A Little Tech + Photoshop

Building Your Own UPS

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:45:00 +0000

An UPS (uninterruptible power supply) can become an essential part to any office, or for one's beloved gaming rig. Whether the need for an UPS is to protect important documents when the power goes out, or squeezing in a few more minutes of gaming in before boredom the sets in, one can come in hand for in many situations. Over at Icrontic they've put together an informative article depicting what you should look for in an UPS when making a purchase. One pointer they give is that you should keep in mind, when making a purchase the price you pay for the amount of power you'll be receiving. If a retail UPS doesn't suit your needs they also, instruct you how you can make your own Super UPS. So, get shopping or if your the do-it-yourself type get building!

[Via Icrontic]

An Ultimate Extra Released...Wait What Was That Again?

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:17:00 +0000

The "exclusive" extras to the owners of Window Vista Ultimate, have emerged yet again after a long, long hibernation. Today, Microsoft released an "Ultimate Extra" for the owners of Vista Ultimate, which is hardly an extra at all. If you call a resource hungry task running in the background, although it may be beautiful, an extra then your senses might appeal to Dreamscene. This extra, which was supposed to be released at the latest by the end of the summer was released today. A deadline which was not met because the development of the extras was somewhat delayed for some obscure reason. If these "extras", are an exclusive to Ultimate owners, I would expect better from Microsoft. As many of you know I am a Microsoft fanboy, but this issue just ticks me off a bit. Premium customers should be treated as so, and not left in the dust. If you would like more information about the development of these "extras" follow the link at the bottom of the post. I do apologize about the rashness of this post, but this just gets on my last nerve.

[Via WindowsUltimate.com]

Halo 3 in Full Throttle

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:55:00 +0000

Last night, at 12:01 the much anticipated Halo 3 was released. This third chapter to the Halo series ends the Halo trilogy, leaving many quite satisfied. The guys over at C|NET's Gamespot have given the game an in depth review, and as to be expected the game got an excellent review of 9.5. Some of the things that the guys at Gamespot liked about the game were:

Satisfying storyline that simultaneously provides closure while making you wonder what will happen next
Four-player online co-op is a lot of fun
Forge mode map editor lets you do some extremely crazy and unexpected things
Web integration makes sharing new maps and custom modes easy.

[Via Gamespot]

Vista Performance and Compatibility Hotfixes Go Official

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:39:00 +0000

Finally, the long awaited Hotfixes for Windows Vista have been released, the "Performance and Reliability" and "Compatibility and Reliability" Hotfixes. I have yet to see them go through windows update, but they are posted on Microsoft's website. Enjoy your patching!

Performance and Reliability Hotfix:

You experience a long delay when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.
A memory leak occurs when you use the Windows Energy screen saver.
If User Account Control is disabled on the computer, you cannot install a network printer successfully. This problem occurs if the network printer is hosted by a Windows XP-based or a Windows Server 2003-based computer.
When you write data to an AVI file by using the AVIStreamWrite function, the file header of the AVI file is corrupted.
When you copy or move a large file, the "estimated time remaining" takes a long time to be calculated and displayed.
After you resume the computer from hibernation, it takes a long time to display the logon screen.
When you synchronize an offline file to a server, the offline file is corrupted.
If you edit an image file that uses the RAW image format, data loss occurs in the image file. This problem occurs if the RAW image is from any of the following digital SLR camera models: Canon EOS 1D or Canon EOS 1DS
After you resume the computer from hibernation, the computer loses its default gateway address.
Poor memory management performance occurs.

