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Oracle vs MS-SQL

AudioPill — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:10:45 -0000

Guest: Shlomi Fanan

Music: Crying Is Done by Melodrome

Short comparison of the two main databases today using medium and large companies.

Including some new features, strengths and weaknesses.

Guest appearance of Shlomi with “The Database at the Core of Exchange 2007″.

Sigal”s link

"Features,
strengths and weaknesses comparison between MS SQL 2005 (Yukon) and Oracle 10g
databases"

SQL

Download
SQL Server 2008

Sharing Microsoft
SQL server 2005 Database in the LAN network

Download SQL

SQL Backup Checklist

Moving the
Tempdb and Master Database in SQL Server

SQL podcast http://www.sswug.org/sswugradio/

video podcast SQL Server basics

Oracle

Oracle 11g is expected to be released later in 2007

the, major reason for the upgrade appears to be better security features and
compliance management.

The two main features: Audit vault and
Information lifecycle management

Oracle Podcast

Exchange Database

Exchange
Transactions and the Exchange Database Overview

Exchange 2007

AudioPill — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:43:56 -0000

Episode 16

Exchange 2007 overview and Google email migration tool

Join us when we talk about Microsoft Exchange 2007 with our Special guest Shlomi Fanan

Also include listener questions.

Enjoy …

For the Hebrew Guide: here

Episode 16 Exchange 2007 (Hebrew guide).Listen to the podcast: hereSpecial guest: Shlomi Fanan from “We”Promo: Sarcastic gamer Microsoft Surface Parody Song : Sarcastic gamer PS3 Song

Exchange 2007

Exchange 2007 Overview- Hebrew articleExchange 2007 FAQ Exchange Server 2007 pricing

Shlomi links:

Demo for OWA Demo for additional features Evaluation guide Why upgrade?Systems requirements Supported clients Version comparison Exchange 2007 VHD Exchange Virtual Labs

Exchange 2007 was Design for 64 bit / 32 bit is a taste

64bit only: there are 32-bit version of Exchange 2007 but only the 64-bit version on Windows Server 2003 x64 will be supported.

SBS: if
you want to incorporate Exchange 2007 into your SBS organization, you
will need to have a standalone 64bit Windows Server 2003 as a member
server in your SBS domain.

Custom Exchange installation

Exchange 2007 Setup (Nice GUI)Mailbox Role: Email storage, Public foldersClient Access Role: (Front end server) blue OWA, POP, IMAPHub Transport Role: Active Directory Security PoliciesEdge Transport Role: Anti spam & Antivirus policiesUnified Messaging Rule: communication between Telephony systems to Exchange serverReadiness Checks Management ToolsMailbox, PST File and Public Folder Management

Microsoft wanted to stop supporting Public Folder to push for SharePoint

Exchange 2007 rules Video

edge transport role (DMZ).hub transport role (simple install).unified messaging role (Voice,fax).mailbox role (simple install).client access role (simple install, Front End).

Upgrade Info
No
In place upgrade – Install New Exchange server, Move Mailboxes and
remove old Exchange 2003 Server / you have to remove the connectors
before you can move the member
Move mailbox can be scheduled
Then you can uninstall the old server (You’ll need the Exchange CD in order to UN install)
You’ll need to Display Routing Group in order to see it

Exchange 2007 Videos

Part 1 - Introduction to all of the new features that will be covered in the reviews (3.5 minutes)
Part 2 - disaster recovery features (13 minutes)
Part 3 - Unified Messaging (12 minutes)
Part 4 - Outlook Web Access 2007 (27 minutes)
Part 5 - Mobility features (13 minutes)
Part 6 - 64-bit technology (11 minutes)
Part 7 - management features (21 minutes)
Part 8 - compliance features (17 minutes)
Part 9 - edge services (6.5 minutes)

Exchange Podcasts:

TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2007 Overview (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Key Exchange Server 2007 Scenarios (Level 300)

Google

Announced support for the Imap protocol

We are able now to export all of the e-mail account out of any IMAP compatible server

How?

A new email migration tool
by Google, self-service wizard which uses the IMAP protocol to suck all
the e-mail out of an IMAP compatible server like Microsoft’s Exchange
and import it into an organization’s instance

of Google Apps.

After the migration process we should be able to access Gmail's new address book by clicking on "choose from contacts" link.

Articles and podcasts from Zdnet

Thanks Zimbra, Hello Google Apps

More articles: Google BlogSpot

The first question is what substitute do we move to and why?

Why should we consider moving off from Exchange Server to a substitute Server?

All are available today for free of charge.

Otherwise we have to purchase a license from Microsoft, both for the OS and for the Exchange.

Pricing

700$ for Exchange 2007 630$ for Windows 2003 Server Standard $3,999 for Exchange enterprise Plus ,You will still have to buy hardware for the server.

What is Google Apps? Intro

Google Apps is a hosted “office Service” but mostly a hosted email service, for organizations. Google Apps page the email migration tool is listed under the Google Apps Premier EditionFeaturesOffers 2 GB / account (Premier Edition offers 10 GB). Costs $50 per user and offers 10 GB in email storage. Google Claims, they have improved Google AppsDocs & Spreadsheets suppose to be much easier for users with better way for document search and organize. Google promises a completely new layout for the document management interface of Google Docs (June 27), GMail uses a tagging system - emails can be tagged with multiple tags sort of like being able to store one e-mail in multiple folders. Google Talk Based on Adobe’s Flash technology among other updates, you'll be able to add more gadgets to your start page, including the Google Talk Gadget.

