Fake Windows “Antivirus” Code Infected 1 Million Computers

As of November, the Malicious Software Removal Tool also added Win32/FakeSecSen to the limited list of malicious code it is designed to hunt down. Since introduction into the MSRT, the rogue antivirus was removed from no less than 994,061 computers, according to Microsoft. The Redmond company estimates that for every 1,000 machines scanned in the U.S. alone, seven days ahead of November 19, approximately five had been infected with Win32/FakeSecSen.

“There is no surprise about the prevalence of these rogues given our earlier telemetry analysis on other Microsoft AV products and tools. For comparison, the #1 family last month was Renos with 389,036 distinct machines cleaned in the first week and 655,535 machines for the whole month. And the most significant result for MSRT this year was the June release when we added eight game password stealer families, was Win32/Taterf with 1,246,792 machines cleaned by week 1 and 1,536,831 machines for the whole month,” explained Microsoft's Scott Wu, Scott Molenkamp and Hamish O’Dea.

Statistics provided by Microsoft pointed out that just 198,812 of the instances in which Win32/FakeSecSen had been removed actually contained an .EXE file. According to the company, this is illustrative of the fact that the rogue security software's executables had been removed manually or via legitimate antivirus products, while the incomplete Win32/FakeSecSen files could represent failed installations.

The software giant claims that there is a connection between the Renos family of malicious code and Win32/FakeSecSen. This because malware such as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.Y, TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.AY, TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.EK will also download Win32/FakeSecSen on infected machines. In this context, another scenario for the delivery of Win32/FakeSecSen involves the rogue security software ending up on a machine already infected by malware.

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Vista SP1 TCP/IP Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Overwrites Kernel Memory

At the end of October 2008 Microsoft was informed of a new vulnerability affecting the core of Windows Vista, but a fix was not delivered along with the November security bulletins. Thomas Unterleitner, from phion AG, informed that the Microsoft VISTA TCP/IP stack buffer overflow security flaw affected both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the operating system. The vulnerability was confirmed on the Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs of the OS by Unterleitner, who indicated that it was likely for all Vista editions to be affected. According to Unterleitner, Windows XP was not corrupted.

“Microsoft Device IO Control wrapped by the iphlpapi.dll API shipping with Windows Vista 32 bit and 64 bit contains a possibly exploitable, buffer overflow corrupting kernel memory,” Unterleitner revealed. The result of exploits targeting the vulnerability could range from less severe denial-of-service attacks to code injections.

“The crash does not always occur instantly after executing the provided sample program; it may take a while until the corrupted memory is accessed, causing the operating system to crash with a blue screen,” Unterleitner explained.

Because of the flaw in Vista's network input/output subsystem malicious requests addressing iphlpapi.dll API would generate a blue-screen-of-death, causing the impacted machine to crash. However, since the vulnerability is at kernel level, the true danger lies in the exposure of Vista's code to rootkit infections. Still, the severity of the vulnerability is limited because of the security mitigations built into Windows Vista.

“Installation of Service Pack 1 and/or security updates had no effect in regards to resolve the random crashes. To execute either the sample program or the route-add command, the user has to be member of the Network Configuration Operators group or the Administrators group. Since this buffer overflow overwrites kernel memory, it could be possible that members of the Network Configuration Operator group exploit this and take control over the operating system without any restriction,” Unterleitner stated.

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Agile Web Solutions has updated 1Password, its password manager for Mac, to version 2.6.5. While the latest version is currently in beta, which means it might not be very stable, version 2.6.4 (stable) is also available for existing users to download and upgrade, free of charge.

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1Password 2.6.5 adds an Autosave in Safari, a Strong Password Generator window and the ability to generate non-web passwords, among other improvements. Agile Web Solutions has introduced support for Safari 4 Developer Preview, and improved credit card fill on skype.com and esellerate.com, to mention just two more changes brought by the latest version. Last, but certainly not least, a problem in digest password generator was also fixed.

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By using 1Password, Mac users can easily manage hundreds of passwords with one master key. The developers have also introduced the useful service to iPhones as well, but only through a limited web version that lets you take your information with you anywhere. The iPhone version of the app is on its way, nonetheless.

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Doctor Says Many Suffer from “Internet Addiction”

If anyone needs further proof of how un-informed some people might be when talking about the Internet and online games, just take a look at an article that is currently running in the The Boston Globe. Dr. Jerald Block is presented as being a psychiatrist that specializes in helping those that spend too much time in MMOs. He also wants to coin "Internet addiction" as a new term used in diagnosis. Too bad he
doesn't really know what he is talking about.

He says that, while many of those that he treats have problems with an addiction to all things related to the Internet, it's far harder to care for those that have a compulsion to play games over the Internet. In his own words, the doctor says that these "people feel a lot of shame around computer games."

He goes on to describe the experience of someone that played EVE Online and how, because of what happened to him in the game, the man had to seek treatment. And he says that there are more people like that that need help – naturally, one of the first steps in offering it is to add "Internet addiction" as a possible diagnosis.

