Thursday, October 7, 2004

Tomorrow's cell phone: Beyond the digital camera: "The digital camera continues to evolve as one of the most dramatic technology enhancements the ..." (Via Tom's Hardware Guide: News.) 6:47:14 AM

Security Firm Finds Program to Create JPEGs Exploiting Microsoft Flaw: " Direct and Related Links for 'Security Firm Finds Program to Create JPEGs Exploiting Microsoft Flaw' “Panda Software reported finding a tool on black hat hacker sites that can be used to create files in the JPEG image format that exploit the vulnerability in Microsoft’s JPEG processing component. Microsoft patched the flaw on Sept. 14 in security bulletin MS04-028, but because the flaw affects so many products and the patch must be applied to each of the applications on every system, it is a difficult patch to apply. Officials with Panda…" (Via Lockergnome Bytes.) If you use Microsoft products, and haven't applied the Microsoft JPEG vulnerability patches, you are taking a big risk. 6:36:10 AM

Some Joke: "Successful consumer platforms are designed to make consumers happy, not clueless entertainment industry executives. By John Gruber, Daring Fireball (via MyAppleMenu)" (Via myapplemenu.) 6:19:58 AM

Consumer Reports on cameras: "I've [The DC Resource writer] never been a huge fan of Consumer Reports magazine's digital camera rankings, but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway. These are their top picks (in terms of overall score and best value) from the November 2004 issue:" (Via DCResource.com.) 6:16:40 AM

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