Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 5:11:00 PM CEST
Deutsche programmieren Viren auf Weltniveau
Spätestens mit den zwei Festnahmen am Freitag steht fest, dass deutsche Programmierer in der Liga der Viren- und Würmer-Verfasser ganz oben mitspielen. "Phatbot" entstand sogar in Teamarbeit von Hamburgern, Bayern und Niedersachsen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 5:08:00 PM CEST
Intel stoppt Entwicklung an neuem Prozessor
Es wird keine neue Generation der Pentium-4-Prozessoren geben. Intel stoppte überraschend die Entwicklungsarbeiten - vor allem, weil die hoch getakteten Prozessoren heißlaufen. Intel setzt stattdessen künftig auf Dual-Core-Chips.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 2:52:00 PM CEST
New version of Sasser undermines lone coder theory
The appearance of a new version of the infamous Sasser worm shortly after the arrest of its admitted author has fuelled speculation that its creator worked with other virus writers.
Sasser-E was first spotted three hours and 45 minutes after the arrest of Sven Jaschan, 18, from Rotenburg in northern Germany at 2pm on Friday afternoon (local time). Either earlier sightings of the fast-spreading worm were missed or Sasser-E was released by someone other than Jaschan, who was released from police custody after the new version of the worm arrived onto the scene.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Sony unveils tiny wireless pen PC
Sony will ship a keyboardless PC in Japan later this month. But it's no Tablet PC - instead, this pen-operated, wireless-enabled Windows XP machine will be pitched at mobile media consumers.
The consumer electronics giant is billing the Vaio VGN-U70 as the world's smallest full-function Windows PC. The unit measures 16.7 x 10.8 x 2.6cm and weighs just 550g. Much of the machine's face is taken up by an 800 x 600 transflective colour LCD. The display can also operate at up to 1600 x 1200, but at this stage it's not clear if that's a native resolution.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
Web worm tests network security
More serious security problems for Microsoft software could follow in the wake of the Sasser worm. Using vulnerabilities revealed at the same time as those exploited by the web worm, security firm IRM has demonstrated how they can be used to gain control of a Windows web server.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 9, 2004 at 8:41:00 PM CEST
Windows XP SP2: Auch für Raubkopierer
Sowohl rechtmäßige Benutzer von Microsoft Windows XP, wie auch Raubkopierer, werden das Service Pack 2 nutzen können. Da Microsoft viel Wert auf Sicherheit legt, habe man sich zu diesem Schritt entschlossen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 9:05:00 PM CEST
"Sasser" - Autor wurde an Microsoft verpfiffen
Der 18-jährige 'Sasser' und 'Netsky'-Autor aus dem 600-Einwohner-Dorf Waffensen (Kreis Rotenburg) ist aufgeflogen, da Microsoft Deutschland aus dem Umfeld des Schülers einen Hinweis bekommen hat.
Der entscheidende Hinweis kam telefonisch, auf Verlangen von MS konnten die Anrufer sogar Beweise vorlegen.
Die namentlich nicht bekannten Tippgeber erhofften sich wahrscheinlich eine Belohnung aus der 5-Mio-USD-Kopfgeld-Kasse von MS. Der Konzern hat bis zu 250.000 Dollar pro Virus für Hinweise auf die Täter ausgesetzt.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:44:00 PM CEST
Wearable Wireless Displays Are In Sight
Imagine having a 17-inch screen constantly at your disposal that lets you look up information online, check your e-mail or watch a movie--and that isn't attached to a laptop. Soon, thanks to the burgeoning microdisplay industry, you probably will.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:40:00 PM CEST
Academics Patent P2P Spoofing
A computer science professor and graduate student have been awarded a patent for a method of thwarting illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks by flooding the network with bogus files that look like pirated music.
The software creates bogus files with attributes -- such as file names and description tags -- that make them look like the real thing, but they are in fact white noise, low-quality recordings or advertisements to buy the song. What's more, the software sends out thousands of decoys to frustrate P2P users with fruitless downloads.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Wurm von der Wümme
Ein 18-Jähriger aus Norddeutschland soll den Computerschädling "Sasser" programmiert haben, der weltweit Millionenschäden anrichtete. Seit Anfang Mai hatten Polizeiexperten in aller Welt den Erfinder des verheerenden Sabotage-Programms gesucht. FBI und CIA waren eingeschaltet, Experten wähnten den geheimnisvollen Spezialisten irgendwo in Russland. Von wegen: Der mutmaßliche Übeltäter heißt Sven J., hat gerade seinen Realschulabschluss gemacht und den Wunsch, das Abitur nachzuholen und Informatik zu studieren.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Sasser computer worm suspect held
An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser internet worm, police say.
The worm spread through an estimated 18 million computers across the world last week, continually shutting down and rebooting them.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 1:58:00 AM CEST
Linux MP3 Ripping Tools
Linux command line toolset with options that will create archival quality MP3 files from your CDs, including ID3 metadata tags from CDDB:
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