[Performance and Reliability Hotfix Download]

Compatibility and Reliability Hotfix:

The screen may go blank when you try to upgrade the video driver.
The computer stops responding, and you receive a "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" error message. You can restart the computer only by pressing the computer's power button.
The computer stops responding or restarts unexpectedly when you play video games or perform desktop operations.
The Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) stops responding when the computer is under heavy load or when very little memory is available. This problem prevents diagnostics from working.
The screen goes blank after an external display device that is connected to the computer is turned off. For example, this problem may occur when a projector is turned off during a presentation.
A computer that has NVIDIA G80 series graphic drivers installed stops responding.
Visual appearance issues occur when you play graphics-intensive games.
You experience poor playback quality when you play HD DVD disks or Blu-ray disks on a large monitor.
Applications that load the Netcfgx.dll component exit unexpectedly.
Windows Calendar exits unexpectedly after you create a new appointment, create a new task, and then restart the computer.
Internet Connection Sharing stops responding after you upgrade a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista and then restart the computer.
The Printer Spooler service stops unexpectedly.
You receive a "Stop 0x0000009F" error when you put the computer to sleep while a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection is active.

[Compatibility and Reliability Hotfix Download]

Microsoft Cuts the Price of the Xbox 360

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:09:00 +0000

Yes, it is true Microsoft on Monday did announce that they will be cutting the price of their 360 console, in all its various forms. They will be slashing $50 off the Premium consoles bringing the price to $350, $30 off the Elite bringing it down to $450, and $20 off of the Core system bringing that down to a very, very low $280. This price cut is effective as of Wednesday, so get you wallet ready! If you've been waiting for a price drop to buy your 360 console, here is your opportunity!
[Official Microsoft Press Release]

[Via Engadget]

Ars System Guide: Gaming Box

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:32:00 +0000

Over at Ars Technica, they've compiled a guide to building a gaming PC. They have both a Value Gaming Box and a Performance Gaming Box. The Value system being for the gamer on a budget and the Performance system being for the gamer whom wants the hottest performance out of their gaming PC. The Value system will cost you $1,237.66 not including shipping, and the Performance system will set you back $2,802.81 also excluding shipping. So, if you want to build a gaming system and are in a pickle trying to figure out which hardware to get, Ars has created two very good gaming PC's to base yours off of.

[Via Ars Technica]

AMD's "Asset Light" Strategy

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:51:00 +0000

If you've been in the clouds, about what AMD has been up to lately here is your explanation. At AMD's Analyst Day presentation AMD explained their "Asset Light" strategy in quite a bit of detail.

When AMD purchased ATI, they began to submerge themselves into many new product markets. The term "Asset Light" refers to the incorporation of AMD and ATI interests and resources, the optimization of those resources, and the utilization of existing assets to their fullest extent. At the presentation, AMD focused in more detail on AMD's manufacturing efficiency rather than fabrication tactics. If AMD's plans on the embedded fabrication of both CPU and GPU succeed AMD may see an increased demand in markets, which have not been in the path of AMD, thus far. Myself, being an AMD fanboy, I hope that this new strategy aids AMD to get out of the hole which they've been digging, deeper and deeper as days go on, and put them on top of Intel, once again!

[Via Ars Techinca]

Microsoft Slashes $20 Off the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:02:00 +0000

On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would lower the price of their Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player add-on, from $199 to $179, slashing $20 off of the price. To make this deal even more intriguing they are throwing in five free movies, if you buy the accessory between August 1 and September 30.

If you've been waiting for a price drop to buy this add-on its here staring at you directly in the face. Whether you want to add HD-DVD playback to your 360 console, or want a cheap HD-DVD player for your PC (with a little hacking of course) its a great deal, and don't miss out! This could be the push HD-DVD needs to take the lead of the High Definition-DVD wars, but we shall see in the near future, I hope.

[Via C|NET's News.com]

Peter Moore is Leaving the Xbox Team

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:14:00 +0000

Peter Moore has resigned from his position of corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division. Why did he resign? Well it seems that he has decided to move back to the Bay Area for personal reasons. What will he do next? Well, sources say that Moore will be moving to EA's Sports Division.

