The Pirate Bay To Bring Back OiNK
The Pirate Bay is currently working on an OiNK replacement in an attempt to bring the hundreds of thousands of music albums back online that
disappeared during the raid. The replacement will be released within a week and on the BOiNK.cd domain. BOiNK will be a little different from OiNK.
For instance, the tracker will be public and it will start out with a lot less torrents than OiNK had when it was raided. The success of BOiNK will
mainly depend on the former OiNK community, who will be asked to upload their old OiNK torrents.
neowin.net -
27.10.2007Flaws Found in Symantec Scan
Engine
Symantec earlier this week
warned of multiple medium-risk
vulnerabilities within its
Scan Engine, a programming
interface that allows third
parties to incorporate
scanning technologies into
their applications...
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26.04.2006Ubuntu 9.10 Off To A Great Performance Start
The first alpha release for
Ubuntu
9.10 was
made
available yesterday and while it does net yet
integrate
Plymouth or any other new features, it has picked up a few new
packages. Most
prominently, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 features the
Linux
2.6.30 kernel and
GCC
4.4. There are also other updated packages
from Debian like
GNOME
2.27, but most notable are the kernel and
compiler updates. We have tested
out Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 and compared its performance to Ubuntu 9.04. While this is very early within the
Ubuntu 9.10 development cycle, the results already may come as a surprise.
winbeta.org -
15.05.2009Xbox 360 to Get 1080p Upgrade
Microsoft will announce
tomorrow the release of a
software upgrade that will
boost its high-definition
video mode from 720 lines
progressive scan (720p) or
1080 lines interlaced (1080i),
to a full 1080 lines
progressive scan (1080p), with
16:9 widescreen aspect ratio...
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31.10.2006CodeWeavers Working On New GUI, DirectX 10
CodeWeavers, the company behind the
WINE-based
CrossOver Office and
CrossOver Games for running Windows office applications and games,
respectively, on Linux (and Mac OS X) has shared some of their plans for 2009. Among the items they are getting ready for is DirectX 10 support and a
new GUI for its CrossOver software.
winbeta.org -
10.03.2009Programming error gives CT scan patients radiation overdose
In a rather off-the-track technology related report, a hospital named Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has come into a bit of trouble due to problems with
its CT scanner; a programming error has caused the machine to give patients eight times the maximum amount of radiation that's nominal. According
to the LA Times, the hospital recently began utilizing a new protocol in order to create a specialized type of scan used to diagnose strokes, which
unfortunately went a bit wrong. In order to use said protocol, the machine had to be reset, thus overriding the pre-programmed instructions that were
included with the scanner when it was installed.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
15.10.2009Microsoft Contributes Web Services Protocol to Broaden Interoperability
As part of its customer-focused commitment to interoperability, Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has contributed its Web services protocol
specification for consumer scanning peripherals Microsoft Scan Service Definition Version 1.0 (WS-Scan) to the Printer Working Group (PWG), a
program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO). The contribution of the WS-Scan protocol specification will make it easier
for partner companies to make their products interoperable across multiple platforms and deliver new functionality and manageability improvements to
customers.
WS-Scan provides a common framework for describing and sharing information between Windows Vista and consumer scanning
peripherals. As part of its continuing efforts to work with partners to provide innovative Windows-based solutions and the best set of experiences to
meet customers specific needs, Microsoft built upon the initial efforts of Xerox Corp. and collaborated with several leading companies in the printing
ecosystem to develop the WS-Scan protocol specification. As a result of submitting this specification to the PWG, these solutions will now be
available to any platform that companies need to meet their customers interoperability requirements.
winbeta.org -
29.05.2008IE Bug Lets Hackers Phish With
Google Desktop
Hacker could scan your hard
drive and steal sensitive
info...
pcworld.com -
03.12.2005VirtualBox Gets 3D Acceleration For Linux Guests
VirtualBox, the popular virtualization software platform owned by Sun Microsystems (though Sun may soon be owned by IBM), has been reaching a number
of 3D milestones in the past few months. Back in December, Sun had introduced
OpenGL acceleration for Windows guests through a modified OpenGL driver for the
XP/Vista virtualized operating systems that would then execute the OpenGL calls through the host operating system and its driver/hardware. A month
later that support was extended to include
Direct3D
acceleration on guest operating systems (well, just Windows operating systems for DirectX) through a modified driver and using part of
WINE to translate the Direct3D calls into OpenGL. Sun Microsystems
has just released the first beta for VirtualBox 2.2 and it includes more 3D work as well. This time, virtualized Linux guests now have OpenGL 3D
acceleration support!
winbeta.org -
18.03.2009Symantec Reports Critical
Security Flaw in AntiVirus
Scan Engine
A bug in the software could
allow remote attackers to take
control of the computer...
pcworld.com -
07.10.2005Consumers can scan bank deposits at home
Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank branch to
deposit checks.
Called Remote Deposit Capture, the technology lets people scan checks through their home computers and deposit
them electronically has been around for several years, but it has been used mainly for businesses.
Customers want to be able to
deposit checks without having to go to banks, said Rod Springhetti, CheckFree's vice president of global strategic marketing, and banks want to be
able to offer that.
winbeta.org -
07.02.2008Latest biometric technology scans veins
CNET is reporting that Sony has developed a new biometric scanning technology, called 'Mofiria', that scans the veins in your finger in order
to provide access to your laptop or PC. The scanner uses a CMOS sensor to capture scattered light within the finger veins, and compresses the date to
allow it to be stored on laptops, or even cellphones. There are many benefits to this new method, claims Sony. Firstly, this technology claims a
high accuracy rate, with less than 0.1% false identification. Secondly, it takes a lot less time to scan the finger; it takes 0.015 seconds to scan on
a computer CPU, and 0.25 seconds on a mobile phone CPU.