The biggest problem with the Google Apps service is that it can’t go into an offline mode.

But now that Google has introduced Google Gears

See Migration to Google Apps article for more info

Conclusions

we don’t think google can offer a real alternative for Ms Exchange

Though for small business it can be much chipper solution (up to 30 uses).

But!

Maybe something will change in the near future…

Upcoming episode (17): For all who find the Databases world interesting:

Next episode we will be focusing on “Databases
Exchange Databases

What is a database?

What are the types?

How to choose the correct database for your needs?

Shlomi will be joining us again to talk about the Exchange Databases aspects.

Mail Services Comparison

AudioPill — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:24:58 -0000

AudioPill Episode 15

Email services, Antivirus &
Firewall Comparison

Which Antivirus product is really
working?

Which Web based Email should you
use?

How can I check if my Firewall is any good?

What is the deal
with Torrentspy?

What is Web Scraping?

Listen to the podcast: Here

For the Hebrew guide: here

For the English guide: here

Song Track: Jagged Love- Melodrome

Check out Tags: Here

News… Torrentspy
Warning!

Begin tracking its users TorrentSpy will be required
to keep server log files detailing its users’ activities while on site,
including IP addresses and torrent files downloaded TorrentSpy has to Spy…

What to do? Browse Anonymously
more...here (BitTorrent
clients: uTorrent,
BitComet).

Antivirus & Firewall Comparison Avira antivirus and Comodo firewall scored the best results in the comparison
and leak tests performed by independent Internet security Matousec and AV-Comparatives Avira Comparatives Test Comodo
Personal
Firewall Analysis Leak-tests

Mail Services -Comparison
Hotmail
Live Vs
Gmail Vs YahooMail The
next-generation editions of Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and Hotmall Webmail
services- Free email comparison Hotmail
Live ,Office
live Currently in beta

Windows Live Hotmail Info, Video,2 sign-up , download
the latest build New version of Outlook
Connector, replaces Outlook express & windows mail on Vista Online E-mail
client, No ads & Free! Looks like Outlook, Offers 2 GB storage Replaces
Outlook express & windows mail on Vista

Microsoft Statistics: According to Microsoft Hotmail have 280 million
users and 47 Million already using Hotmail live. New Features: new version of
outlook connector Competitions on the market: Gmail
& YahooMail
& Office Live Comparison Chart

General Statistics: Windows Live Search saw its searches drop nearly 10
percent from a year ago, while Google’s rose more than 22 percent, according to
figures released this week from Nielsen/NetRatings. Google has 50.8 percent
market share, followed by Yahoo at 23.6 percent and Microsoft with only 8.4
percent.

Google Vs
Microsoft Google
Docs & Spreadsheets vs Microsoft Office Google
Apps

Includes Web-based calendar, e-mail, chat, word processing and spreadsheet
software.

Microsoft has already offline products like” outlook but they are not free
Google Gears offer a browser extension which Microsoft doesn’t.

Google Apps are more lightweights as for the security, web applications will
run JavaScript in a Sandboxie mode
Trust No Program Wikipedia

Other products: zoho Google also has an office suite Zoho Office in their Google
Apps Premier Edition

Video
Demo

zimbra
Overview,

Flash Demo So How will it look
like when Google office goes offline?

Scrybe –Video
demo (Office Apps and a new kind of online/Offline orgnazer).

I’ll say that again: it’s a Web
application, but when you’re not online, it still works.

Other
web-based office products

In Overall
we
prefer Gmail (and Google Apps ) over
all other webmail applications because performance (speed) is consistently
fast, and emails can be tagged making search much more effective.

Web
Scraping is essentially reverse engineering of HTML pages. It can also
be thought of as parsing out chunks of information from a page. Web pages are
coded in HTML, which uses a tree-like structure to represent the information.
The actual data is mingled with layout and rendering information and is not
readily available to a computer. Scrapers are the programs that “know” how to
get the data back from a given HTML page. They work by learning the details of
the particular markup and figuring out where the actual data is. For example,
in the illustration below the scraper extracts URLs from the del.icio.us page.
By applying such a scraper, it is possible to discover what URLs are tagged
with any given tag.

Related topics: Exchange 2007, Silverlight, Silverlight
& co, Online &
Offline Wars, Web-Mail
based services Comparison Drop us a mail at: AudioPill@gmail.com Also
Checkout AudioPill Free Software Download Page Here

Online & Offline Wars

AudioPill — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:48:54 -0000

Google Gears a new browser plug-in for Firefox and Internet
Explorer that helps developers disconnect their wares from the Web. I click an
offline icon, and RTM temporarily stores my to-dos on my PC and uses bits of
Javascript code stored locally to let me add, delete, and edit tasks. I can add
items to my list while on a plane or in a car. Once I'm online again, it syncs
everything back to the Web.

