[IxT] Appello autentico per leucemia; Rai insulta Gigi D'alesso sul Web 31.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Sta circolando in Rete un appello di un padre che chiede donazioni di sangue per Giulia, la figlia dodicenne, ricoverata per leucemia al Bambino Gesù di Roma. L'appello è autentico, ma va diffuso e usato con un po' di cautela.

I dettagli sono qui:

http://www.attivissimo.net/antibufala/giulia_leucemia/donazioni_sangue.htm

Passando a cose ben più leggere, fino a poche ore fa il sito di Isoradio Rai conteneva una pagina dedicata a Gigi D'Alessio nella quale la foto del cantante aveva il nome "il_me*rda" (senza asterisco).

L'insulto è stato rapidamente corretto dopo la pubblicazione di questo articoletto, che contiene anche un link a una cattura della pagina originale.

http://www.zeusnews.it/news.php?cod=3994

Ringrazio fraz71 per la segnalazione.

Ciao da Paolo, e mi raccomando, attenti al calendario!

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Valentin tenta di insidiarmi nei newsgroup di abuse, ma gli va buca 30.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Google Groups: View Thread "(212.127.254.140) WEBSITEEJZPRTJTKX"

Microsoft beccata ancora a finanziare studi di affidabilità "indipendenti" 30.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | Microsoft Silently Backs Favorable Presentation at RSA: "Two researchers, from the Florida Institute of Technology and Boston-based Security Innovation Inc., 'surprised the audience at a computer-security convention last month with their finding that a version of Microsoft Windows was more secure than a competing Linux operating system' according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 'This week, the researchers released their finished report, and it included another surprise: Microsoft was funding the project all along.'"

Microsoft leet-speak 30.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

A parent's primer to computer slang

Microsoft spiega il leet-speak.

[IxT] Apparizione mistica!! 30.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Questa newsletter vi arriva grazie alle gentili donazioni di sbattait e mc7845.

Se siete in grado di ricevere il canale Rai Edu 2 (satellitare in chiaro) o Rai Edu 1 (satellitare+digitale terrestre), state in guardia rispettivamente dalle 10.30 alle 12.30 e dalle 12.30 alle 14.30 di giovedì 31 marzo (domani, insomma): rischiate di beccarvi una mia apparizione televisiva.

La settimana scorsa, infatti, insieme a Gino Roncaglia sono stato ospite del programma "Explora-La Tv Delle Scienze", condotto da Luciano Onder, e ci siamo fatti una bella chiacchierata su bufale e dintorni, che dovrebbe appunto andare in onda domani.

Secondo la scaletta ufficiale, l'apparizione dovrebbe verificarsi verso la fine delle due ore di trasmissione. Purtroppo per motivi squallidamente tecnologici non sono in grado di appagare la mia vanità rivedendomi, per cui se qualche anima pia può registrare e mandarmi il file, gliene sarò grato.

Trovate qui maggiori dettagli:

http://www.fmproject.biz/explorasql/doc.asp?pun_id=669

Ciao da Paolo.

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Passenger screening gimmick stuck at the gate | The Register 29.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Passenger screening gimmick stuck at the gate | The Register: "The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is behind schedule in developing a new terrorist-busting database system called Secure Flight... here we have something out of Star Trek, in which taxpayers are investing billions, with so many potential points of failure that it will be a miracle if it doesn't increase the risk of hijackings.

It be full of bad data that will repeatedly flag and inconvenience the wrong travellers. (The existing CAPPS system didn't stop the 9/11 hijackers, although it did catch US Senator Edward Kennedy and former singer Cat Stevens, for example.)

Worse, a system such as this is, by design, exceptionally easy for terrorists to reverse-engineer. By making a series of 'dry runs,' a terrorist crew can easily learn which members get flagged and which don't, insight of tremendous value for choosing the individuals most likely to succeed in an actual attack."

Crittografia quantistica in GB 29.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Quantum crypto comes to Blighty | The Register: "UK reseller NOW Wireless has signed a deal to distribute MagiQtech's quantum cryptography solution, MagiQ QPN Security Gateway, in the UK. Launched in the US in 2004, MagiqTech's two-box solution, provides secure quantum key exchange between two dedicated sites up to 120km apart. Once secure keys are exchanged, data can be encrypted using standard protocols, switching keys at up to 100 times per second...

