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Saturday the 17th of July 2010

Welcome to the Helpforce Daily Briefing, on Saturday the 17th of July 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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Mal/Agent-BB on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malagentbb.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/DownLdr-AH on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/maldownldrah.html?_log_from=rss
Mal/VB-EU on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/malvbeu.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/Agent-NYZ on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojagentnyz.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/FakeAV-BML on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojfakeavbml.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/JSRedir-CC on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojjsredircc.html?_log_from=rss
Troj/PushInf-A on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojpushinfa.html?_log_from=rss
W32/Autoham-C on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32autohamc.html?_log_from=rss
W32/Prolaco-F on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32prolacof.html?_log_from=rss
W32/Taterf-AA on 17 July 2010 03:01:21 Z
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32taterfaa.html?_log_from=rss

2. Latest Technology News From Slashdot
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-- Second SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Now Being Assembled
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7jAoVuDz61E/Second-SpaceX-Falcon-9-Rocket-Now-Being-Assembled)
FleaPlus writes "Six weeks after the first launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, the first stage of the second rocket has finishing production/testing, and has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch as early as September, depending on the pace of a methodical review of the Dragon capsule systems and minor rocket modifications/fixes being made based on data from the inaugural launch. The rocket will launch the first operational unmanned Dragon cargo/crew spacecraft into orbit, where it will perform tests and then reenter off the California coast. CEO/CTO Elon Musk made the intriguing remark that Dragon's heat shield is strong enough to enable a return not only from Earth orbit, but also lunar orbit or Mars velocities as well."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Zephyr Solar Plane Tops 7 Days Aloft
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/egYkTu6qbdU/Zephyr-Solar-Plane-Tops-7-Days-Aloft)
chichilalescu writes "The UK-built Zephyr solar-powered plane has smashed the endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The craft took off from the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona at 1440 BST (0640 local time) last Friday and is still in the air. Maybe we can attach some netbooks, and extend the internet to the clouds."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Motorola Says eFuse Doesn't Permanently Brick Phones
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/0ynTjMUEUQ8/Motorola-Says-eFuse-Doesnt-Permanently-Brick-Phones)
radicalpi writes "Motorola has responded to claims that eFuse is designed to brick your device if you attempt to mod it or install unauthorized bootloaders. Yes, the device will still not operate with unauthorized software, but it will only go into recovery mode until you reinstall the authorized software. According to Motorola: 'If a device attempts to boot with unapproved software, it will go into recovery mode, and can re-boot once approved software is re-installed.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Root DNS Zone Now DNSSEC Signed
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5t8qUdGj6Cg/Root-DNS-Zone-Now-DNSSEC-Signed)
r00tyroot writes with news that slipped by yesterday, quoting from the Internet Systems Consortium's release: "ISC joined other key participants of the Internet technical community in celebrating the achievement of a significant milestone for the Domain Name System today as the root zone was digitally signed for the first time. This marked the deployment of the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) at the top level of the DNS hierarchy and ushers the way forward for further roll-out of DNSSEC in the top level domains and DNS Service Providers."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Ikaros Spacecraft Successfully Propelled In Space
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/j_mSExGXNSQ/Ikaros-Spacecraft-Successfully-Propelled-In-Space)
An anonymous reader writes "Japan's IKAROS spacecraft has already successfully deployed the first solar sail in space, but today it made the only first that really matters: it successfully captured the sun's rays with its 3,000-square-foot sail and used the energy to speed its way through space. Each photon of light exerts 0.0002 pounds of pressure on the 3,000-square-foot sail, and the steady stream of solar exposure has succeeded in propelling the nearly 700-pound drone."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- The Gulf's Great Turtle Relocation Project
