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General Discussion / Massive Attack:

« on: May 02, 2008, 12:01:26 am »

Massive Attack: Half A Million Microsoft-Powered Sites Hit With SQL Injection
By Scott Gilbertson

A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While the attack is not Microsoft's fault, it is unique to the company's IIS server.

The automated attack takes advantage to the fact that Microsoft’s IIS servers allow generic commands that don’t require specific table-level arguments. However, the vulnerability is the result of poor data handling by the sites’ creators, rather than a specific Microsoft flaw.

Full story----> http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/microsoft-datab.html

Link for Firefox 'No Script' http://noscript.net/

Link for Firefox installation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKW5SMvMKtY

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Computers - Technology / Windows XP Service Pack 3

« on: April 26, 2008, 05:40:43 am »

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing

Today we are happy to announce that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers.

We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the web (i.e. you!) on April 29th, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Online documentation for Windows XP SP3, such as Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and the Microsoft TechNet Windows XP TechCenter, will be updated then. For customers who use Windows XP at home, Windows XP SP3 Automatic Update distribution for users at home will begin in early summer. 

Thanks to everyone here who installed the public betas, you not only gave us detailed feedback but also helped each other out with timely troubleshooting. Through the beta program we found several important issues and were able to confirm some essential fixes. We couldn't have done this without you.

We will still be monitoring this forum (TechNet) during the next few weeks in case you have more feedback about the release of Windows XP SP3.

On behalf of myself, Shashank Bansal and Windows Serviceability, many thanks.

Chris Keroack
Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Serviceability

What number build SP3 RTM ?

Answer: 5512

Chris Keroack
Release Manager, Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Serviceability

Related story: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/04/23/download-microsoft-windows-xp-service-pack-3-rtm-final/

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Music - Movies - TV / Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

« on: April 17, 2008, 12:26:27 am »

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial satirical documentary film which claims that educators and scientists are being persecuted for their belief that there is evidence of design in nature. Hosted by Ben Stein, it claims that what the film calls "Big Science" allows no dissent from the scientific theory of evolution, and blames evolution for a range of modern movements from Nazism to Planned Parenthood.

Ben realizes that he has been “Expelled,” and that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure and even fired – for the “crime” of merely believing that there might be evidence of “design” in nature, and that perhaps life is not just the result of accidental, random chance.

I have every intention on seeing this movie (documentary) and will chime back with my thoughts. I was thinking of making a poll in this thread to question members and guest on their belief vs. science in this matter... ...I need to see the film first.

Expelled trailer---->  http://www.expelledthemovie.com/video.php

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General Discussion / UK's first "fibre town", Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee

« on: April 16, 2008, 09:53:07 pm »

UK homes to get super-fast fibre
By Jane Wakefield
Technology reporter, BBC News

The UK's first "fibre town" could go online in the autumn, delivering speeds of about 100Mbps (megabits per second) to consumers' homes.

Fibre firm H2O provides super-fast broadband via the sewers and either Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee will be offered the service first.

It will compete with more established companies, such as Virgin Media, which is speeding up its cable network.

It follows government concerns that the UK is not embracing next-gen broadband.

Complete story----> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm

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P2P - Filesharing / Comcast wants 'bill of rights' for file-sharers and ISPs

« on: April 15, 2008, 11:40:04 pm »

NEW YORK (AP)
04/15/08 16:13 EST
By PETER SVENSSON

Comcast Corp., under federal investigation for interfering with the traffic of its Internet subscribers, said Tuesday it wants to develop a ``Bill of Rights and Responsibilities'' for file sharing.

The announcement expands on Comcast's new policy toward file-sharing: It said last month that rather than singling out such traffic and blocking some of it, the company will move toward a system that treats all types the same.

File sharing is mainly used to illegally swap copyright works like movies, but it's also emerging as a cheap way to distribute legal video. One of the companies in this business, Pando Networks Inc., is joining Comcast and supporting the ``Bill of Rights.''

Complete story----> http://www.physorg.com/news127494811.html

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General Discussion / Unknown

« on: April 15, 2008, 05:41:18 am »

I use µTorrent and earlier while viewing the peers tab I noticed and unknown host that I have seen once or twice before. Take a look at the image below and tell me what you think.

