http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/computers/ en-us Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:56:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046501/posts Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running. Kaspersky will demonstrate how such an attack can be made in a presentation at the upcoming Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during October. The proof-of-concept attacks will show how processor bugs, called errata, can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the... InfoWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046501/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040824/posts Excerpt - Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in "significant quantities" of laptop PCs, the company said Wednesday. Nvidia hasn't determined the exact cause of the problem but said it relates to a packaging material used with some of its chips, as well as the thermal design of some laptops. Modern processors generate considerable amounts of heat. To tackle the problem, the company is releasing a software driver that will cause system fans to start operating sooner and reduce the "thermal stress" on the chips. The driver has been provided to laptop makers directly,... IDG News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040824/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2040408/posts Any P2P experts/insiders on the FR forums here? I've been trying for several months to catch an "open registration" period at Demonoid, but it's always closed. The Demonoid FAQ says it's open for a couple of days each month, usually the first day or two of the month, but that wasn't true this month -- or last month -- unless it's only for an hour or so each time. No matter when or how often I check in, the registration is always closed. Any inside info on when the registrations are likely to be open? I'd ask if any of... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2040408/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:36:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039837/posts Coal, steel, oil — we think of these old-economy industries, and we picture pollution. Smoggy skies, fouled rivers, toxic waste. As we make the transition to a new economy, we imagine that industrial pollution will become a thing of the past. Mobile phones, laptops, MP3 players — they conjure images of spotless semiconductor factories and the eternal summer of Silicon Valley where the digital economy was born. But the tech industry has a dirty little secret: it has toxic waste of its own. Phones and computers contain dangerous metals like lead, cadmium and mercury, which can contaminate the air and... time.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039837/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:29:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035748/posts Is anyone aware of an attack on the American Spectator web site? Upon attempting to access the site (using Windows 2000NT with a Firefox 3 browser) I received the following warning: Looking up the site in Google, I found the following at the top of the entry list: I have sent an email to the editor's attention, but was curious as to whether anyone else has had the same problem. I wonder whether the Kos Kids or the MoveOn Morons have been at work here.... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2035748/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034208/posts County prosecutors allege Omar Khan, 18, of Coto de Caza, and Tanvir Singh, 18, of Ladera Ranch, broke into Tesoro High School in Las Flores to steal tests and change their own and others' grades on the school computer network. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034208/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:13:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031242/posts My Firefox bookmarks on my laptop have completely disappeared. Is there any way they can be retrieved? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031242/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:49:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031000/posts Newswise: Using a convenient and flexible method for creating twin light beams, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have produced quantum images, pairs of information-rich visual patterns whose features are entangled, or inextricably linked by the laws of quantum physics. In addition to promising better detection of faint objects and improved amplification and positioning of light beams, the researchers' technique for producing quantum imagery is unprecedented in its simplicity, versatility, and efficiency, and may someday be useful for storing patterns of data in... Unknowncountry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031000/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:32:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030040/posts BEIJING - China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime. "Is there any evidence? ... Do we have such advanced technology? Even I don't believe it," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regularly scheduled news conference. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., and New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, a senior Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday that their office computers were hacked into by people working from China. Both lawmakers, longtime critics of China's human rights record, said the compromised... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030040/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:54:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029600/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China. Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf says four of his computers were hacked. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith says two of his computers were compromised in December 2006 and March 2007. The two lawmakers are longtime critics of China's record on human rights. In an interview Wednesday, Wolf said the hacking of computers in his Capitol Hill office began in August 2006. He says a computer at a House committee office... AP on Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029600/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:34:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029436/posts A Virginia congressman said today the FBI has found that four of his government computers have been hacked by sources working out of China. In remarks prepared for delivery this afternoon, Rep. Frank Wolf says he has been told by the FBI that four computers in his personal office were compromised. The Virginia Republican says that similar incidents — also originating from China — have taken place on computers of other members of Congress and at least one House committee. A spokesman for Wolf says the four computers were being used by staff members working on human rights issues. Wolf... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029436/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 22:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010752/posts The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access. This is the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks. Crowds formed at the Carlos III shopping centre in Havana, though most had come just to look. The desktop computers cost almost $800 (£400), in a country where the average wage is under $20 (£10) a month. But some Cubans do have access to extra income, much of it from money sent by relatives living abroad. