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Sunday the 3rd of January 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Sunday the 3rd of January 2010

1. Virus Warnings
2. Daily Technology News
3. Latest Shareware and Freeware
4. FAQ for the day
5. Advice of the day
6. Internet Advice

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1. Latest Virus Alerts From Sophos
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Troj/FakeAV-ALZ on 3 January 2010 05:10:51 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojfakeavalz.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/JSRedir-AM on 3 January 2010 05:10:51 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojjsrediram.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/PDFEx-CM on 3 January 2010 05:10:51 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpdfexcm.html?_log_from=rss
W32/Prolaco-E on 3 January 2010 05:10:51 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32prolacoe.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/BDoor-AYK on 3 January 2010 02:16:20 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbdoorayk.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/BytVrfy-C on 3 January 2010 02:16:20 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbytvrfyc.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/FakeAV-AMO on 3 January 2010 02:16:20 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojfakeavamo.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/SratInt-A on 2 January 2010 20:32:54 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malsratinta.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Clicker-FQ on 2 January 2010 20:32:54 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojclickerfq.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/PDFJs-FX on 2 January 2010 20:32:54 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpdfjsfx.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- DC Sues AT&T For Unclaimed Phone Minutes
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-qjcu8gfzUU/DC-Sues-ATampT-For-Unclaimed-Phone-Minutes)
Suki I submits news that Washington, D.C.'s attorney general has filed suit (District of Columbia vs. AT&T Corp, Superior Court of the District of Columbia), claiming the city has the right, through laws applying to unclaimed property, to unused calling-card balances held in the name of D.C. residents. "The suit claims that AT&T should turn over unused balances on the calling cards of consumers whose last known address was in Washington, D.C. and have not used the calling card for three years. 'AT&T's prepaid calling cards must be treated as unclaimed property under district law,' the attorney general's office said in a statement. ... [That sum] represents some 5 to 20 percent of the total balances purchased by consumers who use the calling cards. States and municipalities have often similarly used unclaimed property laws, known as escheat laws, to claim ownership of unused retail gift card balances." Suki I links also to Reason Magazine's coverage.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Scambaiting Gets Comical; Internet Scammers All Dressed Up
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/0tEfdnP00Ok/Scambaiting-Gets-Comical-Internet-Scammers-All-Dressed-Up)
Nurse Nasty writes "Scambaiting is a fun and relaxing full-contact email sport. It's all about baiting Internet and email scammers into exposing themselves and sharing that humiliation with the entire world. Recently I baited four different groups of Internet scammers into being comic book action super-heroes, and then giving them their own 10-page graphic novel. It's a bit of fun and eduction through entertainment." (Warning: The comic contains a bit of naughty language.)Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Sets Censorship Precedent In India
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/30n3Z7nheYg/Google-Sets-Censorship-Precedent-In-India)
eldavojohn writes "Censorship varies from country to country but India, home to a sixth of the world's population, appears to be shaping up much like China. Not far behind everyone else, Google has increasingly censored websites with an incident where a very popular politician died and Google forcibly deleted and dissolved a group on Orkut where offensive comments about the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh were posted. An official from India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said, 'If you are doing business here, you should follow the local law, the sentiments of the people, the culture of the country. If somebody starts abusing Lord Rama on a Web site, that could start riots.' The lengthy opinion piece calls attention to the beginnings of a definitive lack of free speech online for Indian citizens. A spokeswoman for the 'Do No Evil' company explained, 'India does value free speech and political speech. But they are weighing the harm of free speech against violence in their streets.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Nexus One Hands-on, Video, and Impressions
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/mLq3AvI4zKc/Google-Nexus-One-Hands-on-Video-and-Impressions)
wkurzius writes "Engadget has gotten their hands on a Nexus One and have put their first impressions up for the world to see, including whether or not they think it's the 'be-all-end-all Android phone / iPhone eviscerator.' Their opinion? 'Not really.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- New Zealand Cyber Spies Win New Powers
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9UHHhqd4lk4/New-Zealand-Cyber-Spies-Win-New-Powers)