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P2P - Filesharing / Torrents of traffic and the Internet backbone

« on: April 15, 2008, 01:20:54 am »

Keeping pace? By Nate Anderson
Published: April 13, 2008 - 11:49PM CT

There's nothing worse than showing up to class only to be confronted by a pop quiz for which you haven't studied, but don't worry; this one will be pretty painless. It's only two questions long. Here's the first one.

Which of the following statements are true of US Internet traffic growth since 2000:

   1. Internet traffic growth has increased exponentially year-over-year
   2. Internet traffic growth has held steady year-over-year
   3. Internet traffic growth is falling year-over-year

Question number two also concerns Internet traffic growth, but with a special focus on P2P. Hands on your buzzers? Here we go.

Which of the following statements is true of P2P growth over the last several years:

   1. It is growing at 1,553 percent per year
   2. It is growing at 690 percent each year
   3. It is growing at 100 percent each year

A prominent strain of recent argument has claimed that the Internet is headed for an "exaflood" of traffic (which will soon be measured in exabytes＊), largely coming from the rise of online video, and that the ISPs and backbone providers are in danger of having their levees knocked down.

For the answers and complete story, click on the link below

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/exaflood-not-happening.ars

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＊ An exabyte is 2 to the 60th power, or 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes.

It can be estimated as 10 to the 18th power, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. An exabyte is 1,024 petabytes and precedes the zettabyte unit of measurement. While a 64-bit processor can theoretically use 16 exabytes of address space, exabytes are so large, the units are rarely used in a practical context. For example, it is estimated that all the printed material in the world only takes up about five exabytes.

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General Discussion / Coming soon: superfast internet

« on: April 10, 2008, 01:00:24 am »

From The Sunday Times
April 6, 2008
Jonathan Leake, Science Editor

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.

Entire article---->http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece

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General Discussion / Daylight Savings Time

« on: March 08, 2008, 07:18:29 pm »

For those in the USA remember to turn your clocks ahead 1 hour. As I am posting this the time is... 06:18:14am EST

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Music - Movies - TV / Indiana Jones

« on: March 07, 2008, 09:24:22 pm »

I seen the trailer on TV and the extended trailer at http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html, now for those who've been following this saga, I think 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' is worth the wait.

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General Discussion / Football

« on: February 01, 2008, 09:43:50 pm »

Well Sunday is the big event for all football fans where the national championship is on the line. February 3, 2008 the New York Giants vs. The New England Patriots in idle territory... Arizona.

Any thoughts? Please chime in.

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General Discussion / Playlist

« on: January 19, 2008, 02:53:53 pm »

A lil help here...how can I take 600 songs from my library and print them out without all the details? My Winamp playlist I cannot print out and I cannot print out from WMP, RealPlayer, Quicktime or FLV.

In Windows Explorer I can't find an option to move my play-list to notepad and print. Any help is much appreciated

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General Discussion / BLAZING FAST

« on: December 07, 2007, 03:23:19 pm »

No the topic does not refer to my auto    but the cable speeds I have with my ISP. Now due note I did not keep the files that were downloading (I deleted them), I just wanted to find out the max download speed I can ascertain while using µTorrent and the more popular files of the day.

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General Discussion / Thanksgiving

« on: November 19, 2007, 07:47:03 pm »

To those here in United States of America and those who recognize (ventidue e'Novembre) abroad, happy Thanksgiving Day

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P2P - Filesharing / Comcast blocks BitTorrent traffic.

« on: October 23, 2007, 12:36:29 pm »

Posted by Declan McCullagh: C/Net News.com

For a few months Comcast has been the subject of scattered reports that say it throttles BitTorrent traffic.

TorrentFreak said in August that Comcast was surreptitiously interfering with file transfers by posing as one party and then, essentially, hanging up the phone. But when we contacted Comcast at the time, it flatly denied doing it.

Thanks to tests reported Friday by the Associated Press, however, it's clear that Comcast is actively interfering with peer-to-peer networks even if relatively small files are being transferred.

Complete story----> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9800629-38.html

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