http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/ WickedZone Tech News Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:15:01 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Computers & Internet PCs Internet http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/464.html Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:47:45 GMT Except for this news page. The WickedZone.com site is down It was hosted on another server which has been shut down. I am looking for another host. So until then please be patient. In the mean time I will be posting helpful info here or taking info from WZ and reposting here. Thank You http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/463.html Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:11:19 GMT Every once in a while a program or application comes to my attention by way of my own search or someone sharing it with me. This week "Open Office" was brought to my attention. I know lotsa people don't have MS Office products for various reasons. This product is the solution. It is free and totally compatible with MS Office. Infact in some ways it's actually better. With Open Office You get a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool and more. and best of all it is free. And it's totally compatible with MS Office products. I love open source.....I am always impressed... (more) http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/462.html Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:27:30 GMT Sometimes in helping others I have to do various research and most times I find the key answers off of what is known in the industry as "white papers" aka research papers. Most consumers do not realize the impact that lack of security and how a company handles viruses, affects the consumer UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO THE THEM. Read on for that information that you as a consumer need to know. Below is the index of a white paper I found to be very simple and straight foward on the way companies handle viruses, which would include trojans and worms. To some consumers this read may be... (more) http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/461.html Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:25:03 GMT Do you use Zone Alarm Products? I usually recommend ZAP to people who need a firewall and still will but at the moment there is serious vulnerability, which Zone Labs refuses to fix. As usual they say to buy their products or upgrades if you want to be further protected, which they do have the right to say. Their Firewalls are the best you will buy so buy them but also be aware of news regarding their products. Most times when a vulnerability is discovered the producer of that said product will not be the one to provide that news so I suggest you subscribe to some sort of tech news... (more) http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/460.html Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:52:32 GMT Note:[I was bored while in class too early in the morning on a saturday. S`o i was reading tech news and decided to share]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Video Game Addiction - Addiction has proved deadly in some cases James remembers the throbbing pain in his head and shoulder aches from spending as many as 15 hours a day hunched over a computer keyboard battling his online foes. Read the original article Here http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/459.html Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:01:11 GMT Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system. "There will be a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft's OS is set for another major update. Windows XP's Service Pack 2, which came out last September, deeply modified the operating system by updating its security. Windows XP SP3 will be available sometime next year--after the launch of Windows Vista, which "is the priority for the development teams," according to Microsoft... (more) http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/458.html Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:21:52 GMT Imagine a face transplant!! Wow what science has in store for burn patience is awesome enough to put here instead of something internet, technical, comp' related. An excerpt > Preparing for the world's first face transplants Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic will soon perform radical operation. In the next few weeks, five men and seven women will secretly visit the Cleveland Clinic to interview for the chance to have a radical operation that’s never been tried anywhere in the world. To read more. Enjoy and be surprised by reading the article HERE *~> http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/457.html Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:33:59 GMT Supreme Court raises liability of companies offering peer-to-peer file sharing software Thanks to the Supreme Court, file-sharing software like LimeWire and Morpheus may soon be disappearing. The nation's highest court ruled last month that companies that provide file-sharing software are liable for the actions of those who utilize the service to download copyrighted files. Read the fulll article here *~> http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/456.html Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:22:23 GMT Ever wondered about hackers, what makes them tick etc. Here's a personal story of a Teenage Cyber Criminal Here's an excerpt: If one teenager can jeopardise over a hundred Web sites from his parent's house, imagine what groups of seasoned cybergangs can do." By Tom Spring, PC World.com In 2004, after months of putting a virtual tail on a hacker who called himself Pherk, FBI agent Timothy Nestor had the guy right where he wanted him. Though unsure of Pherk's identity, Special Agent Nestor was tracking every digital footstep the hacker took as he wreaked havoc on dozens of businesses by... (more) http://wickedzonenews.blogdrive.com/archive/455.html Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:51:43 GMT I have been very busy with work and also now school so I have not been keeping up with the Novice Tech News as much as I'd like to. I any of you would like to help by posting Novice Tech News, please email me and let me know. Otherwise I'm afraid my postings will be sporatic. You can use the Tech News Search - Feature to find previous news that still pertains today. *~>