Well, I don't mean to be rude, but the good doctor barely grasps the terms he is using. It's one thing to be compulsively drawn to MMOs and quite another thing to be addicted to the Internet. There are countless examples of people that are constantly checking their e-mail compulsively, yet the ones that get tagged for being addicted are just the ones playing World of Warcraft. I am not denying the fact that there are those that have an "unhealthy" relationship with games or with MMOs, but maybe this is just a symptom of some deeper problem that they face within themselves rather than a diagnosis in itself.

Coining a term such as "Internet addiction" would only serve to add fuel to the already burning fire of controversy that surrounds videogames in some mediums. A better idea would be to try and understand gamers, those that behave normally and those that act erratically, rather than to simply apply to them such a condescending and unhelpful tag as "Internet addiction" is.

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Pre-NAB 2008 Show, Canon Reveals XL H1S and XL H1A Pro Camcorders

Just four days before the 2008 NAB Show, Canon decided to release full details about their new XL H1S and XL H1A camcorders. Taking their top prosumer model and fiddling with it based on the desires and recommendations of their customers, Canon's new models inherit the XL H1's shoulder-mounted size and professional looks, while adding a lot of functionality to the base lens, clearing up the blunders that marred the audio features of their predecessor, and getting the software details right in all the right places. With a smart price reduction to boot!

The H1S has an MSRP of $8999, and the H1A comes in at a cheaper $5999, losing only the 'Professional Jack Pack' in the process. Those who do not need to shoot with several XL H1S's in tandem - having no use for the HD-SDI output with embedded audio and time code, and Genlock output which acts as a live switcher control for multi-camera shoots - but at the same time want the interchangeable lenses and shoulder-mounted form-factor of the XL-H1S, will appreciate the cheaper H1A which was built for their needs.

Canon tells us as much: "Many users expressed a desire for a lower cost version of the XL H1, one that did not have HD-SDI, SMPTE Time Code, and Genlock because they weren’t doing multi-camera." What some of these users might miss though, is the uncompressed 1.485 Gbps signal of the HD-SDI output, which spells both amazing image quality and incredible hassles during capture (think mobile HDD array and/or mobile compression unit).

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Intel's Centrino 2 Mobile Platform, Previewed Ahead of its Time

Intel's Centrino 2 mobile platform, previously known as Montevina, just got a sneak preview from the Australia-based PC vendor Pioneer. The new platform is an upgrade to Intel's existing Centrino architecture and is due
to release this June.

The preview was based on Pioneer's DreamBook Style 9008 Centrino 2 laptop, that comes with a 45-nanometer Penryn processor and mixed Wi-Fi and WiMax capabilities. The company seems to be the first retailer to unleash Intel's Centrino 2 technology, combined with ATI Radeon M82 graphics.

The 9008 is also rigged with the 45-nanometer Penryn Core 2 Duo processor with 1066 MHz FSB support on a Socket-P interconnect, ATI Radeon M82 graphics, and a maximum amount of 4GB of system RAM. Other goodies include storage space of between 120 and 420GB and a 15.4-inch anti-glare TFT display.

The processor is alleged to come in a thermal envelope of 25 watts, and will work in conjunction with Intel's "Cantiga PM45 northbridge and the "ICH9M" south bridge chips. Another interesting aspect of Pioneer's mobile offering is the graphics solution, listed as "ATI Radeon M82 256M GDDR ll VGA Card PCI-E," also known as ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400.

Video Flickr Not Welcomed on the Web, Users Believe

A few days ago, the Sunnyvale-based company Yahoo made what seems to be Flickr's first step into the video sharing market: the implementation of video support
which allows users to upload their own clips on the famous photo sharing website. That's right, Flickr was actually a photo sharing webpage and the video support somehow changes its target. This is the reason why lots of people who were using Flickr on a daily basis considered the latest update unacceptable.

Just after the launch of the video function, a Flickr community formed the "We Say NO to Videos on Flickr," a special discussion group in which the members who dislike the update are invited to sign a petition in order to convince Flickr owners to remove video support. Their reason: Flickr was a photo sharing service and it should remain the same for the time being. "If Internet users want video sharing functions, they should go to YouTube," Flickr fans consider.

Romanians Will Bring Us the Next EA Games

It was last month when we told you about the brand new gaming studio opened by Electronic Arts in Romania – the first and only (at least for now) EA gaming studio in the Eastern Europe. And since the company announced that the production of video games will begin shortly, it only seems natural that they need proper work force.

The company already employed over 200 Romanian graphic designers, programmers and game testers and has no intentions to stop: it is planning to hire 150 more people by the end of October and, what really pleases us, it seems that students and generally younger persons are the main people Electronic Arts is looking for. This means two things and one of them really excites us: first, the next EA blockbusters might be developed and delivered from Romania and second, and the most important thing – Electronic Arts finally started to trust and believe that the younger and less experienced game developers might have something to say in the industry. And "brand new IPs", especially when it comes from Electronic Arts, is something that we'd love to hear as often as possible.

Windows Mobile 6.1

Windows Mobile 6.1, the newest version of Microsoft's OS for mobile devices, should have been launched at MWC 2008, at the beginning of February, but the giant software
company postponed its release for unknown reasons.

Now it looks like the new OS will be available starting April the 1st, and Pocket-Lint reports that reliable sources confirmed this. Sure, the date coincides with April Fools Day, but before you think it could all be a joke, you should know that this is also the date when CTIA Wireless 2008 debuts in Las Vegas. And since Microsoft will obviously be there, Windows Mobile 6.1 could indeed be released on the 1st of April.

