Feb 06

New Trojan Spoofs Windows Activation

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili, Windows, Windows XP

This article was written on May 08, 2007 by CyberNet.

There is a new Trojan in town, called Kardphisher, and it could be one of the trickiest computer scams ever made. It uses the annoying Windows Activation to make a user think that their system has been activated on another computer. It then prompts them to reactivate their PC by entering in some of their personal information, including their credit card number.

Here is what the “activation” process looks like with the Trojan:

Windows Activation Trojan

If you don’t enter in the credit card details the Trojan will shutdown your computer. The creator even took it a step further by preventing you from running or switching to another application which is what makes this really nasty.

The Trojan also stresses that your credit card information is only for verification purposes and will not be charged:

We will ask for you billing details, but your credit card will not be charged.

Do none of these scammers ever proofread? It should be “ask for your billing details,” and they are making it even more obvious that this is a scam by not proofreading. I’m sure most people who are infected by the Trojan won’t even think twice about proceeding witht the activation process, so try to warn friends and family about this.

Symantec has some recommendations on how to remove the Trojan for those that have been infected by it.

Source: Tech World

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Feb 06

FeedDemon and NetNewsWire are now FREE

Posted in: Features, Freeware, Newly Released, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on January 09, 2008 by CyberNet.

NetNewsWire FeedDemon

NewsGator has made a HUGE unexpected step today by releasing their RSS news readers for free. That includes NetNewsWire (Mac), FeedDemon (Windows), and NewsGator Go (Blackberry, Java Mobile, and Windows Mobile). That’s right, they are all FREE now.

What’s even better is that all of these clients synchronize with NewGator’s online service, which can be used to read news anywhere you have access to the Internet. Some time ago NewsGator also created an iPhone-based mobile reader for optimized reading on the smaller screen, and that can be accessed from http://m.newsgator.com.

That’s not all either. They are also releasing new versions of all their RSS products! Here are some of the new features from NetNewsWire and FeedDemon:

  • NetNewsWire 3.1 – New user interface, performance improvements, archive items (a.k.a. save them to your hard dive), and more.
  • FeedDemon 2.6 – Includes a panic button for clearing out some older unread items, some user interface enhancements, performance improvements, inline searching, attention reporting, and more.

We have been using FeedDemon for quite awhile (we’re actually paid customers), and it is by far the best feed reader for Windows. It can handle hundreds of feeds without stuttering, and the fact that it’s now free makes it irresistible! It’s time to go get NetNewsWire (Mac), FeedDemon (Windows), or NewsGator Go (Blackberry, Java Mobile, and Windows Mobile).

Thanks for the tip Radu!

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Feb 05

Regex Widget for Mac OS X

Posted in: Freeware, Mac, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 03, 2008 by CyberNet.

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A few months ago we found an awesome online regular expression (regex) utility that was something most programmers could really appreciate. Assuming you have Adobe Air installed you could also download that regex tool onto your computer so that it would also be available offline. At the time I didn’t think it could get much more convenient than that, but I was wrong.

If you’re looking for a tool that is slightly less robust then maybe all you’ll need is the Regex Widget for the Mac OS X Dashboard. As you can see in the screenshot above it is fairly straightforward, and it works pretty well for testing out any regular expressions that you develop. Something like this would also be handy to have for people just learning how to create the regular expressions.

The widget is nice if you’re working with a small amount of text, but it gets a little cumbersome once the scrolling has to kick in. What you see in the screenshot above is the actual size of the widget, and there’s currently no way to resize it. In my opinion there should be three different viewing modes for a widget like this:

  • Auto-minimize – This mode would collapse the widget down to a simple icon when not being used. That way it takes up a minimal amount of room on your Dashboard.
  • Compact – Expands to the size of the widget in the screenshot above.
  • Maximized – Expands the widget to take up the full screen, or it maximizes to a user-defined height and width.

Even without different viewing modes the widget will still be very convenient for me, but being able to increase its size would make it that much more useful. I definitely recommend this widget for anyone that is learning or has to use regular expressions.

