my friends never

that would be wrongwally world !!! <<< walmart

its where old fars like me can walk to and purchase basic junk we like, I am waiting on my credit card to start buying again at GOOD PLACES like
newegg !!! can't beat their psu prices!!oh ok i thought wally world was like a theme park or something i was like *censored*It is! What about Dismal World, I mean, Disney?

Discussion

357.	Solve : it's Official: Dell goes with AMD?
Answer» This is a couple days old, sorry.... I found the comment section on the bottom to be kinda educational- "for me only I guess" hope its pertinent* :-/ http://firstpersonshooters.engadget.com/2006/08/18/dell-goes-with-amd-its-official/Dell MAY be smarter than I thought... This gives me now 2 (yes...only 2) reasons to buy a Dell! Yes!this is a stupid reply but; For some reason I can't see myself getting an AMD processor ! Maybe cause I'm 40 but I kinda like sticking to Intel...... Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ? I guess their about the only real choices we have *. Quote Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ? I don't know if this holds true with the latest processors from AMD, but at least some of the major series of AMD processors such as Athlons and Athlon XPs supposedly ran hotter. However, I think it's really not a big issue to most users; actually, I would say it's generally a non-issue. Now, if you build systems using AMD processors, you had to be sure to properly apply thermal compound to the processor before mounting the heatsink, and be absolutely sure the fan is working when you first power on because AMD processors could quickly overheat and be damaged. Intel processors, on the other hand, would just throttle back and run slower if getting too hot. So, as a practical matter, a properly installed AMD processor presents no heat concerns to the user. I bought a computer in Sept 2002 with an AMD Duron processor. I later replaced the motherboard and replaced the processor with an AMD Athlon XP 2200, which I'm currently using. I can tell from temperature readings that my processor runs fairly cool, ususally not higher than 45 degrees Centigrade, and often lower.Also, a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon can run as fast as a 3.0 GHz Intel, if not better. Quote Also, a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon can run as fast as a 3.0 GHz Intel, if not better. really?? may i ask for some evidence to support that claim?I'm curious about that claim, too. The Athlon XP 2200 has a clock speed of 1.8GHz. I believe the general rule in comparing AMD processors to Intel is that the number, such as 2200, indicates an approximate equivalency to Intel ACTUAL clock speeds. In other words, an Athlon XP 2200 is about equal to a 2.2GHz Pentium. I don't usually quote Wikipedia, but you guys seem to trust it, so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PR_ratingInteresting article there. And, here's a web page which confirms what I was saying about my Athlon XP 2200: AMD Desktop CPUs. Here's an excerpt: "So is the 2200 + (Thoroughbred Revision A) faster than the newest Pentium 4s? No it isn't. AMD benchmarks the 2200 against Intel's Pentium 4 at 2.2 GHz that has a 400 MHz bus and uses DDR RAM. It performs 4-10 % better than the Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz. However, it is doubtful that this difference would exist if RDRAM was used with the Pentium 4. [highlight]For all practical purposes the AMD Athlon XP 2200+ should be considered to be evenly matched with the Pentium 4 2.2 GHz[/highlight]."i still like amd for gamingDon't forget the Athlon 2200 is probably much cheaper than Pentium 2.2GHztrue Quote <snip>Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ?<snip> Actually...no, they don't. AMD chip do more clocks per cycle (this MEANS they do more work with less power). Because of this they require less raw power to do the same amount of work (when comparing to an Intel chip). Because these chips require less power they do not produce the same amount of heat (again, when comparin to Intel chips), they produce less. This is one of the main reasons why people that overclock like using AMD's, because they can get them higher while still being at a safe temperature. My $0.02...if any of this is wrong please correct me.

357.

Solve : it's Official: Dell goes with AMD?

Answer»

This is a couple days old, sorry.... I found the comment section on the bottom to be kinda educational- "for me only I guess" hope its pertinent*

:-/
http://firstpersonshooters.engadget.com/2006/08/18/dell-goes-with-amd-its-official/Dell MAY be smarter than I thought...

This gives me now 2 (yes...only 2) reasons to buy a Dell! Yes!this is a stupid reply but;
For some reason I can't see myself getting an AMD processor ! Maybe cause I'm 40 but I kinda like sticking to Intel...... Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ? I guess their about the only real choices we have *. Quote

Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ?

I don't know if this holds true with the latest processors from AMD, but at least some of the major series of AMD processors such as Athlons and Athlon XPs supposedly ran hotter. However, I think it's really not a big issue to most users; actually, I would say it's generally a non-issue.

Now, if you build systems using AMD processors, you had to be sure to properly apply thermal compound to the processor before mounting the heatsink, and be absolutely sure the fan is working when you first power on because AMD processors could quickly overheat and be damaged. Intel processors, on the other hand, would just throttle back and run slower if getting too hot.

So, as a practical matter, a properly installed AMD processor presents no heat concerns to the user. I bought a computer in Sept 2002 with an AMD Duron processor. I later replaced the motherboard and replaced the processor with an AMD Athlon XP 2200, which I'm currently using. I can tell from temperature readings that my processor runs fairly cool, ususally not higher than 45 degrees Centigrade, and often lower.Also, a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon can run as fast as a 3.0 GHz Intel, if not better. Quote

Also, a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon can run as fast as a 3.0 GHz Intel, if not better.

really?? may i ask for some evidence to support that claim?I'm curious about that claim, too. The Athlon XP 2200 has a clock speed of 1.8GHz. I believe the general rule in comparing AMD processors to Intel is that the number, such as 2200, indicates an approximate equivalency to Intel ACTUAL clock speeds. In other words, an Athlon XP 2200 is about equal to a 2.2GHz Pentium. I don't usually quote Wikipedia, but you guys seem to trust it, so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PR_ratingInteresting article there. And, here's a web page which confirms what I was saying about my Athlon XP 2200: AMD Desktop CPUs. Here's an excerpt:

"So is the 2200 + (Thoroughbred Revision A) faster than the newest Pentium 4s? No it isn't. AMD benchmarks the 2200 against Intel's Pentium 4 at 2.2 GHz that has a 400 MHz bus and uses DDR RAM. It performs 4-10 % better than the Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz. However, it is doubtful that this difference would exist if RDRAM was used with the Pentium 4. [highlight]For all practical purposes the AMD Athlon XP 2200+ should be considered to be evenly matched with the Pentium 4 2.2 GHz[/highlight]."i still like amd for gamingDon't forget the Athlon 2200 is probably much cheaper than Pentium 2.2GHztrue Quote

<snip>Do the AMD's run a lot hotter ?<snip>

Actually...no, they don't. AMD chip do more clocks per cycle (this MEANS they do more work with less power). Because of this they require less raw power to do the same amount of work (when comparing to an Intel chip). Because these chips require less power they do not produce the same amount of heat (again, when comparin to Intel chips), they produce less. This is one of the main reasons why people that overclock like using AMD's, because they can get them higher while still being at a safe temperature.

My $0.02...if any of this is wrong please correct me.

Discussion

358.	Solve : Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology?
Answer» Black Hat Attendee Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology [highlight]Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc last week showed attendees of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas how to use her "Blue Pill" technique to hack into the Windows Vista operating system. She used an early beta version of the OS in her demo. While some applauded Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for displaying its new Vista operating system AMONG some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye. Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc showed an overflowing room of onlookers at the conference how to hack Vista. Rutkowska figured out a way to bypass security measures in the beta version of the operating system that could prevent unsigned code from running. Rutkowska told attendees in a large ballroom at Ceasars Palace how to use virtualization technology to develop malicious code that is undetectable, much like a rootkit. She even has a name for the malware: Blue Pill.[/highlight] http://www.technewsworld.com/story/YhMqe5DNGgu0PJ/Black-Hat-Attendee-Hacks-Vista-With-Rootkit-Technology.xhtml infoseeker Quote Black Hat Attendee Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology [highlight]Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc last week showed attendees of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas how to use her "Blue Pill" technique to hack into the Windows Vista operating system. She used an early beta version of the OS in her demo. While some applauded Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for displaying its new Vista operating system among some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye. Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc showed an overflowing room of onlookers at the conference how to hack Vista. Rutkowska figured out a way to bypass security measures in the beta version of the operating system that could prevent unsigned code from running. Rutkowska told attendees in a large ballroom at Ceasars Palace how to use virtualization technology to develop malicious code that is undetectable, much like a rootkit. She even has a name for the malware: Blue Pill.[/highlight] http://www.technewsworld.com/story/YhMqe5DNGgu0PJ/Black-Hat-Attendee-Hacks-Vista-With-Rootkit-Technology.xhtml Panting slowly, "I wonder if she is single" ? infoseeker Panting slowly, "I wonder if she is single" ? More yellow.... :-/ patio. 8-)Do these people have lives?!?! I mean come on, they have a meeting to find new ways of hacking into things, GET A LIFE LOSERS! Can someone please explain to me why they do this?! Also what kind of kicks do they get out of screwing over other peoples machines?!?! ChrisActually I would think the hackers provide a service to the software publishers as to where the weaknesses are in their software. In a perfect world, the publishers would use this information to tighten up their code to everyone's benefit. On the other hand not everything is what it appears. Check out Blue Pill for another opinion. 8-)Yes but if there wernt any hackers then there wouldnt be any NEED to tighten up security would there?! Chris Quote Do these people have lives?!?! I mean come on, they have a meeting to find new ways of hacking into things, GET A LIFE LOSERS! Can someone please explain to me why they do this?! Also what kind of kicks do they get out of screwing over other peoples machines?!?! Chris This person attended the BlackHat meeting that night for a reason; to bring forth the issue, and help solve it. The Black Hat convention prevents stuff like this. They are the top security specialists.Oh right, then they are doing this for good?!?! I thought they were just a bunch of nerds who got together to try and hack into things. Ok ill rephrase my question. Why do OTHER hackers do it, you know the ones that design viruses and stuff. Why do they bother?! Chris Quote Oh right, then they are doing this for good?!?! I thought they were just a bunch of nerds who got together to try and hack into things. Ok ill rephrase my question. Why do OTHER hackers do it, you know the ones that design viruses and stuff. Why do they bother?! Chris Many simply to make money! (what happened to my avatar?) Anyways: Yes, to make money. Many viruses take PERSONAL information, eg: credit card numbers, bank accounts, etc... This can be used for fraud to make some doe. And many do it to show they can. Some do it for fun. The fact that there are less nerdier ways of enjoying yourself, but if thats how some people enjoy themselves then fine. Is it a PRACTICALY risk free way of earning money. I.E is there much chance your going to get caught?! But the kind of people im talking about are the ones who like you say do it for fun and/or to show they can, some people may get kicks out of it and that is their desicion but personaly i think its pretty sad! Thanks for reply tho! Chrisi am sorry to say that with prices of software soaring, piracy is also going to soar. with piracy soaring, companies are going to have to hire security specialist. heres the math... companies hiring security specialists = company spending more money = prices of their software goes up = piracy goes up = companies hiring security specialists.......... it a visious circle. we have software piracy to thank for our high software costs. i believe we are going to see many more software security companies emerge in the near future. Quote i am sorry to say that with prices of software soaring, piracy is also going to soar. with piracy soaring, companies are going to have to hire security specialist. heres the math... companies hiring security specialists = company spending more money = prices of their software goes up = piracy goes up = companies hiring security specialists.......... it a visious circle. we have software piracy to thank for our high software costs. i believe we are going to see many more software security companies emerge in the near future. Year 2029 Microsoft Windows 29 Price: 100,000 for one home license And has to be activated by their orbiting satellite. Whenever I'm on my computer I wear my foil hat, you just can't be too careful.rofl yeah i do the same. and when i lan with all my mates we all wear our foil hats together. its a really attractive look actually.

358.

Solve : Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology?

Answer»

Black Hat Attendee Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology

[highlight]Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc last week showed attendees of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas how to use her "Blue Pill" technique to hack into the Windows Vista operating system. She used an early beta version of the OS in her demo.

While some applauded Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for displaying its new Vista operating system AMONG some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye.

Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc showed an overflowing room of onlookers at the conference how to hack Vista. Rutkowska figured out a way to bypass security measures in the beta version of the operating system that could prevent unsigned code from running.

Rutkowska told attendees in a large ballroom at Ceasars Palace how to use virtualization technology to develop malicious code that is undetectable, much like a rootkit. She even has a name for the malware: Blue Pill.[/highlight]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/YhMqe5DNGgu0PJ/Black-Hat-Attendee-Hacks-Vista-With-Rootkit-Technology.xhtml

infoseeker Quote

Black Hat Attendee Hacks Vista With Rootkit Technology

[highlight]Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc last week showed attendees of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas how to use her "Blue Pill" technique to hack into the Windows Vista operating system. She used an early beta version of the OS in her demo.

While some applauded Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for displaying its new Vista operating system among some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye.

Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-based Coseinc showed an overflowing room of onlookers at the conference how to hack Vista. Rutkowska figured out a way to bypass security measures in the beta version of the operating system that could prevent unsigned code from running.

Rutkowska told attendees in a large ballroom at Ceasars Palace how to use virtualization technology to develop malicious code that is undetectable, much like a rootkit. She even has a name for the malware: Blue Pill.[/highlight]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/YhMqe5DNGgu0PJ/Black-Hat-Attendee-Hacks-Vista-With-Rootkit-Technology.xhtml

Panting slowly, "I wonder if she is single" ?

infoseeker

Panting slowly, "I wonder if she is single" ?
More yellow.... :-/

patio. 8-)Do these people have lives?!?! I mean come on, they have a meeting to find new ways of hacking into things, GET A LIFE LOSERS! Can someone please explain to me why they do this?! Also what kind of kicks do they get out of screwing over other peoples machines?!?!

ChrisActually I would think the hackers provide a service to the software publishers as to where the weaknesses are in their software. In a perfect world, the publishers would use this information to tighten up their code to everyone's benefit.

On the other hand not everything is what it appears. Check out Blue Pill for another opinion.

8-)Yes but if there wernt any hackers then there wouldnt be any NEED to tighten up security would there?!

Chris Quote

Do these people have lives?!?! I mean come on, they have a meeting to find new ways of hacking into things, GET A LIFE LOSERS! Can someone please explain to me why they do this?! Also what kind of kicks do they get out of screwing over other peoples machines?!?!

Chris

This person attended the BlackHat meeting that night for a reason;
to bring forth the issue, and help solve it.
The Black Hat convention prevents stuff like this. They are the top security specialists.Oh right, then they are doing this for good?!?! I thought they were just a bunch of nerds who got together to try and hack into things. Ok ill rephrase my question. Why do OTHER hackers do it, you know the ones that design viruses and stuff. Why do they bother?!

Chris Quote

Oh right, then they are doing this for good?!?! I thought they were just a bunch of nerds who got together to try and hack into things. Ok ill rephrase my question. Why do OTHER hackers do it, you know the ones that design viruses and stuff. Why do they bother?!

Chris

Many simply to make money!

(what happened to my avatar?)

Anyways:
Yes, to make money. Many viruses take PERSONAL information, eg: credit card numbers, bank accounts, etc...
This can be used for fraud to make some doe. And many do it to show they can. Some do it for fun.
The fact that there are less nerdier ways of enjoying yourself, but if thats how some people enjoy themselves then fine.
Is it a PRACTICALY risk free way of earning money. I.E is there much chance your going to get caught?!
But the kind of people im talking about are the ones who like you say do it for fun and/or to show they can, some people may get kicks out of it and that is their desicion but personaly i think its pretty sad! Thanks for reply tho!

