Category Archives: EN

Anything that does not fit into other categories …

“WIPO steals for their loved ones”

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MD5 is dead

Scientists have shown that the attack method devised against MD5 in 2004 is usable and can even trick code-signing tools into “believing” that the binary is the same. We announce two different Win32 executable files with different functionality but identical … Continue reading

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Spiderman in Moscow

Look here!

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DDKWizard 1.2.0 released (new license)

I am pleased to announce that version 1.2.0 of DDKWizard has just been released. You can download it as usual from here: – Direct download – Project website So, what’s new in this version? Not much and more than ever, … Continue reading

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Joke in English by Icelandic blogger

Although the Icelanders are probably the most stubborn when it comes to use other languages or “violate” the rules of the traditional language, this blogger posted a joke in English. So here you go. I found it very funny indeed … Continue reading

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Endlich mal wieder was aus meiner Branche auf deutsch

… und die F-PROT 4 Engine holt auf und auf. Ein Glück auch, daß wir es noch geschafft haben ein Produkt zu veröffentlichen, welches statt 4.3er-Serie, die 4.4er-Serie unserer Engine benutzt. Enthalten u.a. eine neue Heuristikengine mit dem (durchaus ernstzunehmenden) … Continue reading

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Yay, Visual Studio 2008 released.

… I should definitely create a category “tools of my trade”

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Yet another country I won’t be willing to visit

I am so sick of this world. Japan has become the second country on our planet to require visitors to give their fingerprints and have a photo taken. Sucks, doesn’t it??? 😕 // Oliver

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The news about the Russian sect show one thing

… religious zealots are one of the biggest threats to children. Four children are being held hostage by the “true orthodox” (“truely right faith”) sectarians. But to me, the churches, mosques and synagogues are no better than the earth hole … Continue reading

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WinDirStat detected as a trojan

Read here …

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Good job, Chris!

This is the first release of the new JEDI Windows API (JWA) and JEDI Windows Security Code Library (JWSCL). JWA is known as the JEDI Windows API header conversions. JWA can be compiled into one jwaWindows unit. There is no … Continue reading

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Bash’s your friend

Oh, and a hint for everyone who is still greping through the bash history to find the command he used … well, way back. Try Ctrl+R 😉 Yeah, hit Ctrl+R when on the console and enter the first few characters … Continue reading

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Bash bash bash

Yes, indeed bash has become my favorite shell. Not only is it so versatile, but some of those advanced features make it best-suited for almost any task you’ll ever face on a console. And if it is not enough for … Continue reading

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Comparable to an insurance

… the “terror defense” measures being implemented and/or proposed everywhere, remind me of the principles of a life insurance. Despite its name, the life insurance doesn’t protect from dying. But afterwards one could … Brilliant! Says, // Oliver

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Gutsy Gibbon again

A very good walkthrough to get parts of the Pavilion dv6xxx series running with Gutsy Gibbon or Feisty Fawn

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Let me get this straight: DDKWizard uses DDKBUILD (and hence uses DDK/WDK build.exe)

Today, searching for references to DDKWizard, I found that several people have posted misleading information in response to others recommending DDKWizard. For the most part they are recommending to use the DDK/WDK build environment. Bravo. That’s just what DDKWizard does, … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

After purchasing a new notebook, a friend convinced me to test Ubuntu on it. Since I am a Debian fan and Ubuntu is based on Debian, he didn’t have a hard time convincing me. So after figuring out the correct … Continue reading

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Hell yeah, finally dead: Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets, you ask? Yes, Paul Tibbets was the commander of the Enola Gay which dropped the first nuclear bomb in recorded human history over an inhabited area. The man became 92 years old before he died 2 days back … Continue reading

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Congratulations, Remko!

Remko, fellow developer and friend through the common ties to an OSS project, has opened his own website and blog. Take a look. I find the articles up to now most enjoyable. Especially the programming-related stuff 😉 // Oliver

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Let’s pimp ‘newvserver’

newvserver is a truly convenient script to create a new vserver and have it largely preconfigured. Too sad it lacks the necessary flexibility … you think? Think twice. Bash gives newvserver the flexibility that you need! Alright, so you figured … Continue reading

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