- Posted by Juan on August 27th, 2008
According to the expert in security Dan Kaminsky, Internet is at this moment being overflowed by DNS attacks, programmed specifically for a hole of security published in July. Numerous administrators have not installed yet the security patch that corrects this vulnerability.
The problem was detected by Dan Kaminsky at the beginning of the year. The vulnerability implies that IP servers can be manipulated in a way to redirect users to a fake IP address.
Dan Kaminsky revealed the technical details at the beginning of August. The company IO Active already has registered the first assault of DNS attacks. Among others sites, the first attacks been have redirected to China Netcom.
Message Labs confirms that the suspicious traffic in DNS has increased in 52% between July and August. The data is processed as it demonstrates that the intruders look for new vulnerabilities in DNS servers.
- Posted by Juan on August 27th, 2008

Since its beginning, when the mice needed a trackball to record movements, users and industry PC solutions have required to be more accurate. The optical mouse was a big step in that direction, being followed by the highly accurate laser technology.
In these days, Microsoft announced a new technology development of the computer mouse.
For now there are no details announced, and Microsoft has released a single image advertising with the words “Say goodbye to laser” and dated September 9.
Then there is a need to wait two weeks to know what concerns Microsoft.
- Posted by Juan on August 26th, 2008

The forecast assumes that the interest for the iPhone is at the same level today as when it was launched. In case, if this forecast is real, Apple will sell a much larger number of phones than its own initial editions.
Recently, Apple reported it would increase its production of phones in Taiwan.
Currently, the company produces 150,000 units of iPhones per day. But considering that current demand exceeds supply, and that Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone in more countries, this could prove that even 150,000 daily appliances is an insufficient number.
- Posted by Juan on August 26th, 2008

Through a simple click on the browser the user may be invisible. Such is the reality of the next version of Internet Explorer. Indeed, Microsoft has sent 2 patent applications of their technologies “Cleartracks’ and ‘Inprivate’, which seek to enable the user to surf the Internet without leaving traces in the local computer.
The normal version of Internet Explorer records a wealth of information, such as Web sites visited by the user, as well as addresses and capsules of information (cookies). If you allow, Internet Explorer will also stored login names and access codes to services.
The role of “private mode” already exists in other browsers such as Apple Safari. As indicated, future versions of Firefox will also incorporate a similar function.
- Posted by Juan on August 24th, 2008