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A new GMail exploit has been revealed that will essentially let malicious attackers keep tabs on the victim’s emails. The attack uses a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to create a backdoor that can be used by an attacker to read the victim’s email.
Petko Petkov, of the PDF Exploit fame, has demonstrated the GMail bug […]

After featuring a magazine-style theme, we now take a look at another free WordPress theme. Saur is a free 3 column WordPress theme by Nurudin Jauhari.
Some of the theme’s features are 2 right sidebars, a big search bar, widget ready, comment counter, and an author page. Saur has been tested on WP 2.1.x and 2.2. […]

Vista users finally have full access to DreamScene. This comes after a long delay which had Vista owners waiting for the Ultimate Extras addons that Microsoft had been mentioning. Windows Vista director, Barry Goffe, stated in the official announcement:
Additionally, you can use your own videos as DreamScene desktops or visit Stardock’s Dream.WinCustomize.com website to download […]

Have you ever hated a site so much you wanted to blow it up? Maybe you got into a flame war at some forum and wished you could call down a meteor strike to hit it. Have a most hated blog you’d like to bury under water? Now you can.
Netdisaster will give you the power […]

Check Point Software has just released a beta version of its new browser security solution for IE and Firefox. Available for download on ZoneAlarm’s site, ForceField uses a virtualization engine to protect users’ browsers while they’re surfing the web.
Check Point’s consumer division general manager, Laura Yecies, said:
“We’re using the concept of virtualization, but rather than […]

For those of you who feel that USB 2 is as fast as a snail, this should cheer you up. Intel and a few other companies are working to promote USB 3.0. The next generation will transfer data up to 4.8Gbits per second. This is ten times faster than USB 2 transfer speeds. The next […]

One of my best friends, Bobby Revell of Business Integrity | Blogging Ethics has tagged me for the “What’s on your desktop?” meme. I was going to clean it up a little but Bobby told me to leave it as it is haha.
Here’s my desktop:

The Google Operating System blog has just posted an article about Arizona State University students testing a new product that’s scheduled to come out later this year. The product’s invitation page talks about an application developed by a major internet company, and is related to video games, social networking, and 3D modeling.

The Google Earth Second […]