New versions of Google Chrome are out, fixing bugs and patching security holes in both the stable build and the beta build. Two serious security flaws have been plugged. One had allowed for malicious code exploitation within the Chrome tab sandbox. Found by the Google security team, the threat was serious enough that Google has declined to be more specific until "a majority of users are up to date with the fix," the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
A second security risk caused by memory corruption was found in the browser tab processes. It could have been used to run arbitrary code that would crash all of the browser tabs, creating a second security hole through which an attacker might be able to run code with the privileges of the logged-on user. For the full list of fixes here http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/07/stable-beta-update-bug-fixes.html
Contact me at JR28408M@yahoo.com (courtesy:cnet:Seth Rosenblatt
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wikipedia's video player coming soon
Wikipedia users will be getting new tools for uploading, editing, and viewing video very soon. According to a Beet.TV interview with Erik Moller, who is the deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, we'll see all of these things shortly. However, what's more interesting is the Web encyclopedia's choice of video formats and how it fits into a fracas in the browser world.Wikipedia has been working on video support for years, and is putting considerable effort into making it easier for users to upload video--specifically, to bridge a video format divide. Moller says that while Wikipedia is still planning to use Ogg Theora (an open-source video codec that can be played back natively inside the latest version of Firefox, and soon Chrome and Opera) there may be tools that will convert video shot in alternate formats so that no special software, or user effort is required. But, will this catch on, who knows. Contact me with questions at JR28408M@yahoo.com (courtesy:CNET:Josh Lowensohn)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
What OS do you want in a netbook?
A report surfaced on Monday claiming that the new Acer Aspire One Netbook featuring Android will start shipping in August. The price of the Netbook is still unknown.
With all these OS's coming out all around the same time(Chrome,7,OS X.5,G.H.O.S.T)
What do you want in a Netbook. Me I want Windows 7® in a Netbook. but, some people may want the new Chrome OS. The Acer Aspire One Netbook is going to come set up dual booted with Chrome and Windows XP, Which I think is going to be awesome so people don't have to do it them self's. An interesting decision. To hedge its bets, Acer has decided that consumers wouldn't want an Android-only Netbook. So if you're looking to buy one of these computers, you'll have two operating systems from which to choose. Which OS would you pick?Each operating system has its own unique benefit. But in a dual-boot system, only one can be used at once. So which would be your primary OS?
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With all these OS's coming out all around the same time(Chrome,7,OS X.5,G.H.O.S.T)
What do you want in a Netbook. Me I want Windows 7® in a Netbook. but, some people may want the new Chrome OS. The Acer Aspire One Netbook is going to come set up dual booted with Chrome and Windows XP, Which I think is going to be awesome so people don't have to do it them self's. An interesting decision. To hedge its bets, Acer has decided that consumers wouldn't want an Android-only Netbook. So if you're looking to buy one of these computers, you'll have two operating systems from which to choose. Which OS would you pick?Each operating system has its own unique benefit. But in a dual-boot system, only one can be used at once. So which would be your primary OS?
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Apple tablet rumor
It has been rumored that a new apple product is coming by as early as October. With prices expected to be high as normal for a Apple product reports are saying that its around $800.The Taiwanese site InfoTimes reports (in Chinese) that the device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, making it a tad smaller than most netbooks but adding touchcreen features and iPod mystique.While this is still the stuff of rumor, it seems to be circling in on something. The price makes sense, as does what little is heard of the specifications. Apple will want to have a hot new product for the holidays and a big-screen iPod makes a lot of sense as portable video gains in popularity.October would be a reasonable time for such an announcement, since Apple would be unlikely to announce much before availability in its stores, and such an announcement would be close enough to Christmas for the tablet to become 2009's hot gift item--at least for Apple fans.