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010752/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 17:37:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010647/posts Cannot get YouTube at all here in my computer. I have Comcast Hi-Speed Internet here in Southern Maryland. Every other page downloads properly. I have my YouTube in my "Favorites", so I have not been misspelling it. Comcast says it's a problem with YouTube. What gives? Are we in the USA or in Pyongyang? YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010647/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 12:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010461/posts ? brand new visionman 'puter. worked for a week, but now when i turn it on the light and fan comes on, but then it turns off. is there something i don't know? thanks ken http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010461/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 23:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2010315/posts How can I remove system integrity scan wizard from my system? Since yesterday, this keeps popping up. I have run my Professional AVG AV software as well as Adaware and this is the one thing that I am unable to get rid of. Is there a free online program that will remove this? Thanks!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2010315/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 17:32:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2009482/posts If/when someone does, please post the link here... Thanks! (sorry for vanity) BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2009482/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 02:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2004838/posts WMAL just updated and improved their web site last week. Next to the "What's Hot" red tab section, there's an "Insider Central" red tab on the right side of the screen. I see nothing inside that Insider Central box, which is perhaps 2" x 3", except a blank powder-blue colored box. I was told that I should see a 7-tab slide show under "Insider Central". In the "What's Hot" box I see all kinds of things going through -- Top News, Local News, G&A, Chris Plante & Insiders ( a 5-tab slide show). I contacted Comcast customer service (I have... http://www.630wmal.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2004838/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002246/posts Barely three weeks ago, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins simultaneously pronounced solid state drives (SSDs) to be toys for a niche market and then threatened to start suing people if it appeared that flash-based storage might become a threat to the magnetic storage industry. That date has apparently arrived. Seagate filed suit against US-based STEC today, claiming that the SSD manufacturer is in violation of four patents covering solid-state memory storage, memory backup, and a drive's ability to scan/test itself in order to check for errors. Watkins has already issued a statement "reassuring" the public that this is simply a case... ars technica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002246/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:55:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999461/posts Ladies and gents, I have a problem. I've posted here for years, and I've let it slide until now. I should have asked these questions before, but I was too lazy/indifferent to bother. Anyway, it's gotten to the point where I can't take it anymore. I can't post pictures. I can't italicize the text that I want to respond to. I can't post links. I can't post text in different colors or fonts. I've tried tinkering with the settings on Free Republic. I've tried tinkering with my web browser. Can someone out there give me an idiot-proof explaination of what... moi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999461/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999261/posts Hackers have a lot of fancy names for the technical exploits they use to gain access to a company's networks: cross-site scripting, buffer overflows or the particularly evil-sounding SQL injection, to name a few. But Johnny Long prefers a simpler entry point for data theft: the emergency exit door. "By law, employees have to be able to leave a building without showing credentials," Long says. "So the way out is often the easiest way in." Case in point: Tasked with stealing data from an ultra-secure building outfitted with proximity card readers, Long opted for an old-fashioned approach. Instead of looking... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999261/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:08:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995262/posts SEATTLE (AP) — The format Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs use to save documents was approved as an international standard Tuesday, a step the company touted as proof it is willing to make once-proprietary technology work openly with competing programs. But the International Standards Organization vote didn't quiet some opponents, who argued that the Office Open XML standard still locks out competitors and gives Microsoft customers no choice but to keep buying its programs forever. The decision was made public on the Web site of a European standards organization, Ecma International, on Tuesday. ISO is expected to formally announce the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1995262/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 02:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1993944/posts Anybody...I have a donated PC I am making inmto an arcade machine, and it has somebody's old XP setup on it. Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1993944/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1991711/posts March 2008 (Cambridge, MA) Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Deb Bercovitch is prosecuting one of the most unusual child pornography cases you will ever come across. Bercovitch is internationally known for her infamous trespassing convictions against two schoolkids who were caught building a snow fort in Framingham, MA while on school property. Now Bercovitch is pressing felony child pornography charges against a New Hampshire man in an improbable case pitting the alleged "victim" squarely against the prosecution. The defendant faces a May 1st jury trial in Cambridge Superior Court. The defendant faces up to 5 years in prison if convicted.... Craigslist Local News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1991711/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:16:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990811/posts Graphene is a single planar sheet of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. It can also be viewed as an atomic-scale chicken wire made of carbon atoms and their bonds. The carbon-carbon bond length in graphene is approximately 1.42 Å. From a physicist point of view, graphene is the basic structural element for all other graphitic materials including graphite, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. For a chemist, graphene is an infinitely large aromatic molecule, an extension of a family of flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons called graphenes. University of Maryland physicists have shown that in... www.physorg.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990811/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:27:09 GMT