Chrisi am sorry to say that with prices of software soaring, piracy is also going to soar. with piracy soaring, companies are going to have to hire security specialist. heres the math...

companies hiring security specialists = company spending more money = prices of their software goes up = piracy goes up = companies hiring security specialists..........

it a visious circle. we have software piracy to thank for our high software costs.

i believe we are going to see many more software security companies emerge in the near future.
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i am sorry to say that with prices of software soaring, piracy is also going to soar. with piracy soaring, companies are going to have to hire security specialist. heres the math...

companies hiring security specialists = company spending more money = prices of their software goes up = piracy goes up = companies hiring security specialists..........

it a visious circle. we have software piracy to thank for our high software costs.

i believe we are going to see many more software security companies emerge in the near future.

Year 2029
Microsoft Windows 29
Price: 100,000 for one home license
And has to be activated by their orbiting satellite. Whenever I'm on my computer I wear my foil hat, you just can't be too careful.rofl yeah i do the same. and when i lan with all my mates we all wear our foil hats together. its a really attractive look actually.

Discussion

359.	Solve : Virus that targets AMD??
Answer» Interesting news MENTIONED by street1: http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2163054/virus-attacks-amd-processors Hmm. Let the REAL cyber WARS commence.im still wondering how this ppl know all of this stuff to be able to WRITE these threats

Discussion

360.	Solve : india strikes again?
Answer» HTTP://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060829/tc_afp/indiaeconomytechnologycompanymicrosoftlinuxFrankly, I'm surprised there is anyone left in India. I thought they were all here.there are a few cuz i talked to one two nights ago about my laptopAwww, THINK about it, India = HOT! , they just want to cool off with a little penguin* India is ALMOST the tech lords of the world at this point. :-? Quote Frankly, I'm surprised there is anyone left in India. I thought they were all here. ROTFLMAO!!! ahem errmmm lets just leave it at that before we have a repeat of what happened last time we had a chuckle at their expense.yea its fun at first, but it always gets dirty

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361.	Solve : Re: Amazon reveals Windows Vista prices 8/30/06?
Answer» rofl lol that AINT right!!!Did something happen to this POST? I only see UnlovedWarriors post, but this post was STARTED by our NEWS carrier, Honventops. Quote Did something happen to this post? I only see UnlovedWarriors post, but this post was started by our news carrier, Honventops. i deleted it, thought no ONE freakin looked at it anymore ?

361.

Solve : Re: Amazon reveals Windows Vista prices 8/30/06?

Answer»

rofl lol that AINT right!!!Did something happen to this POST?
I only see UnlovedWarriors post, but this post was STARTED by our NEWS carrier, Honventops. Quote

Did something happen to this post?
I only see UnlovedWarriors post, but this post was started by our news carrier, Honventops.

i deleted it, thought no ONE freakin looked at it anymore ?

Discussion

362.	Solve : codec trojan!!?
Answer» http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=6781zCodec? NEVER heard of 'em. me either but some one DLS them "crap" lol did you download the zcodec?? Quote lol did you download the zcodec?? Lets just say my Wnds media center has an issue since Friday night, it wont download and it KEEPS saying I need to empty the DNS Cache, its INFECTED I'm sure, someone said to do an F8 on my next reboot and hit an earlier safe prior date of ops and it should clear out then do a complete sweep. I was playing with it Sat /sun and couldn't fix my problem. I'll try that 2night. Check out the TechWorld report on McAfee SiteAdvisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/techworld.com?ref=safe&aff_id=0 ... Honventops: Do you subscribe to any cool tech newsletters? zCodex... I would have never thought that a codex could be a virus. anything can be a source of infection Quote anything can be a source of infection I know. Its just always seemed like an unlikely source... Quote Quote anything can be a source of infection I know. Its just always seemed like an unlikely source... thats why it was created. cuz u wouldnt think a ms codec would infect uIf you'll look really carefully, you'll notice that zCodec is not associated with MS in any way. Their "codec" interacts with MS products, however (mainly because that's what PC's are sure to have). Quote Check out the TechWorld report on McAfee SiteAdvisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/techworld.com?ref=safe&aff_id=0 ... Honventops: Do you subscribe to any cool tech newsletters? zCodex... I would have never thought that a codex could be a virus. Man, I am just learning how to turn on my puter let alone subscribing to anything ! lol You guys teach me much. I like PC911 & some other small time sites and I like Maximum PC magazine.... The rest is from u guys & GIRLS. 8-)www.digg.com has some kool stuff Quote www.digg.com has some kool stuff COOL, THANKS

362.

Solve : codec trojan!!?

Answer» http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=6781zCodec? NEVER heard of 'em. me either but some one DLS them "crap" lol did you download the zcodec?? Quote

lol did you download the zcodec??

Lets just say my Wnds media center has an issue since Friday night, it wont download and it KEEPS saying I need to empty the DNS Cache, its INFECTED I'm sure, someone said to do an F8 on my next reboot and hit an earlier safe prior date of ops and it should clear out then do a complete sweep. I was playing with it Sat /sun and couldn't fix my problem. I'll try that 2night. Check out the TechWorld report on McAfee SiteAdvisor:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/techworld.com?ref=safe&aff_id=0
...

Honventops: Do you subscribe to any cool tech newsletters?

zCodex... I would have never thought that a codex could be a virus.
anything can be a source of infection Quote

anything can be a source of infection

I know. Its just always seemed like an unlikely source... Quote

Quote
anything can be a source of infection
I know. Its just always seemed like an unlikely source...

thats why it was created. cuz u wouldnt think a ms codec would infect uIf you'll look really carefully, you'll notice that zCodec is not associated with MS in any way. Their "codec" interacts with MS products, however (mainly because that's what PC's are sure to have). Quote

Check out the TechWorld report on McAfee SiteAdvisor:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/techworld.com?ref=safe&aff_id=0
...

Honventops: Do you subscribe to any cool tech newsletters?

zCodex... I would have never thought that a codex could be a virus.

Man, I am just learning how to turn on my puter let alone subscribing to anything ! lol
You guys teach me much. I like PC911 & some other small time sites and I like Maximum PC magazine.... The rest is from u guys & GIRLS. 8-)www.digg.com

has some kool stuff Quote

www.digg.com

has some kool stuff

COOL, THANKS

Discussion

363.	Solve : Five Reasons NOT to use Linux?
Answer» It's \|_\|b3r 1337 Uber Elite Uber is German for Superok and where did this come from Germany but why was it created?I highly suspect drugs were involved. Seriously, I'm not sure if it's just me, but I have noticed a high concentration of "\|_\|B3R 1337"s in a cluster of Star Wars multiplayer games. (For the record, I am a fan of SW but not a fanboy -- big difference.)To tell ya the truth that was the first time I have ever talked like that. HOWEVER, in my experience 'language' like that is most often used in gaming communities. I myself do game...I just don't talk like that. Well...UH...anyway...Wh47 4r3 y0u 4\|\| 74\|k1n6 4b0u7?? 7h15 p057 h45 60n3 4 b17 0ff 70p1c 1 7h1nk! Quote Wh47 4r3 y0u 4\|\| 74\|k1n6 4b0u7?? 7h15 p057 h45 60n3 4 b17 0ff 70p1c 1 7h1nk! \/\/h+ 4m 1 7h!n\|[email protected] 90n3 4 7!++13 0ff 70p!<. Eesay, omesay ofay usay earay martsay oughenay otay tartsay SNMAY danay avehay itay ranslatetay 3ti3ay orfay usay.i wish some ONE would tell me the name of this nonsense [smiley=angry.gif] Quote i wish some one would tell me the name of this nonsense [smiley=angry.gif] Having trouble reading all that stuff, Unlovedwarrior?yea cuz i dont even know the name Quote yea cuz i dont even know the name Just look at the letters and numbers carefully. You will see words. The other stuff that I posted was Piglattin...its too MUCH work Some help for unloved warrior: http://home.no.net/hellshl/main/translate.html

363.

Solve : Five Reasons NOT to use Linux?

Answer»

It's |_|b3r 1337

Uber Elite

Uber is German for Superok and where did this come from Germany but why was it created?I highly suspect drugs were involved.

Seriously, I'm not sure if it's just me, but I have noticed a high concentration of "|_|B3R 1337"s in a cluster of Star Wars multiplayer games. (For the record, I am a fan of SW but not a fanboy -- big difference.)To tell ya the truth that was the first time I have ever talked like that. HOWEVER, in my experience 'language' like that is most often used in gaming communities. I myself do game...I just don't talk like that.

Well...UH...anyway...Wh47 4r3 y0u 4|| 74|k1n6 4b0u7?? 7h15 p057 h45 60n3 4 b17 0ff 70p1c 1 7h1nk! Quote

Wh47 4r3 y0u 4|| 74|k1n6 4b0u7?? 7h15 p057 h45 60n3 4 b17 0ff 70p1c 1 7h1nk!

\/\/h+ 4m 1 7h!n|[email protected] 90n3 4 7!++13 0ff 70p!<.

Eesay, omesay ofay usay earay martsay oughenay otay tartsay SNMAY danay avehay itay ranslatetay 3ti3ay orfay usay.i wish some ONE would tell me the name of this nonsense [smiley=angry.gif] Quote

i wish some one would tell me the name of this nonsense [smiley=angry.gif]

Having trouble reading all that stuff, Unlovedwarrior?yea cuz i dont even know the name Quote

yea cuz i dont even know the name

Just look at the letters and numbers carefully. You will see words. The other stuff that I posted was Piglattin...its too MUCH work
Some help for unloved warrior:
http://home.no.net/hellshl/main/translate.html

Discussion

364.	Solve : USER: MAC vs. PC DEbate?
Answer» [size=14]"What drives the purchase of an Apple machine isn't the OS itself -- it's the packaging, the cabinet design, the quality of the graphics. I don't question that Mac OS is an easier operating system, but I don't think that alone drives Apple's sales anymore. A Mac is almost an appliance like a home entertainment center or a big-screen TV," said Charles Tatum II.[/size] [highlight]In a recent COLUMN, I asked users of Windows-based PCs if they were tempted at all to switch to a Macintosh , as I am considering doing for my next home computer. As is often the case when the subject is Mac versus PC, I got a big response -- both from Windows and Mac users. I heard from Windows users who were intrigued by the power of the new Mac Pros, those who were adamant about staying with Windows and those who had made the switch already. I heard from Mac users who encouraged me to make the leap and others who suggested I do everyone a favor and stick to Windows. (After my column was posted on a Mac devotees' Web site, it drew commentary deriding me as clueless).[/highlight] [size=14]It's All About the Benjamins [/size] [highlight]The vast majority of Windows users who responded, however, weren't interested in making the switch. The reason most often cited: the lower cost of Windows PCs. From Steve Fong: "I, too, like your daughter, am in the design field where Macs are the norm. In fact, when I pull out my HP laptop, I can feel the derisive looks and snickers from around the conference table. However, being a freelance designer, I use a PC because I can get more power and storage without spending $$$$. It just makes sense for me. The new INTEL (Nasdaq: INTC) Macs are tempting, but I won't switch just to get a cool, shiny silver case. But they are purty!" Several readers mentioned that Macs are attractive to some Windows users because, well, they're attractive. From Charles Tatum II: " ... What drives the purchase of an Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) machine isn't the OS itself -- it's the packaging, the cabinet design, the quality of the graphics. I don't question that Mac OS is an easier operating system , but I don't think that alone drives Apple's sales anymore. A Mac is almost an appliance like a home entertainment center or a big-screen TV; it's something that adorns a den or living room. While PCs have improved somewhat in that respect, Macs -- and the new Mac Pro -- capitalize on the coolness factor, hands down." [/highlight] http://www.technewsworld.com/story/SlgFH3SU42zpNJ/The-Mac-Versus-PC-Debate-Rages-On.xhtml Code: [Select]>>infoseeker / jhempelayo<<Mac Pro << "the Ultimate in desktop computing" related article CONCERNING MAC vs PC debate above, MAC << more like a status symbol ? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14553650/Why would you want to get a powerful Mac if most games can't run on it? I saw some guy using a Mac on TV and I thought, wow like a PC can't do that too.Mac guy: Name one thing your PC can do that my Macintosh can't! Just one! Me: Right-Click. Quote Mac guy: Name one thing your PC can do that my Macintosh can't! Just one! Me: Right-Click. ROFLMAO! YES, i know the feeling. i have to use macs in my computer graphics class i am in, they are powerfull (even for 700mhz with 512 ram, it IS very powerfull). but power is ALL they have. they have few programs to utilize it... although, i would buy an old mac just to have the audio editing program Garageband, and for photoediting, basic crap that i can free my windows PC of. but, there is NO WAYi would switch entirely from windows to mac. Right. Just like the fact that I like what I have seen of Linux so far, but I'm unwilling to sacrafice my games to remove WinXP. My Macintosh fails to open music, open photos in a good photo-viewer, run my games, run any good Mac type games, did I say OPEN MUSIC?!?!!? I had to download Microsoft's Windows Media Player and even when I did that, my Mac would not associate .mp3 with it. Its just like "I don't understand this file " They do right click, but you have to press CTRL+TheOneMouseButton to do it. Its useless. And all the stupid commands. You kno... I'm disturbing the animals.... They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated! PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one. Acorn guy: Middle click!btw the "ctrl click" contextual menus were introduced with Mac OS 8.0 Quote btw the "ctrl click" contextual menus were introduced with Mac OS 8.0 My first Mac from my Bro had OS 8.1... so how would older macs right click? TIM! (Not you Dilbert. I am just thinking of people that JKPJ13's avatar looks like) SEAN! His Brother!dude looks like he could be related to harry potter... EDIT: i know somthing a mac cannot currently do, read or write blu-ray discs, owned. Quote They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated! PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one. Acorn guy: Middle click! Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse. Quote Quote They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated! PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one. Acorn guy: Middle click! Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse. Thats called the "Scroll Wheel"... older mouses did actually have three buttons, but the middle button was not a scroll wheel. The middle button was for other tasks, and it was compatible with Windows PC's. BTW: Anyone seen Apples new lieing commercial? http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/ A magnetic power cord is only going to cause problems, and possible damage to the user and their computer! MICROSOFT: BUY THE APPLE COMPANY WITH YOUR SOME-ODD 80 BILLION DOLLARS AND BURN IT TO THE GROUND!!! Quote Quote They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated! PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one. Acorn guy: Middle click! Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse. Yeah, so can I.

364.

Solve : USER: MAC vs. PC DEbate?

Answer»

[size=14]"What drives the purchase of an Apple machine isn't the OS itself -- it's the packaging, the cabinet design, the quality of the graphics. I don't question that Mac OS is an easier operating system, but I don't think that alone drives Apple's sales anymore. A Mac is almost an appliance like a home entertainment center or a big-screen TV," said Charles Tatum II.[/size]

[highlight]In a recent COLUMN, I asked users of Windows-based PCs if they were tempted at all to switch to a Macintosh , as I am considering doing for my next home computer.

As is often the case when the subject is Mac versus PC, I got a big response -- both from Windows and Mac users.

I heard from Windows users who were intrigued by the power of the new Mac Pros, those who were adamant about staying with Windows and those who had made the switch already. I heard from Mac users who encouraged me to make the leap and others who suggested I do everyone a favor and stick to Windows. (After my column was posted on a Mac devotees' Web site, it drew commentary deriding me as clueless).[/highlight]

[size=14]It's All About the Benjamins
[/size]
[highlight]The vast majority of Windows users who responded, however, weren't interested in making the switch. The reason most often cited: the lower cost of Windows PCs.

From Steve Fong: "I, too, like your daughter, am in the design field where Macs are the norm. In fact, when I pull out my HP laptop, I can feel the derisive looks and snickers from around the conference table. However, being a freelance designer, I use a PC because I can get more power and storage without spending $$$$. It just makes sense for me. The new INTEL (Nasdaq: INTC) Macs are tempting, but I won't switch just to get a cool, shiny silver case. But they are purty!"

Several readers mentioned that Macs are attractive to some Windows users because, well, they're attractive.

