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Fake media file snares PC users

The fake file poses as a music track, short video or movie and has been widely seeded on file-sharing networks to snare victims.

McAfee warns fake media file catches out nearly 500,000 PC users

Security company McAfee has revealed that nearly 500,000 computer users have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file posing as a music track, short video or movie.

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Iomega Announces New Media Xporter Drive for Use With Today's Popular Game Consoles

a global leader in data protection and security, today announced the new Iomega(R) Media Xporter(TM) Drive, a game-oriented portable hard drive that provides cross-platform media storage for Xbox(TM) 360 and PlayStation(R) 3 consoles, making it easier than ever to utilize today's popular game consoles and high definition televisions and other large screen TVs to share photos, videos, and music collections with family and friends. The wallet-sized USB-powered 160GB* Media Xporter Drive utilizes the USB 2.0 ports on the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 to give gaming enthusiasts a convenient new way to enjoy music, digital movies, and photos through the family game console, without the need of a PC or digital media adapter. The new Iomega Media Xporter Drive has been tested for compatibility with the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and like o

Samsung's Latest DVD Burner Offers Blazing-fast 22X Recording Capability for Lower-speed Media

the worldwide digital consumer electronics and information technology leader, today announced shipment of the industry’ s fastest DVD burner, the new Super-WriteMaster (tm) SH-S223. The SH-S223 drive offers a powerful over-speed performance feature that enables consumers to burn data at high speeds -- even on low-speed media. With over-speed recording, users can write at 22X speeds on 16X media and 12X speeds on 8X media. Since lower-speed media is more cost effective, users can save money while burning discs at faster speeds.

GroundFloor Media Unveils New Social Media Program

DENVER --(Business Wire)-- GroundFloor Media Inc., a Denver-based public relations firm, today unveiled the GroundFloor Social Media (GFsM) program. This innovative new set of public relations services is aimed at helping GroundFloor Media's national, regional and local clients expand their audience reach by leveraging the inherent viral capabilities of popular social media mediums like blogs, social networking sites, podcasts, vlogs and more.

Media Center meets HD-TV

Tags: Cable Television, Dell Computer Corp., Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, CableCard, Media Center PCs, Cable, Network Technology

McAfee Identifies Largest Trojan File in Three Years

Almost 500,000 people have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file, says security firm McAfee. The fake file poses as a music track, short video or movie and has been widely seeded on file-sharing networks to snare victims.

Analyst: Original Eee PC Just for Linux Geeks

Eee PCI wanted to talk to NPD’s Stephen Baker so I could get his take on whether he agreed with me that Best Buy’s decision to shun the Linux version of the Eee PC was a momentum-changer for the platform in general. And he happily obliged. But the most interesting tidbit had to do with the Eee PC itself. Or should I say the “Eh� PC? Any “mainstream� Eee PC users care to comment?

Survey: ISP Warning Would Stop 70% of U.K. File-Swappers

London - With the U.K. government considering whether or not to make Internet service providers cut off service to customers who repeatedly engage in illegal file-sharing, a new report issued in the country suggest that 70% of consumers there would stop such actions if they received a warning from their ISP. The 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey, conducted by Entertainment Media Research and commissioned by U.K. media law firm Wiggin LLP, further found that the percentage of users who would cease illegal file-sharing rises to 78% among male teenagers.

Turn your PC into the ultimate DVD changer

Tags: Media Center PC, PC, Media Center PCs, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Josh Taylor

Customized Linux PC for MySpacers

PC vendor Everex and gOS (Good OS), the Linux distribution based around Google applications, is taking the next step in online-based computing by introducing a limited edition MySpace PC. The companies hope that the white-cased, two-pound MyMiniPC will attract what Everex officials claim is some of the more than 100 million MySpace users. As such, it’s the first PC, using any operating system, designed expressly to use with a social network.

Social media rise presents new challenges

Social media – and blogs in particular – are becoming a more important part of global media consumption for internet users than some traditional media channels, according to new findings from Universal McCann.

M2 Universal releases social media survey

Social media is becoming a more important part of media consumption for Internet users than some traditional media channels, according to a survey released yesterday by M2 Universal.

Glam Media Announces Winners of Publisher Network Awards

BRISBANE, Calif. and NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Glam Media, Inc., (www.GlamMedia.com), number one in reach for women online with 64 million uniques globally, today announced the winners of the annual Glam Media Publisher Network Awards, where Glam.com editors and readers both voted to recognize the best-of-the-best from among the network of more than 500 premium lifestyle blogs and websites. Winning blogs and websites from the Glam Publisher Network include: Afrobella; Beauty Addict; Diaper Swappers; Fafarazzi; Hollyscoop; In Case You Didn't Know; Popbytes; Purse Blog; Refinery 29; She She Mall and Your Cause. Glam Media's distributed media network of publishers offers advertisers a unique and diverse platform for brand engagement with their target audiences.