If this turns out to be true, we can hope that all the handsets announced to run on WM 6.1 will be released earlier than everyone expects. Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1, for example, could even hit the market before the summer, so users who consider buying it should start preparing about 600 – 700 US dollars if they want to be among the first owners of the super-phone.

Windows Mobile 6.1 will not bring major improvements when compared to the 6.0 and 6.0 Professional versions, but it will surely be a welcomed upgrade. The new features of the mobile OS include a friendlier user interface, new homescreen and new fonts, as well as the ability to copy/paste content in Internet Explorer.

Self Aware Safari 3.1

"Earlier today, Apple released the Safari 3.1 Web browser for Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista. A couple hours later, Apple Software Update popped up on my daughter's Sony VAIO, offering Safari 3.1 for download," says Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch. "I didn't recall seeing an earlier version installed on the laptop. And I made no mistake: The Apple updater offered installation of new software, not something that had been there before. Whoa."

Most iPod owners use a PC. Not because they don't like Macs, but because most iPod owners are part of a huge population that uses PC. Not making myself clear yet? People mostly use PCs, OK?! It's hard for me to say this, but it's true. Moving on. As iPod owners, they need iTunes. iTunes needs to be installed on computers. And so users do it, thanks
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Ultrasound Gun - A Weapon of the Future

Forget the rubber bullets and water jets. The weapon of the future for controlling the mob will employ sounds. Or you may use it against the little monsters of the Halloween or an annoying neighbor.

The handheld sonic gun, called Sonic Devestator, can emit intense ultrasonic
charges capable of causing intense pain and discomfort in humans and animals. The ultrasonic waves are headed in a 45-degree cone from the "muzzle" which keeps the user unaffected.The sounds of the sonic weapon can take about a minute to subside, but they do not induce any permanent harm or damage. The sonic gun also has a larger model, called Sonic Devestator Riot Control, which combines six smaller units into a single one.

"Our research has shown that by using these adjustment controls it is now possible to drastically increase the sonic output effect of the unit. It is possible to adjust the output for a maximizing effect on certain targets such as humans, dogs, unruly animals etc," explained its developing company, Future Horizons.

The powerful ultrasonic waves go much farther then normal sound waves and even pass through thick walls. But not all the sounds are in the ultrasonic range; some can actually be easily heard, and the user can shift the frequency of the sounds back and forth. What you hear is a very loud and painful screeching sound, causing that kind of irritation like a person scratching its fingernails on a chalkboard. Only one added detail: imagine that made at an intensity of 130 decibels, the same of the sound emitted by lifting-off jet planes. Much more than that caused by a rock concert or a pneumatic hammer, which can be unbearable.When the gear is properly tuned, it can induce intense nausea and headaches in the human victims, usually within less than 60 seconds of emission. In some cases, it can provoke intense pain and pressure on their eardrums. The weapon is active in a range of 20 ft (6 m), but some sensitive individuals can be impacted at even 50 ft (15 m) away. The victim requires about one hour to recover. Dogs are even more sensitive than humans, as their auditory range goes higher.

Google Asked to Join Exo-Planet Search Effort

After the success achieved in the last years in the collaboration with NASA's Ames Research Center, which included the mapping of stars and that of the surfaces of different bodies in the solar system, the Internet search giant Google is now showing interest in expanding its development towards providing other useful information such as maps of exo-planets. The Transiting Exoplanet Survery Satellite with its wide-field digital cameras will have the role of studying near bright stars, in the hope to find new exo-planets.

When it will be completed and launched into space in 2012, Google is expected to help process the massive amount of data generated by the satellite. MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research project leader, George R. Ricker, says that: "Decades, or even centuries after the TESS survery is completed, the new planetary systems it discovers will continue to be studied because they are both nerby and bright." Some of these new exo-planets we are discovering today, or which will be discovered in the near future, could one day become the new home to human colonists departing our solar system.

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Codemasters Targets MMO Market

The Codemasters Online Gaming or COG division has already launched four MMO projects aimed at the PC market and there's another one in the pipeline, in the form of Jumpgate Evolution, from NetDevil. And as the PC market for MMO games is dominated by World of Warcraft, Codemasters thinks that success is now easier to achieve on consoles.

David Solari, who is the vice president and general manager of Codemasters Online Gaming, declared for GamesIndustry.biz that "The time is right for some good console MMO games. There's two titles that we're really interested in for taking to console right now and that's something I'd like to see happen in the next year or so, but it's got to be the right game."

Codemasters is prepared to reach out and touch someone. Or rather something, as its aim is in producing two MMOs targeted at the gaming consoles, especially the Xbox 360
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Bill Gates Wants Fresh Blood to Fuel Technology Innovation

Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates has come up with a recipe to continue fueling technology innovation in the U.S., and it involves fresh blood, an education reform and additional financial resources. Gates is scheduled to present this perspective before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, on the organization's 50th anniversary on March 12, 2008. With the country's competitiveness at stake, Gates is prepared to argue that the Congress, the administration as well as the president will have to take decisive measures in order to maintain the country's momentum as the center of innovation worldwide.