caeos writes "New cyber-monitoring measures have been quietly introduced in New Zealand giving police and Security Intelligence Service officers the power to monitor all aspects of someone's online life. The measures are the largest expansion of police and SIS surveillance capabilities for decades, and mean that all mobile calls and texts, email, internet surfing and online shopping, chatting and social networking can be monitored anywhere in New Zealand. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS or SIS) is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- The Amiga, Circa 2010 — Dead and Loving It
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hibOmDVKB5w/The-Amiga-Circa-2010-mdash-Dead-and-Loving-It)
Orion Blastar writes "While many Amiga users have moved on to Linux, Mac OS X, and even, gasp shock, Microsoft Windows some of us don't want to give up so easily. There are two open source projects that are keeping the Amiga legacy alive even if Amiga Inc. seems to be deader than a doornail and not really doing much but selling old Classic Amiga games for new platforms. Like WINE, there was a project to run AmigaOS 3.1 software for Linux and other platforms, but it evolved instead into an open source operating system named Amiga Research OS, or AROS. AROS is best run inside an emulator, and while it is not a modern OS like Linux, it can be downloaded and run inside of Linux (and the downloads section has more). While it is not ready for prime time yet, it is a promising OS that is being ported to many platforms and uses the user friendly Amiga GUI we Amiga users grew up with." Read on for more.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Finding Someone To Manage Selling a Software Company?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/nCH_UU9wt-A/Finding-Someone-To-Manage-Selling-a-Software-Company)
rrrrw22 writes "My company has spent the last year developing a framework for creating games on Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. While we had originally planned to release the product to the public and take a percentage of the revenue, we have realized that we can make more money by selling the application to a funded company entering the social gaming space. Our problem is we don't have many other contacts in the social gaming space and would like to find someone to manage selling the company for us (in exchange for a percentage of the sale.) Where can we go about finding someone with the skills and contacts to sell a product like this? What experiences have others had trying to sell a company that we can learn from?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Canada's Airlines Face a Privacy Dilemma
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/MESEeem3RX4/Canadas-Airlines-Face-a-Privacy-Dilemma)
Interoperable writes "Canada's airlines are caught between a rock and a hard place in the face of new US regulations that require them to collect and hand over personal information about passengers. Handing over information regarding a passenger's name, gender and birth-date may violate Canadian privacy laws but merely flying over American airspace is conditional on doing exactly that. It seems that the long arms of the TSA are eager to grope at Canadians taking a shortcut to Toronto; no doubt to prevent any terrorist attacks on Lake Huron."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Chrome Displaces Safari As Third In Survey
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZbeTHLNiIR0/Google-Chrome-Displaces-Safari-As-Third-In-Survey)
Azureflare writes "According to a Net Applications survey, Google Chrome has replaced Apple's Safari as the number-three browser. This may be partially explained by the release of the Chrome beta on Mac and Linux, but may also be due to users jumping ship from IE. More analysis on this topic can be found at ComputerWorld. As anecdotal evidence of Google Chrome usage gaining steam, Bank of America has apparently recently added Google Chrome to their list of officially supported browsers."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- China Moving To Restrict Neodymium Supply
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/FC6uojUSCFY/China-Moving-To-Restrict-Neodymium-Supply)
GuyFawkes writes with this quote from the Independent: "Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds. Failure to secure alternative long-term sources of rare earth elements (REEs) would affect the manufacturing and development of low-carbon technology, which relies on the unique properties of the 17 metals to mass-produce eco-friendly innovations such as wind turbines and low-energy light bulbs. China, whose mines account for 97 per cent of global supplies, is trying to ensure that all raw REE materials are processed within its borders. During the past seven years it has reduced by 40 per cent the amount of rare earths available for export."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dNLPGTaRI0Q/Why-Apple-Denied-the-Google-Latitude-App)
awyeah writes "A recently revealed Apple patent looks remarkably similar to the functionality of Google Latitude, which Apple relegated to WebApp status earlier this year. Obviously if Apple is working on their own version of Google Latitude (or owns the IP rights to this functionality), they'd be hesitant to put an app with the same functionality on their devices from another company."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Thorium, the Next Nuclear Fuel?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XbUR2pPYe0g/Thorium-the-Next-Nuclear-Fuel)