Listen
to the podcast: Here

Song Track: Hey Mary- Sky Line Dive

Check out Tags: Here

Opening promo: Robot Chicken -Star Wars Special

Mail
Services Comparison

Mail Services Comparison

Podcast Topics:
Main topic: Online & Offline Applications (Google Gear, Adobe’s AIR
and Firefox 3).

Google have required Microsoft to make changes to Vista due to its limited
API for the Desktop search.
Is It OK that
Google Owns Us? ,check out this lite Firefox Add-ons, CustomizeGoogle

Yahoo shutdown Yahoo Photos

Microsoft Back to the Future Video

Apple Leopard’s
new prominent feature is named: Time Machine

Apple Leopard Boot
Camp fast switching” disappears

code name “Gran Paradiso” Look Like this

Upcoming Microsoft products : Vista SP1,
Office 14,
IE8, Windows XP SP3

And more tools like: Google
Reader,Google Street View, MyLiveSearch, Alternative
search engines, Songbird

Related topics:

Silverlight, Silverlight & co, Online
& Offline Wars, Webmail based services Comparison

Drop us a mail at:
AudioPill@gmail.com

Also Checkout AudioPill Free Software Download Page Here

Silverlight

AudioPill — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:58:56 -0000

Listen to the podcast: Silverlight
Go to main Site: Icast
Guest: Yosi Taguri | Developer & Platform Adoption Group | Microsoft Israel
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/yosit

Microsoft New products:
Microsoft Surface: Just Cool or what Video, More Video
Microsoft unveils sensory surface computer
Compactions? Ted

New Microsoft 3d picture technology
importing all of your photos to a 3d medial organizer
Use web crawling to complete your views
Requirements: turn on graphics hardware acceleration

Silverlight
Presentation Core map
Good Silverlight Info Page
Silverlight is a new Flash player where combines vector graphics, raster graphics,
Sound files, video files, and human interaction elements.
Silverlight is new cross-platform browser plug-in delivering the next generation of
Microsoft .NET–based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
A media player that can run web applications on both Windows and Mac in IE, Firefox and Safari

Cool Silverlight Products:
Toolkits like Flash and Silverlight attempt to cram more functionality into a web browser
Media applications, fluid and intuitive, all are fast deployed

When Web Sites Become Web Services?

When the browser become the platform
A platform that allows you to use web-based technologies such as JavaScript etc. on the desktop.
User can interact with the javascript display to edit data or view new data
web browsing with 3D experience
POPfly by Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft takes on yahoo pipes with new popfly web app
Top Banana: is really amazing video editing software created for Silverlight by Metaliq.
Metaliq demo
It runs in the web browser, cross-platform, developing with Silverlight 1.1. Video
As with Adobe’s Flash (Flex , Apollo), Silverlight will also have development tools for designers and developers to create embedded content.
Download , Overview.

Firefox Cario

Cairo is great for drawing scalable interactive user interfaces, as
well as video overlays, information visualization, maps, graphs and
data driven graphics!

Firefox 3.0
Currently in version 2.0.0.4) Mozilla Firefox Update 2.0.0.
Code Name: “Gran Paradiso“
Look Like this
Improvements to the password manager
provide a wide range of improvements to performance, stability, Protections and security.
Features: Offline Web applications Web Page Tagging, Smart Folders, Saved searches,
Private Browsing: Put Firefox into a temporary state where no information about the
User’s browsing session is stored locally.

Also includes a new graphics rendering engine, codenamed
“Cairo”: a hint that Firefox might be moving into territory owned by
Adobe Flash and being greedily coveted by Microsoft?
Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker says running web apps offline is
a top priority for Firefox, and shipping versions already have some of
the capability built in!

Internet Online /Offline Desktop Applications
Lets start with simple example:
iTunes is a classic example of this, with
both an offline component available all the time, and a seamlessly
integrated online component available when connected.

Songbird is an even better solution.
can surf to any website, not just one company’s dedicated store pages.

Google Gear
Articles: zdnet article , API Developer’s Guide , Video
What Is? Gears is a browser extension that will enable people to access their Web applications when working offline.

Current Products: A look at google Reader the
first Gears-enabled program from Google is Reader, which is an RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) feed reader for blogs and news items.

Google Gear
requires: Database: sql lite

LocalWebServer Cache and serve application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) locally
WorkerPool Allows web applications to run JavaScript code in the background, without blocking the main page’s script execution.
Under 1 megabyte in size!

API:
The Company intends to work with all web community members to establish
a standard which provides a consistent API for developers for offline
functionality.

Google said Google Gears introduces new JavaScript APIs for data
storage, multi-threading and application caching features, enabling
developers to bring offline capabilities to complex web applications.
It confirmed the technology works with the main browsers on the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Microsoft Vs Google

Hotmail Live ,Office live
Currently in beta
Windows Live Hotmail Info, Video,2 sign-up , download the latest build
New version of Outlook Connector, replaces Outlook express & windows mail on Vista
Online E-mail client, No ads & Free!
Looks like Outlook, Offers 2 GB storage
Replaces Outlook express & windows mail on Vista

Microsoft Statistics:
According to Microsoft Hotmail have 280 million users and 47 Million already using Hotmail live. New Features: new version of outlook connector
Competitions on the market: Gmail & YahooMail

General Statistics: Windows Live Search saw its
searches drop nearly 10 percent from a year ago, while Google’s rose
more than 22 percent, according to figures released this week from
Nielsen/NetRatings. Google has 50.8 percent market share, followed by
Yahoo at 23.6 percent and Microsoft with only 8.4 percent.