From Charles Tatum II: " ... What drives the purchase of an Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) machine isn't the OS itself -- it's the packaging, the cabinet design, the quality of the graphics. I don't question that Mac OS is an easier operating system , but I don't think that alone drives Apple's sales anymore. A Mac is almost an appliance like a home entertainment center or a big-screen TV; it's something that adorns a den or living room. While PCs have improved somewhat in that respect, Macs -- and the new Mac Pro -- capitalize on the coolness factor, hands down."
[/highlight]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/SlgFH3SU42zpNJ/The-Mac-Versus-PC-Debate-Rages-On.xhtml

Code: [Select]>>infoseeker / jhempelayo<<Mac Pro << "the Ultimate in desktop computing" related article CONCERNING MAC vs PC debate above, MAC << more like a status symbol ?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14553650/Why would you want to get a powerful Mac if most games can't run on it? I saw some guy using a Mac on TV and I thought, wow like a PC can't do that too.Mac guy: Name one thing your PC can do that my Macintosh can't! Just one!

Me: Right-Click. Quote

Mac guy: Name one thing your PC can do that my Macintosh can't! Just one!

Me: Right-Click.

ROFLMAO! YES, i know the feeling. i have to use macs in my computer graphics class i am in, they are powerfull (even for 700mhz with 512 ram, it IS very powerfull). but power is ALL they have. they have few programs to utilize it... although, i would buy an old mac just to have the audio editing program Garageband, and for photoediting, basic crap that i can free my windows PC of. but, there is NO WAYi would switch entirely from windows to mac.
Right. Just like the fact that I like what I have seen of Linux so far, but I'm unwilling to sacrafice my games to remove WinXP. My Macintosh fails to open music, open photos in a good photo-viewer, run my games, run any good Mac type games, did I say OPEN MUSIC?!?!!?
I had to download Microsoft's Windows Media Player and even when I did that, my Mac would not associate .mp3 with it. Its just like "I don't understand this file "

They do right click, but you have to press CTRL+TheOneMouseButton to do it. Its useless. And all the stupid commands. You kno... I'm disturbing the animals....

They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated!

PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one.

Acorn guy: Middle click!btw the "ctrl click" contextual menus were introduced with Mac OS 8.0 Quote

btw the "ctrl click" contextual menus were introduced with Mac OS 8.0

My first Mac from my Bro had OS 8.1... so how would older macs right click?

TIM! (Not you Dilbert. I am just thinking of people that JKPJ13's avatar looks like)
SEAN!
His Brother!dude looks like he could be related to harry potter...

EDIT: i know somthing a mac cannot currently do, read or write blu-ray discs, owned. Quote

They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated!

PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one.

Acorn guy: Middle click!

Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse. Quote

Quote
They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated!

PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one.

Acorn guy: Middle click!

Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse.

Thats called the "Scroll Wheel"... older mouses did actually have three buttons, but the middle button was not a scroll wheel. The middle button was for other tasks, and it was compatible with Windows PC's.

BTW: Anyone seen Apples new lieing commercial?
http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
A magnetic power cord is only going to cause problems, and possible damage to the user and their computer!
MICROSOFT:
BUY THE APPLE COMPANY WITH YOUR SOME-ODD 80 BILLION DOLLARS AND BURN IT TO THE GROUND!!! Quote

Quote
They removed the right click because they thought it was too complicated for the average Joe... and of course CRTL + left click is less complicated!

PC guy: Name one thing an Acorn can do that a PC can't. Just one.

Acorn guy: Middle click!

Um... Neil? I can middle-click. Maybe it has limited functionality, but I can, as well as anyone with a wheel on their mouse.

Yeah, so can I.

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365.	Solve : Yo Homer ! ~ go check your email !?
Answer» http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/30/D8JQV30O1.html umm were talking to me?NO, my STUPID attempt at humor, my ATTACHED link (i saw this b4 the news started running with it-yesterday) company "fires" 400 employees by EMAIL !! that aint right.. :-/wats so funny? Or isn't it supposed to be?my ironic humor posted here days ago was the stark contrast to modern day WORK-PLACE ethics! How would u feel about being fired from your work place with an email? Kinda sucks don't it. Managers have no b_lls anymore to inflict the damage themselves. (i originally had a picture in my mind of Homer Simpson the nuke plant being yelled at from his cow-workers to CHECK his email, they knew he was being fired. I'm sick kinda I know~) O k then!

Discussion

366.	Solve : never put all of your eggs in one basket?
Answer» http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/technology/07basics.html?ei=5088&en=4a44ab6f1f3cfe05&ex=1315281600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1157641396-3vQzVEaK6V4L8v8JOTvQzQgood info for all, thats why i bought the WD-my book 160 gig , its kuel looking and easy.This idea has great possibilities. I generated each of my clients (and mine) disks the same way, c: for the OS, d: for their local data, and e: for software. They already have a SCRIPT that backs up the full system on Thursdays and does an INCREMENTAL backup on the other weekdays. The script also sends me a email detailing the success or failure of the backup. It should be easy enough to create a standalone backup of the local data disk on Thursdays and send the file off to Gmail. The backups run unattended at night using the task scheduler, so the extra time factor should not be a problem as everyone has a cable connection. Famous last words: this shouldn't be too hard to implement Thanks, honvetops Edit: my mistake, unlovedwarrior was the OPI still use Ye-Old MS-DOS 6.22 MSBACKUP command on my laptop! And a program that COPIES my files in time intervals on my 98' desktop.whats WRONG with buying 2 SATA drives and making a RAID array? does the same thing and you dont have to buy any software . Quote whats wrong with buying 2 SATA drives and making a RAID array? does the same thing and you dont have to buy any software . Well, that would work until one disk was damaged. Data damage will spread, but disk damage will be limited. It would work fine as long as you ran Scandisk and Defragmenter frequently.if one disk was damaged you would still have the other disk. that is the sole purpose of a RAID 1 array. Quote if one disk was damaged you would still have the other disk. that is the sole purpose of a RAID 1 array. You mean it copies each individual disk WRITE to both drives?that is correct. one hard drive mirrors the other. the RAID array you were thinking of is a RAID 0 array. the RAID 0 array "splits" the information among the 2 drives, thereby increasing the performance of the harddrives reading/writing speeds. Quote that is correct. one hard drive mirrors the other. the RAID array you were thinking of is a RAID 0 array. the RAID 0 array "splits" the information among the 2 drives, thereby increasing the performance of the harddrives reading/writing speeds. Interesting. What does the drive do when it gets an error? Does it self correct as well?I was under the impression the article concerned itself with offsite backup copies. Having duplicate data (RAID array) or a backup inches from the PC would not make you very safe from a fire or a broken water pipe. Mailing the data to a remote server or storing your backup with a friend would increase your odds of a complete recovery. Just an opinion. 8-)

366.

Solve : never put all of your eggs in one basket?

Answer» http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/technology/07basics.html?ei=5088&en=4a44ab6f1f3cfe05&ex=1315281600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1157641396-3vQzVEaK6V4L8v8JOTvQzQgood info for all,

thats why i bought the WD-my book 160 gig , its kuel looking and easy.This idea has great possibilities. I generated each of my clients (and mine) disks the same way, c: for the OS, d: for their local data, and e: for software.

They already have a SCRIPT that backs up the full system on Thursdays and does an INCREMENTAL backup on the other weekdays. The script also sends me a email detailing the success or failure of the backup. It should be easy enough to create a standalone backup of the local data disk on Thursdays and send the file off to Gmail. The backups run unattended at night using the task scheduler, so the extra time factor should not be a problem as everyone has a cable connection.

Famous last words: this shouldn't be too hard to implement

Thanks, honvetops

Edit: my mistake, unlovedwarrior was the OPI still use Ye-Old MS-DOS 6.22 MSBACKUP command on my laptop!

And a program that COPIES my files in time intervals on my 98' desktop.whats WRONG with buying 2 SATA drives and making a RAID array? does the same thing and you dont have to buy any software .
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whats wrong with buying 2 SATA drives and making a RAID array? does the same thing and you dont have to buy any software .

Well, that would work until one disk was damaged. Data damage will spread, but disk damage will be limited. It would work fine as long as you ran Scandisk and Defragmenter frequently.if one disk was damaged you would still have the other disk. that is the sole purpose of a RAID 1 array. Quote

if one disk was damaged you would still have the other disk. that is the sole purpose of a RAID 1 array.

You mean it copies each individual disk WRITE to both drives?that is correct. one hard drive mirrors the other. the RAID array you were thinking of is a RAID 0 array. the RAID 0 array "splits" the information among the 2 drives, thereby increasing the performance of the harddrives reading/writing speeds. Quote

that is correct. one hard drive mirrors the other. the RAID array you were thinking of is a RAID 0 array. the RAID 0 array "splits" the information among the 2 drives, thereby increasing the performance of the harddrives reading/writing speeds.

Interesting. What does the drive do when it gets an error? Does it self correct as well?I was under the impression the article concerned itself with offsite backup copies. Having duplicate data (RAID array) or a backup inches from the PC would not make you very safe from a fire or a broken water pipe.

Mailing the data to a remote server or storing your backup with a friend would increase your odds of a complete recovery.

Just an opinion. 8-)

Discussion

367.	Solve : Gather round U Highschoolers! Gates is here?
Answer» HTTP://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/09/07/school.of.future.ap/index.html would have been nice concept LIKE 25 years AGO lol, GETTING older SUCKS~ "kinda" Nice, but what happens when they lose power? :-/

Discussion

368.	Solve : Blu-Ray, yet another crazy Sony product...?
Answer» Which one?? CAESAR?WOW, gone for 10 days, and, somone named Julius Caesar pops up out of no where... hrm... who's next? napoleon?you might remember me as "ffruit"?? Quote you might remember me as "ffruit"?? nope, DOESNT ring a bell... eh, atleast it would be impossible to forget your NAME

368.

Solve : Blu-Ray, yet another crazy Sony product...?

Answer»

Which one?? CAESAR?WOW, gone for 10 days, and, somone named Julius Caesar pops up out of no where... hrm... who's next? napoleon?you might remember me as "ffruit"?? Quote

you might remember me as "ffruit"??

nope, DOESNT ring a bell... eh, atleast it would be impossible to forget your NAME

Discussion

369.	Solve : Vista article- Upgrading from Windows XP?
Answer» INTERESTING read, if you have the time. http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_rc1_03.aspthats werid.. CUZ i'm not going to trust vista like that GUY. lol Another customer left out in the MIDDLE of nowhere after buying Microsoft software. Quote Another customer left out in the middle of nowhere after buying Microsoft software. lolrofl

Discussion

370.	Solve : Global Web Celebration?
Answer» Today (Friday) is a global web celebration day. Make SURE to celebrate! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5368190.stmI am sure the "rest" of the WORLD will be thanking the great American ingenuity and thought that went into the creation of this new age wonder. I bet not! Quote the great American ingenuity and thought that went into the creation of this new age wonder OH yes absolutely, it was just America, Americans and no one else... Well it was the US DOD's Idea, But the internet as we KNOW it has been a world wide collaboration of Coolness of untold proportion. It has made the world a much Larger Place and made the Concord go out of fashion because it was too slow. My Love my inter-nets Now i have to go home and get my BOOZE on X f'n D!Concord whats that??Something really burgeois. too many big words thank goodness theres an online dictionary

370.

Solve : Global Web Celebration?

Answer»

Today (Friday) is a global web celebration day. Make SURE to celebrate!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5368190.stmI am sure the "rest" of the WORLD will be thanking the great American ingenuity and thought that went into the creation of this new age wonder. I bet not! Quote

the great American ingenuity and thought that went into the creation of this new age wonder

OH yes absolutely, it was just America, Americans and no one else... Well it was the US DOD's Idea,

But the internet as we KNOW it has been a world wide collaboration of Coolness of untold proportion.
It has made the world a much Larger Place and made the Concord go out of fashion because it was too slow.

My Love my inter-nets Now i have to go home and get my BOOZE on

X f'n D!Concord whats that??Something really burgeois. too many big words thank goodness theres an online dictionary

Discussion

371.	Solve : Xbox 360 laptop?
Answer» Quote Hacking? or just a modify? Very impressive. But why on earth...?!!!That is pretty cool, I do THINK it is real though: http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_5.htm?www.reghardware.co.ukthat person must have spent many of hours on that. and some moneyI spotted this a while ago on Hackaday.com . It's by a guy called Ben Heckendorn, you may of heard of him. He hacks/modifies game CONSOLES, primarily to make portable VERSIONS. www.benheck.comThat is wicked cool!!!!! ESPECIALLY the n64! I would never have thought that was possible!!!!who else agrees with me? Quote We have an X-box at work and it is running VERY hot, it is almost hot enough to burn your fingers after a few hours of demo play. Although I would like to play Saint's Row, that game is neat. my buddy has a mac book pro. after about 5 hrs of playing battlefield 2, you could almost cook eggs on the bottom of it. its called a "notebook" and not a "laptop" because, im guessing, that if you were to put it on your lap you would get burnt legs. lol apple could use that as a sales pitch. "surf the WEB and cook supper at the same time with the mac book pro!" Older laptops had these little paws that you could flap out so the laptop wouldn't touch the surface it was standing on. That allowed for pretty good air circulation. Too bad modern laptops don't have that anymore.it would be nice seeing as im on mine all the dang time. all of my posts past 3:30 P.M. Cali US are on my laptopARGH!!! NO's My 360 has turned in to a Door Stop!!! mephuh and y

371.

Solve : Xbox 360 laptop?

Answer»

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Hacking? or just a modify?

Very impressive.

But why on earth...?!!!That is pretty cool, I do THINK it is real though:
http://benheck.com/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_5.htm?www.reghardware.co.ukthat person must have spent many of hours on that. and some moneyI spotted this a while ago on Hackaday.com . It's by a guy called Ben Heckendorn, you may of heard of him. He hacks/modifies game CONSOLES, primarily to make portable VERSIONS.
www.benheck.comThat is wicked cool!!!!!
ESPECIALLY the n64! I would never have thought that was possible!!!!who else agrees with me? Quote

We have an X-box at work and it is running VERY hot, it is almost hot enough to burn your fingers after a few hours of demo play.

Although I would like to play Saint's Row, that game is neat.

my buddy has a mac book pro. after about 5 hrs of playing battlefield 2, you could almost cook eggs on the bottom of it. its called a "notebook" and not a "laptop" because, im guessing, that if you were to put it on your lap you would get burnt legs.

lol apple could use that as a sales pitch. "surf the WEB and cook supper at the same time with the mac book pro!" Older laptops had these little paws that you could flap out so the laptop wouldn't touch the surface it was standing on. That allowed for pretty good air circulation. Too bad modern laptops don't have that anymore.it would be nice seeing as im on mine all the dang time. all of my posts past 3:30 P.M. Cali US are on my laptopARGH!!! NO's My 360 has turned in to a Door Stop!!! mephuh and y

Discussion

372.	Solve : Time Warner- to open video-library on YouTube?
Answer» Creative & FREE, NICE to see 4 a change. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14885094/ Quote Warner and YouTube will share advertising revenue SOLD in connection with the video content. there is ALWAYS money involved in some way

372.

Solve : Time Warner- to open video-library on YouTube?

Answer»

Creative & FREE, NICE to see 4 a change.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14885094/ Quote

Warner and YouTube will share advertising revenue SOLD in connection with the video content.

there is ALWAYS money involved in some way

Discussion

373.	Solve : Keeping ahead of AMD, Intel's new "LEAP"?
Answer» This sounds pretty impressive, what do u THINK of this NEW technology INTEL is going to MARRY ? http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2006-09-28-intel-memory-processor_x.htm Even more info and new technology Intel has in the works, this article more in-depth on future core manufacturing and technologies [highlight]http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/6d6deb53-6790-4735-b2f1-07d8c633c386.html[/highlight]I can only say that it sounds like a good way to save room.