UPDATE: Glam Media Announces Winners of Publisher Network Awards

BRISBANE, Calif. and NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Glam Media, Inc., (http://www.glammedia.com/), a Top 20 web property and number one in reach for women online with 64 million uniques worldwide and 35 million in the U.S., today announced the winners of the annual Glam Media Publisher Network Awards, where Glam.com editors and readers both voted to recognize the best-of-the-best from among the network of more than 500 premium lifestyle blogs and websites. Winning blogs and websites from the Glam Publisher Network include: Afrobella; Beauty Addict; Diaper Swappers; Fafarazzi; Hollyscoop; In Case You Didn't Know; Popbytes; Purse Blog; Refinery 29; She She Mall and Your Cause. Glam Media's distributed media network of publishers offers advertisers a unique and diverse platform for brand engagement with their target audiences.

Crytek to Abandon PC Exclusive Games

There has been plenty of talk about the poor sales PC games are experiencing these days. On the contrary, blockbuster console games sell easily million of copies within days after launch. The latest PC game developer to learn this lesson is Crytek, which decided that Crysis should be a PC exclusive. It seems, this will be their last PC-only game. The reason? Crytek president Cevat Yerli explains:

Rivet 1.0 streams media to Xbox 360

Rivet 1.0 has been released, enabling users to stream video, music, and photos from Mac OS X to an Xbox 360 over a home network. Rivet allows users to quickly browse and view their entire collection of digital media from from anywhere in the house on their Xbox 360. The Mac OS X folder structure and organization is completely reproduced to allow you to quickly find the appropriate media. Features include: Music streaming of your iTunes library; Photo streaming of your iPhoto library and user defined folders; Video streaming from user defines folders; Full organization support, your mac is recreated on the Xbox 360 and quick automatic updating on the Xbox 360 when files are added, deleted, or moved. The tool requires Mac OS X v10.5 or later, uses iTunes for music sharing and requires a networked Xbox 360.

Ex Chief Of Anti Virus Firm Media Port Charged With Distributing Bogus Security Software

IT security and control firm Sophos is warning computer users to be wary of fake security warnings following media reports that a 41-year-old woman has been charged in South Korea with distributing bogus anti-virus software to almost four million internet users.

PlayStation 3 and PC Gamers Can Get Their Frag On With Three New Maps for Unreal Tournament 3

Today, Midway and Epic Games announce that downloadable content for the award-winning first-person shooter, Unreal Tournament 3, is now available for PlayStation® 3 and PC. The downloadable content consists of three deadly arenas: Morbias, Facing Worlds and Searchlight. PC users can find the new content at www.unrealtournament3.com, while PS3 users can download it directly from the PlayStation® Network.

Domainer Communicate.com Acquires Auctomatic For $5 Million; Changes Name To Live Current Media

Communicate.com, an OTCBB-traded media company built around domain names, has acquired Auctomatic, a Y Combinator-backed startup targeting eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) sellers, for $5 million. According to News.com, the sale price was split between $2 million in cash and $3 million in stock. The Vancouver-based company is now doing business as Live Current Media, and it plans to eventually change its name to that pending shareholder approval. Auctomatic offers an online inventory management system, letting eBay sellers manage their auctions from a specialized site. Communicate.com has been accumulating domain names for over a decade, and is now trying to ride the wave of bigger successes, like Demand Media, which have actively built media businesses out of domain names.

BBC Offers iPhone Version of iPlayer, Accessible to Linux Users Too

smallfries writes "After a long battle with Linux users in the UK, the BBC was forced into releasing a flash version of the iPlayer streaming service to fulfill their obligations to license-fee payers. After claiming that development of Linux and Mac versions of the iPlayer would take two years, Auntie Beeb has rushed to support the iPhone. iPhone users 'can be trusted' because their platform is locked down ... so the beeb opened a non-DRM hole in the iPlayer to support them. This was guarded by the extreme security of User Agent strings! Long story shut, Linux and Mac users have made their own non-DRM, non-microsoft platform from firebug and wget. UK users can now watch (and keep) their favorite BBC shows."

Amazon Launches New Applications on Facebook(R) Platform--''Amazon Giver'' and ''Amazon Grapevine'' Let Facebook Users Share and Buy Products Their Friends Want from Amazon.co

SEATTLE - (Business Wire) Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today launched two applications on Facebook Platform, Amazon Giver and Amazon Grapevine, allowing Facebook users to see and purchase what their friends want through their Amazon Wish Lists, as well as recent public activity on Amazon. Amazon Giver allows users to see what their friends on Facebook have on their Amazon Wish Lists. Users can choose to purchase a gift for them from Amazon.com via the application, or view suggested items based on interests they have listed on their Facebook profile. Amazon Grapevine allows users to see friends

PC users finding Linux difficult to adapt to

An analyst has warned that PC and Mac users are finding Linux difficult to adapt to, something that may end up harming sales.

Trojan-Infected MP3s Have PC Users Singing the Blues

Fake MP3 files have duped thousands of computer users into download annoying and potentially dangerous malware into their systems. People expecting free music are instead directed to download a special player in order to hear it. It's not a player, though -- "PLAY_MP3.com" is nothing but adware.

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