His seat will be left empty for just a mere second as his replacement Don Mattrick, a former Electronic Arts President, will be taking over really soon, a bit ironic don't you think. Mattrick, has been Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division since February. He says that "I'm thrilled to join an already strong team that's delivering truly amazing gaming experiences to customers around the world. I've never been more excited about the future of the industry and firmly believe Microsoft will lead the next great innovations in gaming."

Petter Moore's position will be hard to fill, lets just hope that Mattrick can bring as much for the Xbox team as Moore has. I wish the best for Peter Moore at EA and I welcome Don Mattrick to the team.

[Via Ars Technica]

Reason For Delay

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:28:00 +0000

I explain why there has been such a big delay of our podcast releases.

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Yahoo! Messenger and Trillian Hit With Critical Vulnerabilities

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:00:00 +0000

On Monday, security researchers have disclosed security vulnerabilities for both Yahoo! and Trillian IM clients.

The Bug concerning Yahoo! Messenger, is a buffer overflow flaw, which could be exploited by a specially crafted address book entry. When the exploit is taken advantage of the client responds by crashing as soon as it's hit by the exploit. This exploit although it causes the client to crash, could still be vulnerable to code execution, meaning the attacker could run its own malicious code, and therefore take control of your machine.

As for the Trillian IM Client, it is plagued by two vulnerabilities, after being patched about a month or two ago. Security researches have identified both of the vulnerabilities in Trillian to be caused by the AIM URI (uniform resource identifier). This exploit is very similar to the vulnerability found in both the Firefox/Internet Explorer browsers, last week. Researchers say:

"The first example shows the dangers of passing unfiltered arguments to programs that have registered URIs (much like the firefoxurl: vulnerability). The second example shows that even if arguments are sanitized [emphasis in original] by the browser, many programs can be remotely pwnd via registered URIs and poor development practices."

Vulnerabilities for both clients have yet to be patched. Neither Yahoo! nor Cerulean Studios have not stated when a patch would be released for these vulnerabilities. I advise users of these two clients to be use them with caution, and ensure that you have your virus/spyware protection software up to date.

[Via PC World]

07-12-07 Episode 13 (Delayed)

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:30:00 +0000

On todays podcast, we let you know what's going on in the tech world and show you how to correct images in Photoshop. Stay tuned after the show for some exclusive E3 2007 trailers.
Update: This episode will be postponed due to Skype, not playing very well with Vista. We'll try to get this fixed as soon as possible, but without Skype working there is no way to record our calls. Once again, sorry for the inconvenience.

Show Notes:

Todays tech stories:
AMD cuts prices on its desktop CPUs
Toshiba's Latest HD DVD Firmware Upgrade Unlocks Web-Enabled Features
No BS iPhone Review
Beta of Vista Service Pack 1 may arrive sooner than expected
Microsoft to extend Xbox 360 warranty, take $1 billion hit
Microsoft holds firm on Xbox 360 pricing
Nintendo says Wii will remain in short supply
Sony cuts PS3 price by $100
Sony's 80GB PS3 to include SIXAXIS with rumble?
Sony's new PSP is slimmer, includes video output
E3 2007: Candid developer discussion about DirectX 10
Did ya know? It's Fair Use Day: July 11, 2007
Airport Computers "Might Be at Risk"

Todays Photoshop Tip:
Image Corrections

Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 Warranty to Three Years

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:26:00 +0000

Today, Microsoft announced that they will be taking a $1 billion hit by extending their Xbox 360 warranty for three years, as a result of many hardware failures. Microsoft views the many hardware failures as being "an unacceptable number of repairs to Xbox 360 consoles, the company conducted extensive investigations into potential sources of general hardware failures," Microsoft stated. Microsoft will cover consoles which experience failures up to three years from the date of purchase. Entertainment & Devices Division President Robbie Bach said in a statement:

"The majority of Xbox 360 owners are having a great experience with their console and have from day one. But, this problem has caused frustration for some of our customers and for that, we sincerely apologize."