Discussion

374.	Solve : HP buys PC Gamer Voodo 9-29-06?
Answer» Hewlett Packard ANNOUNCES acquisition of PC gamer maker Voodo today, "nice for HP to GET a firm setting in PC gaming MARKET, great capability now for the $$$ in the R&D and backing for Voodo". [highlight]WISH I owned their (Voodo) stock today[/highlight] ! [highlight]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15059624/[/highlight]

Discussion

375.	Solve : All you need is Ubuntu?
Answer» Bill Clinton told the Labour conference to get into ubuntu. Eh? Ubuntu. That was what Bill Clinton told the Labour party conference it needed to remember this week. "Society is important because of Ubuntu." But what is it? Left-leaning sudoku? U2's latest album? Fish-friendly sushi? No, it's a word describing an African worldview, which translates as "I am because you are," and which means that individuals need other people to be fulfilled. The former president, husky-voiced and down-home with the delegates, gave it a folksy flavour, describing it in terms of needing to be around others to enjoy being ourselves. "If we were the most beautiful, the most intelligent, the most wealthy, the most powerful person - and then found all of a sudden that we were alone on the planet, it wouldn't amount to a hill of beans," said Mr Clinton. The word comes from the Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa - and is related to a Zulu concept - "umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" - which means that a person is only a person through their relationship to others. And it's entered the political lexicon through the political changes in South Africa. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his book No Future Without Forgiveness, says: "Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language... It is to say, 'My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in what is yours.'" Decline In his DEFINITION, it means that there is a common bond between people - and when one person's circumstances improve, everyone gains and if one person is tortured or oppressed, everyone is diminished. Mr Tutu's identification with ubuntu has given rise to the idea of "ubuntu theology" - where ethical responsibility comes with a shared IDENTITY. If someone is hungry, the ubuntu response is that we're all collectively responsible. There is a spiritual as well as practical dimension to this - with ubuntu reflecting the idea that we're part of a long chain of human experience, connecting us to previous and future generations. Ubuntu has also entered the language of development and fair trade - with campaigners using the word in aid projects for Africa in ways that suggest this will be an African solution for African problems. Ironically, says Rob Cunningham, Christian Aid's programme manager for South Africa, just as the word is taking off in Western society the values it embodies are in decline in the land of its origin. "In my conversations with partner organisations and the communities they work with, and among older people, there's a deep sense of loss of ubuntu," says Mr Cunningham. "To me, it means sitting down in a Zulu hut in KwaZulu-Natal sharing scarce food and a brew and a few stories." There are ubuntu education funds, ubuntu tents at development conferences, ubuntu VILLAGES, an ubuntu university - and it's now the name of an open-source operating system. Expect to hear more from ubuntu in the future. Sourceyou know he referring to ubuntu linuxRAPTOR !!!!! <<< "I LOVE YOUR POLITICS" If you were a girl, I'd ask u out ! He's a girlieman, does that do it for you?anyone who can see thru the total bull crp of bill clinton is OK with me!It's not just about Ubuntu Linux, it's about the word and what it means. He must have been pretty high on something african-homebrewed to try and convince people they're interconnected with someone adulterous..i know what he might i was poking FUN at him [smiley=grin.gif]Hey! It's Bill Clinton. You have read between the lines, as in I want Ur Buns tu. ROTFLMFAO! Hey, 2k, haven't seen you in a while. What've you been up to?Fighting with Sindows. MS defaults should be a Sin. I've come to the conclusion that MS either has very stupid programers or Windows is a very stupid OS. You, eh, sure it's not both? The day MICROSOFT makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner. --IRC Quote Quote You, eh, sure it's not both? The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner. --IRC Quote AMEN! AMEN! Quote Hey! It's Bill Clinton. You have read between the lines, as in I want Ur Buns tu. Well it does take a village to you know err ahh well ahem etc.....

375.

Solve : All you need is Ubuntu?

Answer»

Bill Clinton told the Labour conference to get into ubuntu. Eh?

Ubuntu. That was what Bill Clinton told the Labour party conference it needed to remember this week. "Society is important because of Ubuntu."

But what is it? Left-leaning sudoku? U2's latest album? Fish-friendly sushi?

No, it's a word describing an African worldview, which translates as "I am because you are," and which means that individuals need other people to be fulfilled.

The former president, husky-voiced and down-home with the delegates, gave it a folksy flavour, describing it in terms of needing to be around others to enjoy being ourselves.

"If we were the most beautiful, the most intelligent, the most wealthy, the most powerful person - and then found all of a sudden that we were alone on the planet, it wouldn't amount to a hill of beans," said Mr Clinton.

The word comes from the Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa - and is related to a Zulu concept - "umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" - which means that a person is only a person through their relationship to others.

And it's entered the political lexicon through the political changes in South Africa.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his book No Future Without Forgiveness, says: "Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language... It is to say, 'My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in what is yours.'"

Decline

In his DEFINITION, it means that there is a common bond between people - and when one person's circumstances improve, everyone gains and if one person is tortured or oppressed, everyone is diminished.

Mr Tutu's identification with ubuntu has given rise to the idea of "ubuntu theology" - where ethical responsibility comes with a shared IDENTITY. If someone is hungry, the ubuntu response is that we're all collectively responsible.

There is a spiritual as well as practical dimension to this - with ubuntu reflecting the idea that we're part of a long chain of human experience, connecting us to previous and future generations.

Ubuntu has also entered the language of development and fair trade - with campaigners using the word in aid projects for Africa in ways that suggest this will be an African solution for African problems.

Ironically, says Rob Cunningham, Christian Aid's programme manager for South Africa, just as the word is taking off in Western society the values it embodies are in decline in the land of its origin.

"In my conversations with partner organisations and the communities they work with, and among older people, there's a deep sense of loss of ubuntu," says Mr Cunningham. "To me, it means sitting down in a Zulu hut in KwaZulu-Natal sharing scarce food and a brew and a few stories."

There are ubuntu education funds, ubuntu tents at development conferences, ubuntu VILLAGES, an ubuntu university - and it's now the name of an open-source operating system.

Expect to hear more from ubuntu in the future.

Sourceyou know he referring to ubuntu linuxRAPTOR !!!!! <<< "I LOVE YOUR POLITICS"
If you were a girl, I'd ask u out !
He's a girlieman, does that do it for you?anyone who can see thru the total bull crp of bill clinton is OK with me!It's not just about Ubuntu Linux, it's about the word and what it means.

He must have been pretty high on something african-homebrewed to try and convince people they're interconnected with someone adulterous..i know what he might i was poking FUN at him [smiley=grin.gif]Hey! It's Bill Clinton. You have read between the lines, as in
I want Ur Buns tu. ROTFLMFAO!

Hey, 2k, haven't seen you in a while. What've you been up to?Fighting with Sindows. MS defaults should be a Sin. I've come to the conclusion that MS either has very stupid programers or Windows is a very stupid OS. You, eh, sure it's not both?

The day MICROSOFT makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner.

--IRC Quote Quote

You, eh, sure it's not both?

The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner.

--IRC Quote

AMEN! AMEN! Quote

Hey! It's Bill Clinton. You have read between the lines, as in
I want Ur Buns tu.

Well it does take a village to you know err ahh well ahem etc.....

Discussion

376.	Solve : Intel to release Quad-Core chips late 06?
Answer» Can U smell a "nice" price-drop on the dual-cores for Xmas ? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601034.html Holy sh#t! As much as I love my AMD chips, I just might have to convert over to Intel for this. Nice find!Here's a question ? Do the EINSTEINS KEEP dumping chips/cores on-top of each other for the next 2 years, IE.... 8 core chip 2007 ? Or do researchers come up with new and exciting break-throughs in computer technology for our futures? When does the Star -trex holadex come out? (waiting on the pamela anderson model!) AMD will beat them to a quad-core release...

Discussion

377.	Solve : Unreal !! memory> Samsung develops 40nm flash?
Answer» http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20060911/samsung_develops_40_nm_flash_faster_than_nor-id-101508.html Might need Rob to decipher all this !!! Basic understanding... Large storage, small space!Am I the only person who still thinks 1.44MB is a lot of storage space?Yes, Raptor. 180KB 5.25 inch floppies... those were the days... Quote Yes, Raptor. 180KB 5.25 inch floppies... those were the days... Must have been a "hoot" watching u come to work with those stacks of floppies in both arms bumping into your pocket protector! What is with your TAG? Quote Scott (PIC) few~ yrs ago, PT.Mugu, CA Quote What is with your tag? Quote Scott (pic) few~ yrs ago, PT.Mugu, CA "people are strange, when ur a STRANGER, faces look ugly, when ur alone" don't ask , don't tell That's from an 80's song. Or was it '70's...The Doors didn't know what DECADE it was so why sweat the details ? ?Information is.. Life..

377.

Solve : Unreal !! memory> Samsung develops 40nm flash?

Answer» http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20060911/samsung_develops_40_nm_flash_faster_than_nor-id-101508.html

Might need Rob to decipher all this !!!

Basic understanding... Large storage, small space!Am I the only person who still thinks 1.44MB is a lot of storage space?Yes, Raptor.

180KB 5.25 inch floppies... those were the days... Quote

Yes, Raptor.

180KB 5.25 inch floppies... those were the days...

Must have been a "hoot" watching u come to work with those stacks of floppies in both arms bumping into your pocket protector!
What is with your TAG?

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Scott (PIC) few~ yrs ago, PT.Mugu, CA

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What is with your tag?

Quote
Scott (pic) few~ yrs ago, PT.Mugu, CA

"people are strange, when ur a STRANGER, faces look ugly, when ur alone"

don't ask , don't tell That's from an 80's song. Or was it '70's...The Doors didn't know what DECADE it was so why sweat the details ? ?Information is.. Life..

Discussion

378.	Solve : Supercomputer - smarties ONLY !?
Answer» my two cents- what do u wanna bet some USC college students (they have domain over at Los Alamos, will screw this up somehow and more of Amerika's secrets will land over in India or China AGAIN! Thanks BillClinton... http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/07/ibm.supercomputer.reut/ can't fathom these calculations, where's Rob ?ahh yes, a SUPER computer; however, you MUST remember the human brain is far more powerful than ANY supercomputer today and maybe forever. the human brain is still mostly a mystery.Looks LIKE they're just building a highly parallel system. That's not REALLY that newsworthy... Is the human brain more powerful than this? Well that's like saying is blue cheese stronger than a skyscraper. Each has its strengths... A computer will never be able to tell you whether someone is angry or FRUSTRATED, just by looking at a photograph. A human will never be able to compute Pi to a million decimal places in less than 10 seconds. Quote A human will never be able to compute Pi to a million decimal places in less than 10 seconds. Gosh darn it, I've managed to get it down to 12 seconds, but I just can't do it any faster. I've gotten to 10.624 seconds. Man is it hard, it werks my brain to the limits!!That explains a thing or two lol ummm i dont even know what pi is... oh wait is it that evil lil symbol that equals 3.14lol x 10^rofl Quote lol ummm i dont even know what pi is... oh wait is it that evil lil symbol that equals 3.14lol x 10^rofl No it's that thing you have when you're not havin cake...haha oh ok then i understand pie

378.

Solve : Supercomputer - smarties ONLY !?

Answer»

my two cents- what do u wanna bet some USC college students (they have domain over at Los Alamos, will screw this up somehow and more of Amerika's secrets will land over in India or China AGAIN! Thanks BillClinton...

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/07/ibm.supercomputer.reut/

can't fathom these calculations, where's Rob ?ahh yes, a SUPER computer; however, you MUST remember the human brain is far more powerful than ANY supercomputer today and maybe forever. the human brain is still mostly a mystery.Looks LIKE they're just building a highly parallel system. That's not REALLY that newsworthy...

Is the human brain more powerful than this? Well that's like saying is blue cheese stronger than a skyscraper. Each has its strengths... A computer will never be able to tell you whether someone is angry or FRUSTRATED, just by looking at a photograph. A human will never be able to compute Pi to a million decimal places in less than 10 seconds. Quote

A human will never be able to compute Pi to a million decimal places in less than 10 seconds.

Gosh darn it, I've managed to get it down to 12 seconds, but I just can't do it any faster. I've gotten to 10.624 seconds. Man is it hard, it werks my brain to the limits!!That explains a thing or two lol ummm i dont even know what pi is...

oh wait is it that evil lil symbol that equals 3.14lol x 10^rofl Quote

lol ummm i dont even know what pi is...

oh wait is it that evil lil symbol that equals 3.14lol x 10^rofl

No it's that thing you have when you're not havin cake...haha oh ok then i understand pie

Discussion

379.	Solve : Microsoft sues Hacker of their Media Player?
Answer» http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15035700/ Quote sparking fears it could enable CONSUMERS to illegally copy digital content. OH MY GOD! UNHEARD OF!Here's the typical reaction from a monopoly company who will spend anything on legal fees just to make a point. Kinda like a starbucks move* can anyone say metallica?Very INTERESTING, SurferDude I download and DIRECT record my music anyways... (I also edit it to cut out inserts that stupid people made, but still) Microsoft can sue just about anyone. (Microsoft: Judge, well give you 50,000 to put this guy in jail!) Quote Here's the typical reaction from a monopoly company who will spend anything on legal fees just to make a point. Kinda like a starbucks move* can anyone say metallica? I'm now a fan of Starbucks... I recieved one of those employee-generated e-mail coupons for a free beverage of choice ( which corporate decided had gotten too popular so they declined not to honor them )... they refused to pay for my medium coffee no soy crap or any other garbage so i made a scene... Saturday morning ; PACKED shop ; i wound up with a free month of coffee because they didn't wan't their gaffe getting out. Sometimes the squeaky wheel DOES get the grease.Coffee's bad, mkay?but all so good when ur tiredGOOD 4u Patio!!! You are right about the squeaky Wheel! I played kinda dumb and called newegg customer support on my psu (rma) I am sending back for a replacement. I asked if they covered the shipping (ups) costs back to them. It didn't really say anywhere they did but I figured hey; doesn't hurt to ask if its a product screwup*. He said no they don't pay but since I called they would CREDIT my credit card the 11.00 original shipping costs I paid to receive it. ! " I would rather have the free COFFEE!!!" 8-)

379.

Solve : Microsoft sues Hacker of their Media Player?

Answer» http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15035700/ Quote

sparking fears it could enable CONSUMERS to illegally copy digital content.

OH MY GOD! UNHEARD OF!Here's the typical reaction from a monopoly company who will spend anything on legal fees just to make a point. Kinda like a starbucks move*

can anyone say metallica?Very INTERESTING, SurferDude

I download and DIRECT record my music anyways...
(I also edit it to cut out inserts that stupid people made, but still)

Microsoft can sue just about anyone. (Microsoft: Judge, well give you 50,000 to put this guy in jail!) Quote

Here's the typical reaction from a monopoly company who will spend anything on legal fees just to make a point. Kinda like a starbucks move*

can anyone say metallica?

I'm now a fan of Starbucks...

I recieved one of those employee-generated e-mail coupons for a free beverage of choice ( which corporate decided had gotten too popular so they declined not to honor them )... they refused to pay for my medium coffee no soy crap or any other garbage so i made a scene...
Saturday morning ; PACKED shop ; i wound up with a free month of coffee because they didn't wan't their gaffe getting out.

Sometimes the squeaky wheel DOES get the grease.Coffee's bad, mkay?but all so good when ur tiredGOOD 4u Patio!!!
You are right about the squeaky Wheel!

