March 27, 2009, 12:33 pm
Microsoft, Security, Blog, Dralnux, Fixes, Ie8
Microsoft added a few final tweaks to its Internet Explorer 8 beta, resolving security issues in the browser aimed at preventing attackers from executing malicious attacks remotely on Windows. The fix addressed a security flaw brought to light by security researchers Alexander Sotirov and Mark Dowd during the August BlackHat USA conference in Las
March 27, 2009, 12:32 pm
Apple announced on Thursday that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC will be held on June 8 through 12, as expected. As it has been since 2003, WWDC will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and will feature educational opportunities covering Mac and iPhone development and IT-related integration and technologies. The Mac
March 27, 2009, 12:31 pm
Microsoft, Blog, Dralnux, Windows 7
The Windows 7 beta release is already a few months old now, and Microsoft has already made quite a number of changes to its new windows release after that, as detailed in the Engineering 7 weblog. These changes would make it to the public via the release candidate, but it has always been a bit [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my
March 27, 2009, 12:29 pm
Internet, News, Web, Blog, Dralnux, Facebook, Photo, Stalker
Facebook has changed the way its password reset tool works so that it does not easily verify e-mail addresses after CNET News contacted it with concerns from an Israeli security expert. On a separate matter, the company also has asked the maker of the Photo Stalker Facebook app to make it clear that despite the [...] [[ This is a content summary
March 27, 2009, 12:26 pm
Apple, Blog, Dralnux, Ilife, Iwork, Updates
Apple on Thursday released a slew of updates for its iLife ‘09 applications, as well as an update for iWork ‘09 users. According to Apple’s release notes, iPhoto 8.0.2 improves overall stability and addresses minor issues in a number of areas, including Faces, Places, photo sharing, and slideshows; iMovie 8.0.1 improves overall
March 26, 2009, 1:17 pm
News, Security, Blog, Conficker, Cure, Dralnux, Panda, Worm
Earlier iterations of the Conficker worm were effectively shut down, but researchers have discovered that a new variant is set to launch April 1. Conficker’s signature attack is via USB drives, and Panda Security has released a free “vaccine” to immunize computers from infection. In the case of the Conficker strand of worms,
April 5, 2009, 12:51 pm
Apple, Download, Mobile, Apps, Blog, Calls, Dralnux, Free, Iphone, Skype
Do you have an app that you wish was on the iPhone, but hasn’t been developed or ported over yet? Certainly we all have our wish lists when it comes to apps, but one that I’ve been waiting for since the beginning is the chat and VOIP program, Skype (Mac or Windows). Fortunately, the folks [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit
April 5, 2009, 12:49 pm
The aesthete buys an Apple. This dig in the latest Mac-attack Microsoft ad contains a kernel of truth. Here’s the essential choice: A Dell with a pedestrian design but all the fixin’s or a gorgeous Apple MacBook that doesn’t offer quite as much? (Whether the prospective buyer needs a maxed-out laptop is a pertinent question too.)
April 5, 2009, 12:47 pm
Security, Blog, Dralnux, Mit, Virus
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery, according to a study released on Thursday in the online edition of journal Science. The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as
April 5, 2009, 12:45 pm
Apple, Mobile, Dralnux, Iphone, Jailbreak
It appears some Russian hackers have released an updated version of QuickPwn which works on iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2! This is not an official release from the iPhone Dev Team and using this unofficial release will kill yellowsn0w and any possibility of a software unlock — maybe FOREVER. You can grab the 3.2MB installer from [...] [[ This is a
