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Aug31
Using iPods in E-mail scams


Internet threat-monitoring firm Websense issued an advisory on Wednesday about a fake e-mail that advises users to install a patch to fix a Windows vulnerability highlighted in Microsoft security bulletin MS05-039. To make matters worst, there are also fake iPod invoices being sent out stating that $479.95amount of e-Gold hasipod-2e.gif been deducted from the user's account. Now that is sneaky.

The e-mail could succeed in affecting a lot of user's machines as it exploits users' fears that their systems may be vulnerable. According to Websense country manager Joel Camissar, - "People are still falling for this. It is very easy for a hacker to take advantage of the fear created in the marketplace,".


A sample of the fake iPod invoices with a subject line that says "Track your order" and the e-mail contains the following text:


Dear *e-mail address*,

Please read the following message carefully.

We notify that your order was approved and shipped to you via FedEx 2Day Service, track 792531968828.

The amount of $479.95 USD was recieved from your e-gold account. The details of transaction and specification of chosen product we send you in self-extracting compressed-zip file.

Read it carefully to make sure that there's no mistakes in characteristics of chosen product. We appreciate your choice!

According to the rules, refund must be based on your original method of payment. Any requests to refund using e-gold are not accepted if the payment method was credit card.

IPod For Your, Yahoo Shopping.

