on Life and Livingness – by Tom

Combo HDD (Hard Sid Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive) permanent storage. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid75705145001?bclid=0&bctid=80184477001

Adobe released a patch on Thursday for a critical hole in Reader that was disclosed at the Black Hat conference late last month. http://www.zdnet.com.au/adobe-patches-critical-hole-today-339305335.htm

NiMH batteries should be drained to zero before recharging, Lithium batteries should not be fully discharged. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/082310-technologys-biggest.html?page=8

Despite security fears, people are reluctant to upgrade their browsers http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/microsofts-pitch-to-ditch-ie6-20100817-127lf.html

Stumbling blocks for the products in this test included failure to detect a number of viruses known to be circulating in the wild and false alarms produced on clean files from major software houses and problems with product design and stability. http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2010/08_12.xml

Microsoft issued a record number of monthly patches on Tuesday, including fixes for eight critical holes affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word and other programs that could be exploited to take control of a computer. http://nl.zdnet.com.au/s/82baw/9i803580568816

It’s the component of the webmail service that users dislike the most http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php

A study of people reading long-form text on tablets finds higher reading speeds than in the past, but they’re still slower than reading print. <a href=”http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html” target=”_blank”>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html</a>

Research in Motion’s resistance to giving governments access to its BlackBerry network misses a major point — authorities could probably hack the data on their own if they want it badly enough, security experts say. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/224036,cracks-found-in-blackberrys-security-armour.aspx

To change the image on your Windows desktop, right mouse click a blank area of the desktop, choose Properties, click the tab Desktop and choose an image from your hard drive then click the button [Apply].

Firefox has become the default browser for nearly 400,000 IBM employees, a big coup for the open-source project during a time of increasing browser competition. http://www.zdnet.com.au/ibm-makes-firefox-its-default-browser-339304235.htm

Over 30 “burn cases” reported in Japan. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/218472,sony-flags-overheating-problems-with-535000-vaio-pcs.aspx

Adobe has released updates for its popular Reader and Acrobat software that fix 17 separate vulnerabilities including one that could enable hackers to take control of a user’s PC. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/218477,adobe-fills-17-reader-and-acrobat-holes.aspx

Talk of challenge to Facebook and MySpace with ‘Me’ service. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/218479,google-rumoured-to-be-prepping-social-network.aspx

Five security vulnerabilities patched. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/218003,google-posts-update-for-chrome.aspx

The advancement of IT security tools hasn’t stopped users from putting themselves atr risk.http://path.cnetdirectintl.com/s/783w2/do103100036051

Government could require anti-virus on internet-enabled machines. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/217416,inquiry-calls-for-cyber-czar-compulsory-anti-virus.aspx

Security researchers have warned of a flaw in Java that could allow malware writers to inject code onto user’s XP or Win 2000 machines by visiting a compromised web site. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/171833,zero-day-java-flaw-opens-up-all-users-to-attack.aspx

Microsoft page on it: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Exploit%3AWin32%2FCVE-2010-1885.A

and on

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx

they say: “Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center function that is delivered with supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using a Web browser or clicks a specially crafted link in an e-mail message. Microsoft is aware that proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for the vulnerability. Microsoft is also aware of limited, targeted active attacks that use this exploit code. ”

To fix the problem go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2219475