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Submission + - IE7 anti phishing tool can spike CPU

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @03:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: From a Microsoft .Net developer blog: When visiting AJAX extensive web sites (for example, Windows Live Mail Beta, Yahoo Mail Beta, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Google Reader), IE7 may cause CPU spike. This could be caused by Anti-Phishing. To workaround the issue, you can disable Anti-Phishing by going to Tools->Internet Options->Advanced, scroll to Phishing Filter, check "Disable Phishing Filter", and restart the browser.

Submission + - Firefox 2.0 Anti-Phishing is useless

Submitted by

Kyran

on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @01:24AM

Kyran writes: "There is a small article discussing quickly how to easily bypass the anti-phishing filter in Firefox 2.0. Blacklisting is fatally flawed and in the case of anti-phishing, whitelisting is also problematic because the internet is so expansive. User-education is the best anti-phishing tool."

Submission + - Bob Cringely's new disk drive

Submitted by philml on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @12:40AM

philml writes: Bob Cringely writes of a new hard disk drive he's concerned with. They have three times the data density of regular HDDs, and consume 70-95% less power. They should also be cheaper to build. To quote the article: "Our 10-gigabyte 0.85-inch drive can spin up, read or write data, then shut down again, all in less time than it takes to perform the same task using flash while being just as resistant to shock damage and more resistant to heat". Sounds interesting.

Submission + - Old bugs blight shiny new browsers

Submitted by

magmf

on Monday October 30, 2006 @11:30PM

magmf writes: ""An old security bug provides a way to crash Firefox 2.0, security researchers have discovered. The memory corruption vulnerability involving the handling of JavaScript code has been known about since June 2006 and Firefox version 1.5.0.7 was supposed to fix the problem. Despite this, Firefox 2.0 remains vulnerable to this issue. Due to code reuse, other Mozilla products are also likely to be affected, a posting on Bugtraq warns. The flaw might be used to inject hostile code into vulnerable systems, but so far nothing more dangerous than an ability to crash the browser has been demonstrated."
Read More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/ie_firefox _vulns/
And i found this link http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie_orig.html to test the this flaw in brazilian website UnderLinux"

Submission + - How best to handle user conflicts?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30, 2006 @10:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: We are a small startup trying to decide how best to handle the conflicts that will inevitably arise between users which have real-world monetary consequences. While sites like eBay seem to have set the standard for internal/outsourced dispute resolution, it frequently feels like a random corporate drone is choosing your fate for you. Other sites like GimmeNow.com have come up with various variations on the arbitrary mediation (they use rock, paper, scissors for parties that can't come to an obvious agreement) which seem to be more interactive, yet still feels like a resolution system heavily biased by luck. Slashdot, how do you handle user conflicts in a way that feels fair to everyone involved?

Submission + - Forget violence, Bully is Gay?

Submitted by the Gray Mouser on Monday October 30, 2006 @08:33PM

the Gray Mouser writes: It is being reported that not only is Bully the violent video game everyone was expecting, but you get to make out with other boys as well.

"Bully" stars 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, who must navigate cliques, fights and young love at his new boarding school, along the way winning brawls, completing missions and plying girls with candy and flowers in exchange for kisses. But Jimmy can also use the same approach with boys.

This may cause far more controversy than anything brought up about the game so far, but not in a good way.

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