Mouseover Virus Hits Twitter
A new virus is raging right now on Twitter. The infection is spreading like wildfire and get twitter to send out unintelligible messages.
The virus is a “mouse-over-virus” which means you do not even need to click the infected link to suffer – it is enough to keep the mouse cursor over it. Initially, the virus affected only browser for those using twitter by going to twitter.com. The virus was then due to hit user started sending unintelligible messages. The tip to all twitter users are therefore right now to completely avoid twitter.com. Using a client like Tweetie or Tweetdeck seems safe.
IT over 15 years from September (2010)
Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..
September 5 years ago.
- Apple introduces the new iPod Nano, an MP3 player with the same performance as the iPod, but less than half the size
- Ebay pay 2.6 billion dollar when they buy Skype
September 10 years ago
- Microsoft launches Windows Me (Millennium)
- McAffe and F-Secure discovered the first virus for handhelds. It’s called Phage and focuses on the Palm.
September 15 years ago
- Microsoft report they have sold 7 million of their operating systems Windows 95 the first month
- IBM introduces the PC model Aptiva
Previous months
Half a billion on Facebook
The Social network, Facebook has now reached 500 million registered users…This means that eight percent of the population using this site. Facebook was launched six years ago and has been the site that has grown most during this time. In conjunction with this milestone Facebook launches a new application where people can share stories about Facebook’s role in their lives. On 1 Octoberthe movie “The Social Network” will reach the theater, which is a story of the founder Mark Zuckerberg, this will be a must film for all the Facebook-nerds |
Has Microsoft bet on wrong horse again?….. Again!
While companies like Google and Mozilla (Firefox) pays rewards of up to $ 2000 for the discovery of critical security holes in its browser, Microsoft has gone a different way.
In a blog post on their MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) can you read that they have considered this but feel it is better to reward the security industry, and this is done by sponsoring security conference Black Hat.
The question is whether this is the right decision, given that Internet Explorer is not at all have the same security as Firefox and Chrome, according to all kind of different tests.
Will Microsoft succeed this time
Microsoft will soon launch Windows 7 Mobile.
This can be crucial for Microsoft to continue to break into the mobile market.
Today dominates the market for mobile operating systems of the IOS, Android and Symbian.
However, Microsoft is now widely supported by various mobile manufacturers for the launch and a lot of interesting models appear to be available once the system is launched. According to the site Pocket-lint data suggest now that the official launch date for the system will be on 11 October. It will be interesting to see how it will go for Microsoft this time.
