Archive for April 24th, 2008
Apr
24
IOActive, security research firm reports that Earthlink and several ISPs are using advertising servers to collect revenue on misspelled URLs, but alleges that in so doing, they may have mistakenly exposed users to cross-site scripting.
Dan Kaminsky, the group's director of penetration testing, reported that a bug on Earthlink servers may have allowed hackers to launch phishing attacks
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Apr
24
If you’re a Microsoft Application Virtualization (SoftGrid) user, you may’ve seen this little error popping up. The default first app is a great little tool to just say "Hi I am softgrid and I am working"
And its really handy, its lightweight, quick and easy to stream. Admins set up SoftGrid and totally ignore the default first app.
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Apr
24
InfoWorld has confirmed that Dell will sell and support Windows XP to consumers beyond the June 30 Microsoft sales cutoff date that Microsoft reaffirmed, after earlier comments from CEO Steve Ballmer seemingly indicated it might reconsider that decision.
Dell will take advantage of a licensing option in Vista Business and Vista Ultimate that
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Apr
24
Dr.Web Anti-virus link checker is a browser add-on, that once installed adds a right-click contextual menu select "Scan with Dr.Web", which check for check for viruses and various malicious programs on any web page, you want to visit or a file you want to download. Depending on the size of the checked file, the scanning will be done in several seconds.
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Apr
24
Yahoo is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside developers create applications across its network of sites, as well as radically stitching together its online services under the social profile concept.
The idea is to let the hundreds of millions of people who use its Web mail, instant messaging, calendar, photo management
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Apr
24
As the world’s premier student technology competition, the Imagine Cup is one way Microsoft Corp. is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world — today.
The Imagine Cup, now in its sixth year, is an example of Microsoft’s Unlimited
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Apr
24
Sick of hearing about the great, free, food at Google? Skip this post. Want to know how much it costs Google to pay for all that Googleplex grub? Read on.
Here's the math: Googlers in the U.S. get two meals a day free, according to the jobs page,
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Apr
24
The Redmond company has finally pulled the plug on the now dead MSN smart watches. The first watches of this type hit the market back in 2004, but users failed to crowd in for the new devices designed to deliver a variety of data via FM radio waves. The fact of the matter is that the Redmond
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Apr
24
Taking a snapshot of a virtual machine while you're in the middle of monitoring a sequencing process. Sometimes you might want to do this if the sequencing of your application is long and drawn out, you're sequencing multiple apps together, or if you're wanting to create a couple different sequences starting from the same initial config.
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Apr
24
Simon Willison over at W3C points out the part of the HTML 5 specficiation that discusses a way to add attributes to HTML elements for your own needs via data-. He says — “this will be incredibly useful for unobtrusive JavaScript where there’s no sensible place to store configuration data as HTML content. It will also
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Apr
24
Have you ever thought how vulnerable your data may be through the simple fact that you may be storing your entire digital life on a single hard drive? On single drive can hold tens of thousands of pictures, thousands of music files, videos, letters and countless other documents.
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Apr
24
Developers have questioned the commitment to openness in Microsoft's Live Mesh service, which is designed to bridge the offline and online worlds. The company's new service, that will synch all of a user's devices and applications to produce a seamless framework, was unveiled at Web 2.0.
Microsoft has said the service will use
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Apr
24
Apple Mac OS X “Exposé” task switcher shows you live previews of all running application on your desktop and make it easy to switch back and forth between programs by pressing F9 key.
DExposE2 is an Exposé clone that brings the same functionality to Windows XP
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Apr
24
Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz Fest kick off the summer frenzy of music festivals this weekend. The Virtual Earth Team has created a map that will eventually contain nearly a hundred festivals around the world!
Spin's May issue runs down nearly a hundred festivals around the world featuring a dozen major
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Apr
24
Microsoft’s fiscal third quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, but the outlook for the June quarter was mixed.
Here’s the rundown: Microsoft’s reported operating income of $4.41 billion, or 47 cents a share, on revenue of $14.45 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Microsoft was expected to report fiscal third quarter earnings of 44 cents a
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