New worm targets CPU rather than the OS.
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
I new worm has been found that affects AMD possessors (both 32 and 64 bit) rather than the operating system as of yet this "Proof of Concept" worm does not contain any harmful payload and so is considered by Symantec to be a low level thereat, but it is the basis for a worm that has a very damaging payload regardless of what OS you are running.
Source: MSFN
Asus releases a router/HDD
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
Asus has released a new router (WL-700gE) with a 160GB HDD built right into it. It supports RAID 0 (no SATA) for easy backing up of contents of the built in HDD. It offers an easy to set up an FTP server, serve files to the web/local intranet as well as a full featured router.
Source: Slashdot
More info: Product page
trm96.net Poll
Posted by trm96 | Filed under MacOS
Just wanted to know what the interest level of Leopard is, enjoy!
Vista more insecure than XP says Symantec
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Vista News, Windows
Security giant Symantec is researching Vista’s security (or lack there of). They are finding that XP’s tried and tested code is more reliable than Vista’s newly written (and as of yet largely untested) code. As of yet though there has not many (if any) security holes that directly target Vista exploited as of yet.
Source: Darknet.org
Windows users: WGA or bust :/
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Windows
As of the fall Windows users will have to be running the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) of will face their copy of Windows no longer working…
Source: Slashdot
AOHell!
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
I just saw this on MSNBC and was astonished! When Vincent Ferrari went to cancel his AOL account he was met by a bit more than a little friction form the AOL representative on the line.
Heres the vid form Vincent’s appearance on NBC’s Today Show…
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RIAA: P2P no longer as big an issue as it was.
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
It seems like the RIAA may be letting up on it’s stronghold on P2P and piracy (yeah right). “USA Today is reporting the RIAA now claims that the issues surrounding P2P and piracy have been contained and are no longer as big an issue as they once were. From the article; ‘The problem has not been eliminated,’ says association CEO Mitch Bainwol. ‘But we believe digital downloads have emerged into a growing, thriving business, and file-trading is flat.’”
Source: Slashdot
