Windows
The Movie Quote Quiz
While I am a huge fan of movies, I don’t tend to remember the specific lines that help to make or break certain scenes. I can walk out of the theater and go off on the story and characters, but at the same time, some of my friends only seem to retain the dialogue that [...]
New Zero Day Exploit Seen In The Wild
This is another report on the Windows vulnerability I posted a bit earlier. Suzi Turner of ZDNet.com writes: …Sunbelt researchers have collected more than 50 variants of the WindowsMetafiles (WMF) and documented a number of domains running this exploit. Email, blog talkbacks, guestbook links, all could be used to spread this infection. In fact, I [...]
Sony Faces Fresh Spyware Claims
Reuters reports (via Silicon.com): The Texas attorney general said on Wednesday [Dec. 21] that he added a new claim to a lawsuit charging Sony BMG Music Entertainment with violating the state’s laws on deceptive trade practices by hiding “spyware” on its CDs.
Microsoft Windows WMF Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows [XP and 2003 Sever], which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of corrupted Windows Metafile files (“.wmf”). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening [...]
The Robosapien Robot
“You’re never too young to get a fun toy for Christmas.” That’s exactly what WowWee was thinking when they unleashed the Robosapien V2 a few weeks ago. I never really spent much time looking at them in the store, but Ponzi thought it would be cute to have another robot roaming throughout the house (to [...]
Three D – Make 3D Images!
When I was a kid, I loved looking at 3D images. You know the drill. Pop the 3D glasses out of the magazine, put them over your eyes, look at the pictures, and then fight with your sister about who gets to look at the next one first. Well, now I don’t have to worry [...]
The Hive
Anyone who’s ever been involved in an online company, product, or service knows that community is vital to the success of your endeavor. You can just throw your work out there and hope that people will appreciate it – and some likely will – but when you involve your users and allow them to communicate [...]
Forget Your Windows Administrator Password? Fear Not!
It’s happened to so many – you forget the password to that critical login of yours. Let it be your online banking, eBay, or your Windows password. The difference is that the passwords for your online banking and eBay accounts can easily be recovered. However, if you forget your Windows administrator password, that opens up [...]
Top 10 Must-Have PC Maintenance Utilities
Die-hard Gazette reader Paul B. writes: Dear Dennis, I have been a faithful subscriber to your newsletter for a few years now. While I immensely enjoy reading your articles (especially the software reviews), I am constantly second-guessing myself as to which utilities *I* need to keep my system running smoothly. As a newbie, I would [...]
Buying a Telescope
Okay, now that we’ve spread Christmas cheer to several Gnomies, allow me to reveal one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever received: a telescope. Actually, it started a few years ago, when I received my first telescope from my parents. It was a traditional-looking telescope – a simple refractor, to be exact. This tube worked [...]
