Resident Evil Operating Raccoon City Release Date Unveiled

Capcom has confirmed the availability of Resident Evil Operating Raccoon City for the Microsoft Windows OS. The video game will be launched on May 18th, 2012. The PC version supports all the features of the console version. Watch the video after the jump. [source]

Gotham City Impostors Release Date Delayed

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have recently confirmed that the launch of Gotham City Impostors has been changed to February 2012. As a reminder, this video game was originally due for release on January 10, 2012. Gotham City Impostors will be available in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation Network and Windows PC. Stay tuned for more updates. [source]

Tokyo-based Thanko has started selling the second version of the Spy Button Camera that comes with a new feature. This spy camera is now able to record sound. Weighing 20grams, the Spy Button Camera records AVI videos in 720 x 480 (30fps) and JPEG pictures in 1,280 x 1,024 pixels. It is powered by a Lithium-ion battery, allowing you to record up to 70 minutes of video. All the recorded videos and pictures can be transferred to your PC via USB, but only Windows XP/Vista and 7 machines are supported. The new version of the Spy Button Camera doesn’t have a remote control anymore, which means that you have to push a button on the device itself to start the recording. If you are interested, you can purchase the Spy Button Camera for $55. [Product Page]

Although Windows 7 has been praised for loading and shutting down faster than prior versions, according to one software company, in many cases the new operating system can take longer to get started than Windows Vista.

Iolo Technologies, which sells PC tune-up software, said its lab unit found that a new machine running Windows 7 takes one minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to one minute and six seconds for Windows Vista. Iolo said it measured not the time it takes for the desktop to appear — which can be as little as 40 seconds on a fresh installation of Windows 7 — but rather the time it takes to become fully usable, "with CPU cycles no longer significantly high and a true idle state achieved".

Update
After blocking Microsoft's WPF plugin for Firefox due to what it believed was a security vulnerability, Mozilla has removed the block. The blocklist has been updated, but will take some time to propagate to clients, which will then be able to continue using the WPF plugin.

Original story
Mozilla has temporarily disabled Microsoft's WPF plugin for Firefox in order to protect users from a security vulnerability that was recently uncovered in the component. The vulnerability can be exploited when users visit malicious Web pages that contain specially crafted XAML content.

Microsoft issued an Internet Explorer patch to fix the vulnerability through its Windows Update mechanism on Tuesday. The IE patch is said to fully resolve the vulnerability for Firefox users in addition to users of Microsoft's own browser. Mozilla is concerned, however, that not all users have performed the Windows update yet. In order to protect users who are not yet patched, Mozilla has added Microsoft's plugin to its add-on blocklist, causing it to be automatically disabled by the browser. more detail: linux.com/....firefox

Programmers have mostly overcome a crucial hurdle to releasing a beta version of Chrome for the Mac — printing support — but several Windows 7 features will not make the cut for the present 4.x version of the browser.

Mac printing support has now been added, according to the Google browser's issue-tracking system, although there are "minor remaining issues" remaining and the new features are not yet distributed with the software.

Google has previously cited printing support as an obstacle holding back a Mac version of the browser. Mac support is important for the company's ambitions to spread the browser and its fast-web philosophy to mainstream users. The Linux version, while less mainstream, is also important as it is the foundation of Google's Chrome OS project to build a browser-based operating system for Netbooks.

Now every-time you want to translate any chat message while you are in “chatting mode” in Skype, you can use Google Translator. Yes right know you can use Google Translator along with your Skype Messenger by using Google Translator Add On for Skype.

That means, you can chat with the stranger without worried that you can’t understand their language. The Translating process is pretty fast that you’ll make fast converting. You can chat with different people from different language and country. As we knew, Google Translator supports almost 20 different language all around the world.

This Add-On Skype Google Translator would translate the “content” of the message in Skype. There would be a new tab open when the skype user translated the messages. When the new tab window open there is an option whether the message would be directly translating or not.

We should inform you that this add on is Third Party Add on of Skype. That means it developed unofficially.

