The Windows Task Manager is the tool that comes up when we give the famous three-finger salute (Ctrl+Alt+Del) to end a troublesome process or application. In the old days, it used to reboot the computer but in modern Windows system it brings up a more useful Task Manager. The task manager allows us to monitor [...]
Great Aussie firewall claims first victim
Forum threatened with fine for link to banned site
By John Oates
Posted in Government, 17th March 2009 09:30 GMT
The great Australian Firewall might be struggling to make political progress, but regulators are already using its blacklist to threaten local websites with fines.
Broadband discussion forum Whirlpool was threatened with an A$11,000 (£5,148) [...]
Microsoft throws Silverlight 3 beta at Adobe
Plugs gaps, and then some
By Gavin Clarke in Las Vegas
Posted in Developer, 18th March 2009 18:52 GMT
Mix 09 Microsoft’s opened a new front in its battle with Adobe Systems, releasing beta code for Silverlight 3 that plugs fundamental gaps in its media player and attempts to out flank Flash.
The [...]
Crackers latch onto year-old Windows token vuln
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By John Leyden
Posted in Security, 18th March 2009 20:25 GMT
Hackers have created exploits against a long-standing, unpatched Windows “token kidnapping” vulnerability.
The appearance of attacks follows a year after security researchers Cesar Cerrudo informed Microsoft of the [...]