There are a few problems with quantum cryptography, however. While it cannot be cracked, in the traditional sense of the word, it is susceptible to a denial-of-service-style attack... It is also difficult to route, since the routing process itself would access, and thus disrupt the data being routed. Until this problem is solved, QC is limited to use between two dedicated points."

OpenOffice.org 2.0 richiederà Java 29.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

NewsForge | Java fallout: OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the FOSS community: "...in version 2.0, the dependence on Java has grown. In addition to the Java-dependent features in earlier versions, 2.0 requires a JRE for:

* Base, the new Access-like database application
* The media player, which adds movie and sound clips to documents
* Mail merges to e-mail, which also require Java Mail
* All document wizards in Writer"

[IxT] Trentaquattroeuro.com è una truffa? 26.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Mi avete scritto in tanti chiedendo chiarimenti su siti come Trentaquattroeuro.com, che promettono (o sembrano promettere) telefonini e altri oggetti di valore in cambio di una modesta quota d'iscrizione: 34 euro, appunto.

Sono truffe? Come fanno a reggersi in piedi? Se volete saperne di più, ho preparato un'indaginetta con quattro conticini:

http://www.zeusnews.it/news.php?cod=3986

Ciao e buona Pasqua da Paolo.

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L'UE sospetta che Microsoft abbia sabotato il Windows "ridotto" 24.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

EU sleuths think Microsoft sabotaged Windows

...the European Commission is investigating the possibility that the Vole has sneakily sabotaged the Media Player-free versions of Windows it is obliged to ship to the EU... A report in today’s Wall Street Journal suggests Microsoft has fiddled with the registry in its stripped-down Windows offerings and the result is that video clips embedded into Microsoft Word documents don’t run properly, for example.

The Journal quotes Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for European antitrust chief Neelie Kroes... he said, "the commission has to verify the requirement that Microsoft refrain from using any commercial, technological or contractual terms that would have the effect of rendering the unbundled version of Windows less attractive or less functional."

Come rubare l'identità alla gente in modo facile facile 24.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

BBC NEWS | Technology | How to sell your self for a song

The chance to win theatre tickets is enough to make people give away their identity, reveals a survey. Of those taking part 92% revealed details such as mother's maiden name, first school and birth date. The detailed personal information was gathered by market researchers who asked the questions as part of a fake survey on theatre-going habits. Dangling the chance to win free tickets was enough to make people surrender everything needed to impersonate them.... One of the questions was about the way that actors pick stage names. Those taking part in the survey were told that many stage names are created using a pet's name and the actor's mother's maiden name. When asked what their stage name would be using the same criteria, 94% volunteered information.

[IxT] iTunes "bucato" legalmente; la truffa del pagamento maggiorato 24.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Nei giorni scorsi, "DVD Jon", il giovane programmatore che aveva trovato un modo per consentire la copia di sicurezza (legittima) dei DVD, aveva scoperto una falla clamorosa in iTunes: la musica acquistata arriva sul computer dell'acquirente in forma non protetta e la protezione viene aggiunta dopo. Questo permette a chi ha fatto un regolare acquisto di avere un file privo di restrizioni senza l'arzigogolo di masterizzare e riconvertire in MP3 come permesso da Apple.

Non è, insomma, pirateria: è un'agevolazione per acquirenti legittimi. Apple ha tappato la falla; DVD Jon l'ha riaperta ventiquattr'ore dopo.

Se vi interessa saperne di più, l'articolo è qui:

http://www.zeusnews.it/news.php?cod=3979

Se invece avete messo in vendita qualcosa su eBay e avete ricevuto un'offerta di pagarvi più del dovuto, o se la stessa cosa è capitata durante un'offerta di lavoro o di acquisto per la vostra attività, attenzione alla truffa del pagamento maggiorato (overpayment)! I dettagli e la spiegazione del meccanismo truffaldino sono qui:

http://www.zeusnews.it/news.php?cod=3980

Ciao da Paolo.

