Two ‘extremely critical’ vulnerabilities have been discovered in Yahoo Messenger that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise a system.

The boundary errors have been confirmed in version 8.1.0.249 of the messaging software, but other versions may also be affected.

Both flaws are based around the Yahoo Webcam facilities within the software. The problems occur in the ‘ywcupl.dll’ file that deals with the Webcam Upload, and the ‘ywcvwr.dll’ file which handles the Webcam Viewer.

Both ActiveX controls can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly long string to the Server property and then using the ‘Send()’ or ‘Receive()’ actions.

A successful execution of the exploits could allow arbitrary code to be run on the affected machine.

Security firm Secunia rated the flaws at its highest ‘extremely critical’ level, and said that the problems can be blocked by changing the kill-bit settings for the affected ActiveX controls. (more…)

Do you have an ever growing collection of files, data, mp3s etc that you have stored on discs and find it hard to keep track of? If your answer is yes, then CD Storage Master may be useful for you. It allows you to keep a searchable database of all your cd/dvd data.

You can track or search by many parameters such as file name, size, time created, modified,etc and also the metadata of files (like MP3 ID3 Tags, image info, Audio CD internet CDDB information, and more). In addition it can read these details from inside compressed archives.

It also has ‘Active Storage Monitor’…a neat feature to notify you if you insert a disc that isn’t already in its database.

So if you have a big collection of data on discs this might be real useful to catalogue and search them.

Check it out here for more info and a full list of features and filetypes it supports.

Need good emulation software to copy discs? Check out Alcohol 52%.

Alcohol 52% is CD/DVD emulation software that allows users to copy discs. With this cool software, you can store your most used or important CDs as images on your computer and run them at 200x speed from up to 31 virtual CD or DVD drives.

The good thing about Alcohol is its compatibility with most drives available. It supports the latest image file types including – MDS, CCD, BIN, CUE, ISO, CDI, BWT, BWI, BWS, BWA and many more.

This software works well with all Windows OS except Windows 98.

Check out the trial version and see if it’s what you need at http://www.alcohol-soft.com/ 

Here is a cool emulator worth checking out.

iDeaS is a Nintendo DS emulator that can run NDS games on Windows PC with OpenGL. So far, it has emulated the ARM7 GBA processor at 100%, but the ARM9 dual screen processor at 90%.

The plugin system came originally from UltraHLE N64 emulator so that further support can achieved without looking at the source code of the emulator.

The latest version, iDeaS 1.0.1.5 which has just been released has these changes:

• Added LDRD and STRD opcodes;
• Added HuffUnComp BIOS function;
• Added Square Root BIOS function;
• Added command line options;
• Added zipped rom support (the emulator slows down);
• Added basic frameskip;
• Added support for M3, Supercard CF and Supercard One files;
  Added Run to Cursor(F6) and Step Over(F8) in debugger;
• Added support for Shadow Polygons;
• Added support for .ds.gba and .sc.nds files;
• Added Rotation feature;
• Added Save/Load game capability;
• Fixed unaligned memory access on LDRH opcode;
• Fixed a bug in textures management;
• Fixed a bug in 3D matrices management;
• Fixed a bug in LIGHT_VECTOR register;
• Fixed a bug in NORMAL register;
• Fixed a bug in GXSTAT register;
• Fixed a bug in Extended Draw Mode management;
• Fixed a bug in microphone support

It’s Free! Go to http://spazioinwind.libero.it/linoma/ideas.html to check it out!

Think digital presentation – think Chimpfolio. Chimpfolio is basically an artist’s portfolio generator for the discerning artist who needs to make the transition to digital slides without knowing anything about computers. It is a program that generates cross-browser compatible web pages with valid xHTML and CSS. Web pages generated by Chimpfolio have a standard set of Introduction, Bio, Statement and Contact pages along with an indexed portfolio page that has individual pages for each image. Each individual page can have additional optional information like title, size, medium and date of creation of image. It can have a separate section for any other additional information.

This is one of those rare tools which make you feel that computing can be natural rather than robotic. A must –have program for image-portfolio generation.

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ITWorkTimer 1.1 keeps track of employee’s work time. Software takes screenshots of currently running programs to confirm that the employee’s time is actually spent on the work allotted. It captures screenshots after every 10 minutes on a random basis. You need not look behind their shoulder every time to confirm their work.
 
Software actually calculates each employee’s work time and hence salary based on working hours. It allows you to have full control on efficiency of the employees in your organization. You can easily differentiate between actual workers and lazy employees. This promotes you to encourage hard workers and scold those who work little and spend their time on some personal work other than office work. You can stop paying employees for the hours not spent on allotted work.

ITWorkTimer is an effective tool to those companies who are facing problem of their employee’s efficiency and overpaying to some employees. This software helps to improve labor efficiency and hence company’s profit.

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DCM is suitable for management and operation of professional services firms including legal, IT, consultancy and accounting firms. The software helps them for their Billing, Accounting and Management Reporting. Firms providing professional services require maintaining client database for the proper functioning and expansion of the business. The software fulfils their requirements and at the same time manages financial aspects of the business.

The software is packed with fully integrated specialized modules for all professional services firms. Such modules include Accounts Receivable, Account Payable, Disbursement Management, Reimbursement Funds Management, Investment Funds Management, General Ledger and Banking – with Bank Reconciliation feature etc.

This is a simple and easy to use software to maintain cash flow of the business. Easy steps maintain privacy and integrity of data so it is reliable, stable and compatible with Microsoft technology products. This is a perfect solution for those looking for complete financial system to manage client database and office financial matters.

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Light Artist is a program that allows you to add realistic lighting effects to your photos. The cool thing about this program is that it allows you to easily make your ordinary and undistinguished photos sunnier, romantic and if it’s gloomy you want, it’s gloomy you’ll get, it’s all up to you.

With this program, you can modify the light color, add multiple light sources, change the surface qualities of the image and add various ambient illumination effects. But that’s not all, using one of the image channels as the texture channel you can add 3D relief to your images. Ain’t that Cool?

The latest version which hit the software market sometime towards the end of last month is Light Artist 1.5. If you’ve been using a previous version go get the new version fast, it’s free, not a trial version, but totally free.

Go to  http://vicman.net/lightartist/ for free download and more info.

In summary here are the features you will enjoy with Light Artist 1.5:

• Load and save jpg, bmp;
• Add multiple light sources to the image;
• Adjust light source type and parameters;
• Add 3d relief to the images.

Once again head on to http://vicman.net/lightartist/ for a free download.

Lovers of Christian music will definitely want to have this on their PC. Christian Music Toolbar is 100% FREE and it allows you listen to Christian radio directly from your browser. If you love Christian music you will really enjoy this because it gives you the opportunity to listen to and change stations as you browse the internet.

One other good thing about this free toolbar is that it installs and uninstalls in seconds, so if you decide you don’t want it, it is to get rid of unlike some software that are very hard to uninstall.

This software opens you up to different brands of Christian Music as you get a number of genres of Christian Music, over a 100 great stations to choose from. It also comes with a Google search box, and a favorites section.

If you are really into Christian Music what are you waiting for? Go get it, listen to the Best of the Best of Christian Music regularly.

CLICK HERE for more info and download.