Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
In what could be the most embarrassing exploit to impact Windows Vista since its commercial launch in January, security engineers at McAfee's Avert Labs confirmed today - and posted the video to prove - that the operating system can be caused to enter an interminable crash-restart-crash loop, by means of a buffer overflow triggered by nothing more than a malformed animated cursor file.
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30.3.2007 Lessons learned from the Animated Cursor Security Bug
A core tenet of the SDL is to take and incorporate lessons learned when we issue a security update, and there is a great deal to learn from the recent animated cursor bug,
MS07-017, so I want to spend a few minutes to go over some of the things we have learned from this bug.
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28.4.2007 Die mouse
Mouse for notebook
Review of Microsoft's Mouse + screenshot
Back on a sunny day in July at Redmond, WA - Microsoft announced the killer combo of Philippe Starck's unique design combined with Microsoft's unique ability of trendsetting. The Microsoft Optical Mouse by S+ARCK was dubbed "a sleek shape and shimmering finish" by Microsoft's PR people.
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Microsoft to licence mouse and keyboard technologies
Microsoft is planning to licence its keyboard and mouse technologies for the first time in history.
Microsoft will allow third party companies to use Microsoft's U2, tilt wheel and magnifier technologies.
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30.3.2006 Unite Windows and Linux With a Single Mouse Click!
After the success I had with my previous tutorial about how to run Windows and a Linux distribution together on the same computer (with a single monitor, keyboard and mouse and no other magic tricks required), I decided to improve the installation method with an extremely easy-to-use one.
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12.2.2008 Hack to Activate and Switch Window in Windows 7 By Mouse Over Hover Without Click
When there are many windows open on desktop of Windows 7, normally users will click on another window in order activate the window into front or foreground and switch to the task or window.
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19.5.2009Microsoft designer creates special mouse for kids and elders
TechFlash reports that Microsoft User Experience Designer, Mike LaManna has designed a computer mouse for those who have problems controlling a mouse.
The mouse will help those with cognitive and physical disabilities or elderly computer users to hold the mouse properly. LaManna who works in
Creation and Collaboration team (PC3), along with the help of one of Microsoft's Senior Accessibility Strategist and a former Microsoft User
Experience Researcher has created a speciality mouse for people with disbilities, by gluing a plastic ring or loop towards the back edge of the left
mouse button. The mouse will help to keep fingers positioned over the mouse buttons.
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23.04.2009Logitech ships their billionth mouse
Logitech has recently announced shipping their billionth mouse, just in time to mark forty years since the first mouse was demonstrated in public. Now
selling a large range of keyboards, mice, webcams, and numerous other forms of input (and more recently output too), Logitech sells, on average, 7.8
million mice every month, or 376,000 per day, to over 100 countries. Some readers may remember the times before the mouse, and how the mouse formed
the path of both commercial and personal computer use. Many things that are now assumed to be standard are dependent on the invention of the mouse.
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04.12.2008Logitech release new gaming mouse: the Logitech G500
When Logitech released the G9 mouse, a big fuss kicked up in regards to the design and appearance of the mouse, with a lot of people disliking the
square, hard shape of it. Now, Logitech have introduced their latest mouse, which aims to get loyal customers that stuck with their much loved
Logitech G5s when the Logitech G9 was released, to consider an upgrade. The Logitech Gaming Mouse G500 is, in Logitech's words, "the successor
to the classic Logitech G5 Laser Mouse," and has a new look, higher maximum dpi (dots per inch), as well as onboard memory.
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07.08.2009Apple Debuts Wireless Mighty
Mouse
A day after word of the
product leaked to the press,
Apple on Tuesday said it was
launching a Bluetooth wireless
version of its Mighty Mouse
product, the two-button mouse
made by the company...
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25.07.2006GUI Championship voting: Animated wallpaper
The semi-annual GUI design contest, GUI Championships has begun user voting on the best entries for animated wallpapers. Animated wallpapers are
quite a challenge to design properly. A good one should use little CPU, not be distracting, and still look as good as a static wallpaper. This
year's entries come from around the world and the categories are most original and most usable. View: GUI Championships website View:
Brad's write-up on the entries
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25.11.2008Logitech Mouse Does More Than
Point and Click
Cordless mouse alerts you when
you have incoming e-mail or
instant messages...
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06.09.2005Vista RTM to include animated wallpapers!
The most recent in a series of
rumors about what was
previously called Desktop
Aurora says that the
long-awaited animated desktop
wallpapers would appear in
Windows Vista's final release
under the name "Motion
Desktop", but Aurora
wouldn't be the only animated
wallpaper to be included with
the operating system, but
there would rather be three
different ones.
While Aurora is obvious, an
animated cherry blossom tree
would also be part of it,
along with another one that's
still unknown as of yet.
The versions of Vista
that will include the new
wallpapers are currently
unknown, along with the
customizability degree for the
user.
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09.10.2006Microsoft mouse to combine wireless, memory
Microsoft is preparing the Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, a laptop mouse which combines several important features. Above all is 1GB of internal memory,
allowing owners to treat the 8000 as a USB flash drive. The mouse also offers not one but two wireless options: Bluetooth or 2.4GHz, the latter
through the same USB port that allows file transfer. A switch flips between the two. The USB connector further offers magnetic charging through a
direct connection.
The sensor is a high-resolution laser, and added controls on the mouse include a tiltwheel and two side
buttons, assigned by default to "Magnifier" and "Back." Being a Microsoft mouse, the 8000 is immediately compatible with Windows Vista's Flip3D
interface. It should be released in October for $159.
