Alternatives to Windows Task Manager

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 running [...]

Great Aussie firewall claims first victim

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) a [...]

Microsoft throws Silverlight 3 beta at Adobe

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 company [...]

Crackers latch onto year-old Windows token vuln

Crackers latch onto year-old Windows token vuln
Track this topic   Print story  Post comment Unpatched bug features in multi-stage attacks

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 problem [...]