Many have been plagued by their 360 consoles failing for one reason or another. Myself, knowing many of those who've had troubles with their consoles they still seem to love it, even though it has some quirks. Also many of those customers appreciate Microsoft for taking the blame and replacing their consoles. I just hope that Microsoft can improve the quality of their consoles because since launch, many have had troubles with the 360 consoles. Although this hasn't had much of an effect on the number of loyal users. So, just as a precaution if your experiencing any problems remember to send it off to Microsoft, before the warranty is over.
[Via C|NET's News.com]

Happy 4th of July!

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:01:00 +0000

We'd like to wish all of our US subscribers a great 4th of July. We hope that you have a great holiday, who doesn't like holidays, celebrating Independence Day here in the US. We should be back on Thursday, depending on if we're too tired from all the partying, until then we hope you enjoy your holiday!

What the iPhone Doesn't Have

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:42:00 +0000

On Friday, at 6:00 PM local time Apple's ever popular iPhone is going to be released. With all the hype that the iPhone has been is getting, I think that many consumers will become very disappointed with the product. When your paying so much for a product, and that product has, lets just say "crippled" functionality it is completely unacceptable. Apple hurrying the release of this product and leaving end-users with a "crippled" phone is like saying we don't care about the users' experience, lets just bring in some revenue, and having that mind set is completely unprofessional of Apple. There are many thinks that the iPhone simply just can't do, over at Gizmodo they've compiled a list of those things, here they are:

Things the iPhone Doesn't Have

Songs as Ringtones
Games
Any flash support
Instant Messaging
Picture messages (MMS)
Video recording
Voice recognition or voice dialing
Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (A2DP)
One-size-fits-all headset jack (May have to buy an adapter for certain headphones)
3G (EV-DO/HSDPA)
GPS
A real keyboard
Removable battery
Expandable Storage
Direct iTunes Music Store Access (Over Wi-Fi or EDGE)

[Via Gizmodo]

06-25-07 Episode 12

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:30:00 +0000

On todays podcast, we let you know what's going on in the tech world and show you how to use the Healing brush and Clone Stamp tools, and also how to manipulate the vanishing point in Photoshop.
NOTE: There will be no show on Thursday since I will be on vacation.
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Show Notes:

Todays tech stories:
Pentagon e-mail taken down by hackers
TorrentSpy begins weeding out copyright content
EFF and CDT: Torrentspy decision could spell end of Internet privacy
AMD looks for fix during rough year
Vista the most secure OS, according to researcher
Leopard and Vista: Last Gasp of the Big OS?
Xbox 360 owners reporting blank video output issue
Foxconn offering sub-$100 DirectX 10 cards
NVIDIA Tesla High Performance Computing
Alienware P2 barebones on offer
V8 Engine Computer Case
EMI says DRM-free music is selling well
A Little Apple TV Youtube Tour
Apple Patches Safari Beta Browser Again
Blu-ray content protection agency certifies BD+
The ten most hated words on the Internet
100 Blogs We Love-PC World

Todays Photoshop Tip:
Using the Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and manipulating the vanishing point in Photoshop.

No Show Today

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:24:00 +0000

After, much thinking we've decided that we will not record episode 12 today because our schedules are full. We will continue with our usual episode releases starting again on Monday. We're very sorry once again for the inconvenience, and we hope to have all our technical problems fixed by then.

Dell Allows Users to Refuse 'Bloatware'

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:24:00 +0000

Finally, a company willing to give the user the choice of having 'bloatware' on their machines. 'Bloatware', if you aren't familiar with the term is all the software which comes on a PC when you buy it. It consists mostly of trials which give the user little to no functionality, with the 'bloatware' the companies try to lure you in to buying their software. How does the 'bloatware' get on the machines?, you might ask. Well, the software companies essentially pay the PC maker in this case that being Dell to put the software on those machines. PC makers allow this to occur because at the end of the whole process, they can sell the PC at a much lower price, allowing more consumers to afford the machines.

