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Why DRM Doesn’t Work

Designer Brad Colbow details why DRM doesn’t work.

Google, Mozilla Claim AOL’s China May Harm Your Computer

Google and Mozilla both throw up a malware warning for AOL’s Chinese portal, and Google even warns people who run a search for ‘AOL China’ that the site may harm their computer. But on the other hand, Bing and Yahoo don’t flag anything out of the ordinary with the website. Neither does AOL Search, which is powered by Google.

Google, Mozilla Claim AOL’s China May Harm Your Computer

Looking at the Safe Browsing Diagnostics page for chinese.aol.com reports the domain name tq121.com.cn to function as intermediary for distributing malware hosted at xzgfgh.8866.org. But what worry me the most, is that Google and Mozilla both raise warning flags while big guys like Microsoft and Yahoo consider everything to be perfectly safe. It is really wierd…

Microsoft Take 17 Years To Fix A Bug

Microsoft Take 17 Years To Fix A Bug

The latest security update from Microsoft will patch a bug in Windows that has existed for 17 years. It first appeared in Windows NT 3.1 and has been incorporated into most versions of Windows since then. The security update will also fix 25 other holes, five of which are critical. The bug was discovered by a Google Security Researcher and the old bug involves with a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run programs that date from the DOS era. He was able to exploit the same utility in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Microsoft also has recently released a patch for a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is thought to have led to the attacks on Google in China. Well, it’s about time they do something right. They should force auto-update on all old Internet Explorer.

Bill Gates Joins Twitter

Bill Gates Joins Twitter

Surprised? Yeah the Chairman Microsoft, Bill Gates has recently joined Twitter and twitted “Hello World” as first update. The account is verified twitter account, it was the real Bill Gates, but the official was unable to provide more information about him or his activities he has decided to share on Twitter.

You can follow Bill Gates @billgates on Twitter.

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P1: How safe is your Computer?

P1: How safe is your Computer?

Recently P1 send me an email asking how safe is my computer? This is my answer to you P1, my computer more safe than M$ Windows and probably your computer at P1 HQ… lolz…



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