"I know we all want the United States to continue to be the world’s center
for innovation. But our position as the global leader in innovation is at risk," the Microsoft Chairman warned. The Redmond company as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have long been at the forefront of technology innovation. Microsoft alone invested in excess of $7 billion into Research and Development in 2007, with the philanthropic foundation focusing its efforts on educational aspects. But Gates stated that the U.S. government too has to get involved into improving education, overhauling the U.S. immigration policies and boosting the funding for basic research.

U.S. companies are already forced to joggle with what the Microsoft co-founder referred to as a severe shortfall of scientists and engineers. "If we don’t reverse these trends, our competitive advantage will continue to erode. Our ability to create new high-paying jobs will suffer," Gates added. The U.S. already made a step forward in this direction, by passing the necessary legislation designed to drive technological innovation via the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science Act from 2007. But at the same time, the educational initiatives of the legislation lack funding, and in this context fail to provide any results.

LG Glimmer Out Now Via Alltel

Presented by Alltel as a "reflection of perfection", Glimmer is one of LG's latest slider phones and it combines multimedia capabilities and a touchscreen interface into a fashionable device.

Measuring 4.0 x 2.05 x 0.59 inches and weighing 4.0 ounces (101.6 x 52 x 14.9 millimeters and 113 grams), LG Glimmer is a dual-band CDMA EVDO/1XRTT device that packs enough features to become a successful product. The phone has a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution and 262k colors, a sliding numeric keypad, built-in GPS, a 2 Megapixel camera with flash and QVGA video recording, Music Player with equalizer and support for MP3, WMA, AAC and AAC+ formats, 3D Graphics support for gaming, USB 2.0, stereo Bluetooth with A2DP, Background Music Mode, 128 MB of internal memory and microSD card support for up to another 4GB. The handset's 800 mAh battery should provide a talk-time of up to 210 minutes and a stand-by time of up to 168 hours.

Alltel Wireless finally confirmed the release of LG Glimmer, after the phone was rumored, at the end of February, to hit the US market. LG Glimmer is now listed on Alltel's website as available for purchase and as of tomorrow, March 13, 2008, consumers will be able to buy it for $249.99 with a two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate.

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Microsoft Plugs a Dozen Office Security Holes

Microsoft has plugged no less than 12 security holes in its Office System. According to Tami Gallupe, MSRC Release Manager, all of the four security bulletins come with a maximum severity rating of Critical, a rating associated with the risk of allowing remote code execution. Five vulnerabilities impacting Office Outlook, Office and Office Web were privately reported to Microsoft. But the remaining seven holes are a mix of both privately and publicly reported vulnerabilities impacting the Excel component of the Office System.

"11 are rated ‘critical’ and one is rated ‘important’. Two of the critical issues affect Office Web Components and have the potential to be the worst of the bunch. Office Web Components are installed as part of multiple applications. The vulnerabilities affecting them can be triggered by simply visiting a web page with some attacker-controlled content. Seven of the critical issues affect Microsoft Excel and require a victim to open a malicious file to trigger the vulnerability. The remaining issues affect Outlook and Office," Rob Keith, Security Response Engineer.

All the vulnerabilities are exploitable via malformed documents and, in the eventuality of a successful exploit, could permit the attacker to take complete control of an affected system. According to Microsoft, all the flaws put at risks both Windows and Mac users. This because the Redmond company ships not only a version of Office for Windows, but also a flavor aimed at Apple's proprietary platform.

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ExpressCard Standard 2.0 – Faster than SuperSpeed USB

PCMCIA announced, at CeBIT, that it is on its way to upgrading the ExpressCard Standard 1.2 to a more reliable and high performance product which would come to meet the growing needs for speed in the world of mobility. As PC card slots are to be found in most of the notebook computers,this is a necessary step forward for today's high performance mobile technologies.

The performance of the new ExpressCard Standard 2.0 will be significantly increased. The data transfer rate speed between card and computer will rise up to 5Gb/s, which is double the speed of the currently used ExpressCard Standard 1.2. The transfer rate of the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) can reach only a speed of 4.7Gb/s, so the ExpressCard Standard 2.0 is expected to be a little bit faster.

The new ExpressCard Standard will support USB 3.0 as well, allowing the card reader devices to be updated to the bus technology, so that the computer will see the sticks as Mass Storage devices. Also, the compatibility with the older ExpressCard products is promised to be maintained. Yet, manufacturers will be compelled to develop better products for their consumers.

Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 from Microsoft

Microsoft is indeed offering free copies of Windows, and not just XP SP2, but also Vista. I know that the hottest downloads, at this point in time, are related to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, but I also know that you will jump at the chance of grabbing the two Windows clients completely free. The sole downside is the fact that both copies of the operating system come as Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. Which means that they are essentially VPC Hard Disk Images designed for test driving websites in both Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 on Vista and XP SP2.

That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2. I know it doesn't sound at all like Microsoft, but just bear with me, it will make sense in the end. Even though the Redmond company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed in the past that open source was not the way to go for Microsoft and that a free version of Windows was completely out of the question, the fact of the matter is that it was not entirely true.