(Google Vs Microsoft Map).
Google Apps
Includes Web-based calendar, e-mail, chat, word processing and spreadsheet software.
Microsoft has already offline products like” outlook but they are not free
Google Gears offer a browser extension which Microsoft doesn’t.
Google Apps are more lightweights
as for the security, web applications will run JavaScript in a Sandboxie mode

Trust No Program Wikipedia
Google also has an office suite Zoho Office in their Google Apps Premier Edition
Video Demo
So How will it look like when Google office goes offline?

zimbra Zimbra Overview

crybe –Video demo-(Office Apps and a new kind of online/Offline orgnazer).
I’ll say that again: it’s a Web application, but when you’re not online, it still works.
Other web-based office products

Time to reinstall

AudioPill — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:28:07 -0000

Episode 8: Time to reinstall

Listen to the podcast: Listen
AudioPill Site: Here
Blog / Show notes In Hebrew: In here

Notice:
Lots of software will not work with Vista yet
No VPN Client on Vista yet: Checkpoint notice
Windows Vista - ApplicationCompatibility Issues

Good news: Vmware workstation 6 & VM Player 2 are now supports Vista
You need to turn UAC off if you’re running on Vista!
Control Panel//User Accounts and click Turn User Account Control on or off

Vista use Statistics: IDC predicts that by the end of the year, 90 million copies of Windows Vista should be installed.

Windows Installation (pre)

Backup your important files & folders: SyncBack vs MS SyncToy, Fab's Autobackup, FullSync
For Vista: NTBackup Restore Utility

If you don’t know what to back up use: Start, All Programs, Accessories, SystemTools, click
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

I recommend backing up your system to an Image file before & after installation
Backup pc from within Windows: Drive SnapShot: Download, DriveImage XML

Windows Updates Tip
It is dangers to stay without Windows updates even for 1 minuet
So maybe it’s safer to download the updates before you install windows
Make sure you have at least the Windows XP with SP-2 CD or use Autopatcher to download it manually. Howto

After Fresh Installation (Pro)
Things to do before you connect to the Internet

Install your Hardware Drivers
If you are not sure, use: PC Information Tool: summarizing hardware, OS, and Software details
on your computer: Aida32, SIW, Belarc Advisor, Nero InfoTool

Check your display card:
settings by going to start , Run: dxdiag

Install Free Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall
AVG free anti-virus or Avira AntiVir
WindowsDefender and Adaware 1.06r1

FREE Comodo Personal Firewall or ZoneAlarm
Now connect to the Internet
check which Service pack do you have installed: Start,Run: type “winver”
Incase you don’t have Windows XP SP 2, Download now

Widows Activation
First thing you got to do is make sure
you have all of the widows updates
But before you do that, make sure your Windows is Genie
Validate your copy of Windows is genuine: Mgadiag exe
Yes? /run windows updates
No? /Change to a Genie serial
Change the product key on Windows XP: c:\windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Can also use: ProduKey utility to
display the ProductID and the CD-Key

Set Automatic Updates
Either set AU locally:Right click My Computer, click PropertiesClick Automatic Update tab, Check "Automatic (recommended).
Or use Microsoft updates site

Link: Windows service packs & updates

When you’re done updating…Security Center: make sure window is updated with the latest updates, Antivirus, Antispyware and firewall: Click Start and then click Control Panel, Security Center

Next steps: install the basic software

Desktop Tools
Winzip & Winrar, 7-Zip
CopernicDesktop Search
File-sharing: BitComet (Bitorrent has 50% of the Internet bandwidth), Emule0.47a-5.2.1

Free office suite: Openoffice

E-mail client: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Outlook 2003 Blue add-on

Configuring Pop3 Email Client at your computer
Enable POP in your Thunderbird Tutorial
Enable POP in your Gmail account (animated demo)

Viewers: Video, Audio, Codec & players
VLC : Plays almost every Video, Audio
Files (No extra codec required).
IrfanView : Graphics Viewer: View your Pictures

Replacement for Adobe Photoshop: The Gimp & Paint.NET

Open Image files (DMF, VHD,FAT, ISO): Winimage, DAEMON Tools,

Install Firefox Browser
Mozilla project
started in 1998, housed inside Netscape, started with 10 employees, Went public with 15, Firefox
have 100 million users, made 55million$ in 2005

AudioPill uses Firefox (Click here if you want the Portable Edition)
FireFox add-ons: IE Tab, Speed Test, Tab Effect, NoScript, Torbutton
More Info: Firefox Facts,
Windows Media Player Plugin, Test
Note: If you choose to stay with IE make sure: Article , Browser Article

After all installations
I recommend you get to know the Startup tab of the Msconfig before so you start installing software on your computer, so you’d know which software is good & which is bad when you start having problems:
Start up: Start, Run: MSCONFIG

AutoRuns:
shows you what programs are configured to run during system boot up
or login.
Process Explorer - Download

Cleanup Tools

Zappit System Cleaner

Tools for keeping track of the free space on your computer SpaceMonger v1.4.0, Folder Size, TreeSize

Use the Tools below only in case of a problem
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service A service to help with slow log off and profile problems.