Get the Regex Widget for Mac OS X

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Feb 05

Nook firmware 1.2 ready for download now (Update: video!)

Posted in: barnes and noble, barnes noble, BarnesAndNoble, e reader, firmware, firmware update, FirmwareUpdate, nook, Software, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, update

Keeping up a fine tradition, Barnes & Noble has today let slip an internal memo that discusses a forthcoming version 1.2 firmware update for the Nook. There’s not much in the way of info on fresh new features or optimizations, but we do know that B&N retail locations will be getting the update “this week” alongside new units shipping with v1.2 preloaded onto them. We’re also told that the update would be an effortless side-loading affair via USB, but the bit about “prior to the software being released to customers” suggests that perhaps we won’t all be riding the latest software by this weekend. Let’s just be patient and do what we usually do: fantasize about what the future may hold.

Update: Turns out B&N will be rolling out an OTA update to customers in a few days, but the manual download is all ready for collection from right here. You’ll find the full list of changes after the break

Update 2: Now with video, after the break.

[Thanks, Doug].

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Feb 04

Microsoft Releases Windows Defender Beta 2

Posted in: Pre-Release, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on February 14, 2006 by CyberNet.

Microsoft Releases Windows Defender Beta 2

Microsoft released Windows Defender Beta 2 today and is available for public download. The feature set seems to be put together quite well. For those of you running 64-bit systems you will be pleased to know that you can download the 64-bit of Windows Defender to test. They redesigned the interface to make it easier to understand and more intuitive for users. I haven’t been using it very long, but it seems to be very well cleaned up when compared to the Microsoft AntiSpyware. Give it a shot, it’s free!

Get Windows Defender Today!

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Feb 04

Make it a Lemmings Weekend!

Posted in: Freeware, Games, gaming, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on April 11, 2008 by CyberNet.

lemmings

Here at CyberNet we love playing ourselves a good game of Lemmings. I’m sure most of you already know about the web-based version which includes many of the original levels. If you’ve finished all of those before then maybe it is time to move onto something bigger and better… Lemmins (download mirror)!

Lemmins (no, that’s not misspelled) is a near-perfect Lemmings clone that will keep you occupied for days. The download is a single executable file that doesn’t require any installation… so you have no excuse not to play it everywhere you go. Not only does it include all of the original levels, but it also has the “Oh No” levels as well. There are over 100 Oh No levels alone many of which are very difficult. So don’t expect to conquer them all overnight.

Lemmins also lets you slightly cheat by jumping to any level that you would like. Now you can avoid the frustration of not being able to complete a level by skipping it all together:

lemmins levels

Hopefully you’ll have some time this weekend to dedicate to Lemmings, but don’t get so involved that you forget to do important things like eating. Consider that a warning. ;)

Note: This is made for Windows XP, but I had no troubles running it on Vista.

Lemmins Homepage (Download Mirror)
Thanks a ton to Radu for the tip!

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Feb 04

You Age So Shouldn’t Your Firefox Tabs?

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

Aging Firefox Tabs

Aging is just a part of life and there is no way around it. Instead of having to age by your lonesome self you can setup your Firefox tabs to age, too! There is a new extension available called Aging Tabs and it does just that.

Just install the extension and your tabs will start aging away. There are several different options, as you can see above, that let you customize how the tabs look. In the screenshot you can also see the aged tab that I created by switching back and forth several times between the two right tabs, thus leaving that one neglected and left to grow old. However, the tab can regain its youth if you start selecting it again.

At first I kinda thought this was a “fun for awhile” extension where it would get old (no pun intended) quickly. I have been using it all morning and it surprisingly helps to filter out tabs that I shouldn’t have open anymore. If you constantly just have one or two tabs open then you probably won’t see the benefit in this, but I am constantly reading news and I’ll have around 25 tabs at the same time.

You’ll also notice the default blue color on the currently selected tab. It makes the current tab stick out so much more that I now think Mozilla should have done a similar color for the currently selected tab.

I would probably place this extension in my top 5 favorites.