There are no less than six downloads available completely for free, including IE6_VPC.EXE (435.1 MB); IE7_VPC.EXE (434.3 MB); IE7-VIS1.exe (700.0 MB); IE7-VIS2.rar (700.0 MB); IE8_VPC.EXE (438.6 MB) and IS7-VIS3.rar (590.5 MB). Of course, for all you will need Virtual PC 2007, available here

Midwest Auto Recycling

The failure of engine is the main problem usually faced by most of the people. We really find hard to make it corrected. There are many online sites which help to get rid of this problem. The midwest is one of the best sites in the web that helps in rectifying the problems and in transformation with strongest warranty. The midwest auto recycling process is really useful for most of us as it helps us in many ways. You can get some local companies which perform this process. You can also find the transformation information such as Synchronized transformation, Unsynchronized transformation.


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IE8 Beta 1 vs. Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 vs. Opera 9.5 Beta vs. Safari 3 Beta

The fact of the matter is that today you will be able to access a sneak peek of the future of the browser market via all these beta releases. And at this point in time, all the products mentioned above are on par in terms of support for Web standards taking into consideration the Acid2 Test. But of course, as of March 3, 2008, we can take all of them a step further. Long story short, while all the betas mentioned above pass the Acid2 test without any problems, the same cannot be said about Acid3. In fact, Acid3 slaughters all the browsers from IE8 Beta 1, to Firefox 3.0 Beta 3, to Opera 9.5 Beta and to Safari 3 Beta. Some more than the others.

When you talk about the future of the browser market, there are four products that will ultimately divide and share the overwhelming majority of users among them. These are Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.0, Opera 9.5 and Safari 3. Neither of these browsers is wrapped up at this time, but all of them are rushing toward the finish line. And with the first beta of IE8 revealed to the public as of MIX08, in Las Vegas on March 5, 2008. We now have a complete picture of where the browser market is going. The future can be summarized via a rather simple equation, and can be defined today as: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 vs. Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 vs. Opera 9.5 Beta vs. Safari 3 Beta.

Charter High-Speed for Life

Internet is becoming an essential part of almost every human being.Right from small children to professionals,everyone needs the help of internet.The internet has got these fame because of the way it serve the community.You cannot go and watch an event that happens somewhere in this world.Internet provides a solution for you in this regard.You can get information that happened some centuries before to an incident that took place the previous second.In this way internet has many advantages.While this is the case,the speed of internet matters a lot.If your internet has a speed of a snail,then it is of no use in this fast moving world.So high speed internet is the need of the hour.Charter gives you a solution for you if you are in the family of low speed internet.What you have to do is just register online.$10.00 is the starting bid and the auction starts on March 12,2008. If you win the bid you will get the fastest internet in your area for life, a cable modem + wireless router and also professional installation.You have also some chance of winning some cool prizes.You have to give your email address and some personal information.The prizes are Nintendo Wii console,Wii Stand,5 sports games and many more prizes.Visitors who are able to receive the Charter internet high speed services are alone eligible to bid.

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Trasylol Side Effects

The Trasylol is an useful medicine and it helps us in many ways. But sometimes the side effects caused by this are not tolerable. It affects the kidney, heart and caused stroke and other injuries. Trasylol Recall helps the patients to have a clear knowledge about the side effects of Trasylol. There are many sites which help to get rid of this problem. But Mark & Associates, P.C. is one of the best companies in the web that helps the victims to get the compensation legally. It is very simple and easy. You need to just fill in the details such as your name, contact information and the type of side effects.

Sun Microsystems Completes The Acquisition of MySQL

Sun provides a single and secure choice for customers and developers interested in using MySQL globally. Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief executive officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., said: "Since announcing our Sun-MySQL relationship, we've received an overwhelming response and embrace from customers and community members excited to see MySQL's tremendous innovation and community backed by Sun's financial muscle and global partners. For the first time ever, businesses across the world can standardize on a commercially supported, open source platform that meets their needs for scale, quality and global service."

Sun Microsystems announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of MySQL AB, the developer of the most popular open source database, for approximately $1 billion.MySQL's complete portfolio of products and enterprise services were unveiled and are available for use.

Microsoft Is Tending to the Windows Vista SP1 RTM Migration

"Expanding from the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment code base, this new tool now enables users to generate the assessment reports and proposals for server and desktop OS migration as well as virtualization projects. For Windows Vista SP1 OS migration - hardware and device compatibility, applications inventory, BIOS compatibility, and upgrade recommendations. For Office 2007 assessment on existing desktops to check for hardware and device compatibility. Windows Server 2008 migration - hardware and device compatibility, applications inventory, roles inventory, and upgrade recommendations. For Server Virtualization candidacy report for consolidation of the datacenter (currently covers Virtual Server 2005 R2 - will support Hyper-V in the near future). And in terms of Microsoft Application Virtualization - desktop and server readiness for Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid)," Baldwin Ng explained.

The gold bits of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are still far away from general availability, but this does not mean that Microsoft is not tending to the migration to the latest Windows client plus its first service pack. If you are an end user of Vista, the situation is rather clear, the first wave of Vista SP1 will be offered starting in mid-March 2008, offering the English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese language versions of the service pack through Microsoft Update, Windows Update and the Download Center, with the remaining variants planned for delivery in April. But when it comes down to what Microsoft is referring to as its technical customers, namely OEM partners, Volume License clients, MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers, as well as the 15,000 Beta testers, access to Vista SP1 RTM has already been granted.