PC Decrapifier attempts to remove all of the crap on your PC that you never asked for.

Parasite detectors

Tips & Tricks:

Nice Add-ons Launchy (File Indexer and directory walker).

Useable commands Start, Run:

Reset Windows File Protection: SFC.exe /scannow

Verify Unsigned Device Drivers: sigverif

Auto Logon to WinXP: Start/Run/control userpasswords2

Backwards compatibility: Old games guide

Security Tips

Microsoft Private Folder : unlocks your private folder and prevents access.

Web Single Sign - Multi factor authentication
Something physical (card), something you are (fingerprint), something you remember (Pass).
I used to use RoboForm

How to surf the Web & read e-mail safely as an administrator
Basically, you create a shortcut using dropmyrights.exe
pointing to the application you want to run as a limited user. Download DropMyRights.msi here

Useable commands Start, Run:

Set Windows Firewall on /off: netsh firewall set opmode mode = enable

Check listening ports: netstat –a -b
Fport: Identify unknown open ports and their associated applications
SuperScan Port scanner

Maintenance Tools

JkDefrag

Online Checkers:
Check Internet speed: dslports , world map (Israel): adsltest bezeqint, Shimi, by country
Ynet article

What is my IP public Address: Tor Check, showmyip, ipid

DNS Tools: SG Network Tools ,

GRC: SecurAble Determine Processor Security Features

Online Services:
Large file sending: Yousendit , Sendspace ,Pando, transferbigfiles

Online Password Generator (GRC)

Video Converters: zamzar, mux

Online free PowerPoint: spresent

Remote Control Software

Online:
Logmein: 100% FREE to use View Flash Demo

Gotomypc: 30 days trial GoToMeeting

Webex: 14 days trial, quicktour

Remote Tools that Requires Installation:

Remote Desktop, Articles: Concurrent Sessions, Guide

Crossloop

VNC: Setup on customer side: tightvnc-1.2.9, on your side: tightvnc-1.2.9 viewer , Guide

Hamachi vpn client: how :(to create your own virtual private network with Hamach).

Remote SSH: putty.exe

FTP Client: FileZilla

Repair & Recover

Dial-a-fix

Repairs various Windows problems, such as: Flush DNS, clean Temp files, Fix Windows Update errors ,
Restore default permissions, reset the time service, system file checker ,COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries and more, Listen to A Podcast on the subject

Windows XP Preinstalled Environment (PE-Builder + XPE Plugin) Howto, Video
Password Renew Must use it under WinPE/BartPE

All in One Software
Network
Magic: Print Manager, File Sharing (good for Vista), Repair and
protect wireless connections, Monitor Internet
and network use.

TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.74: a
collection of over 100 Free/Open
Source software CD Spiceworks : IT management software

Multi boot & Virtualization
Virtual PC 2007

אודיופיל@AudioPill

AudioPill: Next generation of Software & Technologies part:2

AudioPill — Sun, 13 May 2007 17:04:18 -0000

אודיופיל@AudioPill
Listen to the podcast: Here
Song Track: Noam Peled: This Time
blog: http://audiopill.blogli.co.il

Tech Issues: Is Microsoft dead? ~~Upcoming Microsoft Products:~~
Vista and Longhorn, Fiji, Vienna , DPM , Hypervisor
Tips: DVI, Online Video Converter
How to login to your Mail using IE/Firefox with different account?
Google Web History..Ho my god
And Zude

Shownotes:

Quick Tips:
Online Video/Audio File Converters: without the need to download SOFTWARE
http://www2.zamzar.com
http://mux.am/

All about DVITip:
There are three types of DVI connections: Digital & AnalogDVI-Digital,
DVI-Analog, and DVI-Integrated

Upcoming Web 2.0 Product: 5g.com

Zude tool remixes the Web:Switzerland of the social Web, Fifth Generation Systems

Use Zude to drag and drop widget , your music, your videos, your thoughts
right on to your Zude page. Now you only have one place to go to manage your entire web world. Article

related:http://www.google.com/ig

Bungee Labs: Bungee Lab

combines the virtues of online web application development with a near-real-time test and debug capability.
and with a click-to-host service that — now here's the rub — costs the
developer next to nothing to get into full production

Upcoming Microsoft Products:
Vista and Longhorn

Client Side:
Vista Service Pack 1 (code name Fiji).
Next Window Client: Windows Vienna

Server Side:
Microsoft Windows Server, Code Name: "Longhorn" (Vista is the client).
Longhorn default is 64 bit, 32 bit will have an extension of 32 bit
Download Link for Longhorn:Currently in beta 3, you can download an ISO and install it on your machine.http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/default.mspx

Virtual Technologies: Longhorn will be virtualization-ready
Microsoft's Windows Hypervisor technology, code-named Viridian
Note: Linux vendors embracing hypervisor technology similar to Viridian.

Hypervisor technology
Open-source virtualization foundation called Xen
A thin hypervisor layer (Low-level software burn on the chip)
It provide a real failover and dynamic resource allocation features you’ll find in an enterprise product

AudioPill Emergency Wireless Security Podcast!

AudioPill — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:44:08 -0000

AudioPill Episode 5
Emergency Wireless Security Podcast!

