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Submission + - Critical Security Bug in FireFox (com.com) 1

Submitted by

Gypsy2012

on Tuesday July 10, 2007 @01:28PM

Gypsy2012 writes: "This article from CNet says "A "highly critical" security flaw has been discovered in Firefox, which could allow a malicious attacker to gain remote control of a user's system, according to an advisory issued by Secunia." Looks like it's a good idea to make sure the 'firefox://' URI handler is not registered on your system."

Submission + - MS cut Live access from modded 360s

Submitted by

jasoncart

on Friday May 18, 2007 @07:04AM

jasoncart writes: "Microsoft have today moved to prevent Xbox Live access from 'modded' Xbox 360 consoles. The implementation of the effective ban is already underway, Microsoft explaining that this move is "an important part of our efforts to try and maintain a fair gaming environment for the large majority of gamers that play by the rules"."

Submission + - Latest AACS revision defeated a week before releas

Submitted by

stevedcc

on Thursday May 17, 2007 @02:09PM

stevedcc writes: "Ars Technica is running a story about next week's release of AACS, which is intended to fix the current compromises. The only problem is, the patched version has already been cracked. From the article:

Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked.
"

Submission + - US is Number 1 illegal movie camcording country

Submitted by

newtley

on Thursday May 17, 2007 @12:22PM

newtley writes: "Hollywood has launched an all-out war on Canada saying it's the Number One illegal movie camcording country. However, far from being the world's worst, Canada is way down the list at Number 13, says Havocscope. The leading piracy company is in fact America with Japan as #2 and China #3, it says."

Submission + - The First Terabyte Hard Drive--Review

Submitted by

mikemuch

on Thursday May 17, 2007 @12:04PM

mikemuch writes: "ExtremeTech has a review and benchmarks of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB Hard Drive, which ushers in the terabyte age. It performs well on HDTach and PCMark benchmarks, though not as speedily as professional-grade drives. It could be just the ticket for digital media junkies."

Submission + - Microsoft votes for ODF

Submitted by SilentChris on Thursday May 17, 2007 @11:56AM

SilentChris writes: Microsoft has decided to put its weight behind ODF. They have voted to add ODF 1.0 to the ANSI list. Is this a sign that MS is willing to compromise further on Office standards, or is this (as they say) a trap?

Submission + - Firefox going the big and bloated IE way?

Submitted by abhinav_pc on Thursday May 17, 2007 @11:49AM

abhinav_pc writes: Wired is carrying an article on Firefox becoming big and bloated much like its bête noire competetor, IE. From the article: "... with Firefox 3.0 poised for release this summer, the "IE killer" is in danger of morphing into an early Fat Elvis ...

Submission + - Malware Hijacks Windows Update

Submitted by

clickclickdrone

on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @04:28AM

clickclickdrone writes: "The BBC are reporting a new piece of malware is in the wild that can hijack Windows Update's functionality and bypass firewalls allowing it to install malicious code on users PCs. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6657677.stm notes the new code was discovered by Frank Boldewin at http://www.reconstruction.org/ in an email.

The attack utilises the BITS system but as ever, the best way to avoid it is common sense and an up to date AV package.

To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this long to find a way to use Windows Update as a way in to otherwise secure systems."

Submission + - Vista sells 40 M licenses in 100 days.

Submitted by

Gary

on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @04:19AM

Gary writes: "In the first 100 days since its launch in Jan 30 Windows Vista has sold an astounding 40 million licenses. Bill Gates gives the credit to accelerating consumer shift to digital lifestyles which has made it the fastest selling operating system in history. Surprisingly the more expensive premium editions accounted for 78 percent of Vista sales. With around 400,000 licenses a day new Vista users will take 8 weeks to beat Mac users, 4 days to exceed Mac sales and 3 days to exceed Linux desktop users."

Submission + - AACS exploit and industry revenge

Submitted by

Guzabi

on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @12:46PM

Guzabi writes: "Not a scoop, really, but ruud-o has published the (in)famous 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 some hours ago. This is actually a key that is part of the de-cyphering process for HD contents found on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. There seems to be a storm over this on the web (despite the code being accessible for months now) as AACS-LA is desperately trying to shut down sites exhibiting the code. Read the full story below and if you feel like contributing to world freedom, you know what to do ;-)

http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/04/30/spread-this- number/"

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