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Friday the 21st of May 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Friday the 21st of May 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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Mal/EncPk-NS on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malencpkns.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NJU on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnju.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NJV on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnjv.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Banker-EYA on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbankereya.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Bredolab-L on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbredolabl.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Buzus-CU on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbuzuscu.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Buzus-CW on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbuzuscw.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Dldr-DY on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojdldrdy.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/ExpJS-AD on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojexpjsad.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Injc-Gen on 21 May 2010 10:37:42 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojinjcgen.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- IBM Distributes USB Malware At Security Conference
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tnBKD87pO4w/IBM-Distributes-USB-Malware-At-Security-Conference)
bennyboy64 and other readers let us know that
IBM sent out an email to all attendees to the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) 2010 conference, warning them that some of the USB drives handed out to delegates contained malware. Fortunately it was old malware, which all anti-virus products have detected since 2008. Two years ago telecommunications company Telstra distributed malware-infected USB drives at the same conference.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Toyota Partners With Tesla To Make Electric Cars
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NHzeGhE8GQU/Toyota-Partners-With-Tesla-To-Make-Electric-Cars)
An anonymous reader writes "Toyota just announced that it will invest $50 million in Tesla Motors and the two companies will partner to manufacture electric vehicles to meet California's growing demand for greener cars. Bay Area residents should be especially excited, as this venture is expected to create thousands of new jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is sure to be a boon to California's flagging economy. Tesla fans as well should rejoice as the new partnership will allow the EV start-up to bring its highly coveted, iconic design to into more affordable electric vehicles like the Model S sedan, which will sell for $49,900 and gets 300 miles on a 3-5 hour charge."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- London's Mayor Promises London-Wide Wireless For 2012 Olympics
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/45RQ08pa_qk/Londons-Mayor-Promises-London-Wide-Wireless-For-2012-Olympics)
Pax681 writes "[London Mayor] Boris Johnson declared that London will have all bus stops and lamp posts Wi-Fi enabled by 2012 for the Olympics. In an article on Tech Eye, Boris waxes lyrical (or as lyrical as he can get) about how it would be done at a Google Zeitgeist event in Hertfordshire. These would be public Wi-Fi hotpots; as such, would these break the new law on open access points? Would they be just the thing for people to use to infringe with impunity and anonymously bypass the chances of running foul of the Digital Economy Act?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Outlines Feature Set For Android 2.2
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/W-OtM4oN6kU/Google-Outlines-Feature-Set-For-Android-22)
evdotorrey writes "Google announced new features and improvements for Android 2.2. New features include Flash and HTML 5 support, faster browser performance using the V8 engine, Microsoft Exchange support, a Portable Hotspot feature that makes your phone a Wi-Fi hotspot, and many more exciting features." An anonymous reader adds some more on the new release, codenamed Froyo: "Google claims the operating system will be from two to five times faster thanks to advances made in the compilers and the Dalvik virtual machine it uses, and how it is ported to new processors and platforms. On the enterprise front the new operating system comes with full support for Microsoft Exchange, including access to the global address book and the ability to translate native security features to mobile handsets. APIs have also been added to allow controls such as the automatic wiping of missing handsets and other remote management features. Google is also making its voice translation and search APIs open to developers, and showed off an application developed for the handset that allowed real time translation from English to French."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google's Streetview Privacy Snafu Prompts Lawsuit
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qXVMcd39Nsc/Googles-Streetview-Privacy-Snafu-Prompts-Lawsuit)
shmG writes "Google's secret data collection has prompted a class-action lawsuit that could force the company to pay up to $10,000 for each time it recorded data from unprotected hotspots, court documents show. The incident, which the company claims to have been unintentional, has prompted the ire of governments and privacy groups around the world. Google collected information that could be used to identify users, including 'the user's unique or chosen Wi-Fi network name, the unique number given to the user's hardware ... [and] data consisting of all or part of any documents, e-mails, video, audio, and VoIP information being sent over the network by the user,' the suit stated."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Microsoft's New Attempt To Dominate Robotics
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NModaYZHXGQ/Microsofts-New-Attempt-To-Dominate-Robotics)
An anonymous reader writes "IEEE Spectrum reports that Microsoft's Robotics Group is announcing new world domination plans — at least for the robotics world. The company is making its Robotics Developer Studio (RDS), which includes Microsoft's CCR and DSS runtime toolkit, available to anyone for free. Why make it a freebie? Because the company wants to expand its RDS base and get a grip on the robotics development space, hoping big things will come out of it."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Penn. AG Corbett Subpoenas Twitter For Bloggers' Names
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XrMh3sb9Jag/Penn-AG-Corbett-Subpoenas-Twitter-For-Bloggers-Names)
Dthief writes with this from Pennsylvania's ABC27 News: "The state attorney general's office has issued a subpoena threatening officials of the social networking service Twitter with arrest unless they reveal the names of two bloggers who have been critical of Attorney General Tom Corbett and his public corruption investigation. Vic Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union told Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV that the court action 'raises grave concerns about abuse of the grand jury process to retaliate against political critics and opponents.' He said Americans 'have a right to criticize government officials and to do so anonymously.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Benchmark Software For Windows 7 Rollout?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/I81tKe3RElk/Benchmark-Software-For-Windows-7-Rollout)
tdisalvo writes "We are doing a Windows 7 rollout and I will have to compare major PC vendors. I am looking for vendor-neutral tests that will give me the data I need to present an educated opinion to my CIO. Clear, pretty charts are nice since it is for C level execs, and we need to make it understandable for nontechnical as well as technical people. More specifically, I am looking for something that will clearly show how the same processor performs (better or worse) with a particular build, motherboard, RAM, power supply, etc. My plan is to get very similar machines from major vendors and see which one's build has the highest independent benchmarks. Something with which I could test multiple computers and report on the differences in score would be ideal."