Stop the press businesses get Windows 7 before us
Wait not fair,The blog posting also confirmed that Microsoft plans to make the code available to those in its MSDN and TechNet developer programs within a few weeks after that point. Earlier on Monday, Microsoft said that businesses with volume license deals can get access to Windows 7 starting September 1. I don't think this is fair does my home office count as a business do i get it ahead of time. What about my personal site that brings in income is that a business What do you think email me at JR28408M@yahoo.com
Ohhh Snap new OS
Drum roll... Ghost,Yes it is called Ghost OS its gearing up to launch this Tuesday.
And, I know you're asking whats so special about this OS. Well... this OS has the ability to be accessed all around the WORLD.Ghost, short for Global Hosted Operating System, was founded in 2006 by Zvi Schreiber, whose goal was to create the Virtual Computer that works with third-party Web applications like Google Docs, Zoho, and Flickr and joins them together into one online service and can be accessed from any computer with the Internet. Users can also access their personal desktop, files and applications. Ghost finished the development of its Web-based operating system that uses "cloud computing" to let users access their desktop and data from any computer worldwide. Users can get an extra 10GB when they use the promotion code "launch."
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And, I know you're asking whats so special about this OS. Well... this OS has the ability to be accessed all around the WORLD.Ghost, short for Global Hosted Operating System, was founded in 2006 by Zvi Schreiber, whose goal was to create the Virtual Computer that works with third-party Web applications like Google Docs, Zoho, and Flickr and joins them together into one online service and can be accessed from any computer with the Internet. Users can also access their personal desktop, files and applications. Ghost finished the development of its Web-based operating system that uses "cloud computing" to let users access their desktop and data from any computer worldwide. Users can get an extra 10GB when they use the promotion code "launch."
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Twitter Suspends Accounts of Users With Infected Computers
HAHA this is hilarious. Twitter is suspending the accounts of some users whose computers have fallen victim to a well-known piece of malicious software that has targeted other sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
The malware, Koobface, is designed to spread itself by checking to see if person is logged into a social network. It will then post fraudulent messages on the person's Twitter account trying to entice friends to click the link, which then leads to a malicious Web site that tries to infect the PC.
The popular microblogging service has had a strong impact as a new communication platform, such as providing on-the-ground insight from participants in the recent protests over the presidential election in Iran. But it is also being targeted by fraudsters and hackers, who using it as a way to infect people's PCs with malicious software.
Twitter is the latest site to be targeted by a Koobface variant, said Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor for Trend Micro. Other sites have included Bebo, Hi5, Friendster and LiveJournal, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
"Koobface has a long, inglorious history and has been relatively successful at infecting machines," Ferguson said.
At least a couple hundred accounts have been infected by Koobface's latest efforts, according to Ryan Flores, an advanced threats researcher, writing on Trend's blog. When it made its first appearance a couple of weeks ago on Twitter, Koobface was just sending out three shortened URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) leading to malware. Flores wrote that Koobface is sending out more bad links this time around.
The use of URL shortening services on Twitter have made it difficult for people to tell what Web site they'll end up at, Ferguson said. However, Twitter tools such as TweetDeck will show the full URL, which can help make people make a better security judgement, he said.
Some of Koobface's bad links have advertised, for example, videos of Michael Jackson, where the malware writers are trying to pique people's interest in current news events, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. If a person followed the link, it would lead to a Web site asking the user to download an upgrade for their Flash multimedia players but is actually Koobface, he said.
But Twitter has been fairly quick at shutting down accounts of people who are infected with Koobface and resetting their passwords, Cluley said.
Malware has also spread on Twitter via fake accounts that have been registered using automated tools. Ferguson said Twitter could somewhat guard against that by sending a verification link to an e-mail address during registration, making it more difficult to register dummy accounts en masse.
"That's real low-hanging fruit for them to address," Ferguson said.
Koobface gets instructions from a command-and-control server, which tells the malware which messages to send out. Koobface is dangerous on other levels, however, as it can also steal data from a PC or download other malware.
