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Sunday the 23rd of May 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Sunday the 23rd 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

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1. Latest Virus Alerts From Sophos
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Troj/Poison-CA on 23 May 2010 04:05:34 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpoisonca.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/VB-EQQ on 23 May 2010 04:05:34 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojvbeqq.html?_log_from=rss
W32/EggDrop-BO on 23 May 2010 04:05:34 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32eggdropbo.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NKE on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnke.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/FakeAV-BHK on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojfakeavbhk.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Mdrop-CPH on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojmdropcph.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/VBInj-K on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojvbinjk.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Zbot-PN on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojzbotpn.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Zbot-PO on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojzbotpo.html?_log_from=rss
W32/Bdoor-AZB on 22 May 2010 23:17:08 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32bdoorazb.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- China Rejects US Piracy Claims As "Groundless"
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/EkcYaoTQY2Y/China-Rejects-US-Piracy-Claims-As-Groundless)
eldavojohn writes "Earlier this month, a United States piracy list fingered China, Russia and Canada as the first, second and third worst governments (respectively) for enforcing copyright policy in the world. China's Foreign Ministry has rejected these claims as 'groundless' just before meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday and Tuesday in Beijing to address copyright policy. The official Chinese statement read, 'The involved US Congress members should respect the fact and stop making groundless accusations against China.' The plan nevertheless remains to use the visit to pressure China into overhauling their failed attempts to curb piracy since software piracy in China appears to be a social norm with the Chinese government possibly even leading by example."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- New iConji Language For the Symbol-Minded Texter
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UNE8BwP2Img/New-iConji-Language-For-the-Symbol-Minded-Texter)
billdar writes "As texting evolves into its own language, a Northern Colorado Business Review article covers an ambitious project to develop a new symbol-based language called iConji for mobile texting and online chatting. 'iConji is a set of user-created 32x32-pixel symbols that represent words or ideas, not dissimilar from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics or American Sign Language.' There is an instructional video for the iPhone app and it is also integrated into Facebook."
Behind this project is Kai Staats, formerly CEO of Terra Soft Solutions, the original developer of Yellow Dog Linux.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- H.264 and VP8 Compared
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XtE3qKoLLoo/H264-and-VP8-Compared)
TheReal_sabret00the writes with a snippet from StreamingMedia.com: "VP8 is now free, but if the quality is substandard, who cares? Well, it turns out that the quality isn't substandard, so that's not an issue, but neither is it twice the quality of H.264 at half the bandwidth. See for yourself."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Air Force Sets Date To Fly Mach-6 Scramjet
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YyoPzF-vc-g/Air-Force-Sets-Date-To-Fly-Mach-6-Scramjet)
coondoggie writes "The US Air Force said it was looking to launch its 14-foot long X-51A Waverider on its first hypersonic flight test attempt May 25. The unmanned X-51A is expected to fly autonomously for five minutes, after being released from a B-52 Stratofortress off the southern coast of California. The Waverider is powered by a supersonic combustion scramjet engine, and will accelerate to about Mach 6 as it climbs to nearly 70,000 feet. Once flying, the X-51 will transmit vast amounts of data to ground stations about the flight, then splash down into the Pacific. There are no plans to recover the flight test vehicle, one of four built, the Air Force stated."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Science Luminary Martin Gardner Dead at 95
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4mzIX7juvdI/Science-Luminary-Martin-Gardner-Dead-at-95)
From James Randi's blog comes word that science writer Martin Gardner has died at the age of 95. I never met Gardner, but one of his books (Entertaining Science Experiments With Everyday Objects) has been a favorite of mine since I was 6 or 7 years old; I didn't realize until just now quite how many books he authored.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Installing Android 2.2 "Froyo" On the Nexus One