I played kinda dumb and called newegg customer support on my psu (rma) I am sending back for a replacement. I asked if they covered the shipping (ups) costs back to them. It didn't really say anywhere they did but I figured hey; doesn't hurt to ask if its a product screwup*. He said no they don't pay but since I called they would CREDIT my credit card the 11.00 original shipping costs I paid to receive it. ! " I would rather have the free COFFEE!!!"

8-)

Discussion

380.	Solve : Rise up against DRM day - Oct 3rd.?
Answer» For those interested tomorrow (Oct. 3rd) is rise up against DRM day. Additional information: http://defectivebydesign.org/en/blog/announce_day_against_drmWhat is it about? Digital Rights Management? Is that a bad THING? :-?It's terrible Raptor. We might end up having to PAY for stuff.It only took me 12 minutes to read all that crap and figure out what I was reading, sounds like a DECENT CAUSE. I'm all for it.

Discussion

381.	Solve : Home PC memory prices are Rising / buy soon *?
Answer» I noticed the price I paid for one (gig) stick of value CORSAIR memory changed 3 weeks after I purchased at Newegg. I paid like 96.00 and then 3 weeks later noticed it was 113.00. This link- article explains why. [highlight]If you think you should get some more memory for a computer UPGRADE, might WANT to get it soon[/highlight]. F.Y.I.. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,212540,00.html?sPage=fnc.technology/homecomputingPrices remained steady here. theyll changeI won't be needing any ANYTIME soon. I've got three gigs allready. i hope you wont need any soon... and it was predicted that soon prices per gig would reach $0.80 in hard drives... (BTW: I didnt read the article, I am just lost here) Quote ... and it was predicted that soon prices per gig would reach $0.80 in hard drives... (BTW: I didnt read the article, I am just lost here) In a Nut -Shell* supply vs. demand, due to increased pc sales (back-to-school) and lower CPU prices ( newer cpu models coming online) memory manufacturers have switched over to digital camera memory-flash cards, etc... and inventory levels for pc ram has dropped quite a bit. There isn't a whole lot of sticks lying around.

381.

Solve : Home PC memory prices are Rising / buy soon *?

Answer»

I noticed the price I paid for one (gig) stick of value CORSAIR memory changed 3 weeks after I purchased at Newegg. I paid like 96.00 and then 3 weeks later noticed it was 113.00. This link- article explains why. [highlight]If you think you should get some more memory for a computer UPGRADE, might WANT to get it soon[/highlight]. F.Y.I..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,212540,00.html?sPage=fnc.technology/homecomputingPrices remained steady here.

theyll changeI won't be needing any ANYTIME soon. I've got three gigs allready. i hope you wont need any soon... and it was predicted that soon prices per gig would reach $0.80 in hard drives... (BTW: I didnt read the article, I am just lost here) Quote

... and it was predicted that soon prices per gig would reach $0.80 in hard drives... (BTW: I didnt read the article, I am just lost here)

In a Nut -Shell* supply vs. demand, due to increased pc sales (back-to-school) and lower CPU prices ( newer cpu models coming online) memory manufacturers have switched over to digital camera memory-flash cards, etc... and inventory levels for pc ram has dropped quite a bit. There isn't a whole lot of sticks lying around.

Discussion

382.	Solve : Microsoft Taking Security Risks (With Vista)?
Answer» Microsoft 'taking security risks' Microsoft is taking security risks with its forthcoming Vista operating system, says software firm McAfee. The security specialist has taken out a full-page advert in the Financial Times to alert readers to its concerns. It feels the tech giant is increasing risks of hacks and viruses by locking out third-party software firms from its in-built security system for Vista. The row also involves the European Union, which is watching Vista's release for signs of monopoly abuse. "With its upcoming Vista operating system, Microsoft is embracing the flawed logic that computers will be more secure if it stops co-operating with the independent security firms," wrote George Samenuk, McAfee's chairman and chief executive in the advert. 'Preventing releases' McAfee says Microsoft is stopping security firms from accessing the core of the operating system, called the kernel, and is therefore preventing them from releasing third-party security add-ons. If Microsoft wants to make Vista more secure, it should provide equal access to the platform Symantec weblog Attacks on the kernel of an operating system - such as malicious drivers for peripherals and rootkit hacks - have become commonplace among users of Microsoft's Windows XP. Microsoft is locking security firms - and other software developers - out of the core in an effort to prevent kernel attacks on Vista. "Microsoft seems to envision a world in which one giant company not only controls the systems that drive most computers around the world but also the security that protects those computers from viruses and other online threats," the advert SAID. "Only one approach protecting us all: when it fails, it fails for 97% of the world's desktops." 'Constructive dialogue' A Microsoft spokesman said: "Our goal is to deliver a fully innovative, secure version of Windows Vista that is compliant with EU law. We have an ongoing and constructive dialogue with the European Commission on these issues." The European Commission is involved in the debate after it fined Microsoft 497m euros (£335m) in 2004 for anti-competitive behaviour. Security firms such as McAfee and Symantec believe Microsoft's actions around security for Vista amounts to a similar anti-competitive stance. Last month the European Union competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, accused Microsoft of orchestrating a "co-ordinated campaign" to discredit her. McAfee and Symantec have both stated that the core security systems for Vista have already been breached by hackers. "These new technologies, along with Microsoft's unwillingness to make compromises in this area have serious implications for the security industry as a whole," Symantec said on its security weblog. It added: "If Microsoft wants to make Vista more secure, it should provide equal access to the platform that its own developers have to ensure that security vendors can continue to innovate on the platform, and to ensure that consumers and manufacturers can continue to choose the best security solutions for the platform." Quote "Only one approach protecting us all: when it fails, it fails for 97% of the world's desktops." They have a good point there. However it's Mcafee and Norton talking... G-Man and others had it right awhile ago, don't even bother with vista till they work out the FLAWS, 6 months / 1 year ? The latest tech news say don't contemplate one of those puters that say they are vista-upgradable. It will be better to buy a puter with the OS installed then to try it yourself. Too many driver issues with pre-installed (older) hardware- "issues" !! f..y..i...yet another good reason not to trust windowsWell... if third party software is blocked, wouldent viruses be blocked as well? Anyways... McAfee is just whineing... Actually the CRACKS the Hackers used on VISTA will work against ALL OS's running an Intel or AMD x386 Based Processor. So when you here them SLAMMING vista because it was broken in to , remember it was a Hard ware flaw that allowed it. I think Microsoft's Idea to Secure Vista with in house only Code is a Good one. if you goback and read the artical that i think honvetops posted youll see how they cracked it.i wish i was smart enough to make STUFF like that (for my knowlegde not to screw ppl over except a friend or too)someone will just find a way to get past it... Quote someone will just find a way to get past it... Agreed. Some one will find a way...just give it time.Third party software has posed far fewer security risks than MS's OS. Their selection of defaults and their desire to "backdoor" their own software is the major security problem. Third party software usually corrects these issues and MS doesn't like that. MS is dead wrong in this matter. There simply MUST be more than one option when it comes to security.

382.

Solve : Microsoft Taking Security Risks (With Vista)?

Answer» Microsoft 'taking security risks'

Microsoft is taking security risks with its forthcoming Vista operating system, says software firm McAfee.

The security specialist has taken out a full-page advert in the Financial Times to alert readers to its concerns.

It feels the tech giant is increasing risks of hacks and viruses by locking out third-party software firms from its in-built security system for Vista.

The row also involves the European Union, which is watching Vista's release for signs of monopoly abuse.

"With its upcoming Vista operating system, Microsoft is embracing the flawed logic that computers will be more secure if it stops co-operating with the independent security firms," wrote George Samenuk, McAfee's chairman and chief executive in the advert.

'Preventing releases'

McAfee says Microsoft is stopping security firms from accessing the core of the operating system, called the kernel, and is therefore preventing them from releasing third-party security add-ons.

If Microsoft wants to make Vista more secure, it should provide equal access to the platform
Symantec weblog

Attacks on the kernel of an operating system - such as malicious drivers for peripherals and rootkit hacks - have become commonplace among users of Microsoft's Windows XP.

Microsoft is locking security firms - and other software developers - out of the core in an effort to prevent kernel attacks on Vista.

"Microsoft seems to envision a world in which one giant company not only controls the systems that drive most computers around the world but also the security that protects those computers from viruses and other online threats," the advert SAID.

"Only one approach protecting us all: when it fails, it fails for 97% of the world's desktops."

'Constructive dialogue'

A Microsoft spokesman said: "Our goal is to deliver a fully innovative, secure version of Windows Vista that is compliant with EU law. We have an ongoing and constructive dialogue with the European Commission on these issues."

The European Commission is involved in the debate after it fined Microsoft 497m euros (£335m) in 2004 for anti-competitive behaviour.

Security firms such as McAfee and Symantec believe Microsoft's actions around security for Vista amounts to a similar anti-competitive stance.

Last month the European Union competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, accused Microsoft of orchestrating a "co-ordinated campaign" to discredit her.

McAfee and Symantec have both stated that the core security systems for Vista have already been breached by hackers.

"These new technologies, along with Microsoft's unwillingness to make compromises in this area have serious implications for the security industry as a whole," Symantec said on its security weblog.

It added: "If Microsoft wants to make Vista more secure, it should provide equal access to the platform that its own developers have to ensure that security vendors can continue to innovate on the platform, and to ensure that consumers and manufacturers can continue to choose the best security solutions for the platform."
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"Only one approach protecting us all: when it fails, it fails for 97% of the world's desktops."

They have a good point there.

However it's Mcafee and Norton talking... G-Man and others had it right awhile ago, don't even bother with vista till they work out the FLAWS, 6 months / 1 year ? The latest tech news say don't contemplate one of those puters that say they are vista-upgradable. It will be better to buy a puter with the OS installed then to try it yourself. Too many driver issues with pre-installed (older) hardware- "issues" !!
f..y..i...yet another good reason not to trust windowsWell... if third party software is blocked, wouldent viruses be blocked as well?

Anyways... McAfee is just whineing...
Actually the CRACKS the Hackers used on VISTA will work against ALL OS's running an Intel or AMD x386 Based Processor.

So when you here them SLAMMING vista because it was broken in to , remember it was a Hard ware flaw that allowed it.

I think Microsoft's Idea to Secure Vista with in house only Code is a Good one.

if you goback and read the artical that i think honvetops posted youll see how they cracked it.i wish i was smart enough to make STUFF like that (for my knowlegde not to screw ppl over except a friend or too)someone will just find a way to get past it... Quote

someone will just find a way to get past it...

Agreed. Some one will find a way...just give it time.Third party software has posed far fewer security risks than MS's OS. Their selection of defaults and their desire to "backdoor" their own software is the major security problem. Third party software usually corrects these issues and MS doesn't like that. MS is dead wrong in this matter. There simply MUST be more than one option when it comes to security.

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383.	Solve : Instant Messaging "WORM" might wanna read ??
Answer» http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn10119&feedId=online-news_rss20Never talk to strangers. ::pulls sheet over head:: ::I see strangers everywhere what do i do??:: ::drives under the bed:: :: go away strangers dont come back another day::Its so easy to get someone's ip through an IM... not to MENTION ther IM login and PW. Hint* MS-DOS rules.^^^^^^ "I think I learned something today !!" [ Stan ] 8-) Hint* MS-DOS rules. <<<< from my southpark buddy!!! lol Quote Its so easy to get someone's ip through an IM... not to mention ther IM login and PW. Hint* MS-DOS rules. Now, I thought that MSN would protect that information for me...It's MADE by Microsoft...how can you expect it to protect anything? Nah, I'm kidding. I use MSN all the time and I haven't had a issue with it. Maybe it's because I only use it to talk to friends and most of them aren't very COMPUTER saavy...... I am THINKING about adding that GUY to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now. Quote ... I am thinking about adding that guy to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now. Be careful, I once lost an account to some kid who had a wee-tool that'd allow him to simply take over your account. Must have been some kind of security hole.. Just make sure you've got all your contacts written down. Quote Quote ... I am thinking about adding that guy to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now. Be careful, I once lost an account to some kid who had a wee-tool that'd allow him to simply take over your account. Must have been some kind of security hole.. Just make sure you've got all your contacts written down. If I were to ask him to try, I would sign up for a new Hotmail account first... I like my current one... BTW: Post a little bit slower... your breaking records! And how fast do you type?

383.

Solve : Instant Messaging "WORM" might wanna read ??

Answer» http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn10119&feedId=online-news_rss20Never talk to strangers. ::pulls sheet over head:: ::I see strangers everywhere what do i do??:: ::drives under the bed:: :: go away strangers dont come back another day::Its so easy to get someone's ip through an IM... not to MENTION ther IM login and PW.

Hint* MS-DOS rules.^^^^^^ "I think I learned something today !!" [ Stan ]

8-)

Hint* MS-DOS rules. <<<< from my southpark buddy!!! lol Quote

Its so easy to get someone's ip through an IM... not to mention ther IM login and PW.

Hint* MS-DOS rules.

Now, I thought that MSN would protect that information for me...It's MADE by Microsoft...how can you expect it to protect anything? Nah, I'm kidding. I use MSN all the time and I haven't had a issue with it. Maybe it's because I only use it to talk to friends and most of them aren't very COMPUTER saavy......

I am THINKING about adding that GUY to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now. Quote

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I am thinking about adding that guy to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now.

Be careful, I once lost an account to some kid who had a wee-tool that'd allow him to simply take over your account. Must have been some kind of security hole.. Just make sure you've got all your contacts written down. Quote

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I am thinking about adding that guy to my MSN list just to see what will happen... but I dont dare right now.

Be careful, I once lost an account to some kid who had a wee-tool that'd allow him to simply take over your account. Must have been some kind of security hole.. Just make sure you've got all your contacts written down.

If I were to ask him to try, I would sign up for a new Hotmail account first... I like my current one... BTW: Post a little bit slower... your breaking records!
And how fast do you type?

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384.	Solve : Microsoft offering "VML" IE- patch (security)?
Answer» I guess after the fact is BETTER than NOTHING, THANKS alot! http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-09-26-browser-usat_x.htmfinally they do something

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385.	Solve : Can You upgrade to Vista ? an experts view?
Answer» Expert View: Can You Upgrade to Vista? One question I hear a LOT these days is "Can I upgrade to Vista when the time comes?" Joel Santo Domingo - PC Magazine Oct. 2 - One question I hear a lot these days is "Can I upgrade to Vista when the time comes?" Depending on your current setup, you may be able to get your system ready for the brave new world of Vista. Or you may decide that you're better off just getting a new Vista-ready system instead. Here's what you need to consider. Memory Do you have at least 512MB? One gigabyte of system memory is a more comfortable amount, and 2GB is just about perfect for all iterations of Vista, though you may want 4GB to 8GB if you're a hardcore gamer or a multimedia maven. Graphics If you have integrated graphics or a DX9-capable graphics card, it is likely that you can use Vista in its basic form, without all the fancy Aero effects. If your graphics card has at least 256MB of dedicated graphics memory, Aero will work fine for you. Users of PCs with PCIe X16 slots will be able to upgrade to the new DX10 graphics cards when they're available later this year. DX10 will be a Vista-optimized graphics standard. Hard drive While you can install Vista on any machine that has at least 15GB free, you may want to upgrade to at least 250GB if your current system has less than 80GB. You'll need the room if you upgrade to any new Vista-optimized programs. Processor Upgrading a processor is intimidating. If your processor is too slow for Vista (Intel Celeron Via C3, or AMD Sempron processors that are slower than 800 MHz), buy a new PC. Cut and run If your system came with Windows 95, 98, or ME originally, buy a new system—even if you have the wherewithal to upgrade, it will likely be up to only the minimum Vista requirements. If your system came with Windows 2000, it will probably be able to handle the hardware upgrades needed to run Vista Business or Home Basic, but won't run Vista's multimedia offerings. If your Windows XP system's invoice reads 2004 or later, then you should be in good shape for Home Basic and Premium. For those brave souls who plan to upgrade to Vista-ready levels, I salute you. One hint: Wipe your machine's C: drive and install Vista from scratch rather than upgrading from an existing copy of Windows XP. Just remember to back up your data. Copyright © 2006 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. There's an easier way of answering this question. Run the Windows Vista Upgrade Adviser.