Listen to the Podcast: Here
For full show notes in Hebrew: http://audiopill.blogli.co.il

Song track: “Ba Li” by Hatavlinim Band

Best SNL Link: Harry Carry

HeadLines:

Wireless networking is a very short-range radio broadcast.

WiFi Protected Access networks, they are only as good as the quality of the password because their weakness is brute-force attack

WEP can be cracked in about one minute.

The Story:
Three Folks at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany have managed to extract a 104-bit WEP key in three seconds
They demonstrated how they could crack WEP and the encryption key being used in under a minute

When before it was required 5 million packets to access WEP now it requires 4000K

The amount of time it takes to hack an encrypted wireless network is dependent on the amount of traffic. Less traffic means the hack will take more time and vise versa...
Basic wireless security

For example: aircrack suite and PTW tools are just few Out of many tools that can perform WEP / Wireless Hacking.

They do it by packet capture, packet injection MAC Address Spoofing and WEP/WPA cracking

So you batter Treat a WEP access point as an open access point.

So what to do?

First set up your router:

For that you will require the IP Address of the router

Can be found in your router's manual or at the manufacturer’s webpage

Master list can be found here: http://www.tinyurl.com/2s4x9y.
and also here: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

Once you are in:

Change your router's default user ID and password

Encrypt your wireless connection, preferably with WPA

WEP : Wired Equivalent Privacy

WPA : WiFi Protected Access

Use GRC Password Generator:
https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

Change your network name or SSID : Security Set IDentifier
The SSID is the name of your wireless network.

Disable Universal Plug and Play Service

Use GRC UnPlug n' Pray to make sure:
http://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm

Disable WAN ping response

Disable remote management

Other Podcast on the subject:
http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-089.htm
http://www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep70.html
http://hydrogen.oshean.org/pauldotcom-SE-renderman.mp3

So be prepared...
Drop us a mail: audiopill@gmail.com

AudioPill Hebrew Site
AudioPill on Vox

Bye bye...

AudioPill Next generation of Software & Technologies part:1

AudioPill — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:26:57 -0000

Next generation of Software & Technologies Part 1

Podcast Subject: Apple TV, justin.tv, ustream.tv, twitter ,Xbox360, Second life, Zude, Portable Apps Suite, Smart Recovery ,Vista ReadyBoost,File and Settings Transfer Wizard, Driver Backup, SoftGrid

Episode 6 part:1
Audio Track:: Noam Peled: Diloogay Otiot
AudioPill Main Site
Blog & Show notes
Write to us: audiopill@gmail.com

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IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine
How to download: Vista, Exchange Server 2007, SQL Server 2005 or Ubuntu in a sec..
How can I restore my USB key files?

Show Notes: Next generation of Software & Technologies

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com

Second life
What is Second Life?

http://www.justin.tv
Make it your own justin.tv http://ustream.tv/

What are you doing at any time? http://twitter.com

PortableApps Suite

Your computer, without the computer
PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.

USB Flash Memory for Windows Vista ReadyBoost
You can use a USB Key to boost Vista Performance
Howto: On vista, Insert your USB key, when Auto play pop up choose Speed My system
Click “Use this device for system speed and allocate the required size (4 Gig Max /230 Min).

Note: The Drive must read at a speed of least 2.5 Mb/s and write at 1.75 mb/s!
For drives that are too slow “Speed up my system” won’t even appear.

It gives the best boost when you use several memory intensive apps at once!
Even though Flash memory are slower then RAM when writing small chunks of data, flush memory is faster than your hard drive.
Links: 1, 2

How can I restore my USB key files?
PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data recovery program for Flash Card

Save your Settings: File and Settings Transfer Wizard XP
Keep your settings when reinstalling or when upgrade to vista.
In just a few steps you can move all your precious files and even–more–precious settings from one machine to another.
Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
File and Settings Transfer Wizard Vista

Free hardware Driver Backup!

Nice
Vista Best feature on XP, automatic start menu organizer in XP
Engage Video
It can browse your computer and Index like desktop search

Notice: it’s a 30 days trail, for a free tool, search for:
“free Start Menu replacement” in Google).
One for free: http://launchy.net/

IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine
A developer question!
Running IE6 simultaneously in the VPC on the same computer?
Solution1:
Install IE7 on your main machine while running IE6 simultaneously in the VPC on the same computer.
Download the Internet Explorer 6 Testing VPC Image

Solution2: SoftGrid

Another way to accomplish this, without the virtualization of the operating system is to use Microsoft's SoftGrid product. This virtualizes just the application - either IE 6 or IE 7 or both - on Windows XP. You can even run them side by side.
Video Demo
Related Links:1, 2

AudioPill Episode 4 Q&A

AudioPill — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:00:49 -0000

Podcast subjects: Decimal vs. Binary, Rootkit, FireFox Vs IE, Web 2.0,
animated cursor,Windows updates, rootkit, Safe Email Client

Decimal vs. Binary: Hard drive showing wrong capacity?
Here's why:http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=118330

How to Remove a Rootkit
Reinstall or restore from an image

In order to really check if your computer is infected:
Boot from a boot CD with Root-Kit revealer tool installed.

