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    Foursquare Review

    I started playing foursquare about month ago and I think its much more fun then checking in at Facebook places.  Foursquare took the Facebook places idea and make it a game earning points, badges and making checking in quick and fast.  The badges are a lot of fun to try an acquire by checking in [..

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    Verisign Admits being hacked in 2010

    Verisign admits that they were hacked in 2010 on several occasions.   The attacks are serious because data stolen from Verisign could allow attackers to intercept unencrypted communications and redirect traffic web traffic.  Verisign be leaves there DNS was compromised and not there certificate arm

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    Anonymous Hacks FBI Releases Confidential Phone Call

    Anonymous hacked the FBI an released a 15 minute clip of a confidential call that happened on January 17th to the UK.  The call was related to an ongoing investigations into members of the hacker groups Anonymous, AntiSec, and LulzSec.  The FBI and Scotland Yards confirmed the conference call was il

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    Windows 8 Server uses Minimal Server Interface

    The minimal server interface sound like a good idea the though of not having IE and minimal GUI Shells sound less resource intensive and more secure.  This is something done on Linux servers depending on what they need to do sometimes the GUI is loaded sometimes they do not load GUI depends on circu

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    Anonymous Not Attacking Facebook on January 28

    Anonymous said yesterday on there office Twitter Page https://twitter.com/#!/anonops/status/161535637542019072 “Again we must say that we will not attack #Facebook! Again the mass media lie.” A lot of sources are claiming that the video is fake and Anonymous has nothing to gain by attack

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    Google Focus On the User

    Facebook, Twitter and Myspace developers create  a video and released it on new web site called http://www.focusontheuser.org The video is a proof of concept showing how Google’s new search algorithm puts Google+ first over all other social networks.  The video asks Google not to be evil and f

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    Anonymous Hacks CBS and Universal Music

    Anonymous apparently had a round 2 over the weekend.  The hacker group took down CBS.com and again took down Universal Music.  CBS.com did not get taken down by DDOS attack but rather users got redirected to servers that showed a directory file and error messages when trying to load pages.  Universa

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    Submit Your Stories To The Helix Zone

    We added Submit Story page allowing readers to send submissions for moderation and then posting.  This is another improvement to the site that has been a long time coming.  Feel free to submit anything you feel is Helix Zone worthy and we will moderate and post.   We look forward to all your submiss

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    Anonymous Retaliates To MegaUpload Takedown

    The FBI shutdown the file sharing site MegaUpload yesterday and charged the owner with piracy.  MegaUpload was responsible for over 4% of the illegal internet traffic.  In retaliation of MegaUpload being taken down Anonymous took down 4 websites simultaneously Department of Justice, Motion Picture A

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    Remove Windows 7 Antivirus 2012

      This has been quite the popular virus over last few weeks.  I found this web site to help me remove this annoying virus. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-antispyware-2012 The one addendum I have found is on Windows 32 bit computers you need to run Rootkit Buster the

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    Mark Zuckerberg Speaks On SOPA

    On his public Facebook page Mark Zuckerberg addressed his feelings for SOPA siting “The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world.”  He also goes on to say “The world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet.”  Mr. Zucke

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    Anti-SOPA Blackouts

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    List Of Sites Going Black Tomarrow For SOPA

              Update: Google will not be blacking Out.  But they will be using there home page to show there opposition of SOPA. List of sites that have confirmed going black tomorrow.  I am curious to see which sites are going to go black that have not confirmed. Wikipedia Crai

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    We Added A Forum

    We are always listening to our readers and developing at everyone’s request and after some hard work we have added a forum. Helix Zone Forum We are going to be adding more categories as times goes on we would love to hear suggestions. There are a few other good changes we are working on please

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    SOPA BlackOut

    January 18th is shaping up to be SOPA black out day.  Companies like Reddit.com have already agreed to participate.  Sites are pushing hard to get Facebook and Google to participate in the blackout.  The feeling is that if two of the most major sites on the Internet participate the impact will be fe

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    Symantec Scareware Lawsuit

    Most everyone has seen or heard about Scareware its basically fake antivirus that scans and then demands the user pay for cleanup.  Antivirus 2011 or Registry Cleaner are examples there are a lot of others these two are the common ones I have seen over the last few years.  This lawsuit against Syman

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    Star Trek Communicator app for iPhone & Android

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    USB 3.0 Is Coming to Smartphones and Tablets Sooner Then Later

    USB 3.0 will reach smartphones and tablets by the end of the year says the USB standards setting organization on Sunday. The standard for smart phones and tablets will most likely be MicroUSB 3.0 technology it’s faster then 2.0 and the small form factor will fit the devices very accordingly. 

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    Critical Update to Patch MS12-004 bug in Media Player

    Microsoft released 7 patches yesterday 1 of which is being marked as critical.  The vulnerability allows remote code execution threw a specially crafted MIDI file.  The file when opened in media player gives the attacker the same user rights as the user login.  The exploit exists only in Windows XP,

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    Lacuna Coil On Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack

    Lacuna Coil new hit Trip the Darkness is featured on the Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack.  You can PreOrder the soundtrack on iTunes. Underworld : Awakening (Underworld 4) Opens January 20, 2012 Tweet This Post Buzz This Post Post to MySpace

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    Fujifilm X-Pro1 Interchangeable-Lens Preview

    Fujifilm announced at CES that it’s releasing the X-Pro1 Interchangeable-Lens.  We have a video preview of the new camera I am very impressed. Thanks to Aneres Photography for the submission http://www.facebook.com/pages/AnereS-Photography/209016069127615?sk=wall Tweet This Post Buzz This Post

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    President Obama View On SOPA???

    Normal I try to keep away from political topics in general everyone has different opinions and views this is one topic I decided to blog.  A lot of readers and friends have been asking and e-mailing me if I know what President Obama view on SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) aka H.R 3261.  I don’t

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    Nortain Anti-Virus Source Code Stolen

    A group of hackers claim to have stolen the source code for Nortain Anti-Virus.  The groups that’s staking claim to the hack is Dharmaraja.  Symantec is currently analyzing information in posts from the hacker group to find if the claim and security threat are a legitimate worry for the compan

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    Spotify Review

    Being a die hard music fan and musician myself I enjoy taking the time to review music services.  We have not done a music review since Soundtrckr Review we been busy with other issues and topics but these review are near and dear to my heart.  If anyone is interested in my music taste feel [...]

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