Security software suites should generally detect early versions of Koobface. However, its creators are crafting variants of the malware to try to escape detection, Ferguson said. They do that by obfuscating Koobface's code and compressing it, which can make it more difficult for security software to spot.
JR28408M@yahoo.com
re-posted from pc world courtesy Jeremy Kirk
The malware, Koobface, is designed to spread itself by checking to see if person is logged into a social network. It will then post fraudulent messages on the person's Twitter account trying to entice friends to click the link, which then leads to a malicious Web site that tries to infect the PC.
The popular microblogging service has had a strong impact as a new communication platform, such as providing on-the-ground insight from participants in the recent protests over the presidential election in Iran. But it is also being targeted by fraudsters and hackers, who using it as a way to infect people's PCs with malicious software.
Twitter is the latest site to be targeted by a Koobface variant, said Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor for Trend Micro. Other sites have included Bebo, Hi5, Friendster and LiveJournal, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
"Koobface has a long, inglorious history and has been relatively successful at infecting machines," Ferguson said.
At least a couple hundred accounts have been infected by Koobface's latest efforts, according to Ryan Flores, an advanced threats researcher, writing on Trend's blog. When it made its first appearance a couple of weeks ago on Twitter, Koobface was just sending out three shortened URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) leading to malware. Flores wrote that Koobface is sending out more bad links this time around.
The use of URL shortening services on Twitter have made it difficult for people to tell what Web site they'll end up at, Ferguson said. However, Twitter tools such as TweetDeck will show the full URL, which can help make people make a better security judgement, he said.
Some of Koobface's bad links have advertised, for example, videos of Michael Jackson, where the malware writers are trying to pique people's interest in current news events, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. If a person followed the link, it would lead to a Web site asking the user to download an upgrade for their Flash multimedia players but is actually Koobface, he said.
But Twitter has been fairly quick at shutting down accounts of people who are infected with Koobface and resetting their passwords, Cluley said.
Malware has also spread on Twitter via fake accounts that have been registered using automated tools. Ferguson said Twitter could somewhat guard against that by sending a verification link to an e-mail address during registration, making it more difficult to register dummy accounts en masse.
"That's real low-hanging fruit for them to address," Ferguson said.
Koobface gets instructions from a command-and-control server, which tells the malware which messages to send out. Koobface is dangerous on other levels, however, as it can also steal data from a PC or download other malware.
Security software suites should generally detect early versions of Koobface. However, its creators are crafting variants of the malware to try to escape detection, Ferguson said. They do that by obfuscating Koobface's code and compressing it, which can make it more difficult for security software to spot.
JR28408M@yahoo.com
re-posted from pc world courtesy Jeremy Kirk
Sony X-series walkman summery
Do we have a challenger for the Ipod or the Zune we might. Its called the Sony X-series Walkman(16gb) yes finally they brought back the Walkman ohh yea. OK now to my summary.
the Sony X-Series Walkman is a solid device with a sleek, utilitarian design and a unique, engaging interface; it's compatible with both Mac and Windows and supports podcasts from iTunes and videos from Amazon Unbox;it offers a plethora of features including an on board Slacker app, integrated YouTube support, Wi-Fi, an FM tuner, and built-in noise canceling. The included earphones are nicer than average, the sound quality is excellent, and the rated battery life is superb.
The bad: The X-Series is expensive, and it's a fingerprint magnet. The included app does not trans code much video adequately.
The bottom line: The X-Series is a superb choice for audiophiles who want a luxury device with an excellent touch-screen interface and plenty of other bells and whistles.
(courtesy:CNET) JR28408M@yahoo.com
the Sony X-Series Walkman is a solid device with a sleek, utilitarian design and a unique, engaging interface; it's compatible with both Mac and Windows and supports podcasts from iTunes and videos from Amazon Unbox;it offers a plethora of features including an on board Slacker app, integrated YouTube support, Wi-Fi, an FM tuner, and built-in noise canceling. The included earphones are nicer than average, the sound quality is excellent, and the rated battery life is superb.
