Trailrunner7 writes “Microsoft will issue an out-of-band patch on Monday for a critical vulnerability in all of the current versions of Windows. The company didn’t identify which flaw it will be patching, but the description of the vulnerability is a close match to the LNK flaw that attackers have been exploiting for several weeks now, [...]
That’s right, National Dance Day is today, “a grassroots initiative that encourages the nation, young and old, to move! Individuals, families, organizations and communities from across the nation come together through their creative expression in dance.” More information. Continue reading to see some of the best dance crew clips from YouTube. Original post by TecheBlog [...]
pcardno writes “The UK government has responded to a petition encouraging government departments to move away from IE6 that had over 6,000 signatories. Their response seems to be that a fully patched IE6 is perfectly safe as long as firewalls and malware scanning tools are in place, and that mandating an upgrade away from IE6 [...]
drbutts writes “The Toronto Star has an interesting story on how they are securing DNS: ‘It’s housed in two high-security facilities separated by the North American landmass. The one authenticated map of the Internet. Were it to be lost — either through a catastrophic physical or cyber attack — it could be recreated by seven [...]
Yay, open source! Anyone interested in the DROID X source code? If you are, the files are posted on Motorola’s developer site. The code weighs in at a hefty 280 MB and was actually released several days ago on July 28th. If you’re ready to get down and dirty with lines and lines of code, [...]
Hugh Pickens writes “The NY Times covers a report released by the National Research Council, which says the ability of the US to identify the source of a nuclear weapon used in a terrorist attack is fragile and eroding. The goals of the highly specialized detective work, known as nuclear attribution, is to clarify options [...]
If you’ve got an ultra exotic car — like a Pagani Zonda R, Shelby SSC Ultimate Aero, Bugatti Veyron Super Sports, etc., this $10,989USD car wash just might be for you. Gurcharn Sahota will “work for up to 250 hours on a single car and use gear such as a kit of 100 cleaning solutions, [...]
Channard writes “While there have been occasional reports of previous PS3 firmware upgrades causing system crashes and so forth, Sony’s new firmware upgrade for the system, 3.41, is apparently stopping PS3 owners from upgrading their hard disks. This problem has been encountered by many users on Sony’s forums and occurs when you try to put [...]
Valentine’s Day may not be around the corner, but it’s never too early to start preparing cards for next year, and here are 18 geek-themed love letters to get you inspired. Click here to see them all. [via Buzzfeed] Original post by TecheBlog Staff
TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion will introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc’s iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the company’s plans. Original post by Jason Fitzpatrick