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12.09.2007Happy Birthday mouse
The original mouse invention which is now in use on every office and home PC turns 40 next week. Looking like something that could take your
fingers clean off, the wooden block with a single red button on top was unveiled to the world 40 years ago. Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse and
worked with Bill English to build the device. In 1967, Engelbart applied for, and in 1970 he received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal
wheels. In 1981, Xerox included a mouse with their Star computer system, and a few years later Apple offered one with their Macintosh system.
Microsoft then made it the standard device for their Windows operating system.
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01.12.2008Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
In what could be the most
embarrassing exploit to impact
Windows Vista since its
commercial launch in January,
security engineers at
McAfee's Avert Labs confirmed
today that the operating
system can be caused to enter
an interminable
crash-restart-crash loop, by
means of a buffer overflow
triggered by nothing more than
a malformed animated cursor
file...
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30.03.2007Review: Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000
Looking for a new keyboard and mouse combo? Got a bit of spare cash? Look no further, this is the "Ultimate" keyboard and mouse combo set that
Microsoft has ever created. The Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 combines a mouse, keyboard and a new charging "dock". The dock allows you to
charge both the mouse and keyboard...wirelessly. You simply slip the keyboard under the charging port and it's charging, stick the mouse on top
and that's charging too. It was this sole reason I was interested in this combo combined with the fact it has a backlit keyboard. Lets take a
look at all its features.
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31.01.2009DeskScapes 2.0 Preview Available
Stardock is pleased to announce that the DeskScapes 2.0 preview version is now available. DeskScapes allows users of Windows Vista to have animated
wallpapers on their desktop. It runs the Stardock created .DREAM format which can contain videos as animated wallpapers or dynamically generated
content.
What makes DeskScapes special is that animated wallpapers can be run that use hardly any system resources (obviously
this will depend on what animated wallpaper is chosen). It integrates seamlessly with the Windows Vista desktop background dialog so picking animated
wallpapers is much the same as picking any other desktop wallpaper.
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13.03.2008Microsoft's latest environmental contribution: a mouse with a switch
Microsoft has announced a new "green" wireless mouse, with such environmentally-minded features as...an on/off switch...
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06.02.2008JCXP Review: Logitech MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse
The Logitech brand has long been associated with quality and inexpensive PC peripheral solutions. Over the years, they have redefined the way we
interact with our computers with many new innovative products and technologies. In 2004, Logitech was the first company to introduce the laser optical
mouse to the mainstream market with the MX 1000 cordless mouse.
Today, we will be giving you a glimpse into one of Logitech's latest
offerings, the MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse; successor to the MX 1000.
"After the success of the Logitech MX 1000, a comfortable
mouse with buttons galore, I would never have thought that Logitech could come up with a true successor. However, when hearing about the brand new MX
1100 a few months ago, I thought that this could be a perfect replacement for my aging MX 1000..." >
Click here to read our extensive review of the Logitech MX 1100
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05.02.2009Microsoft Releases new Mouse using a BlueTrack Sensor
The Microsoft Explorer Mouse and Explorer Mini Mouse were announced today and feature a unique technology that is making its debut in these devices.
It’s called BlueTrack, and this new sensor can work on just about any surface.
In fact, BlueTrack is much more accurate on shiny
surfaces than any other tech out there right now. If you don’t like using a mouse pad and find your desk has too much of a sheen for your mouse
to accurately register, this technology should help you tremendously.
Microsoft developed this new tech, which sets it apart from the
standard Agilent Technologies licensed laser sensors that fit in most other computer mice. This one might stick with Microsoft, and if they decide to
license it, well, that would make them a bundle, especially if these two launches work out well. The Explorer Mouse will sell for $99.99 and the
Explorer Mini Mouse will sell for $79.99 once they are released this November.
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10.09.2008FCC filings for new Apple mouse and keyboard revealed
The past month or so has seen a fair few rumors flying about regarding new Apple computers (iMacs, MacBooks and even Mac minis), some of which
supposed to be packing redesigned peripherals. Engadget has just earlier revealed the FCC filings for said input devices, confirming the existence of
both the mouse and keyboard. The revamped mouse and keyboard are touting the model numbers of A1296 and A1314 respectively, compared to the old A1197
and A1255; unfortunately, that's as juicy as details get, as Jobs and the gang will want to make their usual launch event as surprising as
possible.
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03.10.2009Microsoft Debuts Mouse With Built-In Flash Memory
Microsoft thinks it has the answer for your USB slot shortage on your notebook - by combining a mouse with a flash memory card...
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13.09.2007Review: Razer Lachesis Laser Gaming Mouse
This time around, we'll be taking a look at Razer's Lachesis gaming mouse. With a name that represents the largest pit viper in the world or
"bringer of silent death" in latin, it sure does send a bit of a shiver down one's spine. But with the hardcore reputation behind Razer's previous
mice, can the Lachesis truly take the crown and live up to its name?
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25.03.2009Apple may extend multi-touch to computer mice
Apple Inc. has filed for a
patent describing a computer
mouse having a touch-sensative
shell capable of accepting
multi-touch finger gestures,
similar to the surface of the
company's iPhone handset.
"The invention
relates to a configurable
mouse with an extended sensing
surface, which provides the
mouse a customizable,
programmable or adaptable way
of generating inputs," Apple
wrote in the filing.
A "position detection
mechanism" would detect the
movement of the mouse along a
surface, while "a multipoint
touch detection mechanism"
would simultaneously gather
feedback from one or more
objects that are contacting or
in close proximity to a
substantially large portion of
the grippable mouse shell.
"The mouse additionally
includes a controller for
processing signals generated
by the position detection
mechanism and multipoint touch
detection mechanism," Apple
explained.
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05.07.2007Microsoft’s Mystery Mouse Is Coming
Normally we wouldn’t be getting all excited over a mouse but, according to the this article, Microsoft is releasing a new mouse on the 9th of next
month and the only hint the company is giving is “Say Goodbye To Laser and this logo:
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