So, after many complaints from users Dell is giving the users a choice whether or not to have 'bloatware' on certain PC models. As of now buyers of Dimension desktops, Inspiron notebooks and XPS PCs can now click a field in Dell's online order form that will block the installation of 'bloatware' such as: productivity software, ISP (Internet service provider) software, and photo and music software. This is a great step for Dell, hopefully this will encourage other PC venders to do the same for their buyers.
[Via PC WORLD]

Trillian "critical" patch released

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, Cerulean Studios, the maker of the multi-protocol chat software Trillian, issued a "critical" patch for Trillian 3.1.5.1, earlier versions of the software are also vulnerable to the attack. This vulnerability is in the character encoding in Trillian, mainly in the the word-wrapping handling of UTF-8, which is the Unicode Transformation Format used for encoding characters in e-mail, instant messages and Web pages. If an attacker takes advantage of this vulnerability, the attacker could then potentially launch a buffer overflow which would allow them to, remotely gain control of a user's system. The vulnerability can be exploited if the user views a malicious message which contains an unusually long UTF-8 string. The patch released on Monday updates Trillian to version 3.1.6.0, so make sure you update to fix the security flaws. To Learn more visit C|NET's News.com for a more detailed article.

If you aren't familiar with Trillian, from Cerulean Studios, it's a multi-protocol chat client. It enables users to use their Yahoo's Instant Messenger, AOL's AIM, MSN Messenger, IRC, and ICQ accounts all in one client. Which makes signing-in to multiple IM accounts very simple and convenient, ridding the user of launching all the various clients. I've used it for quite a while and I recommend it, if you want to give it a try visit their site for the download.
[via C|NET's News.com]

06-18-07 Episode 11

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:52:00 +0000

On todays podcast, we let you know what's going on in the tech world and show you how to create Pop Art in Photoshop.
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Todays tech stories:
Microsoft Announces Mediaroom IPTV
Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and Multimedia Platform Debuts at NXTcomm
Clearer picture for IPTV tech?
Apple: You can gab on that iPhone for eight hours
EU operators bemoan Apple's iPhone arrogance
Did Apple Lie to Mac Gamers?
ATT/Yahoo premium Mail adds ads; Ars writes a letter
NASCAR countersues AT&T for $100 million, moves to ban future telecom sponsorships
Fox to offer ad-supported, embedded TV content
Blockbuster Sides With Sony Blu-Ray
Blu-ray disc rot on a few titles!
Mozilla exec calls Apple's Safari plan 'duopolistic'
Battery life proving problematic in adding rumble to SIXAXIS?
Lonestar sues Nintendo over Wii capacitor design
Chips let PCs get turned on remotely
Digg-Hacked traffic sign

Todays Photoshop Tip: Creating Pop Art in Photoshop

06-14-07 Episode 10

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:48:00 +0000

On todays podcast, we let you know what's going on in the tech world and show you how to age a photo in Photoshop.
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Todays tech stories:
AT&T willing to spy for NSA, MPAA, and RIAA
AT&T to target pirated content-LA Times
TorrentSpy ruling a 'weapon of mass discovery'
Release Candidate goes live!
Computer flaw could imperil space station
First look: Safari 3 beta on Windows vs. Firefox 2 and IE7
Microsoft, Mozilla execs respond to Safari on Windows announcement
Apple releases Windows Safari 3.0.1, squishes security bugs
New video-game league seeks mass appeal
iTunes account required for iPhone setup
That iPhone has a keyboard, but it's not mechanical
EasyJet promotes new 'green' aircraft design
Kodak boosts digital camera sensitivity

Todays Photoshop Tip: Aging Photos

Windows Home Server RC1 Released

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:07:00 +0000

Reaching yet another milestone, Microsoft's Windows Home Server release candidate 1(RC1) was released today. Many have taken part in the beta program for WHS and all of those beta testers, along with new sign-ups will be able to get their hands on the RC. If you are intrigued by the whole concept of the WHS give the RC a go. As for me I'll have to scavenge a system to try this on, and when I do I'll report back to you. Remember to report those bugs, doing that will help make the leap to the next milestone...Release to Manufacture(RTM). Happy testing!!! [Windows Home Server Blog]

Its Patch Tuesday!!

