Topic: COMPUTER - on February 2, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Vista Speech Command exposes remote exploit
Microsoft is playing down the possibility that the speech recognition system in Windows Vista could be hijacked to delete files or perform other unauthorised actions.
Vista contains improved speech recognition technology, a factor which prompted security researchers to see if it was possible to create MP3 files on hacker websites or audio tracks distributed on P2P networks to issue spoken commands which takes control of PCs running Vista.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 2, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM CET
California man busted for software piracy
A Southern California man was arrested for allegedly producing and selling thousands of dollars worth of pirated software from Microsoft and Adobe, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's department.
Police mugshot of Gad Zamir wearing gray t-shirtGad Zamir, 64, was apprehended after authorities armed with a search warrant found $13,000 in cash, about $283,000 worth of counterfeit software and 15 computers. The arrest stemmed from an eight-month investigation.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 2, 2007 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today
Romania's president delivered an encomium to software piracy during Bill Gates' world tour promoting Windows Vista.
President Traian Basescu reportedly told Gates that software piracy helped build a vibrant technology industry in Romania.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 30, 2007 at 1:43:00 PM CET
Vista Launch Coverage
DefectiveByDesign members turned out today in New York City (despite the bitter cold!) to spread the message that Vista's DRM is a danger to computer users. We were joined by folks from the BadVista.org campaign who distributed free software to the guests lining up to attend the launch event.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 30, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CET
Vista DRM Cracked by Security Researcher
Security researcher Alex Ionescu claims to have successfully bypassed the much discussed DRM protection in Windows Vista, called 'Protected Media Path' (PMP), which is designed to seriously degrade the playback quality of any video and audio running on systems with hardware components not explicitly approved by Microsoft. The bypass of the DRM protection was in turn performed by breaking the Driver Signing / PatchGuard protection in the new operating system.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 30, 2007 at 11:14:00 AM CET
Virus warnings as Microsoft launches Vista
Microsoft launches its long-awaited new version of Windows today with the promise of next-generation computing power, but experts have warned that the system may suffer from the same security problems as its predecessors.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 29, 2007 at 2:14:00 PM CET
Say goodbye to Microsoft. Now.:
Debian-Installer Loader
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 28, 2007 at 5:15:00 PM CET
Extending The Windows Vista Grace Period to 120 Days
If you're on the fence about the impending release of Windows Vista, I recommend trying before you buy. Every Vista DVD includes the ability to install any edition of Vista without a product key. When you install without a product key, you get an automatic 30 day evaluation period.* This probably isn't news to anyone.
What may be news to you, however, is that you can easily extend the 30-day Windows Vista grace period to 120 days. No hacks required. This is an official, supported operation directly from Microsoft.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 27, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CET
EU antitrust welcome for Vista
Microsoft will launch Vista on Tuesday to a fresh wave of antitrust concern. The Brussels-based pro-interoperability group ECIS issued a statement today which condemned the new release of Windows for embodying bad practices.
"Vista is the first step in Microsoft‘s strategy to extend its market dominance to the Internet," said ECIS chairman Simon Awde in a prepared statement.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 25, 2007 at 11:45:00 AM CET
20 Hottest Gadgets From the Consumer Electronics Show
This year's Consumer Electronics Show included plenty that was new, significant, or just plain bizarre--we selected the best of it for our multimediatastic gallery of what CES had to offer.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 25, 2007 at 10:56:00 AM CET
Microsoft Mistakenly Accuses 2.6 Million Half A Million Of Having Pirated Versions Of Windows
Remember Microsoft's "Windows Genuine Advantage" program? The one that would tell you if you had a pirated copy of Windows, but was coming up with all sorts of false positives, causing trouble for plenty of legitimate users? Well, now it appears that Microsoft is 'fessing up to the fact that it may have mistakenly labeled somewhere around 2.6 million legitimate Windows users as "pirates."
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 24, 2007 at 2:04:00 PM CET
2007 Top 10 weirdest USB drives
1.5 years ago I published the original ‘Top 10 weirdest USB drives‘. Over 500 000 people have visited the original page, and it included all of the sushi drives, the thumb drive and the now classical barbi drive. I’ve received quite many comments and emails about the list, and I know that some of you guys wants an updated list. So here it is - Top 10 weirdest USB drives, Part II’. All new drives!
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