You can check For rootkit on your pc using these tools:
Rootkit Revealer (Mark Russinovich Tool, Microsoft/Systernals).
F-Secure Blacklight
Panda Anti-Rootkit

FireFox Vs IE
Firefox Has reached the 25% (checkout Statistics by country).
http://www.google.com/trends?q=firefox,+opera&date=all&geo=all&ctab=1&sa=N

Microsoft enables FireFox to work with Media Player
Security Issues: Firefox is safer then IE6 by default, however
IE7 on Vista is more secure then
FireFox (by default) because of IE7 protected mode feature.
You can add the NoScript extension to Firefox in order to break
even.
Please Note that no browser is save its all depends on your
browsing behavior!
Same principle as: No safe car only safe drives…

Web 2.0 name generator: http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html
Names like: Riffspace, Youlinks, Topicware

Ani- HTML Virus
Animated cursor vulnerability
Can run malicious code into your system.
The File is loaded in HTML that loads an animated cursor routine
which triggers the .ini file in the animated cursor.
Doesn’t matter if you install animated cursor to your machine or
not.

What happened?
Animated cursor vulnerability was discovers by EEye, 3 month ago
EEye Told Microsoft, Microsoft did nothing…
Mean while the hackers found out about the vulnerability
By visiting a web site or by reading mail in an HTML format,
Windows 2000, Windows XP include SP2 and even Vista systems
started to get infected.
It can be: Trojan, Key stroke logger, spyware or even a Root-Kit
Both IE and Firefox are vulnerable
EEye have release a patch to fix the problem due to Microsoft
silence.
Also released a free Internet security suite: Blink that can
protect you from the flaw.
http://www.eeye.com/html/products/blink/personal/

The free edition is Limited to North America.
The Microsoft released an out of cycle Patch
(UOC Patch): Microsoft release updated once a month not on a
regular basis.
(Released 7 bug fixes to Windows and Last week they released 8).

How to avoid:
Browsing behavior: Be careful with Sites you visit prior to the
security patch
Using Vista?
Make sure the IE Protected Mode is enable at your machine (on by
default).
IE/Tools/Internet options/Security/Enable or disable Protected mode.
(IE Protected Mode Same as NoScript with Firefox).

Avoid open E-mails you don’t recognize
Don’t use Auto preview & Use Message format in a plain text
Enable Automatic Updates /WSUS in Org
Note: Windows updates can cause problems in your Display card
drivers.

Subscribe for at least one Security Advisories site to stay
updated.
Antivirus and firewalls are useless in this situation.
Note: of course you should always make sure your Anti Virus,
Antimalware and Firewall are updated, regardless of my remark
above.

How do I check if my computer is Infected?
Check for unknown process in Task Manager
Check Listening Network ports: netstat -an

Security Advisories sites:
http://eeye.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts

securinfos.info
http://www.securiteam.com
Software Update Checker
Application Updates Software Inspector (secunia.com)
http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

Email Client safety
Safe Email Client – Smart tips
Clicking a link in an E-mail is dangerous because it’s an HTML mail
format
Use plain Text Mail Format
Don’t use Auto preview...

AudioPill Episode 3 Virtualization

AudioPill — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:23:04 -0000

VMware Vs Microsoft Virtual PC
Guest: Yossi
AudioTrack: Joe Sibol - Bone Cold

For ShowNotes In Hebrew:
http://israblog.nana.co.il/blogread.asp?blog=411422

AudioPill Main Site:
http://www.icast.co.il/default.aspx?p=Podcast&id=43274

So What Is Virtualization, Sigal asks?

For example a partition in a hard disk is Virtual, A logical section
of 1 hard disk divided to many partition.

Advantages of Virtualization:

You can run multiple operating systems on the same physical computer.
You can Use Virtual PC on Vista in order to run Vista Unsupported
Applications.
For Test Prepossess (Often done when doing large demos).
Save Hardware, Easy to manage/ one point of management, Resource
allocation, Snapshoot
And Provide better security.

Disadvantages:
You need to start from scratch.
Solution: Can download a ready OS Image file
Or you can make a copy of you existent machine using VMware Converter

Cons & Pros:
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007: All free, Easy to use, little bit slower…
VMware Free Products: VMware Server|,VMware Player| VMware Converter
Not Free VMware: VMware Workstation | VMware ESX Server| VMware
Infrastructure 3

VMware: VMware Converter: makes a copy of your installed OS as a
VMware Machine Image
Note: after conversion you may need to reactive the OS
#requires an appropriate Ram for each OS

Related Links:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html

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AudioPill ShowNotes:02- Vista

AudioPill — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:16:54 -0000

Vista in 30 Minuets...

Flash News: Windows Vienna
Editions of Vista,Consideration before upgrade (Application
Compatibility Toolkit), Hardware requirements, Vista Recommendations

64bit Vista vs 32bit.
Also uses “Patch guard” so anti virus do not work.

Security Features:
IE Protected mode (Only on Vista) .
Anti-Malware.
Note, Windows Defender is targeted at individual users and does not
include enterprise management.
Parental controls feature (off by default).
BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Key Benefits
One CD set for all languages.
Desktop Search.
Aero Glass.

AudioPill Podcast shows Includes Listeners Q&A.

Vista ShowNotes:

Vista Service Pack 1 code name: Fiji

Editions of Vista : Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate.