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:00:00 +0000

Today, is the second Tuesday of the month, better known as "Patch Tuesday". On the second Tuesday of every month Microsoft releases patches for its Windows OS, and its become quite a ritual for a Windows users. But most don't even notice that these patches are release due to the fact that many have automatic updates turned on, ensuring they are always patched and protected from the insecurities of the web.

This month, Microsoft has fixed 15 flaws with six patches, four of those patches are being considered to be critical by Microsoft. Two of the released patches affect Microsoft's Windows Vista, one critical patch is for Internet Explorer, and one patch also affects Microsoft Office. I'll give you a brief description of each of the critical patches, for more information on the rest of the patches check out this article at C|NET's News.com. Don't forget to patch your systems!!

MS07-031: Critical
Entitled "Vulnerability in the Windows Schannel Security Package Could Allow Remote Code Execution (935840)," this bulletin affects users of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP SP2, XP Professional x64, and Windows Server 2003 (SP 1 and 2, x64, and Itanium-based systems) but does not affect Windows Vista, and it addresses the vulnerabilities detailed in CVE-2007-2218. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution.
MS07-033: Critical
Entitled "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566)," this bulletin affects users of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, running Internet Explorer 5.01, 6.0, and 7.0 and addresses the vulnerabilities detailed in CVE-2007-0218, CVE-2007-1750, CVE-2007-1751, CVE-2007-1752, CVE-2007-3027, and CVE-2007-0222. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution.
MS07-034: Critical
Entitled "Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express and Windows Mail (929123)," this bulletin affects users of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, running Outlook Express 6 and/or Windows Mail but does not affect Windows 2000 systems running Outlook Express 5.5 or 6 and addresses the vulnerabilities detailed in CVE-2007-2111, CVE-2007-1658, CVE-2007-2225, CVE-2007-2227. Successful exploitation could allow information disclosure.
MS07-035: Critical
Entitled "Vulnerability in Win 32 API Could Allow Remote Code Execution (935839)," this bulletin affects users of Windows 2000, Windows XP (all editions), and Windows Server 2003 (all editions) but does not affect Windows Vista and addresses the vulnerability detailed in CVE-2007-2219. Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution or elevation of privilege.

06-11-07 Episode 09

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:30:00 +0000

On todays podcast, we let you know what's going on in the tech world and show you how to create Fire-Text in Photoshop.
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Todays tech stories:
Microsoft Surface - surface and gesture based computing lands
Microsoft Surface hands-on
What lurks below Microsoft's Surface? A brief Q&A with Microsoft
Wi-Fi memory cards coming to cameras
TorrentSpy ordered to start tracking visitors
BitTorrent site ordered to enable server logs, turn them over to MPAA
MPAA accuses TorrentSpy of concealing evidence
Russian ATM runs on unactivated copy of Windows
OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems
MIT Dudes Develop Mind-Boggling Wireless Electricity
Ars System Guide: June 2007
First look: Firefox 3 alpha 5

Todays Photoshop Tip: Fire-Text
Photoshop Techniques: Fire-Text

We're back!!!!

alittletechandphotoshop@gmail.com (Tim and Tyler from the ALT+P labs) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:33:00 +0000

Yup, thats right we're back, from our extremely long break. These last few months have been extremely chaotic which is the reason we haven't produced any new shows since February. But now that schools out for the summer, we'll be back in full force with new episodes coming to you two times a week, depending on how slow the news is. We'll kick our return off with a new episode today...so tune in!!!