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Tuesday the 1st of June 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Tuesday the 1st of June 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/Agent-AI on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malagentai.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/Agent-AJ on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malagentaj.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/Bifrose-AD on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malbifrosead.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/Refpron-F on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malrefpronf.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/VB-CE on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malvbce.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/VB-CH on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malvbch.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NKF on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnkf.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NML on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnml.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NMM on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnmm.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Backdr-CE on 1 June 2010 09:56:50 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbackdrce.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- Hitachi-LG Debuts HyDrive, Optical Drive With SSD
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Sd3s5fXspEk/Hitachi-LG-Debuts-HyDrive-Optical-Drive-With-SSD)
MojoKid writes "A fairly new Hitachi-LG joint venture announced the world's first hybrid optical drive, called the HyDrive. This unique device is a notebook optical drive with an SSD built in. So when you slide it into your machine and it connects via SATA 3Gbps, your computer recognizes not only a DVD burner / Blu-ray drive, but also a 32GB or 64GB SSD. This configuration allows you to have an SSD without taking up the single 2.5" storage slot within your laptop, so you could then have an optical drive, an SSD, and the standard hard drive as well. There are also a few nice tricks you can play in caching with the on-board SSD. Error correction techniques can be employed that allowed a damaged disk to be be playable." The HyDrive will ship to OEMs in August; a smaller version usable in netbooks is planned for 2011. The Register has some more technical details and specs.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/r08En_vaMLc/GCC-Moving-To-Use-C-Instead-of-C)
An anonymous reader writes "CodeSourcery's Mark Mitchell wrote to the GCC mailing list yesterday reporting that 'the GCC Steering Committee and the FSF have approved the use of C++ in GCC itself. Of course, there's no reason for us to use C++ features just because we can. The goal is a better compiler for users, not a C++ code base for its own sake.' Still undecided is what subset of C++ to use, as many contributors are experts in C, but novices in C++; there is a call for a volunteer to develop the C++ coding standards."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Mobile Game Trojan Calls the South Pole
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/WCG8pX9I7SY/Mobile-Game-Trojan-Calls-the-South-Pole)
UgLyPuNk writes with an excerpt from Gamepron.com: "Freeware games can actually cost you more money than their pay-to-play cousins, as mobile gamers in the UK have learned. A 'booby-trapped' version of a popular Windows Mobile game has been sneakily spending their money while they sleep – by dialing phone numbers in the Antarctic behind their backs."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- "Canadian DMCA" Rising From the Dead
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YrkofF44VHI/Canadian-DMCA-Rising-From-the-Dead)
mandelbr0t writes "The Canadian Conservative government is preparing to reintroduce amended copyright legislation on Thursday (we discussed the rumor some weeks ago). Most sources say that the proposed legislation is very similar to Bill C-61, generally dubbed the 'Canadian DMCA.' It still includes definitions of 'technological protections' and criminalizes 'circumvention' of those protections. Bill C-61 died in the summer of 2008, facing massive opposition from the Canadian public. Once again, it's time for Canadians to get politically active; ORC ran a large campaign with the last attempt, and will likely be updated soon with the new proposed legislation." Read below for more of the submitter's thoughts on the coming battle.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Reportedly Ditching Windows
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tFVSiuqlgj4/Google-Reportedly-Ditching-Windows)
Reader awyeah notes a Financial Times report that Google is ditching the use of Windows internally. Some blogs have picked up the FT piece but so far there isn't any other independent reporting of the claim, which is based on comments from anonymous Googlers. One indication of possibly hasty reporting is the note that Google "employs more than 10,000 workers internationally," whereas it's easy enough to find official word that the total exceeds 20,000. "The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google's Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google. ... 'We're not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,' said one Google employee. ... New hires are now given the option of using Apple's Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. 'Linux is open source and we feel good about it,' said one employee. 'Microsoft we don't feel so good about.' ... Employees wanting to stay on Windows required clearance from 'quite senior levels,' one employee said. 'Getting a new Windows machine now requires CIO approval,' said another employee."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/HiJ1WrgYrMA/Study-Claims-Cellphones-Implicated-In-Bee-Loss)