The bad: The X-Series is expensive, and it's a fingerprint magnet. The included app does not trans code much video adequately.
The bottom line: The X-Series is a superb choice for audiophiles who want a luxury device with an excellent touch-screen interface and plenty of other bells and whistles.
(courtesy:CNET) JR28408M@yahoo.com
Happy Birthday Apple APP store
Happy Birthday App store looks like Apple is celebrating by feature some of the top free and pay apps since the store started. And since the App store started it blew up. It is so popular that since a year ago that their has been 1 billion APP downloads that's one big number(1,000,000,000) that's the size of a country WOW. And changed the way cell phone owners use their handsets. But the store has generated plenty of controversy, too. Developers have had their apps rejected for obscure reasons and for no discernible reason what so ever. And plenty of developers have complained loudly about what they say is mistreatment by Apple. I'd like to know your experiences. Are you an iPhone developer with iTunes App Store experiences good or bad? Can you share your take on the iPhone app approval process or iPhone OS SDK limitations? Got comments you'd like to make about your experience with the iTunes App Store during its first year of operation? Please send an e-mail to JR28408M@yahoo.com
(credit:apple)
New IMac???
Here we go again with more Macintosh's But yet people still want to buy over priced PC's yes i said PC's if you go to the Mac section of WWW.apple.com its says " make sure your next PC is a Mac. ???. I don't understand why so much for a PC my bad Mac that Can't do as much stuff as a Windows machine can. (and for the record I don't hat Apple i just hate Mac's) Here's the specs for the new line of IMACS.
$1,199 iMac
* 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
* 320GB hard drive
* 256MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics chip
* 20-inch LCD
$1,499 iMac
* 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 4GB 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
* 640GB hard drive
* 256MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics chip
* 24-inch LCD
$1,799 iMac
* 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 4GB 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
* 640GB hard drive
* 256MB Nvidia GeForce GTS 120 graphics chip
* 24-inch LCD
$2,199 iMac
* 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 4GB 1,066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
* 1TB hard drive
* 512MB Nvidia GeForce GTS 130 graphics chip
* 24-inch LCD
Why is their gaming video cards in a machine that sucks at games PWN!!!!!!!!
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credit:Apple LLC,Cnet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10186482-1.html?tag=TOCrightColumn.0
WTF GOOGLE OS
Yes, you've heard right Google the leader in search is going to branch out and make a whole operating system for PC'S and Netbooks But, like CNET said their not the fist company to rival Microsoft's Windows But, Google is bringing something the other OS's don't have... the web. The new Google OS is going to be built of a " stripped version of Linux" But, as we all know the Linux OS is built of of Unix just as Mac OS X is so does that mean that Chrome OS is going to be like OS X Here' what Google had to say about the announcement on their official blog "Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.
Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.
( You can read the rest of that blog at the link at the end of the blog). Do you think this could be the next windows. Tell me drop me a line a
JR28408M@yahoo.com
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
(courtesy: of CNET.com)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10282442-2.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.1
Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.
( You can read the rest of that blog at the link at the end of the blog). Do you think this could be the next windows. Tell me drop me a line a
JR28408M@yahoo.com
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
(courtesy: of CNET.com)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10282442-2.html?tag=smallCarouselArea.1
Friday, July 3, 2009
GOOGLE IS BACK
Google has changed the way we use the internet. First they brought us a simple search engine that grosses over 300+ million dollars annually then they brought us Google maps a fun tool that uses satellite images for real time look at the earth then came adsense every webmasters dream Google pays webmasters to play ads on content rich sites
then they brought us a revolutionary email client as we know as gmail but whats next is gonna top all that and more because Google is introducing the Google wave its the brand new way to chat. What is the wave you ask well... A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. ok now your wonder how the hell this will work its quite simple Here's how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind the wave and see how it evolved.
then they brought us a revolutionary email client as we know as gmail but whats next is gonna top all that and more because Google is introducing the Google wave its the brand new way to chat. What is the wave you ask well... A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. ok now your wonder how the hell this will work its quite simple Here's how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind the wave and see how it evolved.
