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Microsoft Patents Clicking, Double
Clicking

Microsoft Patents Clicking, Double
Clicking 06/03/2004 01:55 PM
Microsoft granted patent for double-click .. Sydney Moning Herald

smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058889577.html
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Clicking on Profits

Clicking on Profits 08/20/2004 12:54 PM
E-commerce sales continue to climb.

Clicking for Gems

Clicking for Gems 08/09/2004 10:04 AM
Multimedia advertisers ValueClick and DoubleClick may be worthy as Hidden Gems.

Shopping and clicking

Shopping and clicking 06/06/2005 12:07 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Thu Jun 2, 10:48 am GMT

Clicking my Competitors Ads

Clicking my Competitors Ads 12/19/2004 03:08 PM
Like everyone else I periodically visit my competitors sites to see what they're up to in regards to wording, landing page, form types etc. to help me gauge how the best techniques to use.

Clicking To Steal (washingtonpost.com)

Clicking To Steal (washingtonpost.com) 04/16/2005 11:34 PM
washingtonpost.com - To Texas-based Auctions Expert International LLC, it was an easy way to make money on the Internet. Sign up with Google, which functions as a kind of online ad agency, and agree to let the online giant place ads on your Web site. Then, every time someone clicks on one of the ads, the advertiser pays a fee, and Google shares that fee with Auctions Expert.

Computer's Brain Still Clicking - Then &
Now

Computer's Brain Still Clicking - Then &
Now 04/03/2005 07:58 AM
Barbados Daily Nation Apr 3 2005 10:43AM GMT

Google - Clicking To Steal

Google - Clicking To Steal 04/17/2005 04:57 AM
Addict3d.org Apr 17 2005 8:42AM GMT

America Online Gets Clicking

America Online Gets Clicking 07/01/2004 05:25 AM
Businessweek.com - Thu Jul 1, 08:26 am GMT

Shopping online is clicking with more
and more people

Shopping online is clicking with more
and more people 12/25/2004 04:49 PM
Oregonlive.com - Fri Dec 24, 06:37 pm GMT

Computerized returns clicking with
taxpayers

Computerized returns clicking with
taxpayers 04/10/2005 12:54 PM
Chicago Tribune Apr 10 2005 2:25PM GMT

Online banking is clicking with more
customers

Online banking is clicking with more
customers 06/17/2004 05:29 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Jun 17, 07:14 am GMT

DevShed: Clicking Through: A phpBanner
Primer

DevShed: Clicking Through: A phpBanner
Primer 04/21/2004 10:03 AM
New from DevShed.com today is another option for anyone looking to integrate ads into their site - Clicking Through: A phpBanner Primer.

Microsoft patent on double-clicking?

Microsoft patent on double-clicking? 06/04/2004 05:59 AM

AKMA

Incredible - Perhaps Not True

Somebody tell me that the Patent office hasn't actually granted Microsoft's application for a patent on double-clicking.

This is why I don't like software patents.

Microsoft Nabs Patent on Double-Clicking

Microsoft Nabs Patent on Double-Clicking 06/04/2004 03:23 PM
In the United States, the company has successfully patented the use of short, long or double clicks on the same button to launch different applications on devices such as PDAs.

Clicking Into the Kerry Coffers for a
One-Day Online Record

Clicking Into the Kerry Coffers for a
One-Day Online Record 07/02/2004 01:29 AM
Senator John Kerry collected more than $34 million in June, including $3 million raised online on Wednesday, setting a record for single-day Internet fund-raising.

Camera Phones, Privacy Concerns Not
Clicking

Camera Phones, Privacy Concerns Not
Clicking 11/03/2003 02:36 PM
Los Angeles Times Nov 3 2003 1:48PM ET

Game Gurus, Clicking Their Way To Fame
& Fortune (washingtonpost.com)

Game Gurus, Clicking Their Way To Fame
& Fortune (washingtonpost.com) 12/26/2004 10:43 AM
washingtonpost.com - Two years ago this week, over the lull of winter break, Rocco Repetski got bored the way high school juniors who happen to be math geniuses (and who happen to take interest in computer code) get bored. He wondered, why not design an online game?