krou passes along word from Telegraph.co.uk that researchers from Chandigarh's Punjab University claim that they have proven mobile phones could explain Colony Collapse Disorder. "They set up a controlled experiment in Punjab earlier this year comparing the behavior and productivity of bees in two hives — one fitted with two mobile telephones which were powered on for two 15-minute sessions per day for three months. The other had dummy models installed. After three months the researchers recorded a dramatic decline in the size of the hive fitted with the mobile phone, a significant reduction in the number of eggs laid by the queen bee. The bees also stopped producing honey. The queen bee in the 'mobile' hive produced fewer than half of those created by her counterpart in the normal hive. They also found a dramatic decline in the number of worker bees returning to the hive after collecting pollen." We've talked about the honeybee problem before. Today's article quotes a British bee specialist who dismisses talk of cellphone radiation having anything to do with the problem.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- The Life of a South Korean Pro Gamer
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/szynv6VW5W0/The-Life-of-a-South-Korean-Pro-Gamer)
chajath writes with this excerpt from a South Korean newspaper about the lives of professional StarCraft players:
"Prospective gamers take tests based on the skills they have picked up in PC rooms, and passing scores allow them entry into 'clans,' or guilds. Those who aspire to become pro gamers pay move-in fees and go to live at group dormitories, where they practice playing games all day long. Following a 'courage match' for semi-pro certification, the hopefuls must take a test to become apprentices in a pro-gaming group. ... 'The standard in pro gaming groups is for people to live together 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with no traveling to or from work, and for those ranked Group 2 or lower, their entire daily routine consists of eating, cleaning, laundry, and games,' said Kim Jeong-geun. 'Because of this structure of bringing in young people, developing them, and then replacing them when their lifespan is spent and they have been squeezed dry, it has earned the name of "the chicken coop."'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Chameleon-Like Behavior of Neutrino Confirmed
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AE3s1XiJ898/Chameleon-Like-Behavior-of-Neutrino-Confirmed)
Anonymous Apcoheur writes "Scientists from CERN and INFN of the OPERA Collaboration have announced the first direct observation of a muon neutrino turning into a tau neutrino. 'The OPERA result follows seven years of preparation and over three years of beam provided by CERN. During that time, billions of billions of muon-neutrinos have been sent from CERN to Gran Sasso, taking just 2.4 milliseconds to make the trip. The rarity of neutrino oscillation, coupled with the fact that neutrinos interact very weakly with matter, makes this kind of experiment extremely subtle to conduct. ... While closing a chapter on understanding the nature of neutrinos, the observation of neutrino oscillations is strong evidence for new physics. The Standard Model of fundamental particles posits no mass for the neutrino. For them to be able to oscillate, however, they must have mass.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ydVTrn6LFls/Publishers-Campaign-For-Universal-E-Book-Format)
As the battle rages for control of the e-book market, publishers are starting to unite behind a common desire: a universal e-book format. David Shanks, chief executive at Penguin Group USA, said, "Our fondest wish is that all the devices become agnostic so that there isn’t proprietary formats and you can read wherever you want to read. First we have to get a standard that everybody embraces." The company's president, Susan Petersen Kennedy, explained that book publishers did not want to "make the same mistakes as the music industry, which had an epic struggle over electronic distribution and piracy and lost huge market share."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Foxconn Workers Getting Raise With Apple Subsidies
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/KG4OCvtnMXs/Foxconn-Workers-Getting-Raise-With-Apple-Subsidies)
hackingbear writes "Workers at Taiwanese electronic outsourcing manufacturer Foxconn are getting a pay raise after a series of 13 suicides, including three in three consecutive days. According to an article by state-run newspaper China Daily, Apple concluded that the main cause of the suicides is low wages. (The media has also attributed the suicides to a variety of other factors — everything from the semi-military style of management, to long overtime, to China's one-child policy, and Foxconn paying too much compensation to the family of suicide workers, thereby encouraging copycat suicides.) Apple plans to subsidize raises using its own products (Google translation; Chinese original here) — the first one being the iPad. This would raise the outsourcing cost from 2.3% to 3% of the iPad's sales price. The article does not say the amount of the raise per worker, but it is rumored to be about 20%, according to other Chinese news sources."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/duD7TOiewvk/Pedestrian-Follows-Google-Map-Gets-Run-Over-Sues)