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Slashdot | Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS: "Jon Johansen ('DVD Jon') has published a small program which allows the acquisition of DRM-free file from Apple's iTunes Music Store. He explains that his program works by bypassing iTunes which adds the DRM itself at the end of the transfer. His program, pymusique, is Windows-only compliant but it'd be easy to port it to other platforms."

BBC NEWS | Technology | What price for 'trusted PC security'? 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

BBC NEWS | Technology | What price for 'trusted PC security'?: "What price for 'trusted PC security'?

If you have recently bought an IBM ThinkVantage computer, a Dell Optiplex, or one of a whole range of laptops from Toshiba, HP/Compaq or Samsung then you may have got more for your money than you realised.

Inside your shiny new PC is an extra chip called the trusted platform module (TPM) that can be used for a range of hardware-based security features."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Have hackers recruited your PC? 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

BBC NEWS | Technology | Have hackers recruited your PC?: "More than one million computers on the net have been hijacked to attack websites and pump out spam and viruses.

The huge number was revealed by security researchers who have spent months tracking more than 100 networks of remotely-controlled machines.

The largest network of so-called zombie networks spied on by the team was made up of 50,000 hijacked home computers."

Apple de-socializes iTunes | The Register 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Apple de-socializes iTunes | The Register: "Bit by bit, Apple is tightening the DRM noose, reducing the amount of freedom its own customers enjoy. Last year, the company cut the number of times users could burn a playlist from ten to seven. This time, Apple has chosen to cripple one of its coolest and most socially beneficial technologies - Rendezvous.
Click Here

Apple actually applied the restriction two months ago, but the passage of time hasn't made it any sweeter. In iTunes, Rendezvous allows users on the same subnet to share their music - although this is limited to streaming only. But the most recent version of iTunes, 4.7.1, restricts that streaming capability even further, and users aren't happy, as this support discussion shows. It used to support five simultaneous listeners, but now iTunes only permits five listeners a day."

Slashdot | Microsoft Fails to Comply With EU Requirements 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | Microsoft Fails to Comply With EU Requirements

Institute for Backup Trauma 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Institute for Backup Trauma

Imperdibile, con John Cleese. Ok, e' pubblicita', ma e' imperdibile lo stesso.

Complexspiral Demo 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Complexspiral Demo

Il piu' bel test dimostrativo dei difetti di IE.

BBC NEWS | Technology | The spies watching while you type 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

BBC NEWS | Technology | The spies watching while you type: "The computer criminals who tried to steal money from Sumitomo Mitsui bank used a tried and tested technique to gather confidential data from the financial institution.

As its name implies keylogging is all about recording every key that someone presses when using their computer."

Slashdot | CSS Support Could Be IE7's Weakest Link 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | CSS Support Could Be IE7's Weakest Link: "Microsoft decided to hold off on full CSS2 support with IE 7.0. As said by Microsoft-Watch: 'One partner said that Microsoft considers CSS2 to be a flawed standard and that the company is waiting for a later point release, such as CSS2.1 or CSS3, before throwing its complete support behind it.'' More commentary available from ZDNet. Generally related to the IE 7 Acid Test thrown down by Opera."

Slashdot | Major PC Makers Adopt Trusted Computing Schema 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | Major PC Makers Adopt Trusted Computing Schema: "News.com story regarding so-called trusted computing, and its adoption by the major PC manufacturers. From the article: 'The three largest computer makers--Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM--have started selling desktops and notebooks with so-called trusted computing hardware, which allows security-sensitive applications to lock down data to a specific PC.' Interestingly, while Microsoft is said to be behind the idea support won't be forthcoming for trusted computing until they release Longhorn next year, making this a hardware-vendor lead initiative."

Slashdot | IE7 Details Emerge 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | IE7 Details Emerge: "Microsoft Watch has a story about new features we can expect in IE7 (code named 'Rincon') which they gathered through Microsoft's key partners. Apparently we can expect 32 bit PNG support, native IDN support, new functionality that will simplify printing from inside IE and, of course, tabbed browsing. The new browser also will likely include a built-in news aggregator. Apparently an important factor is security."

