Firefox 3 Vulnerability Rains on Mozilla Download Parade

June 21, 2008

Firefox 3 Vulnerability Rains on Mozilla Download ParadeFor all the exaggerations about the number of people who downloaded 3 Mozilla’s Firefox open source browser on a five-hour, now there is exaggeration about how long it takes security researchers to disclose a flaw.

Five hours after Mozilla officially released the long-awaited update, turning point confirmed a vulnerability. Point of inflection of the Zero Day initiative program received notification about a critical vulnerability affecting both Firefox Firefox 2 and 3.

“We have verified the vulnerability in our laboratory, it was purchased by researchers, then promptly reported the vulnerability to the Mozilla security team shortly after,” turning point wrote in his blog Digital Vaccine Laboratories. Read more

SecureMac discovers Trojan horse targeted at Mac OS X

June 21, 2008

SecureMac discovers Trojan horse targeted at Mac OS XSecureMac claims to have discovered several variants of a Trojan horse in the wilderness-oriented users of Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The trojan is being distributed from a hacker Web site through iChat and LimeWire, the company said.

Distributed compiled as an AppleScript called ASthtv05 or as an application, the Trojan allows remote access to the system and can transmit the system and user passwords. SecureMac also said that the Trojan is also capable of logging keystrokes and turning on file sharing. Read more

Firefox 3 has been released

June 19, 2008

Firefox 3 has been released

If you decide to upgrade from Firefox 2 for the first release candidate of Firefox 3, you’ll notice improved performance, fewer memory leaks, a new and very interesting new features:

  • Select text batch - press Ctrl while selecting different blocks of text, like you can do in Microsoft Office
  • I’ve always liked about Notepad2 that can select a text and open the Find dialog to find your selection. Firefox 3 brings this feature to improve their already powerful find on the page.

Tip: Select some text and press Ctrl + G to find the next occurrence of that text. Read more

Reason Behiend Popularity Of Apple iPod

June 14, 2008

 Reason Behiend Popularity Of Apple iPod

The Apple iPod is designed in a way that gives a very aesthetic for the device. The gadget can be used to store countless music files that can be played anywhere and at anytime. The gadget is great for playing games too.The Apple iPod is a device built to play music in formats that are most popular. This gadget is loaded with features that allow rapid operation of the device from anywhere in the world. The team hopes with his elegant style and iconic form that gives recognition to be a slim and efficient device.Bringing this device is like carrying around a video and audio collection in one’s own pocket. The gadget’s memory extends to 160 GB. The user-friendly features make an iPod too fondly to all users who love to use it. The best among the user-friendly features is a patented Click Wheel that is installed in its lid open to listen to music. The device is also used to surf the Internet at high speed. While browsing the network, you can also download and play music from various music sites available on the Internet. Video can also be downloaded easily and plays in the gadget. Read more

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