Aug31
Helping Small Businesses Choose Between On-Demand and On-Premise Software
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Crackers get 19000 AT&T user's credit card data
AT&T's tagline is Your world ,delivered. Yes, they do deliver and computer hackers received a big catch during the weekend, where they stole credit card information belonging to 19,000 customers of AT&T Inc. The crackers managed to hacked into... Continue Reading
BusinessWeek deems Travelzoo as a Branding Success
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Beta 2 of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1
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Aug30
Countdown Pro 2
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10 Mistakes that IT Experts Make
Hey! Even IT experts make mistakes because they are humans.... Zdnet has laid down some common mistakes that they make and how it can be avoided. I've been through one incident when I was working as a Support Engineer in... Continue Reading
University of California test terrorist-proof wireless network
A test was conducted at University of California, San Diego researchers last week aptly called The Operation College Freedom drill. It involved a coordinated effort by the school and local emergency and law-enforcement officials to respond to a simulated... Continue Reading
Browzar Lets you Surf Anonymously
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Tracking the Hottest News with Newgie
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Aug28
Symantec finds new AMD processor Virus
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cFosSpeed 3.11 Build 1177 Beta
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Microsoft OS to be Virtual-fied
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Google Apps for Your Domain is Free
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Some Freeware Today
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Aug25
MozBackup (Mozilla Backup) 1.4.5
If you think there is not enough backup software for Open Source products, then think again. MozBackup is a great utility that lets you have a good nights sleep knowing that your Mozilla softwares are backed up extensively but... Continue Reading
Cray Jaguar Supercomputer makes 50 teraflops Mark
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New Microsoft Windows Live Essentials Service
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WebRoot reports 9 in 10 PCs have spyware
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German Report says Home based firewalls are Vulnerable
  Here's some disturbing news since I use 2 types of personal firewalls in my home – a software based one by Sygate and a Router based firewall on my Netgear DSL modem. Going by my setup, I've never been... Continue Reading
Aug24
Much Ado on Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
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IBM adds four-core processing power to System p5 Unix servers
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Higher use of VoIP in Contact Centers
This report on the increased adoption of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology by Contact centers by the Yankee Group is an eye opener. In North American contact centers will grow from approximately 17 percent in 2005 to greater than... Continue Reading
Microsoft releases the IE 7 Release Candidate 1
Microsoft has unleashed the latest Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) version for Windows XP as Release Candidate 1. The official release of IE7 is slated to be shipped during the last quarter of 2006 far earlier than Windows Vista's planned... Continue Reading
Phishing Protection for Yahoo Users
With the prevalence of numerous phishing sites out in the internet, Yahoo has added an Anti-Phishing Sign-In Seal protection for safety of their users. Yahoo users can now customize their sign in box with a personal seal to let them... Continue Reading
Aug23
Verjet 1.0 Beta 1
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Sun's server sales increased over Dell's in Q2 2006
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One night with Paris Hilton and YouTube
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BT cuts internet access for Euro1Net users
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Testing Laptop Batteries with Battery Eater '05
Kevin C. Tofel introduces us to a software the runs down your battery just for the fun of it. Basically its for testing your mobile device or laptops batteries performance and here’s a good pick up line when you... Continue Reading
Aug22
Sophos warns Spam emails that are getting Romantic
  IT security firm Sophos has noticed an alarming trend of spam emails that are romantic in nature and its more enticing that those Nigerian 419 scams. Sophos warns that such emails can have a number of purposes, including confirming... Continue Reading
Microsoft Corporation wants to help Firefox run on Vista
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KeyScrambler Anti-keylogger Plugin for Internet Explorer
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New Advanced WindowsCare 2 Beta 3.6 beta
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Unlimited digital photo storage with Protectmyphotos
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Aug21
Prevent Laptop Battery Explosions
MynetCity has some great tips to prevent your laptop battery from blowing in your face or turning into a time bomb. Take heed ! Having a USD2000 laptop blow up is not a nice sight and Dell knows how... Continue Reading
MailS@fe Email Indexing and Archiving Solution for MS Outlook
  Today’s launch of MailS@fe from Techne-Comm is been touted as the Market's First MS Outlook Integrated Email Indexing and Archiving Solution. Can this be true ? With so many legal regulations abound, companies are finding various ways to archive... Continue Reading
Aug20
Low Student Take Up for ICT Courses in New Zealand
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PayPal's Send Money Firefox extension
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My Screen Recorder Pro 2.40
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AOL antivirus software Tricky Software Agreement
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Aug19
Google’s Free Wifi Network in Mountain View
  This free wi-fi network is just the latest of a seemingly endless list of projects unveiled by the world's leading search company – Google, where their staff devote 20% of their free time to complete this projects. Don’t you... Continue Reading
Getting Outsourced Work Online with oDesk
Ok. Lets keep this simple. I was surfing around and found this interesting site – oDesk. oDesk is a online marketplace that enables buyers and providers of services like VBNET, SQL programming or technical writing to come together. oDesk Corp... Continue Reading
Aug18
$50,000 Reward for Missing PC from Unisys
Looks like Unisys is having a bad day as it has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a missing desktop PC. The desktop is crucial as it has personal information on 38,000 people and may... Continue Reading
BBC News Report on Italian PM Contains Trojan
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New broadband video service from West Ham United launches