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/HVIJ32Xktnk/The-Gulfs-Great-Turtle-Relocation-Project)
An anonymous reader writes "All along the Gulf Coast's beaches it's turtle-hatching season. Conservationists knew the poor hatchlings wouldn't have a chance if they swam out into the oily waters of the Gulf, so they came up with an incredibly ambitious plan: they would dig up 70,000 turtle eggs, carefully raise them in a climate-controlled hanger at the Kennedy Space Center, and release the hatchlings into the clean Atlantic waters off Florida's east coast. Now that project is well underway, and Discover Magazine has pictures of the first batch of hatchlings crawling toward the welcoming waves. But there's a chance all this do-gooding won't do any good. New Scientist found experts who argue that releasing them into the Atlantic rather than into the Gulf will screw up the turtles' navigation systems, which will prevent them from following their normal migratory routes."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Germany To Test Actively-Cooled Spacecraft
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_S1YdDsB5rY/Germany-To-Test-Actively-Cooled-Spacecraft)
FleaPlus writes "The German Aerospace Center is planning to launch a novel reusable spacecraft in 2011, incorporating flat, damage-resistant tiles. Nitrogen will be pumped through the porous tiles, creating a protective gas layer that actively cools and shields the hottest parts of the spacecraft from the searing heat of reentry. The €12.5M unmanned 'SHEFEX II' project is a major technological step toward the team's eventual goal of a reusable space glider, which will be cheaper and easier to build than NASA's space shuttle."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Wine 1.2 Released
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XNxYQ8h6Iqg/Wine-12-Released)
David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Can Drones Really Get National Airspace Access?
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/zdRdYphj9k0/Can-Drones-Really-Get-National-Airspace-Access)
coondoggie writes "There is a push by a variety of proponents to give unmanned aircraft more free rein in US airspace, but safety is a major hitch in that effort. The Federal Aviation Administration said this week that data from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, which flies unmanned systems on border patrols, shows a total of 5,688 flight hours from Fiscal Year 2006 to July 13, 2010. The CBP accident rate is 52.7 accidents per 100,000 flight hours. This accident rate is more than seven times the general aviation accident rate (7.11 accidents/100,000 flight hours) and 353 times the commercial aviation accident rate (0.149 accidents/100,000 flight hours)."
An FAA executive noted that an "accident" refers to a situation in which "the aircraft has done something unplanned or unexpected and violates an airspace regulation."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Google Acquires Metaweb
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/BtxuJ37T49s/Google-Acquires-Metaweb)
eldavojohn writes "A startup called Metaweb (looks like an ontological, entity-based approach to Web 2.0 tagging) has been acquired by Google. You can find out what they're about from a super marketing fluff video they put together. The neat thing about Metaweb is that the database of entities it has is free. Will Google be able to make Metaweb work on their omniscient scale, or was this just Google making sure a startup doesn't become yet another player in search?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- X-Ray Burst Temporarily Blinds NASA Satellite
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/FZ_rbNjEQmQ/X-Ray-Burst-Temporarily-Blinds-NASA-Satellite)
RedEaredSlider writes with news that a recently-detected gamma-ray burst, originating roughly five billion light-years away, was powerful enough to temporarily blind NASA's Swift satellite. Phil Plait has an interesting writeup on the event. Quoting:
"Swift, normally easily able to handle the X-ray load from these explosions, was overwhelmed, and actually shut down temporarily when software detected that the cameras onboard might get damaged by the flood of light. That’s never happened before. The burst was so bright in X-rays it put other GRBs to shame: slamming Swift with 143,000 X-ray photons per second, it was 5 times brighter than the previous record holder, and nearly 200 times as bright as a typical GRB! Weirdly, it didn’t look out of the ordinary in visible light."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- OAuth, OpenID Password Crack Could Affect Millions
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZjQX_0UbVlg/OAuth-OpenID-Password-Crack-Could-Affect-Millions)
