Security Issues fixed in new Firefox 2.0.0.5

Mozilla developers fixed many bugs and security issues in Firefox 2.0.0.5 update. The following security issues have been fixed by Mozilla in Firefox 2.0.0.5 update.

XPCNativeWrapper pollution

Unauthorized access to wyciwyg:// documents

Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer

File type confusion due to %00 in name

Privilege escalation using an event handler attached to an element not in the document

Frame spoofing while window is loading

XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout

Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

You can download Firefox 2.0.0.5 update from here

SMPlayer

SMPlayer is a free multimedia player which plays Videos, Vcds, Dvds. SMPlayer plays all known video and audio formats without the need of external codecs.

SMPlayer uses the award winning MPlayer as engine. SMPlayer plays known formats like avi, mkv, ogm, mpeg, vob, 3gp, asf, mov, wmv, mp3, ogg without the need of external codecs. We can play internet streams also with SMPlayer.

SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play. Suppose you watch a movie for sometime then close the SMPlayer. If you play the movie again then SMPlayer will resume the movie at the same point you left it.

So many features available in SMPlayer. But SMPlayer is still alpha software. So additional features may contain bugs. In future so many new feautures are also available in SMPlayer. SMPlayer is now available for both Windows and Linux now.

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In the same site an update to SMPlayer is also available. Download it also. After installing SMPlayer, uncompress the update file on the same directory where you installed SMPlayer, overwriting the old files.

Rainlendar

Rainlendar is a Desktop Calendar application with a wide variety of Skins. Rainlendar is platform independent, so Rainlendar can be run on Windows 2000/2003/Vista/XP and linux also. We can store our Events and Tasks. We can also set an alarm for those Events and Tasks. Rainlendar will alert you in advance by alarm before the Event or Task takesplace. We can set alarm in minutes, hours, days before the event starts.

We can change the appearance of the calendar with the the help of Skins. For getting skins rightclick on the calendar. Then select Options. Then click Skins. Now click Get More Skins. That link will take you to the Skins page of Rainlendar site. Now you can download the Skin you like.

Old skins and New skins are available for Rainlendar. Old skins are generally in Zip or Rar format. To install old skins, just uncompress the skin into the skins folder of Rainlendar. To install new skins just double click them.

Observe the skin below.

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JaBack - Free Automated Data Backup Software

Jaback backups your files and folders. Jaback creates the backup file or folder in standard zip format. Any zip software can unzip the backup file easily. You can also unzip the backup file using Jaback's Zip Viewer utility. Also You can Transfer your backup data to a remote location via Ftp or Email it to your mail server.

How Jaback backup the files?
First create a folder in your computer to place the backup file. So for example create a folder named backup in your D drive. Now run Jaback program. Jaback main window will open. Now from Tasks menu choose backup. Backup window will be like below.

Type a task title for example sample. Now enter a name for backup zip file, say for example samplezip. Now browse the directory to place the zip file as D:\backup. Now click Source files tab. Now click Add Local tab. Now open dialogbox will open. Now browse for the file or folder you want to backup. For example I browse for a file named source in D drive. After selecting that file click open. Now click Save button. Now Jaback's main window will open. In main window you will observe sample under tasks. Now select sample then click Run button. Now Jaback runs the task sample and saves the file source as samplezip in D:\backup folder. So Jaback backup the file Source to D:\backup folder as a zip file named samplezip.

How to extract the backup file with Jaback's Zip viewer utility?
Now run Jaback program. Jaback main window will open. From Utilities menu select ZipViewer. Now Zip Archive Viewer window will open. Now browse for the file samplezip which is in D:\backup. Select that file then click open. Now Zip Archive viewer display the original file named Source in it's window. Now click Extract. Now select a directory to extract the zip file then click open. Now the zip file will be extracted to the directory you specified.

Jaback supports Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, NTserver, 2000server, 2000AdvServer, and Vista

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Grand Theft Auto IV is coming on 16 october 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV is coming on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 on 16 October 2007 in USA and then in the UK on 19 October 2007. You can pre-order GTA IV from Rockstar Warehouse, Amazon, Game(UK), GameStop, EB Games stores for 59.99 dollars. It is available for the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 in US and Europe.

Grand Theft Auto IV is written by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser. Rockstar team has taken 3 years to make the game. Rockstar uses Rockstar Advanced Graphics Engine (RAGE) for developing the game. Grand Theft Auto IV looks beautiful with excellent graphics due to the new Graphics Engine. Rockstar has created the biggest and most detailed Liberty City map for the game. So Liberty City in GTA IV looks more realistic than the former GTA games.

Cars, Helicopters, Boats are common in this latest GTA game also but no Planes. You can not steal a car by simply opening the door in GTA IV. First you have to break the window of the car then hotwire the steering column.

In Grand Theft Auto IV the player can freely climb trees and telephone poles, can push people who bump into him, can call a woman for a date. The player can also make use of the internet as a means of communication in addition to the cell phone.

Niko Bellic is the hero of Grand Thefy Auto IV. He arrives in Liberty City from Eastern Europe due to his cousin Roman. Roman is Niko Bellic's cousin who resides in Liberty City. Roman is one of our hero's main friends. Some other characters include female character Elizabeta, arms dealer Little Jacob, corrupt cop McReary, and lawyer Goldberg.

See the screenshots below.