New Scientist: Microsoft gains
double-clicking patent

New Scientist: Microsoft gains
double-clicking patent 06/04/2004 03:40 PM
Microsoft patents the double click

newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995072
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Clicking and tapping with Apple's
Bluetooth mouse and keyboard

Clicking and tapping with Apple's
Bluetooth mouse and keyboard 01/07/2004 02:50 PM
The wireless keyboard and mouse worked fine using the Bluetooth technology. Now if only Apple would make a mouse with more than one button.

Small Business : Marketing - Customers
are clicking with online ...

Small Business : Marketing - Customers
are clicking with online ... 11/10/2003 11:18 PM
He tried various forms of advertising but found the most cost-effective results came from “pay-per-click” advertising with Google and other internet search ...

Fund-Raising: Clicking Into the Kerry
Coffers for a One-Day Online Record

Fund-Raising: Clicking Into the Kerry
Coffers for a One-Day Online Record 07/02/2004 04:53 AM
Nytimes.com - Fri Jul 2, 05:08 am GMT

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
What do you if you're in an unchartered area with no reasonable law enforcement, and criminals are running rampant? You convince everyone to become the "enforcement" arm and find someone rich enough to pay them to help fight crime. Microsoft can't be bothered to fix a few of the holes in their programs that make it incredibly easy to pass on viruses, so instead, they're setting aside $5 million for anti-virus bounty hunters who can track down anyone responsible for worms, trojan horses or viruses. The rewards will be given out in $250,000 wads of cash from Bill Gates wallet increments. So, now, who's going to round up an anti-virus posse?

Computer Virus Like Human Virus

Computer Virus Like Human Virus 05/25/2004 11:41 PM
Xposed May 26 2004 3:45AM GMT

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters 08/12/2004 02:51 AM
Spam Inspector Software Developers Working to Stay Ahead of Bagle to Keep Users Protected [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

New Virus, Yow

New Virus, Yow 01/26/2004 07:42 PM
This virus that’s going around trying to get you to click on a .PIF because it’s partial or has non-ASCII in it or whatever, it’s hitting my inbox harder than it’s ever been hit before. Maybe we’re watching a record being set; the mind boggles at the thought of the billions of these things that are swooshing around mailspace. The stories say the virus-hounds haven’t figured out what it does yet. Well, I can tell you one thing it does: mail itself to everyone in your address book, faking a signature from someone else in your address book. Er, maybe the world should stop using Outlook. Just a suggestion.

"Mac OS X virus"

"Mac OS X virus" 04/09/2004 04:12 PM

Got Virus?

Got Virus? 08/27/2004 09:28 PM
WebDevInfo Aug 28 2004 0:04AM GMT

new WIN virus?

new WIN virus? 01/01/2005 04:55 AM
Atom 'Smasher' (Jan 28 2004)