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LandlordMax 2.12d
If you are a billionaire like Donald Trump, tracking and managing your various properties could turn out to be a mind wrecking job. But if you are just a small property company that wants to keep physical records to a... Continue Reading
Boeing's Connexion Service Bites the Dust
Loiclemeur reports that Boeing's Wifi in the Sky service – Connexion won't be offered anymore and it will be stopped due to escalating costs. Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney said “Regrettably, the market for this service has not... Continue Reading
Aug17
CryptoExpert 2006 Lite 6.6.2
Are you paranoid and want to keep people out of your laptop's data?. Then have a look at CryptoExpert that uses a real-time on-the-fly encryption system to encrypt and decrypt data to keep prying eyes out of your sensitive documents.... Continue Reading
Null Team Company unveils Yate Open-source VOIP engine for Windows
Sangoma Technologies Corporation, and the Null Team Company, the primary developer of Yate (Yet Another Telephony Engine), have released a stable native Windows-based version of the GPL-licensed Yate project which is an extendible telephony engine and can be used... Continue Reading
Salesforce hits 500,000-user mark with Good Financial Reports
Its good to see the dotcoms out there are surviving despite rising oil prices and growing global concerns in the Middle East. The innovative CRM company, Salesforce.com has come out with good figures despite increasing competition from SAP, Oracle... Continue Reading
Internet crimes increased in Japan
Things are going up for the administration but in a negative way. The Japan National Police Agency (NPA) have reported that  there were 1,802 cases of internet-related crimes in the first half of 2006, which is up 12 percent on... Continue Reading
Sun to release Java Micro Edition Source Code
According to the SUN’s chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, they plan to release the source code of its Java Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation before the end of the year. J2ME provides an assortment of APIs for developing small-screen... Continue Reading
Aug16
Block Stupid Ads with Adblock Plus
I am constantly annoyed by all those ridiculous ads and banners on my browser that often take longer to download than everything else on the page. I’d love to just show them off to speed up my surfing sessions.... Continue Reading
del.icio.us Firefox Extension for Easy Social Bookmarking
  If you are one of those full time social bookmarkers who love to share weblinks every second of the day, then here’s a great tool to make you life easier. The del.icio.us Firefox Extension is a good tool that... Continue Reading
K-Lite Codec Pack Full 2.75 Beta 3 beta for Video Codecs
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VersionTracker Pro and Bag Giveaway
  Want to know a better way to update your software ? If you are like me, its terribly tiring to manually download software and reboot your PC all the time. Then I found a site that sells VersionTracker Pro,... Continue Reading
Spread Firefox Version 2
As a Mozilla supporter, I want to help promote the imminent launch of Firefox 2, that superb internet browser that loads webpages faster than old Internet Explorer. I might even give out flyers of Firefox in my surrounding area... Continue Reading
Aug15
Fire Risk on 4 million Dell Laptop Batteries
  Dell plans to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries originally manufactured by Sony and this is definitely going to eat into their Profit and Loss Statement for 2006. These batteries were used in notebooks sold between 1 April 2004 and... Continue Reading
Security firm nCircle Warns of More Worm Attacks
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AceReader Pro 4.5c for Speed Reading
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Microsoft to offer Vista Upgrade Coupons
Shoppers and PC lovers are going to love the new Windows Vista upgrade coupons from Microsoft when they buy PCs in October 2006. It seems the coupons will offer a free copy of Vista to consumers who buy PCs with... Continue Reading
Oscarbot.KD Worm exploits the Microsoft MS06-040 Vulnerability
PandaLabs reveals the existence of a new variant of the Oscarbot worm, namely Oscarbot.KD, which is the first worm to exploit the recently released Microsoft patch - MS06-040.   The main characteristics of the Oscarbot.KD worm variant:   -... Continue Reading
Aug14
Attacking Corporate Networks with BlackBerry devices
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SafeBoot Device Encryption Provides Safety for Mobile Devices
SafeBoot Device Encryption is a cool new software that enables corporations manage the security functions of their staff's Windows Mobile devices and it has superb password recovery functions. SafeBoot combines strong user authentication and transparent, on-the-fly encryption to protect confidential... Continue Reading
OpenVZ server virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OpenVZ project has unveiled its server virtualization software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4), plus enhancements like designating OpenVZ virtual environments by names and ability to specify number of processors available to specific virtual environments. The new RHEL4 kernel... Continue Reading
Virgin.net Launches Online Technical Tool with NTRglobal
  ISP Virgin.net has partnered with NTRglobal to offer its customers a UK-based online service to remotely diagnose and solve technical problems. The best thing is that it is free to Virgin.net customers at http://www.virgin.net/customers/contactus and they hope to boost... Continue Reading
AutoPatcher XP for Automatic Windows Updates
I’ve had the bad experience of updating my Windows XP with the built in download service and it did not go well. It could download to my PC but it never installed properly, no matter how many times I’ve... Continue Reading
Aug13
Express Assist 8.0.7 Backups for Outlook Express
If you are one of those still using Outlook Express instead of full fledged software like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, then Express Assist is the tool for you to safeguard your emails. Here’s what they say :   Express Assist... Continue Reading
Auckland Spam Killers Looking for investors
Reading spam can be a dangerous and costly affair. With so many email scams abound and worms hidden in attachments, corporate sysadmins are always on the lookout for the ultimate email spam blocker. Well , SMX, the Auckland based... Continue Reading
Keeping Your Hard Disk Top Notch with Diskeeper 10
After a few years, your precious hard disk on PCs and servers will start to slow down and performance will start to suffer. Hence it is important to run defragmentation on the disk at least bi-monthly to keep it in... Continue Reading
Microsoft debuts Windows Live Writer
On the 14th August 2006, Microsoft, will be revealing a new Windows Live product called Windows Live Writer. This new product from Microsoft will allow a user to write documents/blog postings from an application called Windows Live Writer and post... Continue Reading
A Microsoft Gaming Service called Panorama in Vista?
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