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Thursday the 24th of June 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Thursday the 24th 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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Troj/Agent-NSW on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnsw.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NSX on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnsx.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NSZ on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnsz.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Banker-EZH on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojbankerezh.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/DelfInj-T on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojdelfinjt.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Dropr-DH on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojdroprdh.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/DwnLdr-IHF on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojdwnldrihf.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/PDFJs-KT on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpdfjskt.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Poison-CG on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpoisoncg.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/VB-ESO on 24 June 2010 11:35:03 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojvbeso.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- YouTube Gets a Vuvuzela Button (Seriously)
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/bQ_B0O9crlY/YouTube-Gets-a-Vuvuzela-Button-Seriously)
teh31337one writes "YouTube always has had a way with pranks. Some time in the last hour, the world's largest video portal activated a new button on some videos that looks like a tiny soccer ball. Clicking it will activate an endless, incredibly annoying sound that sounds vaguely like a swarm of insects. Or, for anyone who has been watching the World Cup, like the dreaded Vuvuzela — an instrument commonly played in South Africa at football (soccer) games. South Africa is, of course, the host country for this year's World Cup, and fans watching the games have been subjected to the vuvuzela's mindless drone for hours on end. The noise is so annoying that television networks have taken measures to filter it out, and guides have popped up showing viewers how to block it from their TV sets and computers. I'm not seeing the button show up on all videos, but it is definitely appearing on some clips that aren't soccer related.."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Visa Launches PayPal Alternative
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4_X0Zmd6ZCU/Visa-Launches-PayPal-Alternative)
An anonymous reader writes "Visa has entered the micropayment processing space with payclick, a pre-paid hosted service that will compete with the likes of PayPal. Payclick is aimed at teenagers purchasing online content like music and games where the value of the transaction is likely to be less than $20. Like PayPal, payclick is an online money repository that people can pay into with a bank account or credit card (Visa or MasterCard) and then use the funds to purchase products online. The service was developed and launched in Australia with a view for global markets. PayPal integration is not there yet, but parents can monitor the amount of funds their under-18 children have to spend online. For e-commerce sites, an SDK is available for payclick integration."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- New Xbox 360 S Uses Less Power, Makes Less Noise
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iG1SyG7UhS8/New-Xbox-360-S-Uses-Less-Power-Makes-Less-Noise)
Vigile writes "Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox 360 S console at E3 this month, and without delay the new machine has been dissected and tested. The most dramatic change is the move to a single-chip CPU/GPU hybrid processor that is apparently being built on the 45nm process technology from GlobalFoundries, AMD's spun-off production facilities. With the inclusion of the new processor, the Xbox 360 S uses much less power (about 30-40%) compared to previous generation machines, and also turns out to be much quieter as a result of a single, larger fan. This article has photographic evidence of the teardown, with comparisons between this Valhalla platform and the older Falcon system, along with videos of the reconstruction process and noise comparisons."
The new console also takes measures to protect itself from overheating, so RRoDs shouldn't be a problem with this revision.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Study Finds Google Is More Trusted Than Traditional Media
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/SnwIF8CDFLc/Study-Finds-Google-Is-More-Trusted-Than-Traditional-Media)
According to a study by market research company Zogby International, people trust Google, Apple, and Microsoft more than the traditional media. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter scored lowest on the trust scale, but still soundly beat the media. From the article: "The traditional media received little sympathy from the public, with only eight percent of all adults and six percent of young adults saying they trusted them."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Nintendo 3DS GPU Revealed
