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Security vendor Trend Micro had fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that installed malicious software on hundreds of legitimate Web sites in the last few days.A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company's site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the week. Read more
Security vendor Trend Micro had fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that installed malicious software on hundreds of legitimate Web sites in the last few days. Read more
A New Zealand security researcher has published a software tool allowing attackers to quickly gain access to Windows systems via a Firewire port.The tool, which can only be used by attackers with physical access to a system, comes shortly after the publication of research on gaining access to encrypted hard drives via physical access to memory. Read more
The first days of second life
When executives from San Francisco-based Linden Lab built Second Life, they had a sense they were doing something historic. So, to keep tabs on their creation, they contracted their own journalist to chronicle the growth of the Internet's first virtual world. Now that chronicler, Wagner James Au, releases a comprehensive history of Second Life's early days in his book "The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World" (Harper Collins, $25.95). Read more
Review: Apple's new MacBook
Since it first replaced the iBook in 2006, the Mac Book narrows the performance gap between Apple's consumer and professional laptop lines with each new update. Apple last updated the Mac Books in November 2007, bringing with it an improved hardware architecture, faster system bus, and more robust graphics. Read more
Mozilla releases third firefox beta
Improvements, according to the Firefox 3 release notes, include a better tool for seeing who owns a Web site; better protection against sites known to install viruses, spy ware, or other malicious software; the plugging of 350 memory leaks that previously could waste more and more computer memory; the ability to locate downloaded files; a better tool to find and install plug-ins; and color management support, now enabled by default. Read more
Hackers turn Google into password hunter
The hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow this week released a tool that turns Google into an automated vulnerability scanner.
The hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) this week released a tool that turns Google into an automated vulnerability scanner, scouring websites for sensitive information such as passwords or server vulnerabilities. Read more
Microsoft Readies Silverlight 2 Beta
Shedding new light on the company's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology, a Microsoft official wrote a blog post today that emphasized RIA (rich Internet application) development capabilities planned for an upcoming beta release.Microsoft's Scott Guthrie, general manager in the Microsoft Developer Division, provided a list of features planned for Silverlight 2 and the beta in his blog. A Microsoft representative subsequently described the blog as the most detail provided to date on Silverlight 2. Read more
Microsoft Extends Hosted Software Services
Microsoft said Monday it will let smaller businesses use some of its key software applications over the Internet later this year, a sign of the company's rapid move to the Internet-centric computing favored by competitors Google and Salesforce.com.Last September, Microsoft opened its hosted software program, called Microsoft Online Services, to businesses worldwide with more than 5,000 users. Businesses pay a per-user subscription fee to access applications such as e-mail that are hosted on Microsoft's servers. Read more
Okay, now this is unexpected: Microsoft is slashing the price of some retail versions of Windows Vista, effective when the SP1 version rolls out later this year. Vista Ultimate's full version will go to $319 fro $399 (an upgrade is now $$219, down from $259); Home Premium's upgrade is now $129, down from $159. Read more
Quote of the Day
She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
Kate Chopin
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