Dell WTF are you doing??
Dell,Dell,Dell WTF are you doing now. You already have really good desktops with the xps series and really good laptops with really good features. but now your gonna try and turn that formula from a laptop to a smart phone Because they think its going to be a good idea to put a freaking GPS system into a laptop. What use would that bring. Whats gonna happen someones gonna get lost in the woods with their lap top. OMG what do we do i Have my phone what do we do , Don't worry I have a GPS on my laptop Why contact some one when we can use my GPS. Don't we already have Google maps for that c'mon can't you guys come up with something a little more unique than that. Alan Siche The senoir wireless product manager at dell had this to say about the new feature "Smartphones already have GPS capabilities," well no shit where has he been the last decade of technology. But what makes it worste is that ITS HARDWARE. you have to pay 69.49 for a wi-fi type card just so you can have GPS Even TomTom is getting involved with a GPS IPHONE app. screw this i'd rather use a old fashon map than pay 70 bucks for a card. In other news Dell sucks ass.
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and my website:mygamecenter.ucoz.com and for more information heres the pffical link
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/03/dell.netbooks.gps/index.html
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and my website:mygamecenter.ucoz.com and for more information heres the pffical link
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/03/dell.netbooks.gps/index.html
FireFOX 3.5 Released
If you use Firefox with 45% other people then you already know that 3.5 was released and was was shockingly fast,and Firefox may have a a chance to beat out Microsoft's Internet Explorer.Just as it was released internet explorers user dropped a whopping 8%. And they are going to need that eight percent when the official version of windows 7 is released with the fact that it comes pre-installed with stupid ass internet explorer. But my question is that why does FIREFOX COME WITH UBUNTU. Apple mac comes with safari(garbage) windows come with Internet explorer so what gives when will Firefox come on topĪ¦. But what needs to happen with Firefox is interface CNET made a good point "Still, Firefox has come a long way, as we illustrate in this history of its big interface changes, from version 0.8 up to this week's release. And don't miss our list of Firefox extensions we've found to work" But will Google's chrome have an affect on Firefox's users i personally have chrome on my computer(pc of course) and i like it its fast but likes the add-on feature that makes Firefox what it is today. But chrome has a theme change feature that is a pain in the ass to do but Google stated that they are working on an easier way to change and add different themes to chrome. But will that be enough to stop Firefox's "mojo" as one site put it bluntly(lol) thanks for viewing feel free to contact me by comment or email at
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check out my website: http://mygamecenter.ucoz.com
And my clothing line www.cafepress.com/viral_gear
and i take suggestions
WINDOWS 7
Finally Microsoft has given prices and a release date for the much awaited windows 7. And being the predisesor to the all ready shitty Windows vista Its a big jump up from Vista plus if you have Vista you can get it free lucky. Me I'm still using retro but still the best windows XP. But because of Vista some pc people went to mac and everyone knows once you go windows you won't go back. I have tried Windows 7 build 7000 in my virtual machine(http://www.virtualbox.org/) And i have been really impressed by the speed and the aero look of it. Its like windows XP & vista together Performance of XP and look of vista and if you have the HP touch smart you can enable multi-touch feature only with windows 7 LETS SEE YOU TOP THAT OS X. But overall I may switch over from xp to 7 and Amazon has the pre-order available and if you haven't tried the 7000 build yet its not too late they still have product codes till August so go out and play with it. Its final release is October 22 2009, the prices are premium home $49.99 professional $99.99 ultimate $219.99 maybe one day in a land far far away they will give their OS'S away for free like Linux Ubuntu NOT!!!! thanks for viewing MY email is JR28408M@yahoo.com
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Windows 7 beta download:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
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