Virus, virus everywhere, so let me have
a Mac

Virus, virus everywhere, so let me have
a Mac 04/02/2005 04:03 PM
For a week that saw no product releases, news or comment from Cupertino, the Spymac forums certainly were buzzing with information: Tiger seems to have reached gold master; Adobe accidentally posted official details about the yet-to-be-released version of Photoshop; NYC cops warned the city against iPod thefts. Oh yeah, and that virus thing. In case you missed it, allow me to recap. Earlier this week, Henderson, Tenn.-based DVForge offered $25,0000 to anyone who could create a virus that would spread between two Power Mac G5 computers running Mac OS X Panther on or before July 31. The contest was barely up and running, however, when DVForge rescinded the offer, apparently out of fear of being sued by Apple’s increasingly trigger-happy legal team. While the inevitability of Mac viruses have always been a source of discussions, DVForge’s challenge was squarely aimed at Symantec, who made a few bold statements of its own in its recent Internet Security Threat Report. "Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh operating system has not always been a safe haven from malicious code," Symantec said. "Out of the public eye for some time, it is now clear that the Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft and various Unix-based operating systems," the report said. It continued: "The various OS X vulnerabilities allow attackers to carry out information disclosure, authentication bypass, code execution, privilege escalation, and DoS attacks. Symantec believes that as the popularity of Apple’s new platform continues to grow, so too will the number of attacks directed at it." Maybe it’s just me, but the possibility of something happening that may or may not be harmful to sensitive data doesn’t seem like cause for alarm. What’s more, DVForge’s claims have likely brought more attention to Symantec’s assertions than the report itself. But let’s forget that. Let's pretend the report was required reading for anyone who is considering purchasing a Mac. Does it change anything? Do any of the millions of Windows users think their computer is virus-free? And similarly, does any Mac user really believe they are completely impenetrable to attack? It’s a silly notion. And, as it has been said time and time again, most viruses start and end with the user, Don’t open strange e-mail attachments. Don’t launch applications that aren’t downloaded from reliable sites. Keep your machine updated with the latest patches. Blah, blah, blah. Besides, if Mac OS X is so perfect, why has Apple’s released so many Security Updates in recent months? But still, DVForge may be right. Perhaps none of the viruses in today’s cyberspace are nimble enough to squirrel their way into OS X’s safeguards. Or, Symantec may be right. I don’t know. I’m not a hacker. And I’d like to think no one on DVForge’s staff is either. But I do know that I feel a heck of lot safer on a Mac than on a Windows machine. And that’s not going to change with a semi-annual report. I also know that Apple has never claimed its OS to be a virus-free zone. But then again, I never experienced an infection on my IBM laptop either. In light of all this hoopla and attention, DVForge posted a new press release on its Web site yesterday, with the following coda: … put up or shut up. Show the industry your evidence that such an in-the-wild OS X virus is indeed possible. Or, publicly retract your company's previously stated position. And so it goes. If nothing else, you have to appreciate DVForge’s overwhelming faith in Mac OS X. With the imminent release of Tiger, I’m sure this will all blow over (probably without an attack on Panther), and Mac users will continue to go about their computing without a second thought to what lurks beyond their browsers. For any number of reasons, we choose to use Macs. And no report — or bounty — can take that away. Michael Simon is a freelance writer and editor, and paginator for The Times in Pawtucket, R.I. He is the author of Failed Attempt, written under the moniker of Morlium, which may be purchased for $9.99, either through the iTunes Music Store or as a full-color paperback. He can be reached for comment or inquiry by e-mail at morlium@mac.com.

New Virus Out

New Virus Out 05/01/2004 02:41 PM

Mozilla virus?

Mozilla virus? 01/17/2004 10:42 PM

I've talked before about my dad's problems using the internet and how he's inundated with IE and Outlook Express exploits, but he surprised me today by showing me his copy of Firebird has been hijacked by something (I insisted he move to Firebird to avoid IE exploits last summer).

Here's a screenshot showing what you get if you try to go to google or yahoo in his copy of Firebird 0.61 (I'm currently downloading 0.7 for him). I've never seen anything like this before, hopefully it's not a sign of things to come.

update: I've done a bit more investigation and it's really weird but google works fine in IE (IE may be running through an ISP proxy -- I forgot to check the settings). I ran ad-aware and removed a couple processes a couple dozen registry keys and a few apps that were clearly spyware, and yet the problem persists in even the newly downloaded firebird after Ad-Aware gives a clean bill of health.

I suspect it's got something to do with the PeoplePC dialup package he has to use to connect to the web. They do offer cheap dialup, I wouldn't be surprised if they made money in other ways such as these (he's had problems in the past with PeoplePC).

To Catch A Virus

To Catch A Virus 09/02/2004 09:24 PM

The virus hunter

The virus hunter 01/26/2004 04:13 PM
Network Associates' Vincent Gullotto is on the front lines in the struggle between virus writers and security managers. Which side is ahead? A status report.

New Virus Running

New Virus Running 01/26/2004 08:48 PM
Significant outbreak of new virus found running hard in wild. Watch yourself...

VBS/Pub virus on the loose

VBS/Pub virus on the loose 06/10/2004 01:06 PM
The virus is emailed with the attachment name pubrn.vbs and upon execution copies itself the the Windows folder and copies itself to local and network files with the extensions VBS, VBE, HTM, HTT, HTA, HTML and ASP.

Catching a Virus in the Act

Catching a Virus in the Act 09/18/2004 05:21 AM
Scientists get their first look at a virus attaching to DNA. Physical proof of this surprising interaction could lead to drugs that can stop some infections. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Virus del 2004

Virus del 2004 12/27/2004 02:59 PM

First virus for Windows

First virus for Windows 07/17/2004 04:33 PM
Techzonez Jul 17 2004 8:13PM GMT
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