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ancientribe writes:
As if you need another reason not to use WiFi unprotected, here's one: a researcher has released a tool that lets hackers "sidejack" your machine and access your Web accounts. Called Hamster, the tool basically clones the victim's cookies by sniffing their session IDs and controlling their Website accounts.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=130 692&WT.svl=news1_2
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IdaAshley writes:
XML validation enables you to create complex rules that define acceptable data. But they're no good to anybody unless you use them. In this tip, you learn to use the XML Schema Standard Type Library to simplify the process of requiring formatted data such as e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
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netdur writes:
jerry-lee-cooper, computer expert from zdnet network wrote insightful article on why Linux will not displace Windows
"You are kidding arent you ?
Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?"
make sure to read his comment Vista is the Future, slashdotters, what are we going to do when Windows XP is no longer supported?
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SleepyHappyDoc writes:
CBC News is reporting that Microsoft will not issue its scheduled monthly software security fixes in March after a report said its security suite ranked last of 17 tested. Microsoft's notice comes after AV Comparatives, an Austrian project found that the Redmond, Wash.-based company's Windows Live OneCare security suite "did not reach the minimum requirements for participation" in its tests (PDF).
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MattSparkes writes
"Many images you see in a magazine are Photoshopped, and it's getting less and less likely that what you see at the cinema is any more genuine. In the film 'Blood Diamond', tears were added to Jennifer Connolly's face after a scene was shot. According to The Times, digital effects artists can even change actors' expressions. 'Opening or closing eyes; making a limp more convincing; removing breathing signs; eradicating blinking eyelids from a lingering gaze; or splicing together different takes of an unsuccessful love scene to produce one in which both parties look like they are enjoying themselves.' The article mentions the moral qualms digital effects people have over performing these manipulations, and the steps actors are taking to protect their digital assets."
