Vista sets admin rights depending on programme name Posted on April 23, 2007 by Robin Reply Oddly enough, anything named ‘install’ will be seen by Vista as requiring Admin rights. However, just rename it and you don’t require admin rights any more. It’s being touted as a ‘feature’ of course, but it’s one of the most bloody stupid features I’ve ever heard of. A bit like having username ‘Magix’ and being able to log in to the same account as user ‘M’ in XP.
Gaia Online new form of social networking Posted on April 23, 2007 by Robin Reply Gaia online is a mix of an MMO (people have Avatars and can walk around in a virtual, Manga-esque world, but there are no ‘enemies’), forums, media and ways to improve your avatar. You get gold by being social – ie. posting on the forums, exploring the world or uploading content. The subscriber base has doubled from 1m to 2m in the past month. It’s aimed squarely at teenagers and looks like a very promising concept.
RDS-TMC injection Posted on April 23, 2007 by Robin Reply Navigation systems are now using FM systems more and more to tell each other where traffic jams are developing or where accidents have occurred etc. Inverse Path LLC has found a way to inject various messages using $40,- worth of equipment. Apparently the authentication is weakly encrypted and the messages aren’t encrypted at all, making this fairly trivial.
OpenOffice broken Posted on April 23, 2007 by Robin Reply A Russian developer has built a programme which will recover your OpenOffice password using several different methods.
Desktop apps here to stay Posted on April 23, 2007 by Robin Reply The Register ran a survey among it’s readers and it turns out that Software as a Service is not really taking off yet. The most common apps people use are email and office. MS is the Office king. Doesn’t look like web-based apps will rule any time soon and thin clients are still a stupid idea.
