Microsoft has uploaded the emergency patch for their Internet Explorer web browser to various Microsoft properties. This patch fixes a vulnerability that has been exploited in recent time and is currently considered a severe security risk that some countries recommended switching from Internet Explorer to other web browsers to protect the computer systems from attacks. [...]
Get to know Linux: File permissions
Have you ever attempted to do something with a file on a Linux machine and been given the error “permission denied”? For some people this isn’t a problem, either su to the root user or use the sudo command to help you along. For some users, however, this can be very frustrating. Why? When you [...]
RockYou Hacked. Some 30 million passwords in the wild [Security]
RockYou, a service that offers applications like slideshows, games, layouts and more for social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace or Orkut that of the network’s users seem to love so much was recently hacked and the service’s entire database of 30+ million data sets exposed. This alone would have been problematic but the situation grew [...]
Youtube Movie Rentals [Video]
Google announced today that they will start offering movie rentals at their popular video portal Youtube. The five initial movies from the 2009 and 2010 Sundance Film Festival will be available from Friday on for US Youtube users with additional movies from partners being offered in the following weeks. The limitations of the movie rentals [...]
Folder Position Saver [Windows 7]
Especially users with multi-monitor systems have noticed a change in Windows Explorer of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7 that has a severe impact on their workflow. Windows 7 does not store individual folder positions unlike previous Microsoft operating systems that could be configured to save folder positions and sizes. The option to “Remember each [...]
Firefox 3.6 Download [Firefox]
Firefox 3.6 has just been released which might come as a surprise to some users who just read the news a few days ago that Firefox 3.6 RC2 had been released. It is very likely that this second release candidate and the final release are identical due to the short time span between the two [...]
Readability Extension [Google Chrome]
Online services, bookmarklets and extensions that have the aim of increasing a website’s readability usually alter the way the website is displayed in the web browser. This ranges from removing elements that are unnecessary for reading the text to font and color changes so that the text becomes more readable than before. Readability Redux is [...]
Scan your Linux machine for viruses with ClamTk
What do you mean – “scan your Linux machine for viruses”? Linux is immune to viruses right? Well…mostly. Even though a proof of concept virus has been discussed, and nothing has actually made it into the wild…you still have email on your system. Some of that email could easily make its way (by way of [...]
New Windows Vulnerability Uncovered [Security]
The last days have not been pleasant for Microsoft. A new Windows vulnerability affecting all 32-bit editions of the operating system from Windows 3.11 to Windows 7 was uncovered shortly after the revelation that an exploit in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 was used in the attack on several US companies that included Google and Adobe [...]