Download Aging Tabs Firefox Extension

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Feb 03

Vista can Notify you of Program Updates, Kind of

Posted in: Features, Software, Today's Chili, Windows, Windows Vista

This article was written on October 29, 2007 by CyberNet.

I’m a little disappointed in Microsoft right now because they almost included an outstanding feature in Windows Vista. The other day one of the Firefox nightly builds crashed which wasn’t a shock to me. And when a program crashes in Vista it always checks with Microsoft to see if other people are experiencing the same problem. Vista lets you know what it finds out in the Problem Reports and Solutions center, and normally I just ignore it. For some reason I actually read through it this time, and there was one thing that caught my attention.

In the upper-right corner of the report it told me what the latest version of Firefox was, when it was released, and gave me a link to go download it. This information is normally important for users who have problems because a newer version could solve any issues they are facing. Here’s what it looked like (note the area I drew the red box around):

Firefox Upgrade Information

I know you’re probably wondering what the big deal is. It’s just that Windows was able to tell me what the latest version of Firefox was, but why isn’t there a way for me to manually check for updates if this capability is already built-in?

I originally thought that this information would be coming from Windows Marketplace, but the last version of Firefox that it has available was back from August. At the time of receiving this report I had been prompted to download Firefox 2.0.0.8, which was released just days before I got the error message.

In the past we’ve tried to create our own custom update notifier and reviewed several applications (here, here, here, and here) that were all supposed to do what Windows is already capable of. What we really need is something integrated into Vista. Come on Microsoft, is it really that much to ask to give us a button to check for updates to our programs? It would fit in well with the Programs and Features in the Control Panel (it’s the same thing as Add/Remove in older versions of Windows), and such a feature could truly help make a user’s computer more secure.

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Feb 02

Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch (updated with video!)

Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, Google, multitouch, nexus one, NexusOne, Software, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

The iPhone isn’t the only handset getting bumped today — Google’s just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google Maps that includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode. Much more significantly, though, they’ve capitulated and enabled multitouch in Browser, Gallery, and Maps — great news and a big win for the Android community at large. Finally, there are some 3G improvements in there, but you might have to wait a bit — Google expects to have it rolled out to pretty much everyone toward the end of the week. Seriously though, now that we’ve gotten that whole multitouch spat cleared up, it’s time for Engadget to rally around something else: ridding the world of tiny ninjas, perhaps? Follow the break for a video of the new firmware — in all its multi-fingered glory — in action!

Update: ReadWriteWeb’s gotten an official statement from Google on the question on everyone’s mind: why now? The company says that Android 2.1 “powers a new class of devices” with more horsepower and bigger displays, and “based on these new capabilities and numerous requests from Android users, we decided to provide pinch-to-zoom capabilities with this new over-the-air software update for Nexus One devices.” This sounds like a total cop-out to us — HTC got multitouch working just fine on the Hero way back on 1.5 — so we still think they just got uncomfortable with the noise surrounding the groundswell of demand for it. Of course, that’s fine by us — power to the people, right?

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Feb 02

Review And Screenshots Of Windows Vista 5456

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on June 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

Screenshots Of Windows Vista 5456
 

Paul Thurrott over at Windows SuperSite has put together a quick review of Vista 5456 that was just released a few days ago. He also supplies some great screenshots and here are the key things that I found worth noting:

But what we get in build 5456 is dramatic improvement in reliability, usability, performance, and fit and finish. It is, quite simply, the build Microsoft should have shipped as Beta 2 to millions of people around the world. This build is so much better than Beta 2, in fact, that I’m begging the company to offer it to everyone that signed up for the public beta through the Community Public Preview (CPP).

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But the important point here is that, for the first time in a long, long time, Windows Vista looks really good. This is what I had hoped to see in the public release, and it’s a good omen for RC1.

Unfortunately Microsoft did not open up this test to the public but it makes me anxious to get my hands on RC1. I am sure plenty of people continue to scour the P2P networks looking for this build since many people have said that their existing Beta 2 product key works fine and has no troubles activating.

Hopefully Microsoft continues to make Vista more stable and decides to open up these releases to the public.

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