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CG9lKwH4w_E/Installing-Android-22-Froyo-On-the-Nexus-One)
gjt writes "I awoke this morning to see TechCrunch's MG Siegler post what appeared to be the first news of Froyo's availability. I frantically went to my phone's settings and tried to check for an update -oe but no luck. Then I went to xda-developers.com and sure enough there was a very long thread (now over 132 pages) of fellow eager beavers waiting for release (and trying to figure out how to get it). Several hours went by waiting for a semi-technical user to get the update and check the Android logs for the download location. It turns out you can get it straight from Google. With the information scattered around in different places I decided to consolidate the How-To into a single post." Note: According to attached comments, and to the TechCrunch story, it seems this is a staggered rollout, so not every Android owner may be able to try it out yet.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/8jCKTSZiWnw/Food-Bloggers-Giving-Restaurant-Owners-Heartburn)
crimeandpunishment writes "Call it the invasion of the pasta paparazzi. Food bloggers are so excited about sharing their experiences, especially at trendy, popular restaurants, that they're too busy taking pictures and video to enjoy the food when it's at its best. Many signature dishes come out at the perfect temperature ... take a few minutes to capture what it looks like, and your palate won't be nearly as pleased. Some restaurants have taken the step of banning cameras, or at least have established a 'no flash' rule. Others just want to make sure enthusiastic reviewers are still enthused after eating their food."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km In China
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wG-y_D-F9PA/Quantum-Teleportation-Achieved-Over-16-km-In-China)
Laxori666 writes "Scientists in China have succeeded in teleporting information between photons farther than ever before. They transported quantum information over a free space distance of 16 km (10 miles), much farther than the few hundred meters previously achieved, which brings us closer to transmitting information over long distances without the need for a traditional signal."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Oil Arrives In Louisiana; Defense Booms Inadequate
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UweCX2vsuRg/Oil-Arrives-In-Louisiana-Defense-Booms-Inadequate)
eldavojohn writes "People in mainland Louisiana are seeing the beginnings of the oil's full effects on wildlife in the area. Sticky, rust-colored oil covers the reeds like a latex paint, indicating that the efforts to lay miles of floating booms to keep it away from the fragile marshes are useless. They are experiencing what the Plaquemines (mouth of Mississippi River) saw last week, and it now appears that their defenses were inadequate. Only time will tell how much worse it can get as BP still scrambles for a solution. NPR also ran a story critical of Obama's 'scientific approach' that he promised to use in office and how well it's being applied and holding up during this crisis."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Federal Court Issues Permanent Injunction For Isohunt
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/KcasvSRx2xs/Federal-Court-Issues-Permanent-Injunction-For-Isohunt)
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from NewTeeVee: "Judge Stephen Wilson of the US District Court of California, Southern District, issued a permanent injunction (PDF) against the popular torrent site Isohunt yesterday, forcing the site and its owner Garry Fung to immediately prevent access to virtually all Hollywood movies. The injunction theoretically leaves the door open for the site to deploy a strict filtering system, but its terms are so broad that Isohunt has little choice but to shut down or at the very least block all US visitors. ... The verdict states that they have to cease 'hosting, indexing, linking to, or otherwise providing access to any (torrent) or similar files' that can be used to download the studios' movies and TV shows. Studios have to supply Isohunt with a list of titles of works they own, and Isohunt has to start blocking those torrents within 24 hours."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Microsoft Windows 3.0 Is 20 Years Today
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-SnrNYh26vU/Microsoft-Windows-30-Is-20-Years-Today)
siliconbits writes "Some say that the Windows 3.0 GUI (remember, it needed MS-DOS or DR-DOS to work) was the single most important version, as it allowed Microsoft to get its day. The first truly successful Windows operating system is 20 years old today; Windows 3.0 was launched on 22 May 1990 and was the successor to Windows 2.1x."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Conservative Textbook Curriculum Passes Final Vote In Texas
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/rttfPfux9So/Conservative-Textbook-Curriculum-Passes-Final-Vote-In-Texas)
suraj.sun sends in a followup to a story we've been following about the Texas Board of Education's efforts to put a more political spin on some of their state's textbooks. From the Dallas Morning News:
