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SkiifGeek writes “With Adobe’s patch for the current PDF vulnerability still some time away, news has emerged of more techniques that are available to exploit the vulnerability, this time without needing the victim to actually open a malicious file. Instead, the methods make use of a Windows Explorer Shell Extension that is installed alongside Adobe Reader, and which will trigger the exploitable code when the file is interacted with in Windows Explorer. Methods have been demonstrated of successful exploitation with a single click, with thumbnail view, and with merely hovering the mouse cursor over the affected file. There are many ways that exploits targeting the JBIG2 vulnerability could be hidden inside a PDF file, and it seems that the reliability of detection for these varying methods is spotty, at best.”

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An anonymous reader writes “LimeWire’s new version lets people create private darknets with contacts on any Jabber server (like GMail or LiveJournal). It’s different than the recent p2p darknet announcement because it doesn’t use onion routing. Sharing with a friend connects directly to that friend. If you’re worried about exposing personal information, LW5 doesn’t share documents with the p2p network by default.”

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GamesIndustry is running an interview with Theodore Bergquist, CEO of GamersGate, in which he forecasts the death of physical game distribution in favor of digital methods, perhaps in only a few years. He says, “Look at the music industry, look at 2006 when iTunes went from not being in the top six of sellers — in the same year in December it was top three, and the following year number one. I think digital distribution is absolutely the biggest threat [traditional retailers] can ever have.” Rock, Paper, Shotgun spoke with Capcom’s Christian Svensson, who insists that developing digital distribution is one of their top priorities, saying Capcom will already “probably do as much digital selling as retail in the current climate.” How many of the games you acquire come on physical media these days? At what point will the ease of immediate downloads outweigh a manual and a box to stick on your shelf (if it doesn’t already)?

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justin.foell writes “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Surveillance Self-Defense site. Created with the help of the Open Society Institute, the site intends to serve as a how-to guide for protecting your private data against government spying. From their press release, they ‘aim to educate Americans about the law and technology of communications surveillance and computer searches and seizures, and to provide the information and tools necessary to keep their private data out of the government’s hands.'”

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100 fonts judged & ranked by their objective and various other weighted measurements.

In this post, we want to showcase some of the best 3DS Max tutorials around for all levels covering modeling, materials, lighting and animation in 3DSMax.

Yahoo’s straight-talking CEO Carol Bartz said Tuesday she prefers Google Maps to Yahoo Maps, and disclosed that she told Steve Ballmer that any future negotiations between Yahoo and Microsoft must remain strictly confidential.

“Someone’s not telling the truth,” laughs internet stats guru Bill Tancer as he tells Techradar of his latest stunt at conferences – asking for a show of hands on who accesses adult sites.

Guy buys “new” Best Buy camera that ends up being already opened and busted. Best Buy blames him and won’t exchange. Then, the smoking gun, he finds . a separate folder on the camera with images of what very much appears to be a Geek Squad team member. Oopsie poopsies. Suddenly, the manager is very eager to help.

An anonymous reader writes “The NSW government of Australia has quietly introduced new police powers for covert home searches and covert hacking of computers. The suspect may not be notified of the covert activity for up to three years. These new powers are similar to those given to the UK police earlier this year. The new warrants can only be issued in the Supreme Court for suspected serious offences punishable by at least seven years jail — which includes computer crime offences.”

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