Read full story.....
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03.02.2009OneCare:International News
The Windows Live OneCare team
got many exciting pieces of
information to tell users
today, as always using their
Windows Live Spaces. Two major
announcements have been
made.
The first
is about an international,
vastly improved Safety Center,
which has been released today.
Renamed simply Safety Scanner,
it still provides the three
usual scans: Protection scan,
tune-up scan and clean-up
scan. According to the team,
Safety Center beta users will
consider Safety Scanner
"
The next generation of
the Safety Center service,
providing an on-demand tool to
enhance the safety of your
online experience"
The next one was
long-awaited by non-US users:
International support. It
isn't quite there, but at
least, a time for its
availability has been
announced. International
support for Windows Live
OneCare will be available as a
beta version by the end of the
year, though they noted it may
be available earlier. The
following markets are included
for this promise:
Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Singapore, Spain,
Switzerland, and the UK.
jcxp.net -
15.08.2006Java Performance: Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered on what operating system Java works the
best? While by no means is it a conclusive multi-platform comparison, for this
article we ran a number of Java benchmarks on both Windows Vista Premium and Ubuntu
Linux to see how the Java Virtual Machine performance
differs. In addition, when
running Ubuntu we had tested Sun's official Java package as well as the
OpenJDK alternative...
winbeta.org -
19.12.2008IBM surveillance software to scan Chicago streets
The City of Chicago is developing a futuristic video surveillance system designed to scan city streets looking for everything from bombs to traffic
jams.
For the past few years Chicago has been rolling out thousands of video surveillance cameras linked by fiber-optic cables.
This Operation Virtual Shield system is intended to give the city's emergency response coordination agency the ability to remotely keep track of
emergencies in real time.
Now, with the help of IBM, Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is
looking to expand the system's capabilities so that IBM's software can analyze the thousands of hours of video being recorded by Operation Virtual
Shield.
"That's really going to just throw our camera network into hyperdrive," said Kevin Smith, a spokesman with the OEMC.
"Ultimately I think what this software might be able to do is simply recognize suspicious behavior and alert our operation..
winbeta.org -
27.09.2007Please install KB937061 seventy nine thousand times
A hotfix making rounds is causing quite the confusion for Visual Studio users this week, surprise surprise. KB937061 was released two days ago,
patching a vulnerability in the way Crystal Reports for Visual Studio handles maliciously crafted RPT files. Everyone installs/uses Crystal Reports
right?
Because Windows Update is assuming that all users with some flavor of Visual Studio installed are using Crystal Reports,
the hotfix is applied and it reports success (strangely).
Upon the next scan of your system, the hotfix isn't found, recommended
for install, and ultimately "installed" again. Upon the next scan of your system, the hotfix isn't found, recommended for install, and ultimately
"installed" again. Upon the next scan of your system, the hotfix isn't found, recommended for install, and ultimately "installed" again. Upon the
next scan of your system, the hotfix isn't found, recommended for install, and ultimately "installed" again...
The workaround,
at this point, is to hide the hotfix but I wouldn't recommend that. Just hold still, Microsoft will patch it up soon.
Update:
"If you have VS 2005 SP1 present but the Crystal Reports feature is not present, MS07-052 is re-offered. Customers are protected and are not at
risk to this vulnerability We will be updating the detection on Microsoft Update, customers that have already installed this update need to take no
action. We are working to resolve this issue and it should be fixed shortly Thank you" - Eric Brodish, Microsoft Corp
(microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
Links:
Security Bulletin MS07-052 //
Discussion on Microsoft forums winbeta.org -
13.09.2007Microsoft AV Scan Engine Updating Issue
Microsoft is aware of an issue with the Microsoft AV engine not updating on some installations of Antigen and Forefront Server Security products. Not
all installations of the products are experiencing this issue, however all products may be affected.
The issue arose because the
aveMicrosoft.dll in one of the Microsoft AV engine updates was marked as hidden, causing all subsequent updates to fail when attempting to
delete this file. When that occurs, the engine is rolled back. This means that installations experiencing this problem are running with an outdated
version of the Microsoft AV engine.
winbeta.org -
29.08.2008Scan This Guy's E-Passport and Watch Your System Crash
A German security researcher
who demonstrated last year
that he could clone the
computer chip in an electronic
passport has revealed
additional vulnerabilities in
the design of the new
documents and the inspection
systems used to read them.
Lukas Grunwald,
an RFID expert who has served
as an e-passport consultant to
the German parliament, says
the security flaws allow
someone to seize and clone the
fingerprint image stored on
the biometric e-passport, and
to create a specially coded
chip that attacks e-passport
readers that attempt to scan
it.
Grunwald
says he's succeeded in
sabotaging two passport
readers made by different
vendors by cloning a passport
chip, then modifying the
JPEG2000 image file containing
the passport photo. Reading
the modified image crashed the
readers, which suggests they
could be vulnerable to a
code-injection exploit that
might, for example, reprogram
a reader to approve expired or
forged passports.
winbeta.org -
01.08.2007Microsoft Builds Own Antivirus
Engine
While customers may have to
wait until next year for the
Client Protection tool,
Microsoft on Thursday also
announced the availability of
Antigen, an antivirus program
for messaging and
collaboration servers that
will be bolstered by
Microsoft's own antivirus
scan engine...
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06.10.2005Symantec AntiVirus Engine
Vulnerable
Symantec has issued an
advisory on a security
vulnerability discovered
within the web-based
Administrative Interface of
its AntiVirus Scan Engine. The
flaw could lead to a buffer
overflow that enables a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary
code and access a system...
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