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“Welcome to HiWEB-Interactive, bringing you information from the edge of technology”
*This is a summary of
recent news and technology highlights.
HiWEB-Interactive – Show #5 – From April 03th 2008
Airing weekly Thursdays at 8p (PST) – And available on LIVE.HIWEB.NET as well as archived
-Hot News Topics
this week
(*Prepped 24 Hours Prior)
1:30
1- CanSecWest – Hacking Contest
(Vista, OS X, and Linux)
2-
Microsoft Surface launching April 17th... with AT&T
3- Qualcomm Gobi (EV-DO and HSPA) One
Device
4- Apple iTunes now the #1 Music
Retailer
5- USB Wireless Router in a Thumb
Drive
6-
3G iPhone Coming in "Months"
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-Review of
Hot Topics
(*Elaborate on Hot Topics)
6:30
*SEE PRINTED NOTES…..
1 -
Linux Declared 'Hacker Proof'
– During a recent CanSecWest Security
Conference and Contest (Pwn 2 Own) - Vista and OSX Hacked – Linux remains the
most secure OS available from this perspective. The MacBook Air running OS X was
hacked first via an undisclosed Safari flaw (Took hackers 2 minutes), then Vista
box was hacked via a Flash flaw which allowed hackers to exploit the Vista OS.
These systems were hacked after loading of set standard applications.
The hackers were persuaded with a $10,000 prize and a $5000 prize plus
the actual laptop as well winners had to sign a NDA upon a successful hack.
The Sony laptop running Ubuntu remained secure through the end of the
conference. However reports stated
that Linux bugs were found although no one wanted to spend the time to develop
the exploit code required to win the contest.
2 - Microsoft
Surface launching April 17th... with AT&T
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Microsoft has chosen AT&T to launch the
world's first Surface into retail. This 30” surface computer will debut to
shoppers in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco and clients will
be treated to learning about a device by simply placing it atop the Surface.
The tablet computer will allow gestures to be used to explore coverage
maps and in the future user can drag and drop content onto the devices.
AT&T is very excited being the first company to put the Microsoft Surface
to use in the retail environment. If
successful this will be rolled out to 2200 US Stores.
And continue to push AT&T ahead of their competition!
3 - Qualcomm Gobi (EV-DO and HSPA) One
Device
– Awesome for the consumer, converged technologies. Dell and HP have jumped on
board saying they will offer laptop with this converged technology embedded into
newer laptops. For those not up to speed this with this technology this mean
user can connect to both EVDO and HSPA 3G networks without having to carry 2
cards all over the world. HSPA
is based on GSM a worldwide standard however EVDO based on CDMA is primarily in
the United States. No exact word on models to carry these cards or cost at time
of this report.
4 –
Apple passes
Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US,
Over the past few years, we have watched Apple climb the music sales chart
courtesy of the iTunes. Last month we learned that Apple passed Best Buy to
become the number two retailer in the the US. Now, Apple has ascended to the top
of the charts, surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time ever. The iTunes Store
leads the pack with 19 percent, Wal-Mart (which includes the brick-and-mortar
stores as well as its online properties) is second with 15 percent, and Best Buy
is third with 13 percent. Amazon is a distant fourth at 6 percent, trailed by
the likes of Borders, Circuit City, and Barnes & Noble. Rhapsody is in the tenth
slot with 1 percent. *Hope Amazon catches
them soon…
5 –
The Windy31 USB
Wireless Router
– This thumb drive device can create a wireless network by sharing the computers
existing internet connection. IE:
Share you 3G Aircard with your friends to cheap to purchase 3G internet
themselves. Imagine while
traveling, meetings and/or conferences.
The Windy31 hooks up to any Windows PC’s USB Port and can support 32
other wireless users. All software
is preloaded into this device and allows customization including the SSID,
encryption and more. Supports 802.11g and cost around $60
6 -
Straight from AT&T
Mobility CEO's Mouth: 3G iPhone Coming in "Months"
- AT&T Mobility has mentioned earlier in the CTIA event that they expected all
of their smart integrated devices to be 3G in the next couple months.
This will include the Blackberry devices and iPhone type devices I’m led
to believe. Again you're going
to see AT&T’s integrated devices all be 3G devices in the not-too-distant
future, and I mean months. Fun
with technology….. Then 4G
just 1-2 years out, IE: 10MB – 100MB – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!!!
- Viewer
Questions
(*Troubleshooting, New Tech, Etc.)
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1- How to perform Disaster Recovery on Windows NTFS/FAT File System – Knoppix Boot CD, Trinity Rescue Kit (Linux Live CD), Mini PE, Hiren Boot CD 9.5
See
http://www.knoppix-std.org
-
STD is a Linux-based
Security Tool. Actually, it is a collection of hundreds if not thousands of open
source security tools. It's a Live Linux Distro, which means it runs from a
bootable CD in memory without changing the native operating system of the host
computer. Its sole purpose in life is to put as many security tools at your
disposal with as slick an interface as it can.
