Topic: COMPUTER - on October 3, 2007 at 12:39:00 PM CEST
Online Videos May Conduct Viruses
A report on threats via the Internet released by a Georgia Tech research center indicates online video may be a new avenue of attack. As the popularity of flash media continues to explode, hackers may be targeting embedded video players and more traditional video downloads with worms and virii.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on October 3, 2007 at 12:06:00 PM CEST
The Most Beautiful Supercomputer in the World
With my supercomputer-as-art background from Thinking Machines, I'm perhaps pre-disposed to appreciate nicely done computers and computer installations. I was blown away when I saw the photos below of MareNostrum, currently the 9th largest supercomputer in the world and the largest in Europe, which is installed in a former chapel at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
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Topic: COMPUTER - on October 2, 2007 at 1:44:00 PM CEST
40+ Media Players That Aren’t iTunes
iTunes is arguably the most popular media player for Mac & Windows, with a recent update for the iPhone…but is it the best? Check out the competition: 40 other popular media players.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 30, 2007 at 11:24:00 AM CEST
Experimental High-resolution Skype for Mac and PC
Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype's developer site for enabling higher quality 640x480 video.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 25, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Der Bundestrojaner Reloaded
Ganz harmlos kommt es daher: ein kleines Trojanerchen hüpft in den heimischen PC, kopiert ein paar Dateien und verschwindet dann wieder spurlos. Ungefähr so stellt das Innenministerium in einer dem CCC bekannt gewordenen Stellungnahme den Einsatz der staatlichen Schnüffelsoftware zum Einsatz gegen Terrorverdächtige dar.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 25, 2007 at 12:40:00 PM CEST
Fix an old iBook's video problems... with fire!
Mark Hoekstra from GeekTechnique subjected his iBook's motherboard to successive rounds of burnination and managed to correct the infamous iBook video display defect. Had this not succeeded, I think I'd still have to give him 10 points for style.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 24, 2007 at 10:50:00 AM CEST
1 Gb
Here’s what 1 Gb looked like 20 years ago, and what it looks like today:
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 19, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CEST
Cybercrime Now Worth $105 Billion, Bypasses Drug Trade
Citing recent highly publicized corporate data breaches that have beset major companies like Ameritrade, Citigroup, and Bank of America, McAfee CEO David DeWalt, said that cyber-crime has become a US$105 billion business that now surpasses the value of the illegal drug trade worldwide. Despite the increase in government compliance requirements and the proliferation of security tools, companies continue to underestimate the threat from phishing, data loss, and other cyber vulnerabilities, DeWalt said.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 17, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
Das Opensource-DVD Projekt
Erreichtes Ziel des Projekts Opensource-DVD, Nachfolger von Opensource-CD, ist im deutschsprachigen Raum die zentrale Plattform für Opensource-Programme.
Zielgruppe Vorrangig richtet sich die Opensource-DVD an den Windows-Anwender. Allerdings ist ein hoher Prozentsatz der vorgestellten Programme auch für Linux geeignet.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 17, 2007 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Best Free Software to Unlock Your Favorite Hardware
It sucks that your favorite gadgets have more functionality than their default software exposes, but it rules that several software applications are built to unlock that potential for free. Whether it's your iPod, Xbox, router or iPhone, we've covered some incredibly ambitious free software projects that unlock features and enable unauthorized but oh-so-useful applications to run on them. Get our top 5 favorite pieces of software to unlock your hardware and chime in with your own in the comments.
Rockbox/iPodLinux (iPod) UnleashX/Xbox Media Center (Xbox) DD-WRT (router) iBrickr/AppTapp/Installer.app (iPhone) Linux Live CDs (unbootable PC)
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 15, 2007 at 7:19:00 PM CEST
How to install and boot 145 operating systems in a PC
This is the "howto" I promised to write after this thread.
The 145 systems are:-
3 Dos 5 Windows 137 Linux
I have also installed most of the PC-based BSD and Solaris together with a Darwin x86 too but these systems dislike to co-exist with a large number of other systems so I have to keep them off in another PC until I find a way to tackle the technical issues.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 13, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Behold the Fairlight’s $28,000 Keyboard!
When computer peripherals such as external hard drives become designer items, you know that the world has turned upside-down. So it comes as little surprise that more attention is being paid to keyboards--after all, for some people, they get more physical attention than loved ones.
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