Star Wars III rendered on Athlon 64 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Star Wars III rendered on Athlon 64: "Yes, AMD even did a press release that Star Wars Episode II was rendered on bunch of AMD Athlon 64 CPUs. AMD just followed on and helped George Lucas with Episode III as well."

BBC NEWS | Business | EU warns on Microsoft behaviour 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

BBC NEWS | Business | EU warns on Microsoft behaviour: "Microsoft has not done enough to comply with sanctions imposed for breaking European anti-trust rules, the European Commission (EC) has said.

The software giant was censured in 2004 for misusing its monopoly position in desktop PCs to extend its reach into other areas.

The firm agreed to a 497m euro ($660m, �345m) fine and to make its software work better with competitors' products.

But an EC spokesman said Microsoft was failing to deliver on its commitments."

local6.com - News - Pet Shop Owner: Turtle Has Satan Image After Surviving Fire 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

local6.com - News - Pet Shop Owner: Turtle Has Satan Image After Surviving Fire: "Bryan Dora's pet store in Frankfort burned down last October. The red-ear slider turtle named Lucky is the only survivor of about 150 animals.

...Dora said after the fire, an image appeared on Lucky's shell that appears to be the face of a devil. He said the turtle is not possessed but is very tame. He believes that in every fire the devil leaves his mark somewhere, and that Lucky was touched."

After cable recall, Xbox's still frying | The Register 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

After cable recall, Xbox's still frying | The Register: "14 million games console owners are still at risk of waking up to find their Xbox has become an ex-box. For when Microsoft issued a safety advisory for Xbox customers last month, it failed to address the underlying problem.

After several reports of consoles catching fire, Microsoft urged 14 million console owners to send in their old power leads for a replacement. But hardware experts point out that the power cable was never at root of the problem: it simply made the existing problem worse. The meltdown, and subsequent fire risk was actually caused by wear and tear on the power supply used in early models of the Xbox. The replacement cable featured a trip, which cut down the risk of your house catching fire, but left unfortunate gamers with a fried console. The cord has an interrupter switch that acts like a conventional fuse, tripping power to the unit."

Slashdot | CSS Support IE 7.0's Weakest Link 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | CSS Support IE 7.0's Weakest Link: "it seems Microsoft will continue their poor support for CSS2 even in the IE 7.0 release. This may have worked when IE was the only game in town, but now that Firefox is a serious player, it won't help them keep market share as they think it will."

Slashdot | Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | Firefox Continues to Bite into IE Usage: "According to Information Week, Firefox usage is now over 6 percent, pulling Internet Explorer usage down below 90 percent. 'Firefox is currently the only browser that is increasing market share on a monthly basis, and it is growing at the direct expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer'"

Slashdot | PowerBook As A New Kind Of Human Interface Device 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

Slashdot | PowerBook As A New Kind Of Human Interface Device: "Amit Singh had shown how to access and use the motion sensor feature in the late model PowerBooks for innovative things, which created quite a buzz in the Mac community. In an ingenius new article, Singh has taken the idea all the way and released software which lets you use a PowerBook with a motion sensor as a general purpose input device which works with existing apps. IMHO the coolest use of this is for playing games: be sure to check out the video footage in the article. For instance, in a car racing game, you steer by tilting the PowerBook left and right, go faster by tilting it forward, brake by tilting it backwards! You can also scroll in apps. Google Map scrolling with my PowerBook feels like flying in an aiprlane over the terrain."

EC raps MS over interoperability - again | The Register 22.3.05 0 commenti Aggiungi un commento

EC raps MS over interoperability - again | The Register: "The European Commission (EC) has accused Microsoft of not properly complying with the sanctions laid out as part of its anti-trust ruling in 2004, particularly on the question of interoperability.

It says the software giant is not making it easy enough for companies who want to take a licence for Microsoft's data protocols to access the necessary documentation; that the licences are too extensive, covering unwanted items; that the terms and conditions of the license mean some open source developers can't take advantage of the protocols; and finally that the royalties demanded are too high."