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Need a computer virus?- download now |
...Computer expert put an advertisement on the Internet offering a free computer virus for everyone willing to have one.
Didier Stevens from Helsinki ran his advertising campaign on Google's Adword for half of the year. As a result of his campaign 409 people clicked on the ad, that said: "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!"
There are several suggestion on people's willingness to download malicious virus sai... |
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PandaLabs' List of Unusual Malicious Software |
...t unusual and interesting malware.
The most religious virus: USBToy.A worm has been awarded this prestigious title. The reason for this was that each time an infected computer restarted, the worm showed the following Bible line, from the Genesis: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering o... |
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20 Million Copies of Windows Vista Sold |
...ista were sold; compared to 17 million copies of Microsoft's Windows XP sold in the same period of time in 2001, two months after its release, Vista's index could be considered as rather impressive.
However, these 20 million copies include a series of other facts. Since October 2006 PC manufacturers have offered their buyers either a free or a or a cheaper upgrade of their old system to the new Vista. Distributive copies... |
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Microsoft Upgrades Its Xbox 360 |
... upgrade to the Xbox 360 is meant to catch up with the Nintendo's Wii, which has been outselling Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 on the market of gaming consoles during the last months. However, the reason for this outselling could be mentioned the fact that the Wii is a family-friendly entertainment device, which could be purchased at a price $50 cheaper than the basic Xbox 360 model, and even more cheaper ... |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
...Half a year ago Microsoft decided to try another approach in their search engine business, so that they could at least somehow compete with the "big G" - Google.
Microsoft tried to convince the public that the Google's mathematical algorithm gave too many results and actually annoys its users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-bre... |
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Schools include MySpace in the curriculum |
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for(i=0;i#iuuq;00efm/jdjp/vt#!!ubshfu>#`cmbol#?Efm/jdjp/vt=0b?')) feeds for educational purposes.
If earlier, the access to these sites were seen as a an obstacle and were banned, now many teachers see it a helpful tool as this attracts great interest among teenagers.
Every participant taking part in the project will have a blog with profile page, and have an opportunity to shar... |
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HIV blood killed haemophilia patients |
...first hearing began on the case of contaminated blood that was used for treatment of haemophilia patients in Britain.
The program created by NHS, a well-known health services in Britain, was meant to supply haemophiliacs with new blood product but it turned out that blood was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. More than 2,000 patients infected through contaminated blood died or are reported to be seriously ill.
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Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game |
...A games technology expert from the University of Portsmouth, Nipan Minar is leading the development of a new interactive mobile phone game for students in the UK to help them overcome the culture shock. This is expected to be achieved through pictures of students drinking alcohol or a couple kissing in public, integrated into the game - things not allowed in certain cultures.
The game is called C-Shock and it is being ... |
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iTunes and Video Services Alike to Come to a 'Dead End'? |
...Apple Inc.'s iTunes, and other Internet video sites selling movies and shows, will most probably reach the peak of popularity this year, according to a study performed by Forrester Research. It is partially explained by the fact that more programming is currently available on ads-supported free outlets.
Sales of movies and TV shows will increase greatly to $279 million in 2007 from $98 million last year. But as for the... |
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Breakthrough - Healing Water to Regenerate Wounds Faster |
...d it is located in California. The water was filtered through a salt membrane and according to the scientists from Oculus their water kills viruses, bacteria and fungi.
The new type of water has shown good results against MRSA. New Scientist magazine reported that scientists from UK are already testing the water on patients that have diabetic foot ulcers.
The main ingredient of Microcyn (which is the name of the "... |
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Xbox 360 Elite - Accessories and Components |
...Microsot's new console has enough space to store a library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games along with hundreds and even thousands of songs. The 120 GB hard drive also allows to download high-definition TV shows and movies that any Xbox 360 Elite user could find on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The hard drive for Xbox 360 Elite is not only incorporated in the console but it may also be also purchased as a stand-alone accessory.
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New Cell Phone Application to Discourage Gropers |
...ns has become really popular among Japanese women.
Women are flashing on their mobile phones bold-print warning messages - 'Did you grope me? Groping is a crime! Let's head to the police?' - and show these messages to their offenders. It is necessary to press an 'Anger' icon in the program to switch to the next threat. The messages are sounded by a warning chime.
'Anti-Groping Appli' was introduced by games develop... |
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Most Spam comes from the USA, says SophosLabs |
...sage.
Another web-security event that happened in the 3rd quarter of 2007 was the appearance of PDF-spam in June 2007. After only two months after the PDF-spam appeared, it gained much popularity, however it was forgotten also very fast.
In the beginning of August SophosLabs identified spam messages of a new format: they contained PDF-files, which persuaded the receivers to acquire stocks of a company called Prime Tim... |
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Japanese to Create New Generation Wearable Gadgets |
... Japan's predominant mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, is currently developing a number of technologies to create "wearable" gadgets. The most impressive technologies that are being tested include: rolling your eyes to increase the volume on a portable music player and tapping fingers in order to switch on a DVD player.
According to Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT DoCoMo, the technology linked wit... |
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Broadband: Speeds and Deals |
...creasing number of people using the Internet to download music, videos and watching television online, still millions pay for the speed that they do not actually receive.
Some broadband speed tests showed that mostly those who pay for a 2Mb deals get what they pay for.
Some of the most popular providers of broadband speed are: Be, O2, Sky, Zen, TalkTalk, Orange, Madasafish, BT, Freedom2surf, Plusnet and Virgin. Some us... |
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