Topic: COMPUTER - on February 14, 2007 at 11:33:00 AM CET
The Twenty Minute Guide to PC Security: 20 Tips to Secure your Box
We've all seen the geek squad commercials on TV where some woman calls BestBuy, and within 5 minutes this friendly 18 year-old kid pulls up in a VW bug and works "miracles" by cleaning and securing her virus infested computer all within about 10 minutes.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 13, 2007 at 12:42:00 AM CET
Missing FBI Laptops Still a Problem
Three or four FBI laptop computers are lost or stolen each month and the agency is unable to say in many instances whether information on the machines is sensitive or classified, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.
Wired News FBI lost 160 laptops in last 44 monthsFBI Can't Keep Track Of Its Own Laptops; Lose Three Or Four Each Month
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 13, 2007 at 12:40:00 AM CET
Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM?
Despite some software snafu’s, notably iTunes and Camera Raw data mangling, we’ve been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista. However there is one elephant in the room that we haven’t addressed — DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built into very low-level areas of the OS
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 10, 2007 at 12:16:00 PM CET
How about this for a messy datacenter ?
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 9, 2007 at 2:02:00 PM CET
Quantum Computer may Debut Next Week
Techworld is reporting that D-Wave, a heavily funded Canadian company, plans to debut a “quantum computer” next week. This computing device “can carry out 64,000 calculations simultaneously (in parallel ‘universes’), thanks to a new technique which rethinks the already-uncanny world of quantum computing.”
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 8, 2007 at 11:52:00 PM CET
High Security for $100 Laptop
Millions of XO laptops are expected to go into production late in 2007, with Thailand, Brazil, Uruguay and Rwanda, among others, signed up for the launch. If all goes according to plan, that will make the XO laptop's operating system one of the more common platforms in the world. And with kids as young as 6 as target users, hackers may already be dreaming of taking computers from babies through rogue code.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 8, 2007 at 3:05:00 PM CET
Skype Reads Your BIOS and Motherboard Serial Number
Well, that’s weird. Skype’s trying to run a .com file, which won’t work on Win64 because there’s no NTVDM. Let’s try opening it in Hex Workshop. Access denied? OK, I’ll terminate Skype to read it. Still can’t?! This thing is really starting to annoy me. I’ll use WinDbg to terminate winlogon.exe to force a kernel panic. I reboot and NOW I can read the damn file.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 7, 2007 at 10:56:00 AM CET
Hackers Attack Key Net Traffic Computers
Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.
Wired.com Hackers attack heart of the net liquidat.wordpress.com breitbart.com foxnews.com
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 5, 2007 at 12:07:00 PM CET
Super Kernel Sunday!
In a widely anticipated move, Linux "headcase" Torvalds today announced the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date, version 2.6.20.
Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 3, 2007 at 3:40:00 PM CET
How to Properly Clean your LCD Screen
First, you've probably seen some of those expensive LCD cleaning solutions in computer stores right? The good news is that you don't really need these. Mixing up your own cleaning solution is very easy and will actually save you quite a few bucks. You only need 2 ingredients:
* Isopropyl alcohol (Warning)
* Distilled Water
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 2, 2007 at 11:45:00 AM CET
Fake Torrent Finder
The MPAA and RIAA likes to upload fake torrents to track down pirates.
How can you tell what a fake torrent is and what isn't? Well, this finder lets you enter in the title of a torrent or the hashcode and it'll inform you if the torrent is fake or not.
Searching through 1670 fake torrents
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 2, 2007 at 11:42:00 AM CET
That $200 Windows XP service pack called Vista
More than five years after the release of Windows XP, Windows Vista has arrived. The party line out of Redmond is that "Windows Vista is Microsoft's most secure platform to date," and you won't find anyone at Microsoft saying otherwise. But saying it's Microsoft's most secure operating system isn't saying that Windows Vista is the most secure operating system on the market today.
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