Earth Is Doomed

Forget about global warming, the ice ages, asteroids or any other impending disaster waiting to happen. Earth will burn! Literally! Astronomers approximate the age of the Sun to a rough 5 billion years and is mostly believed that it will continue to burn hydrogen at least as much time before becoming too unstable to maintain its current form. Our planet, on the other hand, will probably be swallowed by the Sun in 7.6 billion years, rendering it out of existence.

There may be more than 150 million kilometers between the Sun and the Earth, however these changes have direct effect upon the weather of our planet. The Earth will become dryer, hotter, impossible to live on. And like that wouldn't have been enough, a secondary effect related to the Sun's aging will then take place. After losing control over the gravitational and nuclear reaction forces that kept it stable for most of its life, the Sun will finally expand into a red giant which will most likely engulf the inner planets.

Miss Playboy Mobile 2008 Brings Hot Girls to Mobile Phones

The girl to be crowned Miss Playboy Mobile 2008, based on visitors' votes, will receive a $5,000 cash-prize and the chance to visit the famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles for a professional photo-shoot in the Playboy style. All participants must be at least 18 years old and US residents. And, of course, they must be willing to share their sexy pictures with everyone. The first round of voting has already begun and will conclude on 15 March, while the final voting round will take place between 16 and 31 March. The girl considered the most attractive by users will be crowned on April the 2nd 2008, during a VIP celebration at the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa in Las Vegas.

Playboy Mobile just announced the inaugural edition of Miss Playboy Mobile, a contest that invites sexy women to register and create a profile on a specially designed website. Mobile users that visit the site will get
the chance to see lots of hot girls and vote for their favorite via SMS.

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Mozilla Messaging

David Ascher, Mozilla Messaging’s CEO, started with
the premise that "email is broken": "Email and other forms of internet communications present us with a paradox. The stunning proportion of our days spent communicating online clearly indicates that as a society, we are more intricately connected via the internet than ever before….Yet as the number of such interactions grows, and as the number of ways in which we interact grows, the joy that communication can bring is too often replaced by frustration, confusion, or stress. One common short-hand for the above is to say, somewhat flippantly, that 'email is broken'."

The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday that it opened Mozilla Messaging to develop its free, open source Thunderbird email software. Thunderbird was put on hold back in autumn, but now they’re taking it on again and the foundation sees a bright future ahead of it.

WordPres Blogs DoS Attack

According to Wikipedia, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted, malevolent efforts of a person or persons to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely.

Blogs were inaccessible for about 5 to 15 minutes in the 4 days that have passed since Saturday, when the attack started. Automattic, the company that maintains WordPress.com, was knee deep in the work laid before them by hackers all throughout this period and managed to restore most of the service’s original functions by yesterday afternoon.

Logging into accounts and posting was only the tip of the DoS
(denial of service) attack, spokesman Matt Mullenweg told PC World in an email that his company noted spikes of 6 gigabits (768 Mb) of income traffic. "Obviously that [is not good] and is pretty unusual for our service. […] All our people who can are working on the issue," he wrote. Automatic let the bloggers know about the problem via email.

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Mesh's New PC Line, Powered by AMD's Tri-Cores

HP and Dell have already placed the first tri-core offers....The tri-core Toliman processors will arrive just in time to compete with the low-cost offering from Intel, the Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 or even the Intel Core 2 Duo E2200. The Intel processors are dual-core chips, and the AMD units will be expected to perform much better in multi-threaded tasks, such as gaming, for instance.

Mesh is one of the system builders that have arrived at the end of the party. Dell and HP have already announced their series of tri-core Phenom-based machines in the Optiplex family.

Dual-core CPUs have lost their appeal quite some time ago and they're hardly a novelty, unless implemented into ultra-mobile PCs. At the same time, quad-core chips might be an extreme choice, so tri-core
processors are the optimal solution.

Nec N705iµ, the Slimmest Clamshell Phone

Nec, the Japanese multinational company, recently unveiled one of the slimmest clamshell phones ever produced, Nec N705iµ, a handset that comes at only 9.8 millimeters in thickness and
emphasizes the company's ambition to bring unique products (remember the Flask Fuel Cell concept?). Nec N705iµ is available under the name of FOMA N705iì, in three colors (white silver, red and black), via NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan. There are no details about the price yet, nor about the availability in other countries.

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Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 (RC2)

"Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available to the public. Specific registry settings will allow you to be offered SP3 via Windows Update," Microsoft revealed. And the Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2.exe is nothing more than the registry scrip that will permit end users to tweak their copies of XP in order to identify the XP SP3 bits on the Windows Update servers. "Microsoft is allowing Windows XP Service Pack 2 machines to be offered Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 via Windows Update. Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be offered on Windows Update when Service Pack 3 releases in the first half of 2008," reads the Overview section of the documentation accompanying the XP SP3 download.

That's right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and you can grab it right here. Initially, Microsoft released XP SP3 RC2 on the heels of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 RTM on February 7, 2008. At that time, it became clear that although the development
milestones of XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, were joined at the hip, the third and final service pack for XP was not part of the intimate synchronization between the latest Windows client and server platforms

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Google’s Lost and Found Lists

Once in a while it’s good to just relax and let the financial talk behind, forget about the CEOs and COOs and features, gadgets and codes. Some relax with a beer, watching the game that’s on, regardless of the sport, just for the feeling of old time’s sake, others go out with
their childhood friends, while a third category stick to the computer and find something else to do except following the numbers.

