Rootkit, Rootkit. . .who's got the rootkit!?!. . .
The Windows operating system expert who exposed Sony BMG Music Entertainment use of "rootkit" cloaking techniques last year is now criticizing security vendors Symantec and Kaspersky Lab for shipping software that works in a similar manner.
Winternals Software, says that the techniques used by Symantec's Norton SystemWorks and Kaspersky's Anti-Virus products are rootkits, There is "no good justification," for the use of such techniques, Russinovich said. "If the vendor believes that the implementation of their software requires a rootkit then I think they need to go back and re-architect it."
Should they rename it SpyTunes. . .?
A new version of Apple Computer's popular iTunes software, 6.0.2, is drawing barbs from privacy advocates for sending information about computer users' playlists back to Apple.
The new music software includes a "MiniStore" window, which provides recommended links to Apple's music download service when a listener actively clicks on a song in their personal playlist, (and here's the big deal) including songs that haven't been purchased from the iTunes store.
To provide those recommendations, the software sends information about the selected song, such as artist, title and genre, back to Apple. But the software also transmits a string of data that is linked to a computer user's unique iTunes account ID, computer experts have found.
Podcast of the day. . .
Just Vocabulary
http://justvocabulary.libsyn.com/
A daily podcast (approx 3-4 min) introducing two English words which are explained, and then used in example sentences. It is just vocabulary, no chitchat, to the point, short and powerful.
Manic Minute Recommendation: As it says in show #21, Brevity (which I love!) and Tedious (which it is not!).
And that's your Manic Minute for January 12th, 2006!
3:29:02 PM 
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