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Cleanerzoomer (Downloads)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Chris Pirillo
Tightly compressed JPEG images always contain specific "blocks"
and "fringes" that become clearly visible when the image is enlarged.
Low-ISO digital photos contain brightness and color noise as well as
"hot pixels": scattered bright and dark dots. Stratopoint Software has
made Cleanerzoomer, the tool which uses the one versatile approach for
removing virtually all kinds of image artifacts as well as for
sharpening images with perfect clarity. Cleanerzoomer has only four
basic functions: "Noise/JPEG Blockiness... [Continued]
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Google squashes Santy worm (Security)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
Google has responded to calls from antivirus companies to stop the
advance of an Internet worm that was using the search engine's
technology to spread among online bulletin boards. Antivirus companies
say the Santy worm, which searches Google for sites that use a
vulnerable version of the phpBB bulletin board software, was spreading
quickly and had already infected about 40,000 Web sites by Tuesday
evening. Read more...... [Continued]
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Gigabyte creates dual-GPU graphics card
(Hardware)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
Chicago (IL) - Gigabyte will announce Friday a graphics card
running two graphics processors on one board. According to sources,
the SLI card will lift current 3DMark2003 record levels by a
significant margin while being priced lower than ATI's and Nvidia's
single-GPU high-end cards. If two graphics cards in one system are too
expensive or simply not fast enough, Gigabyte's new 3D1 board may be
worth a serious look. Sources told Tom's Hardware Guide, that... [Continued]
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Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged�and patched�a
security vulnerability in its desktop search utility that opens the
doors for man-in-the-middle data leak attacks. The Google fix was
issued after a pair of Rice University graduate students discovered
that two different attack scenarios could be used to exploit the
Google Desktop vulnerability. Read more...... [Continued]
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Microsoft sells Slate.com to Washington Post
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
WASHINGTON Microsoft sold its popular Slate online magazine
Tuesday to The Washington Post Co., a move that will make Slate's
political commentary and quirky feature articles more broadly
available across the Internet. . Terms of the deal were not disclosed,
although the editor of Slate, Jacob Weisberg, said the amount was "a
very respectable, impressive price." Read more...... [Continued]
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MS loses Europe appeal, will ship WMP-free
Windows version (Microsoft)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
Microsoft is to start shipping a cut-down version of Windows in
Europe from January, following the failure of its appeal to the
European Court of First Instance over penalties imposed by the
Commission earlier this year. Microsoft hasn't run out of appeal
routes, but the Court ordered the company to begin carrying out the
Commission's decision immediately. This, according to Microsoft
general counsel Brad Smith, means OEMs will get the version of Windows
without Media... [Continued]
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Can You Trust Firefox? Join the Flame War...
(Software)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Ken Harthun
It seems a flame war has erupted over an essay by Mircrosoft's
Peter Torr who questions Firefox's security. Check it out for
yourself: From Slashdot.org: TheRealSlimShady writes "Peter Torr
(who?) from Microsoft invites a certain flamewar with his essay 'How
can I trust Firefox?' He raises some interesting security related
points about the download and installation of Firefox, some of which
should probably be addressed. The focus is on code signing, which
Microsoft is hot... [Continued]
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Do your devices have the touch of the bunny?
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For those of you coming to CES in Las Vegas, don't forget to swing
by the Energizer display! Anxious to show off their latest wares,
Energizer wants to have a chance to show you why they have the best in
batteries for your mobile devices. Check it out! (No link provided)...
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