CWmike writes "Researchers Nate Lawson and Taylor Nelson say they've discovered a basic security flaw that affects dozens of open-source software libraries — including those used by software that implements the OAuth and OpenID standards — that are used to check passwords and user names when people log into websites such as Twitter and Digg. By trying to log in again and again, cycling through characters and measuring the time it takes for the computer to respond, hackers can ultimately figure out the correct passwords. This may all sound very theoretical, but timing attacks can actually succeed in the real world. Three years ago, one was used to hack Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system, and people who build smart cards have added timing attack protection for years. The researchers plan to discuss their attacks at the Black Hat conference later this month in Las Vegas."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- US Gov't Orders 73,000 Private Websites Offline
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_9MrzACwiOI/US-Govt-Orders-73000-Private-Websites-Offline)
joeszilagyi sends this excerpt from TorrentFreak:
"... according to the owner of a free WordPress platform which hosts more than 73,000 blogs, his network of sites has been completely shut down on the orders of the authorities. Blogetery.com has been with host BurstNet for 7 months, but on Friday July 9th the site disappeared. ... Due to the fact that the authorities aren't sharing information and BurstNet are sworn to secrecy, it is proving almost impossible to confirm the exact reason why Blogetery has been completely taken down. The owner does, however, admit to handling many copyright-related cease and desists in the past, albeit in a timely manner as the DMCA requires."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Apple Offers Free Cases To Solve iPhone 4 Antenna Problems
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4TYXDyafhfU/Apple-Offers-Free-Cases-To-Solve-iPhone-4-Antenna-Problems)
Apple just finished their press conference about the iPhone 4 antenna issues that have been widely reported and discussed in the past few weeks. Steve Jobs started by showing that the problem wasn't limited to iPhones, using videos of the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the HTC Droid Eris, and the Samsung Omnia 2 as examples, all of which dropped bars while being gripped in certain ways. He said, "This is life in the smartphone world. Phones aren't perfect. It's a challenge for the whole industry. Every phone has weak spots." He went on to say that only 0.55% of all iPhone 4 users have called in to complain about reception problems, and that the return rate on the iPhone 4 so far is less than a third of the return rate for the 3GS. Jobs then said that according to their data, the iPhone 4 drops an average of less than one additional call per hundred than the 3GS. He continued by pointing out that because the 3GS was based on the 3G, there was already a large supply of Bumpers, which most customers left the store with. When the iPhone 4 came out, the old Bumpers didn't fit, so stock was lower and fewer customers used them (80% vs. 20%). Therefore, Apple's solution to the antenna problems is to give a free case to every iPhone 4 purchaser before September 30. Refunds will be offered for those who already purchased one. Since they can't make the Bumpers fast enough, they'll be supplying other cases from third parties. Jobs also acknowledged recently reported problems with the proximity sensor, promising a future software update to fix it. Engadget's liveblog of the conference has a ton of pictures and more direct quotes from Jobs. It's worth looking at if only for pictures of Apple's anechoic testing chambers.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

-- Researchers Synthesize Real-Time Fracture Sounds
(http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/twSiJxUZHzo/Researchers-Synthesize-Real-Time-Fracture-Sounds)
ChippedTeapot writes "Researchers at Cornell University have devised an algorithm for synthesizing sounds associated with brittle fracture simulations. Computers can now automatically generate synchronized sound, motion, and graphics for physically based fracture events, such as in future interactive virtual environments. The results will be presented at ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles July 25-29. Check out the smashing results on YouTube."

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 have fitted my CD Burner, what now?
(http://www.helpforce.com)

Question: I have my cd burner hook up but i dont know what to do

Answer: ok, well, it should have come with some drivers, you will need to install these to get it working. If you have not got any drivers, then go to the company's website (if you do not know this, then search in yahoo for it, or try our links page at http://www.helpforce.com/main/elinks.html. If you wish to copy CDs, then you will probably need another piece of software (available via the internet, try www.downloads.com)Please note though, burning data (either programs or audio) to CDs that doesnt belong to you and which you have not got permission for may be illegal

5. Advice of the Day from ask-leo
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