mrshermanoaks writes "When the choices for developing nuclear energy were being made, we went with uranium because it had the byproduct of producing plutonium that could be weaponized. But thorium is safer and easier to work with, and may cause a lot fewer headaches. 'It's abundant — the US has at least 175,000 tons of the stuff — and doesn't require costly processing. It is also extraordinarily efficient as a nuclear fuel. As it decays in a reactor core, its byproducts produce more neutrons per collision than conventional fuel. The more neutrons per collision, the more energy generated, the less total fuel consumed, and the less radioactive nastiness left behind. Even better, Weinberg realized that you could use thorium in an entirely new kind of reactor, one that would have zero risk of meltdown. The design is based on the lab's finding that thorium dissolves in hot liquid fluoride salts. This fission soup is poured into tubes in the core of the reactor, where the nuclear chain reaction — the billiard balls colliding — happens. The system makes the reactor self-regulating: When the soup gets too hot it expands and flows out of the tubes — slowing fission and eliminating the possibility of another Chernobyl. Any actinide can work in this method, but thorium is particularly well suited because it is so efficient at the high temperatures at which fission occurs in the soup.' So why are we not building these reactors?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Novelist Blames Piracy On Open Source Culture
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/I_GYih2UhbE/Novelist-Blames-Piracy-On-Open-Source-Culture)
joeflies writes "CNN published an article entitled 'Digital Piracy Hits the e-Book Industry.' It quotes the following statement by novelist Sherman Alexie: 'With the open-source culture on the Internet, the idea of ownership — of artistic ownership — goes away. It terrifies me.'" The article also points out a couple of interesting statistics for a "slumping" industry beset by piracy: "Sales for digital books in the second quarter of 2009 totaled almost $37 million. That's more than three times the total for the same three months in 2008, according to the Association of American Publishers," and "consumers who purchase an e-reader buy more books than those who stick with traditional bound volumes. Amazon reports that Kindle owners buy, on average, 3.1 times as many books on the site as other customers."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Did the US Take the Back Seat In Science In 2009?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/rlGNPMYRSxk/Did-the-US-Take-the-Back-Seat-In-Science-In-2009)
tcd004 writes "In the PBS NewsHour's roundup of the biggest science news of the year, Neil DeGrasse Tyson dropped this doozie: '[Scientific leadership] drives the economic strength and security of nations. The fall is not from a cliff. More like a slow, downward slide — almost imperceptible from day to day. But as the years pass America will have descended from leaders to players to merely followers as we fade to insignificance, at best hitching a ride on the innovations of others.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- China Arrests Thousands In Internet Porn Crackdown
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dBrMHfPHHCc/China-Arrests-Thousands-In-Internet-Porn-Crackdown)
Clandestine_Blaze writes "Chinese police have arrested 5,394 people — with another 4,186 criminal cases in the works — in one of the largest crackdowns on Internet porn in the country. Even more arrests are expected in 2010, according to the Ministry of Public Security's website (In Chinese or Google translated into English). According to the Reuters article on the crackdown, one of the justifications was that the pornography was 'threatening the emotional health of children.' From the English translation of the Ministry of Public Security's website linked above, it appears that certain provinces are also offering 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan rewards, per person, for reporting illegal websites to the government."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

3. Latest Shareware from Planet-Shareware
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4. FAQ of the day from Helpforce
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-- I am looking for MultiNetwork Manager(NetSwitcher) program
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: I am looking for MultiNetwork Manager(NetSwitcher) program.Which will you offer to me? How can I download? Thanks

Answer: Well, it just depends how much you are willing to spend. Multinetwork manager 6.2 by vnunet has recieved favourable reviews (download from http://www.vnunet.com/Download/1116391) They provide a time limited demo, so you can evaluate it before buying it and it costs $36 to purchase.Or alternatively, Globesoft's version 6.3(via http://www.webattack.com/get/multinet.shtml)A cheaper alternative is NetSwitcher 2.98 (30 day trial, then $14 to register, trial version available from downloads.com) Apart from that, I have not found any free netswitching programs, if you are not willing to spend money, then try to search for free alternatives on yahoo, altavista or google (although I expect the paid ones offer better features and support).

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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6. Internet Advice
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-- Emoticon of the Day(http://netforbeginners.about.com/b/a/258251.htm)

Emoticons, or 'smileys', are such a regular part of daily Internet messaging. Whether it's IM, email, discussion forums, Google Waving, or online game chat, all kinds of smiley icons surface....

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