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386.	Solve : Net crime 'big fear' for Britons?
Answer» A fifth of people fear net crime the most, the report says More Britons fear net crime than they do burglary, a survey suggests. The Get Safe Online study released by the government found 21% of respondents felt most at risk from net crime, while 16% worried most about being burgled. A BBC investigation into net-based attacks on Windows PCs found they could happen as MUCH as every 15 minutes. At least every hour, an unprotected PC set up as a honeypot logged a malicious attack that could render it unusable or make it access other machines. Similar so-called "honeypot" computers have become indispensable to computer SECURITY experts monitoring online crime in recent years. The government's study also found fears of online crime ran so deep some people were being put off using the internet altogether. But Get Safe Online CAMPAIGN boss Tony Neate said people only needed to take simple steps to avoid almost all types of net dangers. The survey was released as the Get Safe Online campaign gets a re-launch and embarks on a national tour that aims to tell people about good web browsing habits. As well as highlighting fears, the survey also indicates the net is becoming an increasingly important part of many Britons' lives. Online shopping Mr Neate, campaign managing director, said 57% of UK households had a internet connection and 69% of those were linked up via broadband. In the first six months of 2006, British shoppers spent more than £13bn online, the survey found, and 52% of Britons questioned did their banking online. But hand-in-hand with this went WORRIES about the dangers greater net use posed, said Mr Neate. He said 18% of those questioned said they would not shop online because they were concerned about becoming a VICTIM of net crime. The survey also found that many people are still not taking basic steps to protect themselves when they use a PC to go online. The survey found 17% of people had no anti-virus software and 22% had no firewall. A further 23% said they had opened an e-mail attachment that came from an unknown source. Mr Neate said the numbers of people visiting the Get Safe Online website and how long they stayed was an indicator the message was starting to get through. Since the October 2005 launch more than 750,000 people had visited the website, he said. He added that people should regard their PC like their car and take similar steps to keep it in good working order and safe from thieves. "It's about crime prevention and awareness," he said. "Take some simple precautions and people are going to be safe." Quote NET CRIME: A GLOBAL PROBLEM 86% of all targeted attacks on computers are aimed at home users Every day 6,000 computers around the world are attacked by malicious hackers trying to knock a website offline In the first six months of 2006 alone there were 6,784 new viruses attacking Windows machines More than 54% of all e-mail is spam Source: Symantec In 2005 there were 3,000 different phishing sites identified The losses from phishing scams in the UK was £23.2m in 2005 alone Source: Get Safe Online More than 95% of all e-mail is junk - either spam, error messages or viruses Source Quote As well as highlighting fears, the survey also indicates the net is becoming an increasingly important part of many Britons' lives. Quote The survey also found that many people are still not taking basic steps to protect themselves when they use a PC to go online. yep thats true.. or they only have a quarter of the protection but dont keep it updated.

386.

Solve : Net crime 'big fear' for Britons?

Answer» A fifth of people fear net crime the most, the report says
More Britons fear net crime than they do burglary, a survey suggests.

The Get Safe Online study released by the government found 21% of respondents felt most at risk from net crime, while 16% worried most about being burgled.

A BBC investigation into net-based attacks on Windows PCs found they could happen as MUCH as every 15 minutes.

At least every hour, an unprotected PC set up as a honeypot logged a malicious attack that could render it unusable or make it access other machines.

Similar so-called "honeypot" computers have become indispensable to computer SECURITY experts monitoring online crime in recent years.

The government's study also found fears of online crime ran so deep some people were being put off using the internet altogether.

But Get Safe Online CAMPAIGN boss Tony Neate said people only needed to take simple steps to avoid almost all types of net dangers.

The survey was released as the Get Safe Online campaign gets a re-launch and embarks on a national tour that aims to tell people about good web browsing habits.

As well as highlighting fears, the survey also indicates the net is becoming an increasingly important part of many Britons' lives.

Online shopping

Mr Neate, campaign managing director, said 57% of UK households had a internet connection and 69% of those were linked up via broadband.

In the first six months of 2006, British shoppers spent more than £13bn online, the survey found, and 52% of Britons questioned did their banking online.

But hand-in-hand with this went WORRIES about the dangers greater net use posed, said Mr Neate.

He said 18% of those questioned said they would not shop online because they were concerned about becoming a VICTIM of net crime.

The survey also found that many people are still not taking basic steps to protect themselves when they use a PC to go online.

The survey found 17% of people had no anti-virus software and 22% had no firewall. A further 23% said they had opened an e-mail attachment that came from an unknown source.

Mr Neate said the numbers of people visiting the Get Safe Online website and how long they stayed was an indicator the message was starting to get through.

Since the October 2005 launch more than 750,000 people had visited the website, he said.

He added that people should regard their PC like their car and take similar steps to keep it in good working order and safe from thieves.

"It's about crime prevention and awareness," he said. "Take some simple precautions and people are going to be safe."

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NET CRIME: A GLOBAL PROBLEM
86% of all targeted attacks on computers are aimed at home users
Every day 6,000 computers around the world are attacked by malicious hackers trying to knock a website offline
In the first six months of 2006 alone there were 6,784 new viruses attacking Windows machines
More than 54% of all e-mail is spam
Source: Symantec
In 2005 there were 3,000 different phishing sites identified
The losses from phishing scams in the UK was £23.2m in 2005 alone
Source: Get Safe Online
More than 95% of all e-mail is junk - either spam, error messages or viruses

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As well as highlighting fears, the survey also indicates the net is becoming an increasingly important part of many Britons' lives.

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The survey also found that many people are still not taking basic steps to protect themselves when they use a PC to go online.

yep thats true.. or they only have a quarter of the protection but dont keep it updated.

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387.	Solve : Think Vista sounds good??
Answer» In Honvetops absence, I posted a few worthy news links: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+struggles+with+Patch+Tuesday/2100-1002_3-6124447.html?tag=nefd.top http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;335620732;fp;16;fpid;0 And will Visa finally be the Windows that releases it's API's to other companies? http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Security_firms_skeptical_about_Vista_shift/0,339028227,339271652,00.htmVista seems like one of those things that seem like a good idea at the time... The thing I hate about Windows is that it went too far. DOS confused the censored out of a lot of people, and it IMPLIED that you had to be intelligent to own/use a computer. Windows was invented, and Win95/98 made it easier to do a number of tasks. Building on this success, Microsoft apparently went on upgrading, making more "wizards" that do things for you. However, at the same time, it's difficult to do custom things on the computer to your benefit. It does things for you, so it's hard to find ways to change the way things are done. Not to say that they aren't there, but it's hard to find. I can't wait to see what advanced feature Vista takes away. Quote and it implied that you had to be intelligent to own/use a computer. What's wrong with that? If the Internet was full of intelligent people, it'd be a better place! No more bunnyhoppers, no more badly WRITTEN posts! It'd be bliss! YES! LONG LIVE MS-DOS! Quote Microsoft apparently went on upgrading, making more "wizards" that do things for you. However, at the same time, it's difficult to do custom things on the computer to your benefit. It does things for you, so it's hard to find ways to change the way things are done. The Wizards are absolutely shite, especially the ones on Network connection that take you through a lot of steps, but in the end do nothing at all. Quote What's wrong with that? Nothing. I should qualify my statement: It implied that you had to be intelligent to use a computer, so if you did, then it was a symbol of status. (Status of genius or geek/nerd, depending on who you ask. Today when I talk about DOS I get blank stares.)the raptors rant about the network wizard is sooooo true. another useless wizard is the "found new hardware" wizard. I was playing with the voce recognition in Vista a few Days ago, its a nice feture, but im seeing the requirements for vist posted about the place.... ack i spent too much on my Computer for M$ to go and tell me its not Good enuph for there censored OSMS builds Wizards...problem is none of them are functional. Can anyone say "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard " ? ? ?I never TRIED that one, I am a BIT reluctant because I am worried that my files and settings might somewhere along the process be ejected into oblivion. What does it do? dilbert i get blank stares when i say computer... let alone talk about the workings of viruses and other infections Quote I never tried that one, I am a bit reluctant because I am worried that my files and settings might somewhere along the process be ejected into oblivion. What does it do? It does exactly what you described....what it was designed to do is take all your applications , settings, My Documents etc. all your important stuff and be able to seamlessly transfer them in to a new clean XP installation. My success rate was once out of 8 tries and being no idiot i never went back... patio. 8-)That reminds me: There was this "All Movie Talk" website I was at (linked from RinkWorks) and I heard this blooper: They were talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey.What was supposed to be Quote Hal is not actually evil. He behaves evil, but he's just a computer; he's doing what he was programmed to do. came out a lot closer to the truth: Quote Hal is not actually evil. He behaves evil because he's a computer -- ah, no. [laughing] Oh, and I just found this gem: Quote Hi I just talked to [a PC retailer], and they told me to call you. A WATER main in our house broke, and 85 gallons of water got dumped on my PC. It's insured, but the insurance company will only cover the parts I can prove are bad. I think it's dry now; can you help me troubleshoot it? Quote <snip> Oh, and I just found this gem: Quote Hi I just talked to [a PC retailer], and they told me to call you. A water main in our house broke, and 85 gallons of water got dumped on my PC. It's insured, but the insurance company will only cover the parts I can prove are bad. I think it's dry now; can you help me troubleshoot it? Classic!

387.

Solve : Think Vista sounds good??

Answer»

In Honvetops absence, I posted a few worthy news links:

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+struggles+with+Patch+Tuesday/2100-1002_3-6124447.html?tag=nefd.top

http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;335620732;fp;16;fpid;0

And will Visa finally be the Windows that releases it's API's to other companies?

http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Security_firms_skeptical_about_Vista_shift/0,339028227,339271652,00.htmVista seems like one of those things that seem like a good idea at the time...

The thing I hate about Windows is that it went too far. DOS confused the *censored* out of a lot of people, and it IMPLIED that you had to be intelligent to own/use a computer. Windows was invented, and Win95/98 made it easier to do a number of tasks. Building on this success, Microsoft apparently went on upgrading, making more "wizards" that do things for you. However, at the same time, it's difficult to do custom things on the computer to your benefit. It does things for you, so it's hard to find ways to change the way things are done. Not to say that they aren't there, but it's hard to find. I can't wait to see what advanced feature Vista takes away. Quote

and it implied that you had to be intelligent to own/use a computer.

What's wrong with that? If the Internet was full of intelligent people, it'd be a better place! No more bunnyhoppers, no more badly WRITTEN posts! It'd be bliss! YES! LONG LIVE MS-DOS!

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Microsoft apparently went on upgrading, making more "wizards" that do things for you. However, at the same time, it's difficult to do custom things on the computer to your benefit. It does things for you, so it's hard to find ways to change the way things are done.

The Wizards are absolutely shite, especially the ones on Network connection that take you through a lot of steps, but in the end do nothing at all. Quote

What's wrong with that?

Nothing.

I should qualify my statement: It implied that you had to be intelligent to use a computer, so if you did, then it was a symbol of status. (Status of genius or geek/nerd, depending on who you ask. Today when I talk about DOS I get blank stares.)the raptors rant about the network wizard is sooooo true. another useless wizard is the "found new hardware" wizard. I was playing with the voce recognition in Vista a few Days ago, its a nice feture, but im seeing the requirements for vist posted about the place.... ack i spent too much on my Computer for M$ to go and tell me its not Good enuph for there *censored* OSMS builds Wizards...problem is none of them are functional.

Can anyone say "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard " ? ? ?I never TRIED that one, I am a BIT reluctant because I am worried that my files and settings might somewhere along the process be ejected into oblivion.

What does it do? dilbert i get blank stares when i say computer... let alone talk about the workings of viruses and other infections Quote

I never tried that one, I am a bit reluctant because I am worried that my files and settings might somewhere along the process be ejected into oblivion.

What does it do?

It does exactly what you described....what it was designed to do is take all your applications , settings, My Documents etc. all your important stuff and be able to seamlessly transfer them in to a new clean XP installation.

My success rate was once out of 8 tries and being no idiot i never went back...

patio. 8-)That reminds me: There was this "All Movie Talk" website I was at (linked from RinkWorks) and I heard this blooper:

They were talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey.What was supposed to be

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Hal is not actually evil. He behaves evil, but he's just a computer; he's doing what he was programmed to do.

came out a lot closer to the truth:

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Hal is not actually evil. He behaves evil because he's a computer -- ah, no. [laughing]

Oh, and I just found this gem:

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Hi I just talked to [a PC retailer], and they told me to call you. A WATER main in our house broke, and 85 gallons of water got dumped on my PC. It's insured, but the insurance company will only cover the parts I can prove are bad. I think it's dry now; can you help me troubleshoot it?

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<snip>
Oh, and I just found this gem:

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Hi I just talked to [a PC retailer], and they told me to call you. A water main in our house broke, and 85 gallons of water got dumped on my PC. It's insured, but the insurance company will only cover the parts I can prove are bad. I think it's dry now; can you help me troubleshoot it?

Classic!

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388.	Solve : Non-premium Hotmail/MSN Users -- Read This?
Answer» If you are a user of a non-premium Hotmail or MSN (or live.com/passport.com) account, and would like to use Outlook Express instead of accessing Hotmail through its web interface (www.hotmail.com) you might want to read First off, no, Non-Premium accounts cannot be accessed Via Outlook without thridparty (not always secure) (and sometimes subscription required) software that is semi illegal. Secondly, Microsoft just CREATED a program that will access your computer through a program. Thirdly, this is still BETA software, but easily available. Please check it out, its much better than the Web Interface, it doesent look bad either http://www.ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionid=6ac2bed2-b5a4-4a0a-a897-e36dd191a9f4 Below is a description of the program from Microsoft Quote What it is A program that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place. What it gives you • Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place (even AOL and Gmail) • The power of desktop software with the flexibility of Web-based e-mail • A way to get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail • The ability to compose, delete, and ORGANIZE e-mail even when you're offline • A massive 2 GB* of online inbox storage • Address AutoComplete and other HANDY features to let you speed through your e-mail like never before • The power to instantly add an MSN® Spaces blog entry about any message • Keep in touch with your MSN® Messenger contacts right from inside the program • Easy creation and editing of photo e-mails * 2 GB = 2,000,000,000 bytes BTW: I myself tried it out, and happened to like it. Its free since it has a advertisement bar on the SIDE of the program, just like the banner ads of the Web Interface Hotmail Access. Try it out Why would I need another type of program to receive E-mail? I've got my E-mail client for that.. Another brilliant idea from Microsoft. Its probably stolen property. Like a stolen car - repaint, add pin stripes, change the vin, and VOILA - how do like my new car!Well, if you dont have a premium hotmatil or MSN account, you cant use OE or T-Bird to check your email. This will let you...Ditch Hotmail, I don't even use it and I get tons of spam. (For someone who never uses it. ) Quote Ditch Hotmail, I don't even use it and I get tons of spam. (For someone who never uses it. ) I dot get SPAM... Yahoo will get you more SPAM than Hotmail.... and I just dont trust GMAILYou don't trust Gmail? I don't use Yahoo either. That company has always been associated with spyware in my eyes. Crappy toolbars and lots of pop-ups.My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it.... Chris Quote My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it.... Chris If you've had the account for the last five years (or was it three) Microsoft did not cut your OE support...That's weird.Everything about MS is weird....... except the money. You've got, they want it, and if they can gouge it out of you, they will. Quote Quote My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it.... Chris If you've had the account for the last five years (or was it three) Microsoft did not cut your OE support... Ahhh thanks, yea i got it 4 years ago. Chrisms with there awsome loop hole filled software.. there probably did the same thing as dos payed the guy who created it a small amount and then set it up so he cant get rollaties..