As usual, free is an advantage.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Why Overheard Cell Phone Chats Are Annoying
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pVvlq-G1QOY/Why-Overheard-Cell-Phone-Chats-Are-Annoying)
__roo writes "American researchers think they have found the answer to the question of why overhearing cell phone chats are annoying. According to scientists at Cornell University, when only half of the conversation is overheard, it drains more attention and concentration than when overhearing two people talking. According to one researcher, 'We have less control to move away our attention from half a conversation (or halfalogue) than when listening to a dialogue. Since halfalogues really are more distracting and you can't tune them out, this could explain why people are irritated.' Their study will be published in the journal Psychological Science."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Symantec To Buy VeriSign's Authentication Business
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Lq-dBKa9bgw/Symantec-To-Buy-VeriSigns-Authentication-Business)
overThruster writes "Security giant Symantec is taking another step toward global domination of the information security market with the purchase of VeriSign's authentication business. Back in April they purchased PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge. VeriSign is the best known Certificate Authority; they are virtually synonymous with certificates for SSL and PKI. It seems like this could dilute the trust value of their brand rather than enhance it. It is not clear yet what effects this will have on VeriSign customers but the cynic in me says it can't be good. In terms of putting all your eggs in one basket, this will sure make Symantec a juicy target for hackers (as if they weren't already). Imagine you could hack one company and control a large chunk of endpoint security software and the bulk of the Internet's public key infrastructure."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- House Votes To Expand National DNA Arrest Database
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/kOC8FKVZSYg/House-Votes-To-Expand-National-DNA-Arrest-Database)
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from CNET: "Millions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly extracted and added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. By a 357 to 32 vote, the House approved legislation that will pay state governments to require DNA samples, which could mean drawing blood with a needle, from adults 'arrested for' certain serious crimes. Not one Democrat voted against the database measure, which would hand out about $75 million to states that agree to make such testing mandatory. ... But civil libertarians say DNA samples should be required only from people who have been convicted of crimes, and argue that if there is probable cause to believe that someone is involved in a crime, a judge can sign a warrant allowing a blood sample or cheek swab to be forcibly extracted."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Long Odds For Online Gaming Legislation In US
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tE1FG0obuT0/Long-Odds-For-Online-Gaming-Legislation-In-US)
crimeandpunishment writes "The odds of Congress passing legislation to legalize and tax online gaming are probably no better than those of filling an inside straight, but some lawmakers are pushing for it anyway, hoping to lay the foundation for future passage. At a hearing Wednesday, one lawmaker cited numbers from industry analysts that Americans bet nearly $100 billion a year on the Internet, generating $5 billion for offshore operators. He said laws to prevent online gaming are no more effective than Prohibition was to alcohol."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google TV Announced With Intel, Sony, and Logitech
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jUKHwukCjKo/Google-TV-Announced-With-Intel-Sony-and-Logitech)
MojoKid writes "Google's own I/O conference in California is wrapping up today, but not before the company goes out with a serious bang. Google just announced something that has been rumored for a while now: Google TV. Basically, Google is taking the Apple TV concept, but going way overboard by introducing apps, screen customization, and channel searching. Following Google's own announcement, Intel stepped in to provide some backbone to the story. Google is obviously using the big players to move Google TV forward, with Intel, DISH Network, Best Buy, and Adobe firmly on board. Google TV itself is based on Android, runs the Google Chrome browser, and will allow users to access all of their usual TV channels as well as a world of Internet and cloud-based information and applications, including Adobe Flash-based content."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Apple Reverses iPad "No Cash Purchase" Policy
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/O3pHQD9FCto/Apple-Reverses-iPad-No-Cash-Purchase-Policy)
ZipK writes "After a few days of bad publicity, Apple has reversed its no cash purchase policy, explaining that the policy was originally implemented to limit the number of iPads an individual could buy during the introductory period of short supply. Now that supply has caught up with demand — and the story has hit front pages and gained national attention — Apple has reversed its policy, and taken the opportunity to put a bow on the story by giving the formerly scorned Diane Campbell a free iPad."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Synthetic Genome Drives Bacterial Cell
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/e8z7e1yXe2g/Synthetic-Genome-Drives-Bacterial-Cell)
Dr. Eggman writes "Physorg.com brings us news of a synthetic genome, produced by the J. Craig Venter Institute, being used in an existing bacterial cell for the first time. Using a combination of biological hosts, the technique produces short strings of DNA by machine which are then inserted into yeast to be stitched together via DNA-repair enzymes. The medium sequences are passed into E. coli and back into yeast. After three rounds, a genome of three million base pairs was produced." (More below.)