I myself am of the last, and I just search for a blog post to light my day. Philipp Lenssen’s post on Blogoscoped did the trick, as it addressed both Google and the fun side of it. He entered in the Google search box the "I lost all my" query and noted some of the returns. People seem to have lost "all their files," "the feeds on the Google homepage," "their Google traffic, because they didn’t back up their site," "all their music," "their Yahoo! inbox contents," "their money, lost at cock fights," "their career" (how did that happen?), "their faith, heart or appetite" (probably because of the singles awareness day that Valentine’s turned out to be for many), "their bear" (what?), "all of their contacts, stickies or text message data," "all of their work" (bummer!) and "their virginity" (probably because they found themselves not alone on St V’s day).

Turning the wheel and the query, people found and wanted to search for others who did the same, "a duck," "freedom in an unfree world" (many are still searching for that, some contact information should have been provided), "someone by the name of Elmer" (where? IS there a park you go to and find ducks and Elmers?), "a baby bird" (so sweet, I’m sure the cat will enjoy it), "heaven" (people must stop smoking pot and going online, nothing good can come of it), "Saddam’s WMD bunkers" (probably stumbled upon them, the military couldn’t and they did look everywhere hidden), "a peanut" (there’s something to brag about), "a woman in her husband’s drawers" (adultery is nothing to talk about – or do, for that matter), "God" (‘sup, G?), "you" (no, they didn’t), "crap" (that’s not difficult), "Einstein’s brain" (in a can?) and "pills, which they then ate."

Yahoo! Mobile Communications With oneConnect

Yahoo!, the global Internet services company, announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the new Yahoo! oneConnect service, set to revolutionize mobile communication in the same way Yahoo! oneSearch revolutionized mobile search back in 2007.

Yahoo! oneConnect will be the first service for mobile devices with an open architecture that assembles communications tools like e-mail, IM (instant messaging), social networks and text messaging (SMS) for a new and enhanced level of convenience in communications.

"Last year we set out to reinvent mobile search with Yahoo! oneSearch, and today with 29 operator partnerships around the world covering more than 600 million subscribers, we believe we have certainly succeeded," declared Marco Boerries, Executive vice President, Connected Life, Yahoo!. "Now, we intend to reinvent mobile communications through Yahoo! oneConnect, a revolutionary new mobile communications service that will combine integrated mobile messaging with a socially-connected address book."

OpenSolaris Indiana Preview 2

The second developer preview of OpenSolaris Live CD (codename Indiana) was released last night, after it was first announced at the beginning of the year. Initially scheduled for end of January 2008, Indiana Live CD Preview 2 comes packed with some new and emerging OpenSolaris technologies, such as:

· Based on Nevada build 79b;
· pkg(1) improvements, including progress reporting,
verification support and incremental catalog update;
· ksh93 is the default *system* shell (bash remains the default user shell);
· Introduction of /usr/has/bin (be aware, though, that it is experimental), with /usr/bin/vi now linking to vim by default;
· Addition of several new packages on http://pkg.opensolaris.org, including version 2.3.1 of the popular open source Office suite, OpenOffice.org;
· Java Runtime Environment (JRE) was included by default on the Live CD;
· The following set of drivers have been included in this second preview:

· NVIDIA Graphics System Software (nvidia)
· ADMtek Ethernet Driver (afe)
· AMD8111 Fast Ethernet Driver (amd8111s)
· Davicom 9102 Fast Ethernet Driver (dmfe)
· Macronix Fast Ethernet Driver (mxfe)
· Nvidia ck804 pro / mcp55 pro combo SATA driver (nvsata)
· Sun NIU leaf driver (nxge)
· Ralink RT2500 802.11b/g Wireless Driver (ralink)
· realtek 8180L 802.11b driver (rtw)
· USB Keyspan serial driver (usbsksp)

· ...and many bug fixes!

Unite Windows and Linux With a Single Mouse Click

After the success I had with my previous tutorial about how to run Windows and a Linux distribution together on the same computer (with a single monitor, keyboard and mouse and no other magic tricks required), I decided to improve the installation method with an extremely easy-to-use one. The idea is the same as in the previous guide, to obtain a single desktop with two completely different operating systems: Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux!

So, if you're wondering what do you need to get started, let me tell you
that you must have a usable and stable Ubuntu (other Linux distributions will work) computer with at least 1 GB RAM and a modern processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent). These are also the components on which I've tested the following guide! Ready? Excited? Let's go!

Advantages of this guide:

· Much easier installation method
· Works with any Windows version
· Less software to configure and install

Disadvantages of this guide:

· No desktop effects! That means, Compiz Fusion will not play nice with VirtualBox in Seamless mode.

The World's Cheapest Mobile Phone for Less Than $20

Spice Corp Ltd., a leading Indian telecommunications company, showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the world's cheapest handset, dubbed the "People's Phone".
This new device comes without a display and it's clearly targeted for those who only want to make phone calls and do not care for other features.