388.

Solve : Non-premium Hotmail/MSN Users -- Read This?

Answer»

If you are a user of a non-premium Hotmail or MSN (or live.com/passport.com) account, and would like to use Outlook Express instead of accessing Hotmail through its web interface (www.hotmail.com) you might want to read

First off, no, Non-Premium accounts cannot be accessed Via Outlook without thridparty (not always secure) (and sometimes subscription required) software that is semi illegal.

Secondly, Microsoft just CREATED a program that will access your computer through a program.
Thirdly, this is still BETA software, but easily available.

Please check it out, its much better than the Web Interface, it doesent look bad either
http://www.ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionid=6ac2bed2-b5a4-4a0a-a897-e36dd191a9f4

Below is a description of the program from Microsoft
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What it is

A program that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place.

What it gives you

• Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place (even AOL and Gmail) • The power of desktop software with the flexibility of Web-based e-mail • A way to get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail • The ability to compose, delete, and ORGANIZE e-mail even when you're offline • A massive 2 GB* of online inbox storage • Address AutoComplete and other HANDY features to let you speed through your e-mail like never before • The power to instantly add an MSN® Spaces blog entry about any message • Keep in touch with your MSN® Messenger contacts right from inside the program • Easy creation and editing of photo e-mails
* 2 GB = 2,000,000,000 bytes

BTW: I myself tried it out, and happened to like it. Its free since it has a advertisement bar on the SIDE of the program, just like the banner ads of the Web Interface Hotmail Access.

Try it out

Why would I need another type of program to receive E-mail? I've got my E-mail client for that..

Another brilliant idea from Microsoft. Its probably stolen property. Like a stolen car - repaint, add pin stripes, change the vin, and VOILA - how do like my new car!Well, if you dont have a premium hotmatil or MSN account, you cant use OE or T-Bird to check your email.

This will let you...Ditch Hotmail, I don't even use it and I get tons of spam. (For someone who never uses it. ) Quote

Ditch Hotmail, I don't even use it and I get tons of spam. (For someone who never uses it. )

I dot get SPAM... Yahoo will get you more SPAM than Hotmail....

and I just dont trust GMAILYou don't trust Gmail?

I don't use Yahoo either. That company has always been associated with spyware in my eyes. Crappy toolbars and lots of pop-ups.My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it....

Chris Quote

My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it....

Chris

If you've had the account for the last five years (or was it three) Microsoft did not cut your OE support...That's weird.Everything about MS is weird....... except the money. You've got, they want it, and if they can gouge it out of you, they will. Quote

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My MSN account works with express and i sure dont pay for it....

Chris
If you've had the account for the last five years (or was it three) Microsoft did not cut your OE support...

Ahhh thanks, yea i got it 4 years ago.

Chrisms with there awsome loop hole filled software.. there probably did the same thing as dos payed the guy who created it a small amount and then set it up so he cant get rollaties..

Discussion

389.	Solve : Thermal cleaning solution?
Answer» This stuff is absolutely great; Arctic Cleaner Quote Features: Unique 2-Step Process: ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material REMOVER quickly emulsifies and dissolves the existing thermal grease or pad from the CPU and/or heatsink so that it can easily be removed with a clean cloth or paper towel. A few drops of ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier and some gentle wiping then removes the remaining residue and inhibits flash corrosion on copper or aluminum Quote Why Not Just Use Isopropyl Alcohol or Acetone? Put isopropyl alcohol or acetone on a thermal pad and 10 minutes LATER you will have... A thermal pad. Only with a lot of rubbing and scrubbing will you be able to remove the pad. While the alcohol or acetone may soften the pad, neither actually dissolves the pad. Although less visible, it is the same cleaning thermal greases with alcohol or acetone. ArctiClean 1 totally emulsifies thermal pads and thermal greases. The waxes, oils, and fillers of the thermal material are suspended within the ArctiClean 1 so they can be cleaned off completely. This emulsification allow ArctiClean to remove the thermal material in the microscopic imperfections in the heatsink or heat spreader that non-emulsifying cleaners cannot touch. The flash corrosion inhibitors in ArctiClean 2 then significantly reduce the corrosion layer on the copper or aluminum, improving the interface between the metal and the new thermal material and maximizing thermal transfer. It's not very expensive either - I paid 5 euros for the TWO smaller bottles, you only need a few drops so you could probably at least clean a 500 processors and heatsinks with it. It even smells nice! Like lemon.. Just don't INHALE it, I've got a headache now. :-/lol.. thats seems PRETTY koolExcellent...and thanx for the tip. Been looking for a product like this. patio. 8-)

389.

Solve : Thermal cleaning solution?

Answer»

This stuff is absolutely great;

Arctic Cleaner

Quote

Features:

Unique 2-Step Process:
ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material REMOVER quickly emulsifies and dissolves the existing thermal grease or pad from the CPU and/or heatsink so that it can easily be removed with a clean cloth or paper towel. A few drops of ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier and some gentle wiping then removes the remaining residue and inhibits flash corrosion on copper or aluminum

Quote

Why Not Just Use Isopropyl Alcohol or Acetone?
Put isopropyl alcohol or acetone on a thermal pad and 10 minutes LATER you will have...

A thermal pad.

Only with a lot of rubbing and scrubbing will you be able to remove the pad. While the alcohol or acetone may soften the pad, neither actually dissolves the pad.

Although less visible, it is the same cleaning thermal greases with alcohol or acetone.

ArctiClean 1 totally emulsifies thermal pads and thermal greases. The waxes, oils, and fillers of the thermal material are suspended within the ArctiClean 1 so they can be cleaned off completely. This emulsification allow ArctiClean to remove the thermal material in the microscopic imperfections in the heatsink or heat spreader that non-emulsifying cleaners cannot touch.

The flash corrosion inhibitors in ArctiClean 2 then significantly reduce the corrosion layer on the copper or aluminum, improving the interface between the metal and the new thermal material and maximizing thermal transfer.

It's not very expensive either - I paid 5 euros for the TWO smaller bottles, you only need a few drops so you could probably at least clean a 500 processors and heatsinks with it.

It even smells nice! Like lemon.. Just don't INHALE it, I've got a headache now. :-/lol.. thats seems PRETTY koolExcellent...and thanx for the tip.

Been looking for a product like this.

patio. 8-)

Discussion

390.	Solve : online back ups?
Answer» http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127477-page,1-c,backuputilities/article.htmlNo thanx...guess where that data is stored ? ? On hard drives which as we all know are PRONE to fail. I'll keep my data where i know it's safe...backed up regularly with Acronis and burned to DVD. patio. 8-)I think those kind of solutions are quite trustworthy technology-wise, you shouldn't worry about HDD's failing as the data can be RECOVERED and they probably store the data on multiple HDD's. That same doesn't apply for DVD's, though. Is it possible to recover data from a damaged/broken DVD?Probably not which is why i make duplicates. Stored at another location. Sounds like overkill but i've been down the DISASTER road once and that was enough... patio. 8-) Quote Probably not which is why i make duplicates. Stored at another location. Sounds like overkill but i've been down the disaster road once and that was enough... patio. 8-) You use Acronis True Image, right? Did you pay for that?Yes. I was sold on it the first time i tried it. I believe they had a FREE TRIAL to buy back then and it wasn't even a week when i decided to go for it. One thing i have learned however is to use the tool provided to verify the images. I had a Windows Vista backup that refused to restore properly. No great loss however as that Vista build was wonked anyway and no software in the world would have made it behave properly....

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391.	Solve : Microsoft's big gamble with free Office?
Answer» It wasn't the least bit obvious from your previous post. Your post neither explicitly stated or implied that you were TALKING about STUDENT pricing. And, since most students would not be BUYING an Enterprise edition of Office, it's just not sensible to think we should assume you were talking about academic priced software. I know that local college bookstores from several colleges do not sell an Enterprise VERSION; the Professional version is what is normally sold by them. Quote from: soybean on April 13, 2010, 01:07:02 PM It wasn't the least bit obvious from your previous post. Your post neither explicitly stated or implied that you were talking about student pricing. And, since most students would not be buying an Enterprise edition of Office, it's just not sensible to think we should assume you were talking about academic priced software. I know that local college bookstores from several colleges do not sell an Enterprise version; the Professional version is what is normally sold by them. Geez... All he said is that it's not silly to pay for Office when it's ~100$. I take ~100$ to mean approximately $100. Unless you're qualified to buy at academic pricing, you'll have to pay MUCH more, which would be the case for the majority of buyers. That's my point. let me rephrase.... in response to patio he said it's not silly to pay for office when it they can get it for ~100$.

391.

Solve : Microsoft's big gamble with free Office?

Answer»

It wasn't the least bit obvious from your previous post. Your post neither explicitly stated or implied that you were TALKING about STUDENT pricing. And, since most students would not be BUYING an Enterprise edition of Office, it's just not sensible to think we should assume you were talking about academic priced software. I know that local college bookstores from several colleges do not sell an Enterprise VERSION; the Professional version is what is normally sold by them. Quote from: soybean on April 13, 2010, 01:07:02 PM

It wasn't the least bit obvious from your previous post. Your post neither explicitly stated or implied that you were talking about student pricing. And, since most students would not be buying an Enterprise edition of Office, it's just not sensible to think we should assume you were talking about academic priced software. I know that local college bookstores from several colleges do not sell an Enterprise version; the Professional version is what is normally sold by them.

Geez...

All he said is that it's not silly to pay for Office when it's ~100$.

I take ~100$ to mean approximately $100. Unless you're qualified to buy at academic pricing, you'll have to pay MUCH more, which would be the case for the majority of buyers. That's my point. let me rephrase....

in response to patio he said it's not silly to pay for office when it they can get it for ~100$.

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392.	Solve : Pwn2Own hack topples Firefox on Windows?
Answer» You NEED an internet connection to build FreeBSD. If you WANT a complete with everything system, you have to build it. It's best to use the bootonly.iso and set up your system that way. Networking gets configured this way. If you have a stand alone system that you won't connect at all, then use the dvd. Software installation is covered here, the howto, and the FreeBSD handbook plus a LOT of web hints. Disc1 is a basic system. DVD1 has enough to setup a working desktop environment. Yes there is. Use distrowatch or frozentech for the lists and search through them.

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393.	Solve : Apple thinking about switching to AMD?
Answer» http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=33179 http://blogs.zdnet.com/computers/?p=2162 I personally AMD would do really well if they could get Apple for a customer.I'm SURE they would LIKE to land them as a CLIENT...however it's still only 12% of market share. But it would be BUSINESS they don't currently have.

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394.	Solve : Test drive Internet Explorer 9?
Answer» What about those IE based browsers? Although they're based on IE, I think they got some plus over M$'s original browser.................... Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 15, 2010, 10:23:19 PM What about those IE based browsers? Although they're based on IE, I think they got some plus over M$'s original browser.................... Except the browsing is done by Internet Explorer, not by the application. They don't just with Internet Explorer. All of the vulnerabilities that are found in things like ActiveX, or Flash, or any of those, in Internet Explorer will still be present in the applications that use IE. I might also point out that it's hardly difficult to create a browser like that. a few drags and drops and a line or two of code would make a functional, if spartan, browser. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 15, 2010, 10:36:51 PM All of the vulnerabilities that are found in things like ActiveX, or Flash, or any of those, in Internet Explorer will still be present in the applications that use IE. This is why you must always update Windows even if you don't use IE. Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 08:06:44 AM This is why you must always update Windows even if you don't use IE. Most people with windows have IE permanently installed on their computer. Even if you don't use IE, SOMEONE can still hack your computer USING IE so you must update. Patiently waiting for a Linux fan to pop in with Linux FTW!!! Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 11:35:06 AM Patiently waiting for a Linux fan to pop in with Linux FTW!!! And Linux doesn't have any problems with people hacking the system through a browser like this. And Linux doesn't force you to have IE installed. Did it just for you, evilfantasy where happened to MacOSX FTW?? Quote from: Cityscape on April 16, 2010, 11:43:20 AM And Linux doesn't have any problems with people hacking the system through a browser like this. And Linux doesn't force you to have IE installed. Did it just for you, evilfantasy Linux/Unix does have problems with buffer overflows in C applications being easily exploited... ESPECIALLY printf() calls with a single argument. Also, I think we're getting a little off-center in our view; exploits in Internet Explorer are no more dangerous then exploits in Firefox. Internet Explorer is integrated into the OS but it doesn't give any extra privileges over hacking any other browser- the goal is to simply get a program running on the remote machine, and then they can use any number of elevation techniques 9buffer overflows, for example) to elevate to admin/SYSTEM on windows and root on a Linux system. Once they do that they can scoff etc/pwd and the NTLM hashes and attempt to crack them LOCALLY. I don't know if Linux does something similar but windows has a password cache that stores the login names and hashes of recent logons, regardless of the domain. a Lucky hacker might be able to compromise a machine that has the admin password for a domain controller in that cache. For Linux/Unix a common source of problems for quite a long time (at least for servers) was the sendmail daemon. the basic concept ath the time was simple- send more data then it can handle, (usually in the form of Nop instructions) and then insert a bit of assembly that executes bin/sh. at that point, sendmails buffer overflows, and overwrites the return ADDRESS and it jumps to the asm instructions and executes bin/sh- and the machine is rooted. Similar vulnerabilities exist for almost every program that runs as root; thankfully most of these services are hardened against these attacks but as long as they are being exposed to the rain they will weather, and more holes will be discovered.No. BC is right. Unless you use a browser that prompts for everything and you set it up to be secure, you can still get rooted on Linux; and, there are things far worse than a virus with a rootkit being up there. I've done my share of HTML hacking and have made the browser execute commands- IE- or just overload the system with data- firefox. If it is a java hack, you're screwed. Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 16, 2010, 01:06:21 PM where happened to MacOSX FTW?? Famous Hacker Calls Windows More Secure than Mac - April 15, 2010

394.

Solve : Test drive Internet Explorer 9?

Answer»

What about those IE based browsers? Although they're based on IE, I think they got some plus over M$'s original browser.................... Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 15, 2010, 10:23:19 PM

What about those IE based browsers? Although they're based on IE, I think they got some plus over M$'s original browser....................

Except the browsing is done by Internet Explorer, not by the application.

They don't just with Internet Explorer. All of the vulnerabilities that are found in things like ActiveX, or Flash, or any of those, in Internet Explorer will still be present in the applications that use IE.

I might also point out that it's hardly difficult to create a browser like that. a few drags and drops and a line or two of code would make a functional, if spartan, browser. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 15, 2010, 10:36:51 PM

All of the vulnerabilities that are found in things like ActiveX, or Flash, or any of those, in Internet Explorer will still be present in the applications that use IE.

This is why you must always update Windows even if you don't use IE. Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 08:06:44 AM

This is why you must always update Windows even if you don't use IE.

Most people with windows have IE permanently installed on their computer. Even if you don't use IE, SOMEONE can still hack your computer USING IE so you must update. *Patiently waiting for a Linux fan to pop in with Linux FTW!!! Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 11:35:06 AM

*Patiently waiting for a Linux fan to pop in with Linux FTW!!!

And Linux doesn't have any problems with people hacking the system through a browser like this. And Linux doesn't force you to have IE installed.

Did it just for you, evilfantasy where happened to MacOSX FTW?? Quote from: Cityscape on April 16, 2010, 11:43:20 AM

And Linux doesn't have any problems with people hacking the system through a browser like this. And Linux doesn't force you to have IE installed.

