Linux only: Linux users already have a powerful Gmail notification tool in Checkgmail, but the advanced functionality doesn’t always fit the bill, or even just work, for some users (including yours truly). For those seeking a more streamlined notification window, or perhaps just the same kind of tool for non-Gmail POP or IMAP accounts, cGmail is a handy taskbar tool. Once you’ve installed and configured your account, it’s just one click to have cGmail load on startup, and the app integrates nicely with the GNOME desktop’s keyring manager. cGmail is a free download, available in .deb, .rpm and source downloads for Linux systems only.
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Gmail Adds Colored Labels (Without Greasemonkey)
Color-coded labels, a Gmail feature long available to users of our own Better Gmail and other Greasemonkey extensions, has been officially implemented and should be rolling out to users as of this morning. Colored labels do more than look pretty, of course—a well-arranged variety enables your eye to jump quickly to important emails and know when certain types of messages are becoming clutter. The web interface has also been updated with “x” buttons available to quickly remove labels from individual messages. Finally, the Official Gmail Blog notes that the development team is working to add “folder-y-ish functionality.” Time will tell how labels, folders and filters will mesh together.
Updated: Malware alert
It has come to our attention that some Skype for Windows users have been affected by a piece of malware that masquerades as a chat message aimed at finding a lost girl.
Please do not follow any internet links you may receive in chat messages that resemble the following: “Please help me to find this Girl”.
Clicking on the link will lead you to download a worm that is currently best described here.
Currently, this piece of malware — a new strain of the Stration/Warezov worm — can be detected by the following antivirus software: AntiVir, ArcaVir, AVG Antivirus, BitDefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Norman Virus Control, Panda Antivirus, Sophos Antivirus, TrendMicro, VBA32.
Here again is another Skype message from someone. Check my other articles out on how to keep from getting viruses!!
GameSpot posts official Gerstmann firing notice
It took nearly four long, controversy-filled days, but GameSpot has finally posted notice on their web site that editorial director Jeff Gerstmann has been fired. Or, as the notice itself puts it, “after over a decade in a variety of editorial roles, Jeff Gerstmann’s tenure as editorial director has ended.”
Besides praising Gerstmann’s work and offering him best wishes, the notice echoes the company’s earlier statement by saying that “details of Gerstmann’s departure cannot be disclosed publicly” because of “legal constraints and the company policy of GameSpot parent CNET Networks.” The posting also firmly denies (yet again) that advertiser pressure had any role in the firing.
Thanks to Joystiq for the update go check out the full article there. I’ve already said my view on this. I will not repeat it but if you want to know go check out my other article on this!! It was posted today also. Have fun!
Microsoft to beef up anti-piracy checks in Vista SP1
December 03, 2007 (IDG News Service) — Microsoft will change the user experience of its automatic anti-piracy checks in Windows Vista and also make it harder for hackers to bypass the system in the first service pack for the OS due out early next year.
Once Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed on a PC, that computer will no longer go into limited functionality mode if a user or administrator fails to activate Vista on that system in 30 days, or if the system fails Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation, which checks to see if a version of Vista is pirated or counterfeit. In Vista, WGA is called the Software Protection Program feature.
In limited functionality mode, a computer will shut down after 60 minutes and then allow only browser use. Now, instead of going into that mode, a version of Vista that has not been activated in 30 days will start up with a black screen and a dialogue box that gives users the choice of activating Vista now or later, said Alex Kochis, a group product manager at Microsoft.
If users choose to activate now, the screen prompts will lead them through the proper activation system. If users choose to activate later, all the usual functions of Windows will start up, but with a black screen in the background instead of whatever customized background screen a user had set for the system.
Then, after 60 minutes of use, a balloon dialogue box will appear on the screen reminding the user to activate Vista. It also will reset the background to black even if a user had replaced the black screen with a customized view
Well I knew that was going to happen sooner or later. Microsoft is worried about hacks. Go check out the full article in Computerworld.
