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- Intel's first 34nm SSDs hit by Bios flaw
- Intel's first 34nm SSDs hit by Bios flaw That's rightPC users are still hobbled with 1970s BIOS technology.RE: Intel's first 34nm SSDs hit by Bios flaw Yea! A password scheme that really works!glad they caught it soon.i hope everyone is offereing full refunds and a guarantee for first delivery as...
- Tags: PC Users, Bios flaw, BIOS, SSD, Intel Corp., flaw
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
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- Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw
- Ditched Intel Long Ago...AMD is superior.So let me get this straightSo how is it the chipset can sync to every device but the iPhone? Or are there other devices? What makes the iPhone different?Just a guessI just wonder if the iTunes DRM is involved in this problem, using...
- Tags: Chipsets, Smart phones, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw
- Intel is investigating a flaw that affects people trying to sync their iPhone with a PC that has an Intel P55-based motherboard and the 64-bit version of Windows 7. Intel is investigating a flaw that affects people trying to sync their iPhone with a PC that has an Intel...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Intel, flaw, Windows 7, iPhone, David Meyer ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-11-03
- Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims
- Following a flood of calls from customers, the company behind the LoJack anti-theft service which researchers from Core Security Technologies recently portrait as a security threat, issued a statement downplaying the researchers' claims. According to the statement, LoJack is neither a rootkit, nor does it behave in...
- Tags: Absolute Software, Anti-theft, Malware, LoJack, Conficker, BIOS, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Components, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)
- The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public testing process, involving one limited-availability beta and one release candidate, too, constitutes what some are calling the largest shareware trial period ever. Although the look of Windows 7 may...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Jump Lists, Microsoft Windows 7, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw
- Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flawDoes it affect Windows98?Does this affect Windows98? I'm running a 3.1 MySQL server in my DMZ on Windows98 and I hope it won't be affected by this. My Gram-mummy uses an SSH tunnel through the TOR Onion router network to get to...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Intel Corp., MySQL, Gram-mummy, Windows98, Black Hat, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw
- Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...
- Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dell customers unhappy with BIOS band-aid for faulty NVIDIA GPUs
- Dell customers unhappy with BIOS band-aid for faulty NVIDIA GPUsNot a viable solution at allFor most people, this is simply not possible without swapping out the entire motherboard. Dell should replace the defective parts, and charge the cost directly to nVIDIA. I happen to prefer nVIDIA graphics cards,...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Dell Computer Corp., GPU, faulty NVIDIA GPU, BIOS, NVIDIA GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- News to know: Searching Silverlight; IE 8; Dell; Google vs. YouTube
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: Silverlight content searchable, too Ryan Stewart: Brian Goldfarb talks about Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom with Michael Cot LineRider releases a Silverlight 2 version Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Improving Windows Vista's reliability
- Improving Windows Vista's reliabilityThank you AKH...... for telling the Vista bashing universer what the rest of us already knew. The naysayers bleat loud and long about how much Vista "suxors" but the rest of us just keep on using it, crash free and stable.Yep, it does "just work."One flaw...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Improving Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM products
- Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM productsMulti-Messenger ApplicationsThis is a problem that makes me doubly nervous, as I use both of these services through a multi-messenger supporting application. Is it likely that I am at risk still using a program like Trillian or the like?J.Morgan www.VAR2.comThis is ALSO a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM, virus, Yahoo IM
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- Can Microsoft ever stop kernel tampering in Vista?
- Can Microsoft ever stop kernel tampering in Vista?Windows defender is supposed to be an antispyware programIt seems lately it only is used by microsoft to get rid of unwanted hacks of their os. It doesn't stop vundo or smit-fraud or anything really. So much for the much heralded free antispyware...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Like Google, Windows Defender, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, device driver
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers
- ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackersJust over 6 months....... to blast a *major* hole into Uncle Bill's "most secure operating system ever". It is a good hole too. Find a buggy driver - or write your own - and Vista's kernel is your oyster.Good Job ATIWay to punch...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Video cards, SECURITY, Operating systems, ATI Technologies Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, NVidia Corp., kernel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue
- OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel's current generation Core 2 microprocessor goes as far to claim that this will lead to serious security flaws. Linus Torvalds by contrast has given a completely opposite view of the situation while...
- Tags: Servers, Security, Processors, News, Microsoft, Linux, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flaw
- Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flawYou keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks"The latest twist in the ongoing attacks comes less than a week after Microsoft's pre-patch advisory provided clues for hackers to write and release detailed exploit code."You keep incorrectly blaming the advisories for the attacks...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, RPC, Criminal hacker, attack, Microsoft Windows, Windows DNS, security
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Pondering Microsoft's monthly patch cycle conundrum
- Pondering Microsoft's monthly patch cycle conundrumNo M$ monthly patch cycleFor my multi-operating system machines, I learned to be paranoid with respect to using any type of M$ updates. The lesson was learned the hard way. M$ updates didn't seem to appreciate other operating and file systems. One...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, annoyance, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeoveris ALL security software flawed?Hello there!I cannot comment on the TrendMicro 'flaw', but having used both Symantec and Computer Associates security software over some years, I am beginning to have doubts about the protection they offer.For instance, on this particular machine I am using...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, Internet, Symantec Corp., flaw, Trend Micro Inc., Microsoft Windows, Windows Box, security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Microsoft planning security bulletins by the dozen
- Microsoft planning security bulletins by the dozenMicrosoft planning security bulletins by the dozenNo big deal as long as Microsoft continues to acknowledge, investigate, and issue the patches like they have been. Its funny how these hackers keep making exploits knowing they will be stopped immediately between users not having...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Vista Upgrade, Microshaft, Nothing, Tinker,Then, patch management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Buy Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, software
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
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