December 30, 2004
The Phel Trojan horse is a new Trojan infecting computers running Microsoft's Windows XP. Phel.a attempts to exploit a vulnerability found in October in how Internet Explorer and Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle help files called from Web pages. If Phel.a successfully executes, it downloads additional code from another server including a backdoor component that can be used by the attacker to later access the infected PC remotely.
No patch is currently available. The code in Phel is currently being examined by Microsoft analysts. You can stop the Trojan with Anti-virus software or by disabling IE's Active scripting.
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December 25, 2004
Surprise. Three new vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft's Windows operating system, leaving computers using that OS open to possible hacker attacks - extends to PCs running the recently released XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). Antivirus company Symantec Corp. confirmed that unpatched Windows vulnerabilities could pose a serious risk for exploits via malicious Web pages and e-mail messages after security researchers published the details of the heap overflow vulnerabilities in messages posted to online security news groups. The flaws affect most supported versions of Windows, Microsoft has not issued a patch for the newly disclosed holes.
One of the three security vulnerabilities involves image handling. The other two risks are found in the Help system and in Window's ANI authentication.
Symantec suggested you make sure virus definitions include the Bloodhound.Exploit.19 signature and that you should block e-mail attachments with an .hlp extension, avoid untrusted sites or e-mail messages from unknown sources, and read messages in plaintext format.
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December 22, 2004
King Young has released an update to their Sumicom line of small-form computers. The 5.7"(W) x 9.8"(D) x 1.65"(H) system (about the size of a CD-ROM drive bay, looks like one too) it is apparently the worlds smallest umm PC. Features include Intel's Pentium M and Celeron M. CPUs support, 2.5in HDD drives which the company claims are the world's smallest. A barebones unit will cost you about $439 which gets you 1.3GHz processor, USB 2.0 interface, Built-in high speed Ethernet 10/100Mbps LAN controller, Intel Extreme Graphics 2 and Support DDR 266/333 MHz DIMM. The Big factor about this PC is that it is small, and can be modified to fit your needs.
- Seen at Engadget
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December 20, 2004
E-lets JP has announced the Sv10 a new miniature personal computer to the Be Silent Series. The Sv10 goes on sale in Japan January 2005 for around 71,400 Yen. Measures 168x160x64mm & weighs 1.4 kg. That is about the width of 4 ping pong balls.
Features includes 4 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, PS/2x2, built-in video function - maximum resolution 1,400x1,280 dot (32bit color), C3 1GHz processor and one SO-DIMM slot supports up to 1GB of memory.
- MORE via impress.co.jp
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NEC has announced the development of interchangeable technology which will can read HD DVD/DVD/CD with one optical head, in addition to bringing the HD DVD format to your PC, this technology should make way for smaller PCs. NEC is currently testing technology. MORE news on this as it becomes available.
- Seen at imnpress.co.jp(jp)
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December 15, 2004
Green House has announced the addition of the white "GH-CATG150SW" model to their 15" cat frame liquid crystal display "i-Mii" series. The white model will be available later this month - 39,800 Yen. Joins the Orange & Green Models announced in September
The display has a resolution of 1024x768 (XGA) with 1,619,000 colors. It connects to a computer via a D-Sub 15 pin cable. The size of the unit is 433x61.8x425.1mm with a weight of 3.2 kg.
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Stockist - VoodooPC has a new line of PCs for the gaming enthusiast I must say there is something I find very attractive the VoodooPC dual SLI Rage f:5, maybe it's that "you cannot afford $5000" factor or maybe it's the liquid-cooling technique which should keep things real quiet - plus less cleaning worries. I will get back to you on that.
The new Rage f:5 uses two Nvidia graphics cards incorporating the company's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology & can run its Athlon processor 15 percent to 20 percent faster than its rated speed (based on VoodooPC engineer test).
Available now - Starts at $5000
via Engadget
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December 9, 2004
 Canadian artists Marc Bohlen and J. T. Rinker have developed the Universal Whistling Machine(U.W.M.) -- in an attempt at developing a new language communication system that computers can understand, the system is a tone-based interpreter of whistles. Using a computation system similar to the chips in mobile phones, the U. W. M. can extract whistles from other sounds, and exchange passages with humans, each other, and animals. Over time, it builds a database of every whistle its ever heard, increasing its vocabulary and range.
- MORE via We-Make-Money-Not-Art
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