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RootKit Hook Analyzer 3.02 (Windows)

RootKit Hook Analyzer is a security utility which will check if there are any rootkits installed on your PC which hook the kernel system services. Kernel RootKit Hooks are installed modules that intercept the principal system services that all programs and the operating system rely on. Kernel hooks are out...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Resplendence, RootKit Hook Analyzer, Kernel Hook, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Software downloads 2008-01-04

McAfee, Symantec and vested interests

Vested interests often force governments to continue with policies that are counter-productive, if not downright negative. Examples arent hard to find. Even if congress had the will to confront the vested interests that protect all the various deductions in the US tax code and create something...

Tags: McAfee Inc., kernel

Blog posts 2006-10-19

Additional Resources

Palm tattles on Apple, finds itself in the hot seat instead

Why?Apple has been proven to be far worse then Palm(read: Google Voice App), so what goes around, should come around.Untill Aplle confesses, and discontinue their shenanigans when it comes to apps on their devices, then they have no reason to voice any indignation against those that do the same thing...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., USB, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Process Guard Component 1.0.0.2 (Windows)

Process guard component is a com component for software developers that will instantly make the process of your application not be killed by Task Manager and others. Process guard component use kernel-mode hook technic to protect process not be killed. It include a win32 driver file(pguard.sys) and a .com component...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, C#, Programming Languages, C/C++, Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-09-11

Microsoft submits Hyper-V compatibility code for Linux kernel

Microsoft recently announced that it had contributed source code allowing a Linux system to happily exist in a virtualized environment hosted by Hyper-V. While this code may not make it into the Linux kernel for a number of reasons, it is significant that Microsoft chose to develop this code, protect...

Tags: Linux Kernel, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MS Just, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Sue, GPL, MSFT, software

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

Microsoft: Litigate on FAT, and you'll be the next Unisys

Microsoft: Litigate on FAT, and you'll be the next Unisysread my lipsM$ threts are worth $0.00, even if they succeed, which they will not.When the OS is free their claim is N X $0.00 = ZERO, NADA.RE: Microsoft: Litigate on FAT, and you'll be the next UnisysNice conspiracy there... Microsoft...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, FAT32, Unisys Corp., patent

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Microsoft's secret plan behind the TomTom suit?

Microsoft's secret plan behind the TomTom suit?Well, maybe it is time to draw a line in the sand. Maybe this is a good onefor SFLC, IBM, and other to get involved with. TomTom can not fight it alone, they will just have to switch to WinCE.not so secretM$ hopes that...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., secret plan

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Windows 7 Beta 1: Ribbonized For Your Pleasure

The Windows 7 Operating System has improvements over Windows Vista which include more granular tuning of User Account Control UAC security prompts, a reduced memory footprint and improved performance on less powerful systems. But will the "Ribbonization" of the new user interface created by Steven Sinofsky's...

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Windows 7 Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-08

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Do we all need 2 computers?

Do we all need 2 computers?Glad you took advantage ...... of the seed program with Acer. :DWindows XP preinstalled, but that can be helpedI saw on the specifications page, that they have Windows XP preinstalled. Not a good choice in an Ed Tech environment, I think. However, that can easily...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, computer, laptop computer, Ubuntu, UNetbootin

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"Exactly, its not about making money.Which is why it never will. The Linux community is anti-profit. Every profit making scheme is labeled as "evil" and a corruption of the FOSS way of life.Absolutely Correct!It is a...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, thing technology need, SJVN, Linux desktop, Ubuntu, desktop, Linux, barn, Shuttleworth

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

An Empirical Study of Denial of Service Mitigation Techniques

This paper presents an empirical study of the resistance of several protocols to Denial of Service DoS attacks on client-server communication. They show that protocols that use authentication alone, e.g., IPSec, provide protection to some extent, but are still susceptible to DoS attacks, even when the network is not congested....

Tags: Denial Of Service, Technique, IPSec, Security, Networking

White papers 2008-07-24

We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer

We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...

Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-07-12

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop

Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem," the letter stated. "Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues

Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issuesLet's find out.I'd like to know just what the similarities or lack there of will be in security issues when Linux replaces Windows as the OS of the people.Apple's dealing with this right nowTime to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Word, Linux, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Is open source for Windows worthwhile?

Is open source for Windows worthwhile?Open Source can help temprarilyOpen Source can help maintain the monopoly for a little while longer. But in the end, the compatibility and cost will actually open the door for people to move to other platforms.If people get used to open source tools, it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, open source, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

Time Capsule = cash grab?

Time Capsule = cash grab?Maybe, Maybe not.That's a good theory. I remember hearing that this feature was taken out because it was still giving Leopard a kernel panic. I guess that wasn't true :-)I thought Adrian was nuts when he bragged about thisntAll Apple Product areshameless cash grab. Apple consumers...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Time Capsule, Apple Inc., AirPort Extreme, Time Machine, USB 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-01-21

Trying to predict 2008

Trying to predict 2008More specificity pleaseYou say that IBM needs to get its collective head together re the SCO case. Do you have more specific recommendations on how they should proceed? After all, they appear to be winning.delay the move to PPC? what?The comment about SCO is baffling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free trade, Apple iPhone, PPC, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

The missing demonstration project (1)

The missing demonstration project (1)Where is everybody? you guys wanna talk weather, or what?Very strange here in Lethbridge: -19 Celsius here yesterday afternoon, went to plus 5.6 by about 9PM, back to minus 14.7 right now.A blowby chinook?Yes, I have seen it over and over. Do you want to oversee...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Debian, Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2007-12-04