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7bhMpYAFPxQ/Nintendo-3DS-GPU-Revealed)
An anonymous reader writes "The GPU for the Nintendo 3DS has just been revealed, and it's not made by Nvidia, ATI, or even Imagination Technologies. Instead, Nintendo has signed up Japanese startup Digital Media Professionals (DMP) in a deal that sees the company's PICA200 chip churning out the 3-D visuals. For the first time in Nintendo's history, the 3DS will feature a GPU with programmable shaders, rather than a fixed-function pipeline, meaning the 3DS is more graphically versatile than the Wii. Among the PICA200's features are 2x anti-aliasing, per-pixel lighting, subdivision primitives, and soft shadows. As well as featuring DMP's own 'Maestro' extensions, the PICA200 also fully supports OpenGL ES 1.1. The architecture supports four programmable vertex units and up to four pixel pipelines."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Apple Sues HTC Again Over Patents
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2a84XtRpULA/Apple-Sues-HTC-Again-Over-Patents)
recoiledsnake writes "Apple is suing HTC again over patent infringement. Apple is adding two new patents to the 20 included in the earlier case while adding additional details to two patents included previously. Although Android is not mentioned in any of the court documents, many of the patent infringement complaints refer to the software rather than the hardware that HTC manufactures, leading to speculation that Google is the real target, especially considering that Android sales are surpassing the iPhone's. With HTC countersuing Apple, Microsoft siding with HTC over Android, and Apple trying to stop import of Nokia phones, it seems like Apple has set off a patent Armageddon in the mobile space."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Australia Gets Its First Female Prime Minister
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/nZwbfUCBqd8/Australia-Gets-Its-First-Female-Prime-Minister)
An anonymous reader writes "Julia Gillard has been elected unopposed to the Labor leadership, seizing power in a bloodless Parliament House coup after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd decided not to contest this morning's leadership ballot. Ms. Gillard will now be sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister. Emerging from this morning's meeting, she said she felt 'very honored' and said she would be making a statement shortly. Treasurer Wayne Swan now steps up as deputy prime minister. He was also elected unopposed."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Shares Insights On Accelerating Web Sites
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YgzEu2w3JSE/Google-Shares-Insights-On-Accelerating-Web-Sites)
miller60 writes "The average web page takes 4.9 seconds to load and includes 320 KB of content, according to Google executive Urs Holzle. In his keynote at the O"Reilly Velocity conference on web performance, Holzle said that competition from Chrome has made Internet Explorer and Firefox faster. He also cited the potential for refinements to TCP, DNS, and SSL/TLS to make the web a much faster place, and cited compressing headers as a powerful performance booster. Holzle also noted that Google's ranking algorithm now includes a penalty for sites that load too slowly."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Experts Say ACTA Threatens Public Interest
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/L-NDJSImNt8/Experts-Say-ACTA-Threatens-Public-Interest)
langelgjm writes "In the lead up to next week's Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations in Lucerne, a conference that drew over 90 academics and experts from six continents has released a statement issuing a harsh condemnation of both the substance and process of the agreement. Held last week at American University's Washington College of Law, the attendees say, 'We find that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threaten numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed by negotiators.' The 'urgent communique' covers more than the usual ACTA topics of interest on Slashdot: in addition to the agreement's effect on the Internet, it also considers the effects on access to medicines, international trade, and developing countries. Meanwhile, Public Knowledge has an action alert where you can send a note to the White House expressing your opposition to ACTA."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- NYC Governor Wants To Expand DNA Database
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/3mtwUK5AvhY/NYC-Governor-Wants-To-Expand-DNA-Database)
crimeandpunishment writes "If Governor David Paterson has his way, New York would take DNA samples from even the lowest level of criminal, doubling the state's DNA database. He says it would help to both solve crimes and clear people who were wrongly convicted. New York would become the first state in the country to do this. Currently DNA isn't collected in most misdemeanors. The plan is getting lots of support among law enforcement, but the New York Civil Liberties Union says there are questions about privacy."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- David X. Cohen Talks About Futurama's New Season
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iHNLvOun2qc/David-X-Cohen-Talks-About-Futuramas-New-Season)