The People's Phone is "just a phone", similar to a landline phone in functionality but having the advantage of being mobile and using GMS networks. The device will retail for a price of less than 20 USD (about 12 Euro) and its producer hopes to sell millions of units in India (plus other Asian markets) after its launching, planned for March 2008. The handset will also come with low calling rates, making it perfect for new low-budget mobile subscribers that come from small towns and rural areas

Dell's XPS M1730

Dell's 17-inch gaming laptop is the perfect example to illustrate the above affirmations. If you are one of the users that say nothing is better that an XPS M1730, you're wrong, because the ultra-popular notebook now comes with a Penryn update. The latest technology from Intel has arrived at a slow pace on the market. And it took it more than one month since it was first announced during the Consumer Electronics Show.

The Penryn CPU has replaced the old Core 2 Duo T7700 and T7800 Merom chips. The new offering from Dell now includes the T9300 and the T9500 Penryn chips, which should bring the user all the advantages of the 45-nanometer technology. The real good part is the fact that the processor upgrade won't add any price difference; they just come for free. That's no wonder, given the fact that the XPS M1730 is some sort of a premium notebook, that already comes with a pretty bulky price tag.

The XPS M1730 notebooks will list the two Penryn CPUs, namely the 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo T9300 and the 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T8300. The latter comes with half the cache of the T9300 chip (3MB only). Moreover, the Penryn processors cost even less than the Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Core 2 Duo T7800 options.

Windows 7 Milestone 1 (M1)

Since Windows Vista was essentially Windows no. 6 – its successor is now Windows 7. The codename Vienna failed to survive long under the new head of the Windows project. Jim Allchin, the father of Vista and the former Co-President, Platforms & Services Division retired from Microsoft the same day that the latest Windows client hit the shelves, January 30, 2007.His responsibilities were transitioned to Steven Sinofsky, as the new senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group — the user experience of Microsoft Windows and Windows Live services.

Coming from the office, project with a strong reputation to meet strict deadlines and with the Office 2007 System receiving nothing but good reviews across the board, and outselling its predecessor Office 2003 by more than 2 to 1, Sinofsky is now building Windows 7. And not just Windows 7, but all Windows technologies from the graphical user interface to media and the next version of DirectX – DirectX 11. But also Internet Explorer 8, and Windows Live services from Windows Live Hotmail to Windows Live Messenger and to Windows Live Spaces. Sinofsky's position that spans over both the development of Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3 is a clear indication of Microsoft stretching the next Windows iteration into the cloud, and beyond the desktop, in tune with the company's Software plus Service business strategy implemented by Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect.

New in Microsoft Land

Yahoo! put an end to all the speculations around Microsoft’s unsolicited bid on Monday. The answer was a big no, thank you, and the motivation was that the Sunnyvale-based company’s board considered that the offer greatly undervalued Yahoo! The proposal of $44.6 billion, or $31 per share, was forwarded to the Internet giant on the first of February.

The rejection couldn’t go unanswered, so Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO issued a statement saying, among others, that "A Microsoft-Yahoo! combination will create a more effective company that would provide greater value and service to our customers. Furthermore, the combination will create a more competitive marketplace by establishing a compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online advertising. The Yahoo! response does not change our belief in the strategic and financial merits of our proposal. As we have said previously, Microsoft reserves the right to pursue all necessary steps to ensure that Yahoo!’s shareholders are provided with the opportunity to realize the value inherent in our proposal."

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The Green PCs Are Coming to Get You

What you have to know about Dell's “Simplifying the IT” concept. On the 14th of May I attended Dell's Technology and Solutions Tour held in Bucharest. Since there is much to cover on such a complex event as this one, I will be referring only to the main points of interest. In general, Dell only holds conferences whenever they need to explain (and in some cases to prove the usability of) some new concepts. And the "Simplifying the IT one" seems like a big deal, especially if I'm to think about the presentation held by Mark Boulton, Director of Enterprise Marketing for Dell EMEA.

I have to say that the presentation itself was pretty impressive as it "touched" some particularly interesting issues, most of them related to this very concept (check the title!). Mister Boulton started the press conference with a quick introduction related to Dell's marketing strategy. The introduction was brief (as expected when dealing with important changes) and evolved around a single point: the service business.

Online Payday Loan

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LifeLock Identity Theft Protection

People having website and Mail with great security always face the trouble of hackers. Despite of great efforts we people face a great threat in the name of hackers. If we want transmit secure mail regarding transaction with banking and other online transaction, we have to protect the information. For those people Life lock is a perfect website that can be used by them to increase their security in the transaction.

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Thin MacBook Air is Finally Here

"We've built the world's thinnest notebook - without sacrificing a full-size keyboard or a full-size 13-inch display," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "When you first see MacBook Air, it's hard to believe it's a high-performance notebook with a full-size keyboard and display. But it is."

The notebook integrates a 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, and, according to its technical specifications, comes with a 65-nanometer Core 2 Duo processor featuring 4 MB of L2 cache, an 80 GB 1.8" hard drive as well as 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity. What the Apple guys "forgot" to mention is that the Air appears to be powered by a new breed of processors, the low-voltage Merom-based Core 2 Duo, and not an Ultra Low Voltage Merom like the vast majority of notebook vendors use.

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LifeLock Promotional Code

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They also avoid the junk mail from bank service frequently.

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