Open Systems Journal

It’s been another week of the PASS Summit for me, and one that I’ve enjoyed once again. This is my 8th or 9th Summit over the years, and once again I think it’s been worth the and the expense to send me here for my company.
I think most of you that are at the [...]

Think a camera with a dual LCD on the front is a good idea? Yeah, it’s not. Samsung forgot to develop the “camera” part of this equation.

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Affected: BlackBerry Desktop Software version 5.0 and earlier (on all platforms) - IBM Lotus Notes Intellisync
Fixed in version 5.01
CVSS score: 9.3
CVE-2009-0306
More info: KB19701
The KB contains a workaround for those not eeding the Lotus Notes Intellisync functionality.
Thanks to Greg for sending this in.
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Swa Frantzen — Section 66
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With the minty-fresh release of Windows 7 barely behind us, we’re turning a fresh eye to antivirus software. You wouldn’t want your clean new installation getting fouled up, now would you?
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It’s been over a year since we’ve talked about antivirus applications in a Hive Five, and since then a new version of Windows [...]

The new M3 GTS in three words: We want one. So do you.

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AP - It’s been a rough year for the video game industry, but Activision Blizzard Inc. reported a profit for its third quarter because of a lower costs and a good response for games such as “Guitar Hero 5″ and “World of Warcraft.”
,Activision posts 3Q profit, backs 2009 outlook
(AP)
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8 out of 10 malware samples tested on Windows 7 with default UAC (user access control) settings don’t trigger a warning.

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Microsoft finally gets it right

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According to the Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft will issue six Security Bulletins on Tuesday, and it will host a webcast to address customer questions about the bulletins the following day (November 10 at 11:00am [...]

Wired.com heads to San Francisco’s Exploratorium to see four exhibits that explore the effects of visual illusions and perceptual phenomena.

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