A project called “Longhorn Reloaded” has been ordered by Microsoft to close. The reason is that the project violated the end-user licensing on Windows.

A post at joejoe.org says, “It deeply saddens me that although Microsoft have known about this project for many months they only issued us with this notice a few days after we started to distribute. I am just as sorry as you guys are about this, but we got [sic] to think about the community as a whole first.”

The Longhorn Reloaded Milestone 1 was released just over a month ago. The download links and threads are no longer active from the project website.

Source: PC ADVISOR

In my last article I mentioned that I will be focusing on topics for people who want to start up a bricks and mortar (or possibly online) store selling computers. In this article I will be talking about the issues with fixing a computer in store.
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In the past I have written business articles for computer repair technicians, now I be focusing a little more on writing for those of you who are looking to start up a computer store for selling complete computers and parts. In this article, I will be briefly talking about having inventory in your store.
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Once again we dig into our archives to show you some of our best articles you may have missed (the first two times are located here and here). This time our focus is on the technical theory stuff that most computer technicians need to know.
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The newest beta version of Apple’s internet browser has been released. The version number is 3.0.2 and it can be downloaded through Apple’s website.

According to Apple, this version has many changes such as security updates, improved WebKit support, and better stability. Pus, it also includes the same WebCore and WebKit fixes in their Security Update 2007-006.

The Windows version of the software has been downloaded over 1 million times from Apple’s website and it was launched at the recent Worldwide Developers Conference.

This beta version is available for both Windows and Mac operating system users. The article at Techwhack’s site does not mention whether there are critical updates for this version but it mentions that there are security updates so users should upgrade to the new version.

Source: Techwhack

A report has been released at The Register’s website about YouTube flaws.

A person named Christian Matthies has announced that there are more than 40 flaws on Google’s video-sharing website.

Many of the flaws concern XSS which stands for cross site scripting. Hackers can inject a code which looks like it’s hosted by the targeted website according to the article. As an additional note, both Google and another search engine, Yahoo!, had serious XSS errors in the past few weeks.

Matthies has emailed Google but he had not received a response about his claim. Therefore, he made a statement that he will disclose the flaws publicly. He said, “Taking that into account I’m going to have one last try and give you two weeks from now to contact me. If you don’t, I am obliged to disclose all vulnerabilities in public.”

This week, Google responded to his statement.

Source: The Register

Craig Schmugar of McAfee said, “In the short-term, it will be the infrastructure side of things. In the long term, it will be digital entertainment.”

Schmugar announced this statement at a press event in San Francisco.

The recent flaw in Windows DNS is a good example about the future of online attacks according to Schmugar. The flaw was exploited with a few online attacks.

Wi-Fi attacks may also increase since people are getting used to connect on wireless connections wherever they go. Security experts has already warned the public that an attack can happen by intercepting online communication when using Wi-Fi.

Downloading and playing games and videos on computers is another target for hackers to attack.

Source: COMPUTERWORLD

Previously a saying used by unfortunate men, it also rings true in advertising. From my own personal experience with my own advertising, I can definitely say that bigger is not always better.
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This one was recommended by our helpful forum member Mac; Belarc Advisor is a free tool that will create a detailed profile of the computer it is run on including a list of currently installed hardware, software, Windows hoxfixes, antivirus status, security benchmarks and many many more details. It then creates a HTML page with this information and displays it in your web browser. Runs on Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4, Me, 98, and 95.
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A new version of an instant messenger called Trillian is now available. This updated version fixes a heap overflow vulnerability which was caused by programming errors i the word-wrapping process of UTF-8 text format.

According to The Register’s article, hackers can crash the program and an attack would trigger even if a user just viewed a malicious message.

A warning has been posted by iDefense and it said, “The MSN protocol is a known attack vector for this vulnerability. However, exploitation could potentially occur using any supported protocol.”

A blog entry was posted on Cerulean Studios’ Trillian blog about this specific update. The version number of the patched version is 3.1.6.0.

Source: The Register