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Is Microsoft using ‘Halo 2’ to thwart Xbox hackers?
Microsoft appears to be using its smash "Halo 2" game as a vehicle to crack down on mod chips and other hacks of its Xbox video game console. Hundreds of…
Windows Media Player: Pirate Edition
A German PC magazine has found out that that Microsoft pirated a copy of Sound Forge to edit .WAV files. In the listing: "WindowsHelpToursWindowsMediaPlayerAudioWav". There are exactly nine WAV files,…
Virus warning: Cyborgs at risk
Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University in England, is looking forward to becoming a cyborg again. But the academic, who has wired his nervous system up to a…
Google stars in Firefox’s new browser
Google and Mozilla may or may not be working together on a Web browser, but the two are cozier than ever in the latest Firefox release. The search company is…
Microsoft skips Itanium with new Windows
Microsoft will come out with a special version of Windows next year for clusters, but it won't run on Intel's most powerful server chip, at least for now. The Redmond,…
Sound future for home cinema
There was a time when stereo sound was considered cutting edge. But since then the movie and music industries have been developing numerous formats in an attempt to liven the…
AMD Readies Powerful Desktop Chips
New Athlon 64 processors will compete with Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. Advanced Micro Devices is expected to unveil its most powerful desktop processors to date this week, a few…
Intel sneaks out the P4 EE 3.46GHz processor
After AMD planted themselves firmly atop the performance charts with the Athlon 64 4000+ and Athlon 64 FX-55 processors, the hardware community was interested to see if Intel could quickly…
Norton Anti-Virus Script Blocking Can Be Bypassed
Hi All, I have major issues with the quality of Norton AntiVirus. For some history, see: - Norton AntiVirus 2004 Script Blocking Failure (Rant and PoC enclosed) - Norton AntiVirus…
New, „more insidious” phishing scam is triggered when unsuspecting users open an E-mail.
Opening the wrong E-mail may soon be enough to empty your bank account. In an effort to woo security-conscious computer users, "phishers" have come up with a new technique to…
Home Cinema sound for Your PC!
A good sound card is definitely a critical factor for serious gaming or for listening to music on a PC. But it's not everything! It's much better to add a…
MP3 surround sound system debuts
Soon your MP3 files could be sounding even better. The Fraunhofer Institute has found a way to reproduce surround sound in a way that works with small MP3 files. Using…
AMD joins transistor trend
Advanced Micro Devices has created new high-performance transistors in its labs based on the simple concept that sometimes two are better than one. The chipmaker said Tuesday it has manufactured…
Attacking Apache with builtin Modules in Multihomed Environments
1 - Introduction 2 - Apache Memory Layout: Virtual Hosts 3 - Get Virtual Hosts from Memory 4 - Modify a Virtual Host 5 - A sample attack 6 -…
IE exploit is top of the hacks
A Microsoft Internet Explorer exploit represented the highest number of hacking attacks in the second quarter, according to figures from ScanSafe. The London-based security company said that the No. 1…
IBM bakes new 3D circuit design
IBM says building better microchips is kind of like baking a cake. Researchers at Big Blue have devised a new 3D circuit design that uses two or more layers of…
Greatest security risk: Social engineering, says Gartner
Old-fashioned techniques for conning people are being applied to new technology in order to break into networks and computers, warns the analyst firm. The greatest security risk facing large companies…
Mobile Communication in Small Businesses
Mobile Communication Introduction Mobile communication is progressing at a speed that is rapidly extending the range of possibilities that can be achieved through mobile technology. This is beneficial to small…
How many mobile phones does the world need?
Is it possible to live on Planet Earth without a cell phone? The answer would seem to be no, at least according to the cell-phone industry and its analysts. Tim…
Smart Phones and Hybrids
Phones, services, acronyms, and technologies you need to know. Getting Smart About Smart Phones When it comes to smart phones, it's easy to feel, well, dumb. Most models come crammed…