Download Skype Google Translator Add On
This Add on only works for Windows operating system and requires .NET Framework 2.0. You can download the add on here (recommended). Alternatively you can also view the download page at here.

Since 1996, DigitalPersona delivers products that enable commercial enterprises, hardware OEMs, software ISVs and consumers to use fingerprint biometrics to secure their identities. DigitalPersona Personal is a software solution aimed to home and small office users. The application I have tested came bundled with the company's U.are.U 4500 Reader - a small, yet powerful USB fingerprint reader. The software version I have used was DigitalPersona Personal 4.0 running on a Windows XP PC.



Installation
Currently, DigitalPersona Personal software works just on Windows operating systems. The application is installed using the software CD included in the product box. The company is selling the software application both as a standalone product and as a "Premium" package that contains the fingerprint reader (as previously mentioned).

The installation is pretty straightforward. Just follow the screen instructions and plugin the USB device when needed.



Getting started
After a successful installation, you need to do some initial customization to generate your user profile. To build your identity you have to choose the Windows account to "pair" it with and then go through the process of capturing your fingerprints.

The USB reader works immaculately - in over three weeks of usage, fingerprint recognition was 100% successful. Recording your fingerprints for the first time is a no-frills procedure which will take just a couple of minutes of your time.



Windows logon
Logging into your Windows computer using your fingerprint is definitely a step up in security for every PC user. While passwords are easy to figure out, getting your biometric information is much tougher. I am not saying this is impossible, as we are all familiar with biometric bypass techniques. I'm just saying that using a fingerprint instead of a password is definitely a more secure option.

If the USB fingerprint reader is connected to the computer, the Windows logon screen will show a new widget which opens up the possibility of using the identity you just setup for successfull authorization.



Secure password repository
DigitalPersona software offers the possibility of storing web site passwords, as well as using them for the automatic (when authorized) login procedures in recognized sites.



There are two ways of setting up your passwords:

1) Manual input or import
After starting DigitalPersona application, you can manually write in a list of web sites, usernames and passwords. If you have a previous backup or an export of the DigitalPersona password database, you will be able import the proprietary .dpxd file (Online Account Data).

2) Automatic - recommended way
When DigitalPersona is running on your computer, navigating your browser to any login page will show a fingerprint icon next to the form. If the fingerprint has a green plus sign over it, it means that this username/password combination is not yet stored in your database and that you can save it right now. This is done by filling the form and placing your finger on the fingerprint reader.



If you just navigated to a web site for which user credentials are already stored in the database, just authorize with your finger and you will automatically get logged into your account.

The software application also contains a "Security Check", a quick and simple function that analyzes your passwords and determines and indicates their strength, adding to this "report" some tips on protecting your personal information.

File Protection
File Protection is an additional application that can get installed from the software CD (if you have DigitalPersona Personal with File Protection), or you can buy it from their online store.

When the application is installed, right-clicking any file or folder will now present a new option - "Encrypt Files". Chose a file to encrypt, place your finger on the scanner and that's it - crypto comes in play.



Technical specs
In case you are wondering, here are the technical specifications for the U.are.U 4500 Reader:

• Pixel resolution: 512 dpi (average x, y over the scan area)
• Scan capture area: 14.6 mm (nom. width at center) 18.1 mm (nom. length)
• 8-bit grayscale (256 levels of gray)
• Reader size (approximate): 65 mm x 36 mm x 15.56 mm
• Compatible with USB 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 (Full Speed) specifications

Final thoughts
In a combination with U.are.U 4500 Reader, DigitalPersona Personal provides home and SOHO users with a good security mechanism for securing both their offline and online identities. It eliminates the need for writing down or memorizing loads of passwords and ensures that you are the only one who can access specific private data, use personal and business passwords and logon to your Windows computer.

KeePass Password Safe Portable is the popular KeePass Password Safe, so you can securely carry your email, internet and other passwords with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Features, KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES-256 and Twofish).

Download KeePass here. - 1.3 Mb [1.7 Mb installed] for Windows only.

