Archive for May 12th, 2010

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/05/12/general-floppy-script-hyper-v.aspx'; Having written an “all-in-one” script for DVD media management with a Hyper-V virtual machine I figured I would take a look at what would be involved in doing the same sort of thing for floppy disks.  For the most part this was as simple as doing a search and replace on the... »

Data Protection is a phony security program, designed to trick people into buying with false security warnings and alerts. Data Protection is actually a PC infection called rogue antispyware.If your PC has been infected with Data Protection, you shoul... »

DiasporaFour students at the NYU Courant Institute have raised more than enough money to spend the summer writing the code for a “privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network” that they are calling “Diasp... »

The head of the FBI’s cyber crime section said that the bureau in planning to prosecute money mules – people who send funds stolen by online banking fraud to criminal organizations outside the U.S.Patrick Carney, the acting chief of the FBI Cyber C... »

As much as five percent of the world’s supply of electronic parts could be counterfeit, putting data at risk and causing machine failures, according to an investigation by Engineering & Technology magazine and reported by TheInquirer.net“Not on... »

Adobe has released two updates this month:APSB10-12 (Security update available for Shockwave Player) Rated: Critical“Vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.6.606 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating... »