See
http://trinityhome.org - a Linux
bootable CD designed to recover/repair dead Windows systems (also Linux). Also
can reset lost or forgotten Windows Passwords, Clone NTFS Drives, Recover lost
or deleted files and recover lost partitions.
Note: If using Trinity Rescue Kit to reset password you might also try OphCrack
Live CD Method.
See
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net
- Ophcrack is a Windows
password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation
of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+
Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on
Linux.
See
http://minipe.org -
MiniPE is basically a
live Windows XP cd that allows you to fix your operating system, get rid of
virus', fix disk drives, connect to remote computers, and about anything else
you would need to do...all without having to have XP running on the machine you
want to use it on. Over 100 tools included on this disk....
See
http://www.hiren.info
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Hiren's Boot CD 9.5
is a
bootable
CD
containing various diagnostic programs such as
partitioning
agents, system performance benchmarks,
disk cloning
and
imaging tools,
data recovery
tools,
MBR tools,
BIOS
tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems. Many of these tools
are
warez.
As it is a bootable CD it can be useful even if the primary operating system
cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Utilities
with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant;
however, they present choices through different
UI's
and options in what they can do. Download here also
http://rapidshare.com/files/103650593/Hiren95.zip
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-New
Technology to keep an Eye On
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1-
Music File Compressed 1000 Times Smaller than MP3 –
Researchers have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1000 times
smaller than a regular MP3 file. There example was a 20 second clarinet solo
encoded into less than a single kilobyte.
Just an Idea where compression could take us in the future. Funded by the
National Science Foundation.
2-
The Firefighting Robot – Stop Drop
and Roll, this autonomous firefighting robot gets it self-preservation instinct
from its insect cousins. Only concept for
now this off-road extinguishing apparatus equipped with tanks of water and
powered fire-extinguishing agents. Guided
by GPS, Intelligent Feelers, Infrared Sensors and Heat Sensors. Made of a fire
resistant fiber that can resist temperatures to 1850 degrees F and could cost
from $125,000 to $200,000 weighing 150-200lbs.
Note the embedded GPS could also be used for tracking should any
pranksters steal one of these robots.
3-
Using Your own Cellular Phone In-Flight
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UK travelers may soon have a chance to chat away on their own phones while in
flight. The cells would be switched off during take-off, and turned on once the
planes reach a given altitude, which would be a minimum of 3,000 meters. Phone
signals would be routed to the mobile base stations on the plane, which would in
turn dispatch signals to ground-based networks through a satellite link.
4- GE’s New Water Heater could Kill 30
Coal Plants -
They're the most energy-hungry single appliance in the home, and are responsible
for about 17% of residential energy use. But because of a lack of consensus on
how they should be regulated, and resistance from industry, their efficiency
went completely unregulated.
Available now from GE, It's a tankless heater that provides hot water only when
you need it. The result is an unlimited supply of hot water, and about 25% less
energy use per gallon of hot water produced. The second is even more exciting,
though, unfortunately, it won't be available until 2009. GE is calling it a
"hybrid electric" water heater. Then the electric water heater takes over,
bringing the water up to 140 degrees F.
The new design coming is more than 50% more efficient than previous water
heaters. Note: Every home that installs one will see their yearly power bills
drop up to $250.
http://www.geappliances.com/video_launcher.htm?emcid=1144&empid=4923&packageid=0000
-Tech Tip / Demo
When Downloading
Bit-Torrents (Keep Anti-P2P Trackers Away from Your BitTorrent Downloads with
PeerGuardian2)
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
- IP-blocking application
PeerGuardian2 (PG2) uses a constantly updated blacklist of IP addresses known
to track your activity. The first
time you run PeerGuardian2 after you install it, you'll have to go through a
setup wizard to tell PeerGuardian what kind of blacklists to download and block.
By default, PG2 already has Anti-P2P organizations checked. For our purposes,
that's really all you need, but PG2 is capable of blocking more IPs if you have
other privacy concerns beyond P2P that you want to address.
If you select this method remember to update your Blacklist, your privacy
is only as good as your blacklist.
It’s recommended to perform daily updates!
Next method is to obscure yourself with a Proxy, there is not a better solution than a good proxy.
There are many proxy servers out there, check out the Tor Project or potentially
roll your own SSH proxy. A proxy
protects you by routing all of your traffic through another server when it
leaves your computer and before it returns back to you.
This means the peers your downloading from only see the Proxy IP address,
not your home IP address.
http://www.torproject.org/
-
Tor is a
software project that helps you defend against
traffic analysis,
a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy,
confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
Check out http://www.btguard.com -
Located in Canada, BTGuard is a subscription service
(about $7/month) that promises anonymous BitTorrentconnections, unlimited
speeds, and that it can bypass your ISP's bandwidth throttling (if your ISP
throttles BitTorrent)
*Bottom Line Let’s all be safe on the World Wide Web!
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-General Talk/Discussions
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