joelkeller writes "I spoke to David X. Cohen, executive producer of Futurama, about the upcoming season, which premieres on June 24 on Comedy Central. He talks about the season finale (!) and how the show is always on the precipice of cancellation."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Dot-Org TLD Signed For DNSSEC
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/g_7vYypYhqM/Dot-Org-TLD-Signed-For-DNSSEC)
graychase writes "A major milestone is reached as the first major top-level domain (.org) is now secured with DNSSEC. The expense to .org for implementing DNSSEC on its infrastructure and operations has not been a small one. While specific figures as to the cost of DNSSEC implementation haven't been released, Afilias, which is the technical operator of the .org registry, told InternetNews.com in 2009 that the DNSSEC implementation would be a multi-million-dollar effort. The cost isn't going to be passed on by .org to domain registrars. The move toward securing the .org registry with DNS security started in September 2008, following the Kaminsky DNS flaw disclosure."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- YouTube Granted Safe Harbor From Viacom
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UZ5ZX4D0LOY/YouTube-Granted-Safe-Harbor-From-Viacom)
eldavojohn writes "It's an old case, but there was an interesting development today when a judge ruled that YouTube is protected from Viacom by the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA, since YouTube helps rights owners manage their rights online and works cooperatively with entities like Viacom. Google's calling it a victory, but I'm not sure if Viacom will take this without a fight."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Skype Releases Open SDK
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XtW-snOeLZM/Skype-Releases-Open-SDK)
An anonymous reader writes "SkypeKit gives Linux developers access to core functionality, allowing Linux developers to add video, calling, and instant messaging features to desktop applications. The SDK also comes with the freshly royalty-free SILK codec for high-end audio. Skype is hoping that the inclusion of SILK will popularize the codec, extending its reach. Currently, the SkypeKit beta is only available for Linux on an invite-only basis, with Windows and Mac versions planned in coming weeks. The SDK does not cover Android or Mac, an odd choice considering the announcement of SkypeKit championed itself for extending the functionality of Skype to multiple platforms and devices. Including smartphones in the SDK seems like an obvious move." Ars Technica has a rundown, too.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- IEEE Releases 802.3ba Standard
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Mvush9H2zi8/IEEE-Releases-8023ba-Standard)
An anonymous reader writes "EEE announced the ratification of IEEE 802.3ba, a new standard governing 40Gbps and 100Gbps Ethernet operations. An amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, IEEE 802.3ba, the first standard ever to simultaneously specify two new Ethernet speeds, paves the way for the next generation of high-rate server connectivity and core switching. The new standard will act as the catalyst needed for unlocking innovation across the greater Ethernet ecosystem. IEEE 802.3ba is expected to trigger further expansion of the 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet family of technologies by driving new development efforts, as well as providing new aggregation speeds that will enable 10Gbps Ethernet network deployments."

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 do you deleate items on privacy report explorer 6?
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: How do you deleate items on privacy report explorer 6?

Answer: It depends on what you mean by "delete". To clear the report of any web pages and cookies, clear your temporary Internet files, cookies, and history. While in Internet Explorer 6, go to Tools, Internet Options, Delete Cookies, then Delete Files, Then Clear History...This should clear the privacy Report. To be sure you have removed everything, you may also want to go to your Temporary Internet files Folder (in XP, usually located in C:/Documents and Setting/Default/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files. You may see a lot of cookies and internet-related files here. You should clear this folder periodically to prevent it from becoming too large...Edit, Select All, Delete. If you want to change the way Internet Explorer Privacy handles certain web sites and cookies, 'right click' on the cookie listed in the privacy report and you can choose to have it Always Accept, Always Reject or use the default method for the current privacy settings. What privacy setting works best for any person recquires "experimenting" with different settings to see what is most desirable.

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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6. Internet Advice
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-- What's a 'Zip' File? How Do They Work?(http://netforbeginners.about.com/b/2010/06/24/whats-a-zip-file-how-do-they-work.htm)

OK. You've just downloaded a "zipped" movie, or perhaps your sister has just sent you zipped photos of her new house. These "Zip" files do not automatically open on your...

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