"In a landmark move that will shape the future education of millions of Texas schoolchildren, the State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards for US history and other social studies courses that reflect a more conservative tone than in the past. Split along party lines, the board delivered a pair of 9-5 votes to adopt the new standards, which will dictate what is taught in all Texas schools and provide the basis for future textbooks and student achievement tests over the next decade. Texas standards often wind up being taught in other states because national publishers typically tailor their materials to Texas, one of the biggest textbook purchasers in the country. Approval came after the GOP-dominated board approved a new curriculum standard that would encourage high school students to question the legal doctrine of church-state separation — a sore point for social conservative groups who disagree with court decisions that have affirmed the doctrine, including the ban on school-sponsored prayer."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Malware on Hijacked Subdomains, a New Trend?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/yZmMhcjDlfQ/Malware-on-Hijacked-Subdomains-a-New-Trend)
The Unmask Parasites blog discusses a technique attackers are using more and more often recently: modifying a compromised site's DNS settings to redirect various subdomains to different IPs that serve up malware, often leaving site administrators none the wiser. Quoting:
"It is clear that hackers have figured out that subdomains of legitimate websites are an almost infinite source of free domain names for their attack sites. With access to DNS settings, they can create arbitrary subdomains that point to their own servers. Such subdomains can hardly be noticed by domain owners who rarely check their DNS records after the initial domain configuration. And they cost nothing to hackers. I wonder if using hijacked subdomains of legitimate websites is a new trend in malware distribution or just a temporarily solution that won't be widely adopted by cybercriminals in the long run (like dynamic DNS domains last September)."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- The Economist Calls For "Open Source" Biology
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/onhknN0153c/The-Economist-Calls-For-Open-Source-Biology)
Socguy writes "With the announcement earlier this week that a team of researchers has created the first artificial life, The Economist has been pondering the implications of what this brave new frontier means when the power to build living organisms filters through to anyone with a laptop. Traditional methods of restricting and regulating dangerous technology have more or less worked so far, but The Economist thinks that this time may be different. They are calling for an open system where the 'good guys' can see and counter any dangerous organisms that are released, accidentally or otherwise."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Offers Encrypted Web Search Option
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/BBKtU7-H7y0/Google-Offers-Encrypted-Web-Search-Option)
alphadogg writes "People who want to shield their use of Google's Web search engine from network snoops now have the option of encrypting the session with SSL protection. In the case of Google search, SSL will protect the transmission of search queries entered by users and the search results returned by Google servers. Google began rolling out the encrypted version of its Web search engine on Friday. 'We think users will appreciate this new option for searching. It's a helpful addition to users' online privacy and security, and we'll continue to add encryption support for more search offerings,' wrote Evan Roseman, a Google software engineer, in an official blog post."

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 cannot load a bios update for p6lx-b
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: Help, I cannot load bios update for p6lx-b from elitegroup

Answer: http://www.ecsusa.com/ecsusa/www.ecs.com.tw/download/p6lxb.htmGo to this site Graham.MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MB BIOS FILE !!!I cant stress this enough.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Download the pbxxxx.exe (the proper bios file for your mb)Download the aflashxx.exe (the proper flashing file for your mb)Create a dos bootable disk (or borrow one)Unexpand (run) the pbxxxx.exe file onto the floppyIt will expand to either a BIN or AWD fileCopy the aflashxx.exe file to the floppy********************************************************************READ the TXT or README file!!!!!!! befoire you do anything**********************************************************************Do not skip this readingBoot from the floppy.Run the aflash program********Use the SAVE feature to save your old bios!!!!!!!!!Start the flash, if ANYthing goes wrong, reload your old bios fileif not save and exit and rebootremove the floppyBoot to your normal bios.Accept the default settingsSave and rebootRe-enter the bios and set it up the way you like.

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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