Cute Password Manager (CPM) is a free form filling software that auto fill userID and password. CPM stores your web logins on your local machine with 256-bit AES encryption and performs a true "one click login" for you. It is a fast, easy and secure password manager. One 'Master Password' is all that is needed to access all your passwords and private information. This is a MUST HAVE software if you have several web email accounts or just web logins.

Platform: Windows
Last update: 26 June 2008
Developer: iBit-Lab
File type: .exe
File size: 4.8 Mb



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A growing number of Internet users are complaining about a new kind of popup advertising windows that suddenly appear on their screens. This new kind of spam, known as "IP spam" or "net spam", is generated through the internal Windows® messaging service, which is actually a tool provided to enable network administrators to send messages to multiple users via the network.

Phrase password generator utility will help you generate your phrase and convert it to unique and secure password. This is simple solution to "hard-to-remember password" problem. All you have to do is remember the phrase. Small size and sui generis algorithm for password generation makes this program helpful assistant.

Platform: Windows
Last update: 17 June 2008
Developer: VaultMate Software
File type: .exe
File size: 1.02 Mb

SniffPass is a network protocol sniffer that automatically captures password that are transmitted via POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP protocol. It can be used to recover forgotten passwords that are hidden behind asterisks or otherwise inaccessible. SniffPass can use RAW sockets on XP/2000 and requires WinPcap for other Windows operating systems.

Platform: Windows
Last update: 17 June 2008
Developer: Nir Sofer
File type: .zip
File size: 40 Kb

Crypturn will protect private documents on your hard disk, Flash device and before sending via email.

Crypturn now runs from the command line this means that you can incorporate Crypturn with your other apps and batch scripts. As well as being easier to use, this new version is only 878KB in size and will run on all of the windows operating systems keeping download times down and making it very portable.

Platform: Windows
Last update: 11 June 2008
Developer: Siturn
File type: .exe
File size: 878 Kb

RoboForm - Easy and Secure password manager. It remembers passwords, logs you into web sites and fills forms with one-click.

Platform: Windows
Last update: 24 June 2008
Developer: Siber Systems
File type: .exe
File size: 3.02 Mb

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VBOLock is easy to use, easy to implement, powerful copy protection for all of your Visual Basic, Delphi and C++ Builder software applications.

VBOLock binds software protection to your applications and requires very little technical knowledge. This is ideal for the non-technical user or for a developer pushed to meet the closing deadline of a release.

Generic Security Service (GSS) is an implementation of the Generic Security Service API (GSSAPI). It is used by network applications to provide security services, such as authenticating SMTP/IMAP, via the GSSAPI SASL mechanism. It consists of a library and a manual, and a Kerberos 5 mechanism that supports mutual authentication and the DES and 3DES ciphers.



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We'd like to provide more information and address reports you may have heard about "continuous reboot loops" occurring upon the update to Windows XP SP3.

After investigation, we’ve determined this problem occurs on AMD-based machines with Windows XP images that were originally captured by an OEM on an Intel-based machine. The problem is a registry value, present on images created w/ Intel processors, that causes a driver (intelppm.sys) to load at boot. When intelppm.sys attempts to load on an AMD-based system upon the install of SP3, it causes a blue screen and the continuous reboot. We’re planning to add a filter to prevent Windows Update from offering SP3 to affected systems and are investigating a fix. Any customers affected by this issue should contact Microsoft Customer Support Services for assistance. More information is available in KB88372 and here.

On a related note, we've heard a few questions about SP3’s distribution. To clarify our earlier post, SP3 is currently available as a High Priority update on the Windows Update website. This means that if you go to WU and do an express or custom install - you should see SP3 listed. We’re planning to begin automatic distribution (via AU) of SP3 sometime in early summer.

AEVITA Tracks Eraser is a slimware privacy toolkit for anyone who is concerned about their computer privacy. It is designed to protect your computer data by erasing all usage tracks in Windows, Internet Explorer, Opera and Microsoft Office. You also have the additional flexibility of adding plug-ins to extend the erasing capabilities to other popular applications.