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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-- How can I put MP3 songs onto a music CD?
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: I have a number of songs which I downloaded from the Napster program while it was still in operation. These songs are now in MP3 file form . Is it possible to change the file form to wav so that I might put them on a cd disc. These are old songs from the 60's and are not readily available today but the oldies is the type of music I prefer. I do not want them in Mp3 form as I have no interest in investing in MP3 players. It is my understanding that they must be in the wav form in order to play cd's in my car or sterio system. Correct me if I am misinformed. I be most appreciative if anyone can instruct me how to perform this procedure.

Answer: You are correct, MP3s can not be played from normal music CDs. There are many many MP3 converters out there, I suggest you visit www.downloads.com and search for "mp3 to wav converter" - I found a lot when I searched!The best option is to just try them out, convert them and play the wavs to see if the conversion is satisfactory.There are also some specialised programs to do this, and then write the music onto CD - just look on the interent, downloads.com is a good place to start.

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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6. Internet Advice
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-- What Is "SaaS" (Software as a Service)?(http://netforbeginners.about.com/b/2010/05/21/what-is-cloud-computing.htm)

In the vein of "Web 2.0" and "ASP", the concept of "SaaS/Cloud Computing" is here, and it is scaring Microsoft into offering Office 2010 online for free. You see,Â Software as...

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