Monthly Archives: November 2008

Common Management Agent 3.x / ePolicy Orchestrator Agent 3.x

Common Management Agent 3.x / ePolicy Orchestrator Agent 3.x The McAfee Virtual Technician can detect components of your VirusScan installation that are not being patched via the VirusScan patch cycle. In this case the McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA). It … Continue reading

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No more Google lively

Lively is shutting down Not all that long ago Google Lively was being launched. Google have recently announced that Lively is shutting down and that rooms and avatars will not be available after December 31st, 2008. In July we launched … Continue reading

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SSA 1801 Vagabond

Found via a post on The Heliograph; Second Skies Airships SSA-1801 Vagabond The SSA-1801 Vagabond is a flying steamship, designed to evoke the spirit of the 19th century “tramp steamer”, in a Mark Twain meets Jules Verne sort of way. … Continue reading

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Your camera, here to infect?

SANS Internet Storm Center blog had a very timely posting yesterday regarding Picture Printing Kiosks & Flash Memory Devices (2008-Nov-22) Whether its the Secure Digital device in your Digital Camera, or the USB Flash Drive that you carry around the … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2008-11-24)

i iz ur dj Kthxbai. We wish you a Geeky Christmas … Boing Boing’s Holiday Gift Guide part three: Gadgets and stuff (2008-Nov-28) [BoingBoing] Boing Boing’s Holiday Gift Guide part two: Fiction (2008-Nov-27) [BoingBoing] Boing Boing’s Holiday Gift Guide part … Continue reading

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Steam Punk NYE@Melbourne

Euchronia – a steampunk / neo-Victorian Years End Ball in Melbourne Australia Time is the fire in which we burn Euchronia is a steampunk / neo-Victorian Year’s End Ball taking place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the last day of … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2008-11-18)

The Bond Villain Data Center Thanks to Brian for the heads up we have the inside on this beauty; This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a hydrogen bomb. … Continue reading

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Safari 3.2

Apple have released Safari 3.2, which addresses a number of bugs and several security vulnerabilities; Safari : CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2096 (Windows XP or Vista) Safari : CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1767 (Windows XP or Vista) Safari : CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3623 (Windows XP or Vista) Safari … Continue reading

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Firefox 2.0.0.18

Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.0.18 on November 12, 2008 Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.18 [1] MFSA 2008-58 Parsing error in E4X default namespace MFSA 2008-57 -moz-binding property bypasses security checks on codebase principals MFSA 2008-56 nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation MFSA 2008-55 Crash and … Continue reading

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FireFox 3.0.4

Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.4 on November 12, 2008 Firefox 3.0.4 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.3 including several security issues and several stability issues. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.4 [1] MFSA 2008-58 Parsing error in E4X default namespace MFSA 2008-57 … Continue reading

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