Did it just for you, evilfantasy

Linux/Unix does have problems with buffer overflows in C applications being easily exploited... ESPECIALLY printf() calls with a single argument.

Also, I think we're getting a little off-center in our view; exploits in Internet Explorer are no more dangerous then exploits in Firefox. Internet Explorer is integrated into the OS but it doesn't give any extra privileges over hacking any other browser- the goal is to simply get a program running on the remote machine, and then they can use any number of elevation techniques 9buffer overflows, for example) to elevate to admin/SYSTEM on windows and root on a Linux system. Once they do that they can scoff etc/pwd and the NTLM hashes and attempt to crack them LOCALLY. I don't know if Linux does something similar but windows has a password cache that stores the login names and hashes of recent logons, regardless of the domain. a Lucky hacker might be able to compromise a machine that has the admin password for a domain controller in that cache.

For Linux/Unix a common source of problems for quite a long time (at least for servers) was the sendmail daemon. the basic concept ath the time was simple- send more data then it can handle, (usually in the form of Nop instructions) and then insert a bit of assembly that executes bin/sh. at that point, sendmails buffer overflows, and overwrites the return ADDRESS and it jumps to the asm instructions and executes bin/sh- and the machine is rooted. Similar vulnerabilities exist for almost every program that runs as root; thankfully most of these services are hardened against these attacks but as long as they are being exposed to the rain they will weather, and more holes will be discovered.No. BC is right. Unless you use a browser that prompts for everything and you set it up to be secure, you can still get rooted on Linux; and, there are things far worse than a virus with a rootkit being up there.
I've done my share of HTML hacking and have made the browser execute commands- IE- or just overload the system with data- firefox.
If it is a java hack, you're screwed. Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 16, 2010, 01:06:21 PM

where happened to MacOSX FTW??

Famous Hacker Calls Windows More Secure than Mac - April 15, 2010

Discussion

395.	Solve : The iPad Backlash is Here.?
Answer» Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 16, 2010, 12:56:36 PM The sites with the most visits use flash. That means the most popular. The average user isn't visiting feeby foo's howto weblog or phpbulletin, they're on myspace, facebook, or yahoo games. many embedded chat applications are flash. Those stats are for all websites. I'm glad to hear that you are such a web expert. So what does that actually have to do with anything? Or are you just posting for the sake of trolling?You're cute. Aren't you a bit too old to be believing in fairy tales? GO back to the story. These are popular sites with embedded flash applications. I pray that you have a short neck. Quote The sites with the most visits use flash. That means the most popular. Source?http://www.alexa.com/topsites Did you really need me to hold your hand for this?Alexa rankings? That's funny. That's almost as bad as using website value calculators. I'm not sure where Google uses Flash anyway. Or Facebook. Or Wikipedia. Or Blogger, Twitter, or Wordpress.In the original story, no one complained about accessing google, using wikipedia, signing into their blogs. The facebook part, uninstall flash from all of your browsers and then visit those sites you normally do. Come back and tell me how much doesn't work. Another thing, since the ipad uses an ARM CPU, find an ARM laptop or desktop and see if flash works on it. Quote Come back and tell me how much doesn't work. They will still work - that's what I'm saying. Almost all Flash-only websites have a HTML version as well. Flash is revolutionising the internet, and that's the way it should be. Computers are getting better at displaying high quality graphics and animation and are well able to keep up with the changing of internet technologies. It's my understanding that no Apple products support flash, since Apple considers it too unstable.If you are buying an iPad and are unaware of the compatibility issues from a Windows standpoint then you get what you deserve and have no room to complain IMHO. Although, there is an app for that. If they ever get it working right that is.... Cloud Browse BROWSER App (free) for iPod, iPhone and iPad. Supports Flash & Java based BROWSING. http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204968?r1=1 Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 03:50:24 PM Although, there is an app for that. If they ever get it working right that is.... Cloud Browse Browser App (free) for iPod, iPhone and iPad. Supports Flash & Java based browsing. http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204968?r1=1 Apparently the Cloud Browse developers were not prepared for the huge amount of use this would bring and their servers couldn't handle it. All seems to be under control now. Quote from: kpac on April 16, 2010, 01:57:38 PM They will still work - that's what I'm saying. Almost all Flash-only websites have a HTML version as well. Flash is revolutionising the internet, and that's the way it should be. Computers are getting better at displaying high quality graphics and animation and are well able to keep up with the changing of internet technologies. Code: [Select]debian:~# uname -a Linux debian 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Tue Mar 9 23:07:18 UTC 2010 ppc GNU/Linux debian:~# vi /proc/cpuinfo debian:~# uname -a Linux debian 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Tue Mar 9 23:07:18 UTC 2010 ppc GNU/Linux debian:~# cat PowerMac /proc/cpuinfo cat: PowerMac: No such file or directory processor : 0 cpu : 740/750 temperature : 31-33 C (uncalibrated) clock : 400.000000MHz revision : 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202) bogomips : 49.79 timebase : 24934533 platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac1,1 machine : PowerMac1,1 motherboard : PowerMac1,1 MacRISC Power Macintosh detected as : 66 (Blue&White G3) pmac flags : 00000000 L2 CACHE : 1024K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld debian:~# System information is above. There is no flash compatibility.

395.

Solve : The iPad Backlash is Here.?

Answer»

Quote from: mr-bisquit on April 16, 2010, 12:56:36 PM

The sites with the most visits use flash. That means the most popular.
The average user isn't visiting feeby foo's howto weblog or phpbulletin, they're on myspace, facebook, or yahoo games. many embedded chat applications are flash.
Those stats are for all websites.

I'm glad to hear that you are such a web expert. So what does that actually have to do with anything? Or are you just posting for the sake of trolling?You're cute. Aren't you a bit too old to be believing in fairy tales?

GO back to the story. These are popular sites with embedded flash applications.
I pray that you have a short neck. Quote

The sites with the most visits use flash. That means the most popular.

Source?http://www.alexa.com/topsites

Did you really need me to hold your hand for this?Alexa rankings? That's funny. That's almost as bad as using website value calculators. I'm not sure where Google uses Flash anyway. Or Facebook. Or Wikipedia. Or Blogger, Twitter, or Wordpress.In the original story, no one complained about accessing google, using wikipedia, signing into their blogs.
The facebook part, uninstall flash from all of your browsers and then visit those sites you normally do.
Come back and tell me how much doesn't work.

Another thing, since the ipad uses an ARM CPU, find an ARM laptop or desktop and see if flash works on it.

Quote

Come back and tell me how much doesn't work.

They will still work - that's what I'm saying. Almost all Flash-only websites have a HTML version as well. Flash is revolutionising the internet, and that's the way it should be. Computers are getting better at displaying high quality graphics and animation and are well able to keep up with the changing of internet technologies. It's my understanding that no Apple products support flash, since Apple considers it too unstable.If you are buying an iPad and are unaware of the compatibility issues from a Windows standpoint then you get what you deserve and have no room to complain IMHO.

Although, there is an app for that. If they ever get it working right that is....

Cloud Browse BROWSER App (free) for iPod, iPhone and iPad. Supports Flash & Java based BROWSING. http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204968?r1=1 Quote from: evilfantasy on April 16, 2010, 03:50:24 PM

Although, there is an app for that. If they ever get it working right that is....

Cloud Browse Browser App (free) for iPod, iPhone and iPad. Supports Flash & Java based browsing. http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204968?r1=1

Apparently the Cloud Browse developers were not prepared for the huge amount of use this would bring and their servers couldn't handle it. All seems to be under control now.

Quote from: kpac on April 16, 2010, 01:57:38 PM

They will still work - that's what I'm saying. Almost all Flash-only websites have a HTML version as well. Flash is revolutionising the internet, and that's the way it should be. Computers are getting better at displaying high quality graphics and animation and are well able to keep up with the changing of internet technologies.

Code: [Select]debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Tue Mar 9 23:07:18 UTC 2010 ppc GNU/Linux
debian:~# vi /proc/cpuinfo
debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Tue Mar 9 23:07:18 UTC 2010 ppc GNU/Linux
debian:~# cat PowerMac /proc/cpuinfo
cat: PowerMac: No such file or directory
processor : 0
cpu : 740/750
temperature : 31-33 C (uncalibrated)
clock : 400.000000MHz
revision : 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202)
bogomips : 49.79
timebase : 24934533
platform : PowerMac
model : PowerMac1,1
machine : PowerMac1,1
motherboard : PowerMac1,1 MacRISC Power Macintosh
detected as : 66 (Blue&White G3)
pmac flags : 00000000
L2 CACHE : 1024K unified
pmac-generation : NewWorld
debian:~#

System information is above. There is no flash compatibility.

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396.	Solve : Cloud Computing Investments??
Answer» HI Forum, Are there any GOOD small companies involved with cloud computing that might be good investments? Yes.Yes, this is exactly where I would come for investment advice. Quote from: Allan on April 26, 2010, 01:58:14 PM Yes, this is exactly where I would come for investment advice. I LIKE to invest in aluminum. I GET a bit of it each time I buy beer, and it never seems to drop in value.

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397.	Solve : Cloud PC??
Answer» Quote from: patio on April 26, 2010, 09:12:00 AM I'm currently working on Thunderstorm computing...PRETTY unstable so FAR though. How will you FIND a way around the lightning STRIKES?

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Quote from: patio on April 26, 2010, 09:12:00 AM

I'm currently working on Thunderstorm computing...PRETTY unstable so FAR though.

How will you FIND a way around the lightning STRIKES?

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398.	Solve : Open Source news feeds: BSD?
Answer» HTTP://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash.html http://undeadly.org/ http://netbsd.gw.com/ For those that are INTERESTED, there is a POWERPC RELEASE of FreeBSD 9 available. It's testing. http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20100418-SNAP-powerpc/ Download http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt Directions.

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399.	Solve : Buggy McAfee update slams Windows XP PCs?
Answer» http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656 MCAFEE's "DAT" file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and LOOSE all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The bad DAT file may infect individual workstations as well as workstations connected to a domain. The use of "ePolicyOrchestrator", which is used to update virus definitions across a network, appears to have lead to a faster spread of the bad DAT file. The ePolicyOrchestrator is used to update "DAT" files throughout enterprises. It can not be used to undo this bad signature because affected system will LOSE network connectivity. The problem is a false positive which identifies a regular Windows binary, "svchost.exe", as "W32/Wecorl.a", a virus. If you are affected, you will see a message like: The file C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe contains the W32/Wecorl.a Virus. Undetermined clean error, OAS denied access and continued. Detected using Scan engine version 5400.1158 DAT version 5958.0000. McAfee released an updated DAT file, and an "EXTRA.DAT" file to fix the problem. An EXTRA.DAT file is a patch to just fix the bad signature. McAfee's support web sites currently respond slowly and are down at times, likely due to the increased load caused by this issue. Several readers reported that this procedure worked to recover: 1 - BOOT the system in "Safe Mode" 2 - copy extra.dat in c:/program files/common files/mcafee/engine 3 - reboot. If you lost "svchost.exe", then you need to copy it back to c:/Windows/system32/svchost.exe while in safe mode. This fix has to be applied locally at the workstation. However, it may be possible to do this remotely if your workstations support Intel's "vPro" technology. We should have a link to instructions shortly. Additional information from McAfee: http://community.mcafee.com/thread/24056?tstart=0 McAfee Knowledgebase Article: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780 EXTRA.DAT file: http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=265240.Basically same story, different source, and a few different details. http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-technology/20100421/US.TEC.McAfee.Antivirus.Flaw/Fix posted at BleepingComputer: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic311599.htmlAn interesting demonstration of "the cure is sometimes worse then the disease" if I ever saw one.I assume, you're referring to McAfee as a disease That's one of the reasons I have automatic updates turned off in Windows and av programs. I ALWAYS do the updates, but wait a few days to make sure there are no bugs.Well, with AV program it may work to your disadvantage. I think, it's better to keep your AV up to date and keep a fresh image of your drive.Haha. We use McAffe at school. Only some computers worked (the ones turned off before the update) and we rely on our IT for everything (registers being a prime example.) Taking ages to fix, though, bearing in mind we have 1500 PCs running McAfee.

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400.	Solve : PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier?
Answer» Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say Adobe is investigating the report, but has yet to confirm that the exploit bypasses the sandbox protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 By Lucian Constantin February 13, 2013 09:57 AM ET IDG NEWS Service - Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions of Adobe Reader 9, 10 and 11. "Today, we identified that a PDF zero-day [vulnerability] is being exploited in the wild, and we observed successful exploitation on the latest Adobe PDF Reader 9.5.3, 10.1.5, and 11.0.1," the FireEye researchers said late Tuesday in a blog post. The exploit drops and loads two DLL files on the system. One file displays a bogus error message and opens a PDF document that's used as a decoy, the FireEye researchers said. Remote code execution exploits REGULARLY cause the targeted programs to crash. In this context, the fake error message and second document are most likely used to trick users into believing that the crash was the result of a simple malfunction and the program recovered successfully. Meanwhile, the second DLL installs a malicious COMPONENT that calls back to a remote domain, the FireEye researchers said. It's not clear how the PDF exploit is being delivered in the first place -- via email or over the Web -- or who were the targets of the attacks using it. FireEye did not immediately respond to a request for additional information sent Wednesday. .... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236751/Zero_day_PDF_exploit_affects_Adobe_Reader_11_and_earlier_versions_researchers_sayOne word...Foxit. Quote from: patio on February 17, 2013, 02:55:14 PM One word...Foxit. I find it funny that Firefox won't let me open PDFs with foxit unless I click through a warning. I don't remember them ever doing that when I had adobe. Quote from: Helpmeh on February 18, 2013, 12:30:45 AM I find it funny that Firefox won't let me open PDFs with foxit unless I click through a warning. I don't remember them ever doing that when I had adobe. I've NEVER had such a "warning".NEITHER have i...Me either. Exactly what does the warning say?Now that you ask, I am completely unable to get the warning. Very odd indeed.

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Solve : PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier?

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Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say
Adobe is investigating the report, but has yet to confirm that the exploit bypasses the sandbox protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11
By Lucian Constantin
February 13, 2013 09:57 AM ET

IDG NEWS Service - Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions of Adobe Reader 9, 10 and 11.

"Today, we identified that a PDF zero-day [vulnerability] is being exploited in the wild, and we observed successful exploitation on the latest Adobe PDF Reader 9.5.3, 10.1.5, and 11.0.1," the FireEye researchers said late Tuesday in a blog post.

The exploit drops and loads two DLL files on the system. One file displays a bogus error message and opens a PDF document that's used as a decoy, the FireEye researchers said.

Remote code execution exploits REGULARLY cause the targeted programs to crash. In this context, the fake error message and second document are most likely used to trick users into believing that the crash was the result of a simple malfunction and the program recovered successfully.

Meanwhile, the second DLL installs a malicious COMPONENT that calls back to a remote domain, the FireEye researchers said.

It's not clear how the PDF exploit is being delivered in the first place -- via email or over the Web -- or who were the targets of the attacks using it. FireEye did not immediately respond to a request for additional information sent Wednesday.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236751/Zero_day_PDF_exploit_affects_Adobe_Reader_11_and_earlier_versions_researchers_sayOne word...Foxit. Quote from: patio on February 17, 2013, 02:55:14 PM

One word...Foxit.

I find it funny that Firefox won't let me open PDFs with foxit unless I click through a warning. I don't remember them ever doing that when I had adobe. Quote from: Helpmeh on February 18, 2013, 12:30:45 AM

I find it funny that Firefox won't let me open PDFs with foxit unless I click through a warning. I don't remember them ever doing that when I had adobe.

I've NEVER had such a "warning".NEITHER have i...Me either. Exactly what does the warning say?Now that you ask, I am completely unable to get the warning. Very odd indeed.

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