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24 Countdown Widget 2.0 (Mac)

Widget displays the time until the next season of "24" on FOX begins. "24" resumes in January 2007.

Tags: Season, Apple Macintosh, Ryan M., Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-12-23

ThisWeekOnXM 2.3 (Mac)

A simple, easy-to-use application that allows subscribers of XM Satellite Radio and the general public to view the programming pages of XM Satellite Radio's webpage. It allows viewing of today's programming or the weekly programming from the XM website, daily schedules with times and channels, displays the program guide...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Programming, Ryan M., Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2006-12-09

Bye_Leap-A 1.0 (Mac)

Have the Leap-A Trojan? This Automator script removes the /apphook/ and /tmp/latestpics.tgz directories/files, and finally sets the secured permissions on InputManagers folder. Thanks to Macworld.com for the removal process.

Tags: Folder, Apple Macintosh, Permission, Ryan M., Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-02-17

Additional Resources

My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer

With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Major online ad site hacked, serving up exploit cocktail

One more reason to use FirefoxUse Firefox with AdBlock Plus and a simple filter of *media-servers.net* and the problem is solved.I am not sure that they are "major" as I did not have a filter for them.AgreedYet, I bet the web hosts will STILL complain about it. RE: Major online...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Confession, online advertising, Microsoft Windows, Ryan

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

Yikes, that sounds bad[i]The majority of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system, meaning that this update carries an "extremely critical rating."[/i]Makes me glad I run an alternate OS.473MB?!?!?!How do dial up users get this update?There is a potential positive spin on...

Tags: Patches, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, patch management, Apple Inc., exploit, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear

If you believe the "explanation"then no problem, though honestly, I think we just witnessed another reason why "living in the cloud" is not for those with anything of importance that needs protecting.I doubt that Google intended for all of those private voice mails to be made public.RE: Google Voice mails...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Voice mail, voicemail

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on

RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Adobe joins Patch Tuesday barrage: 29 PDF security flaws

Adobe joins patch Tuesday...Ryan and everyone else,I need your help in understanding something. I've been in IT for 17 years. I've dealt with lots of software and OS's over those years. However, I'm not a programmer. My question is "How can a piece of software that...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, PDF Security, Patch Tuesday

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Remote exploit released for Windows Vista SMB2 worm hole

Time for an out-of-cycle patch Microsoft. nt.This exploit doesn't countIf the exploit was created by security researchers, it doesn't count.Cue the double standards...It's called "Proof of concept".Originally classified as "Denial of Service", it is now proved to be wormable in every version of Windows currently on the market.But feel free...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, NonZealot, TODAY XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Apple plugs 33 Mac OS X security holes, updates Flash on Leopard

Wasn't there just a mega patch 2 weeks ago?Wow, OS X sure needs a lot of patches. But I'm pretty sure these are the last of the vulnerabilities, there probably won't be any patches after this one, right?One bright spotTo be sure this is a mega patch. How do they...

Tags: Patches, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, OK IT, Apple Inc., vulnerability, security, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

iPhone, QuickTime bitten by security bugs

Ryan, can you explain that? [was: Liars! This is Teh Unpossible!!]Wonder why these have not been tagged with the word "gaping" in the title? Weird.Does QuickTime have any secure code in it?I must say that I'm impressed with how many gaping security holes Apple has managed to cram into a...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Apple QuickTime, Apple iPhone, security bug, Apple Inc., vulnerability, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

An electrical circuit that runs entirely off power in trees

You've probably already heard of the idea of harvesting electricity from body heat to power small devices, such as those in the far-flung idea of a body area network. Now, a similar idea has been applied to trees. There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run...

Tags: Tree, Team Management, Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Google Notebook discontinuation a loss for iPhone users

A guest blog post by Ryan Kaplan I'm not a complainer and I don't like to be around people who complain.  I prefer to be around problem solvers, people who can look at a situation and come up with solutions or improvements.  Unfortunately I have to join...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Database, Google Notebook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist

Popular microblogging service Twitter was knocked offline for an extended period this morning by what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attacks. Twitter confirmed the outage was linked to malicious attackers in a brief status message posted around 11:00 a.m EST. We are...

Tags: Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Microsoft Silverlight 3 available for download

Microsoft Silverlight 3 available for downloadOyster Shot?I think your link to Tim's post is wrong. Though it is funny to see a list of Silverlight 3 features linked to the recipe for an oyster shot :)=Ryanryan@adobe.comLMAO @ Don't Worry....Yeah, that's awesome. Hey Adobe-- TAKE A HINT!!! (mumbles a few obscene...

Tags: Printers, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., SL3, Microsoft Silverlight 3

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18