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Submission + - Vista Protected Processes Bypassed, Alex is Back

Submitted by Anonymous Hero on Saturday April 07, 2007 @08:56AM

Anonymous Hero writes: Security Researcher Alex Ionescu strikes again, this time with a proof of concept program that will arbitrarily enable and foremost disable the protection of so-called "Protected Processes" in Windows Vista. Another step towards threatening Vista DRM and friends, not to mention towards hardened and even more annoying malware. Normally, only specially signed processes made by special companies (decided by Microsoft) can be protected, but now the bad guys can protect any evil process they want, including the latest version of their own keylogger, spambot or worm, and unprotect any "good" one.

Submission + - Paul Graham: "Microsoft is Dead"

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Saturday April 07, 2007 @06:56AM

netbuzz writes: "He doesn't mean dead as in six feet under, but rather that the software giant no longer instills the kind of fear — particularly among entrepreneurs — that it did back in the day when it was making road kill out of companies like Netscape. Microsoft obits have been around for almost as long as the company, but Graham's stature, style and devoted following are likely to make this one a classic.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1356 1"

Feed Xbox 360 spring dashboard update leaked? (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Saturday April 07, 2007 @02:32AM

Filed under: Gaming

Ruh roh, according to MyGamerCard, GameSpot supposedly accidentally posted a video of Xbox 360's spring Dashboard update. No way of knowing if it's legit (it certainly doesn't look a fake), but according to the video:

The update hits May 7th
Your contact list will now integrate Windows Live Messenger, and show joinable session status
Messenger contacts can see what game you're playing, and your gamertag
Marketplace will now have its own blade, which will be skinned independent of your theme
Users will now get inline achievement updates
Low-power download mode and auto-shutdown
You can watch partially downloaded movies
You can text chat messenger six friends playing games watching movies
Multiple tweaks on the user interface

YouTube video after the break. What say ye?

[Thanks, Sherveen]

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