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Submission + - New Zero-day Vulnerability In Windows

Submitted by Jimmy T
Jimmy T writes: Microsoft and Secunia are warning about the discovery of a new "Zero-day" vulnerability affecting all Microsoft based operating systems expect Windows 2003. Both companies states that the vulnerability is currently being exploited by malicious websites. One attack vector is through Internet Explorer 6/7 — so be aware where you surf to.
Education

Submission + - Tech Jobs for a Student?

Submitted by
Nick Manley
Nick Manley writes: "I turned 17 back in August and have been fascinated with technology my entire life. I have a special interest in software and computer programming. While my classmates might settle for a job at McDonalds or Burger King, I really want to find a job or at least an internship where I can really learn more about my field and expand my knowledge to become a better software developer. I wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations for someone like myself, without any college education, to get a head start on my career that doesn't include selling iPods to kids at Best Buy."

Feed U.S.: Ozone-Zapping Pesticide OK (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Despite European objections, the Bush administration gets treaty partners to approve U.S. use of methyl bromide, a potent ozone-destroying pesticide banned internationally two years ago. And it'll manufacture nearly 6,000 tons of the stuff, even though it has 11,000 tons stockpiled.


Windows

Submission + - Shadows Servers Have Flames Shooting Out the Back

Submitted by
robertthefox
robertthefox writes: "one of my favourite services, Shadows.com, seems to have suffered from CSMS (catastrophic server meltdown syndrome), which has GCRED (gigantic confusing random exception disorder) as one of its first symptoms.

Over the past 2 days, going to the home page or any sub-page of Shadows.com has resulted in only a big, gnarly exception all over my screen, and not too much useful content. It's not my user account (as from my Fedora Core 6 box and my Windows box it's all the same) so I'm guessing there are some machines there with flames blasting out the back of the power supplies.

Unfortunate, because I really like Shadows. I find it's a neat place to post things and organize things. I put all of my favourite news stories there, with little notes on what I liked in them, cross linked to other various topics. Hopefully somebody else also finds this useful, as that's the whole purpose of human-indexed content — that someone has typed in some keywords that have to do with a page, and as a result you search for something and get relevant results as opposed to some other crazy thing that doesn't have to do with what you're searching.

I guess I'll use something else like my Kaboodle page on Scientology or something of the sort in the interim. Anyone else have any light they can shed on the matter?"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft delays the auto install of Japanese IE 7

Submitted by filenavigator
filenavigator writes: Microsoft has delayed the automatic install of IE 7. An interesting response in one of the MSDN blogs is that they have done this because business users asked it to be delayed. It seems to me many business users here in North America wanted it to be delayed as well, but were forced to scramble and deploy IE 7 blocking software. This looks like more proof that the IE 7 automatic push was more for Marketing reasons, than security. If it were a security issue, than why wait for the Japanese push?
Games

Submission + - Child's Play begins for this year

Submitted by DJLuc1d
DJLuc1d writes: Penny-Arcade's succesful charity, Child's Play is begining its drive for this year. For those who are unfamiliar with Child's Play, its goal is to help hospitals around the world by providing sick kids with not only video games, but consoles, books, movies, and other entertainment while they are in the hospital.

FTC Fines Zango $3 Million 77

Posted by Zonk from the better-than-a-kick-in-the-pants dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Wired is reporting that government regulators have fined rogue adware distributor Zango (formerly 180Solutions) $3 million. This is 'following charges that the company deceived internet users into installing its pop-up software and tried to prevent them from uninstalling it.' ZDNet mentions that 'Zango's executives pointed a finger elsewhere, claiming that the federal violations were due to third-party distributors rather than the software manufacturer itself.' Security researchers are still happily finding examples of Zango software being popped open in rogue distributions such as IM worms. Ben Edelman is claiming to have more evidence of their dubious business practices, casting into question their claims of newfound affiliate responsibility."
Privacy

Submission + - Internet Webcams installed on Texas/Mexico Border

Submitted by Anonymous Immigrant
Anonymous Immigrant writes: Texas recently installed Internet viewable surveillance cameras on the Mexican border as a part of their Border Watch program. They have provided this "to stress the system by providing public access to numerous surveillance cameras. Thank you for helping test this important capability." So I figured Slashdot might be able to help out. Login is required — try borderwatch@gmail.com/X9kn2M4c — and they require Internet Exploder, plus a plug-in from E-Watch.

After all that, you get a screen with thumbnails from nine webcams that you can then click on to get live footage — update rate appears to be a couple of frames/second. They go on to say "If you should notice any suspicious activity while viewing the camera images please notify the State by selecting the "Report Suspicious Activity" button under the camera view."

I watched for a while, but it was about as exciting as watching grass grow. Will this be an effective tool in "securing the border for the people of Texas?"

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