Hugh Pickens writes "The Toronto Star reports that a Utah woman is suing Google for more than $100,000 in damages, claiming its maps function gave her walking directions that led her onto a major highway, where she was struck by a car. Lauren Rosenberg sought directions between two addresses in Utah about 3 kilometers apart and the top result suggested that she follow a busy rural highway for several hundred meters. The highway did not have sidewalks or any other pedestrian-friendly amenities, and Rosenberg was struck by a car. Rosenberg filed suit against both the driver of the car that struck her and Google, claiming both carried responsibility in her injury. Her lawyers claim Google is liable because it did not warn her that the route would not offer a safe place for a pedestrian to walk. Google has pointed out that the directions Rosenberg sought come with a warning of caution for pedestrians, but Rosenberg claims that she accessed the Maps function on her Blackberry mobile device, where it did not include the warning."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Ancient Cave Art May Depict Giant Bird Extinct For 40,000 Years
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fTnltT8BPpc/Ancient-Cave-Art-May-Depict-Giant-Bird-Extinct-For-40000-Years)
grrlscientist writes "Recently studied Australian Aboriginal rock art may depict a giant bird that is thought to have become extinct some 40,000 years ago, thereby making it the oldest rock painting on the island continent. The red ochre drawing was first discovered two years ago, but archaeologists were only able to confirm the finding two weeks ago, when they first visited the remote site on the Arnhem Land plateau in north Australia. 'Genyornis was a giant flightless bird that was taller and heavier than either the ostrich or emu. It had powerful legs and tiny wings, and probably closely resembled ducks and geese, its closest living relatives. ... Interestingly, Genyornis bones have been excavated in association with human artifacts in Cuddie Springs in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is likely that humans lived alongside these birds, and some scientists think that humans may have contributed to their extinction."
Jamie recalled that in the essay "A Lesson from the Old Masters," in the volume Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, Stephen Jay Gould thanks our ancestors who drew Irish Elk on cave walls for "providing the only possible evidence for a hump that would otherwise have disappeared into the maw of lost history."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Asus Joins Tablet PC Race
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iuCg5tyQ208/Asus-Joins-Tablet-PC-Race)
WrongSizeGlass writes "Reuters is reporting that netbook pioneer Asustek Computer Inc. has become the latest technology company to jump on the tablet PC bandwagon. The device will be called the Eee Pad, will run on Intel or ARM chips, and use Microsoft's Windows operating system. 'The Eee Pad can display Adobe Flash for the full web experience, has a USB port and a camera,' Asus Chairman Jonney Shih said. Asus did not release pricing details or a potential release date, and did not provide further details on the format or a launch date for the new app store."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Breakthrough In Stem Cell Culturing
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/itJafLwsDZk/Breakthrough-In-Stem-Cell-Culturing)
Science Daily reports that for the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been cultured under chemically controlled conditions without the use of animal substances, which is essential for future clinical uses. "Now, for the first time, we can produce large quantities of human embryonic stem cells in an environment that is completely chemically defined," says professor Karl Tryggvason, who led the study at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet. "This opens up new opportunities for developing different types of cells which can then be tested for the treatment of disease."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- New Sony OLED Display Can Roll Into Cylinder
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Qe6X8ov5aUQ/New-Sony-OLED-Display-Can-Roll-Into-Cylinder)
Anarki2004 writes "Sony recently debuted its latest in OLED technology: a 4.1-inch screen that's only 80 microns thick. The super-flexible display can roll up into a cylinder just 4mm in diameter while still showing moving images at 432×240 resolution. Instead of brittle integrated circuit chips, the screen has an on-panel gate-driven circuit — a world first, according to Sony. That innovation would allow everything but the power supply to roll and flex in applications."

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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6. Internet Advice
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-- The Most Addictive Websites of 2010(http://netforbeginners.about.com/b/2010/06/01/the-most-addictive-websites-of-2010.htm)

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