Vista features:
Next release of Windows (code name Vienna).
All new concept: old application couldn’t run natively,
Virtualization, New Pie menu...
A lot of speech recognition support.
Sandbox mode to run none managed code
Without risking your security.

Key benefits:
Fun to explore

Windows Vista: Advanced Disk Performance
If your computer has a SATA (Serial-ATA) hard drive, then Windows
Vista
includes a feature that utilizes aggressive write caching. This is
where data is written to a RAM cache first before it's written to the
hard drive.
From the Start menu, right-click on Computer, and select Manage.
Click on Device Manager
Expand the Disk Drives entry.
Right-click on your SATA hard drive and select Properties.

Click the Policies tab.
Check 'Enable Advanced Performance'.
#Can cause data lost

Improved Security
If since Windows XP SP2 we turn the FW by default then with Vista its
a few levels up.
User Account Control
Start /Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/User Account/Turn
user on or off.

IE Protected mode (Only on Vista)
IE/Tools/Internet options/Security/Enable or disable Protected mode.

Anti-Malware
Note, Windows Defender is targeted at individual users and does not
include enterprise management.

Parental controls feature (off by default)
Not running as an administrator
Can limit: Web site by restriction level
Block File downloads
Time limits, Games, Programs and view activity reports
Start /Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/Parental controls

BitLocker Drive Encryption
Must have at least 2x partitions
#Two NTFS drive partitions, one for the system volume and one for the
operating system volume. The system volume partition must be at least
1.5 gigabytes (GB) and set as the active partition (Scenario 1).
Required TPN (Trusted Platform Module) chip installed
It is designed for systems that have a compatible TPM microchip and
BIOS
, if you don’t have one, BitLocker will install it on a flash drive
(USB).
#for any test that includes the USB flash drive, your BIOS must
support reading USB flash drives at startup.
Must logon as administrator
Start /Control Panel/Security/ BitLocker Drive Encryption
Now right click a file or a folder/properties/advanced/Encrypt
content to secure data

Application Compatibility Toolkit

One CD set for all languages

Desktop Search

Aero Glass

For an Org: Business Desktop Deployment Tool
Volume Activation Management Tool

64bit Vista
A lot of drivers are not signed and 64-bit
4 GB RAM is ok
Vista Will Use as much Ram as you give it.
Also uses “Patch guard” so antivirus do not work
The 64-bit Windows kernels actively, self guard against many root
kit”s and other kernel attacks.

Recommendation for Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-root kit
http://free.grisoft.com

Technology hides itself from the OS and opens a hole that could hide
other software.
No Control-Alt-Delete, No antivirus and the firewalls can see them
Rootkit
The API calls uses find first find next file
Well, imagine if something could lie about the find first find next
technology?

Consider before upgrade:
Applications you use regularly
VPN Client
4 out of 5 computers within the workplace are not adequately equipped
to make the jump to Vista
Don’t have any choice if you purchase a new PC

Hardware
Laptop should have Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM is plenty (memory always in pairs!).
Display Card: (ATI or NVidia).
DirectX 9 Capable Supports the Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM).
Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
32 its per pixel
256MB of RAM

Vista Recommendations:
Home Premium / Vista Business for Corp
Run in a standard user mode (Without breaking applications).
Start /Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/User
Account/Change your account type..

Enable Protected Mode (UAC)
Delete browser history and cookies
Start /Control Panel/Security/Internet Options/Delete browser
history and cookies…
Which is under: C:\Users\your user\AppData\Local\Windows\Temporarly Internet Files…

Install when buying a new computer or if you run windows 2000

Check for Hardware compatibility before paying for a new computer
Run Securable from GRC: http://www.grc.com/securable.htm
Test your pc hardware for: Hardware DEP, Hardware virtualization
Maximum bit length.

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AudioPill ShowNotes:01- The Real Web Security & Web 2.0

AudioPill — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:50:58 -0000

AudioPill Podcast: Episode 1

What can we do in order to visit Web Sites securely?
How can we stop Viruses from reaching us?
What is Web 2.0 and what are its flaws?
How our Internet Browser working from the inside out?
& More

INTRODUCTION
The real Web Security /Browser security & Web 2.0
SUGGEST A TOPIC & WE WILL DISCUSS IT!
E-MAIL US AT: audiopill@gmail.com

Topic: The Real Web Security...
1. Anonymity (Proxy & Encryption)
2. Browsers on a Web 2.0 world
3. Sites you visit, cookies and Scripts
4. Web browsers roundup
5. Firefox, Add-ons

Reasons why to go Anonymous
The Text you type can trigger an automated system out in the web
Don’t want anyone to know what sites you visits
Getting around geographical IP s restrictions
Browsing is safer
No tracing
Reasons why not to
Browsing is slower
Not all sites will load
& Just to be clear, Any browser containing scripting is vulnerable
Proxy Will not protect you against JavaScript-Enabled Browsers
Will not protect you against ActiveX Microsoft design for
ActiveX was to allow a website that you visited to, on purpose,
to download what is basically a DLL and run it, just by visiting
the page, without any asking for permission or anything.

Browser Header

Check your browser/ Internet privacy status:
http://ipid.shat.net/
http://www.showmyip.com/
http://www.speedguide.net/scan.php

Using such information, a hacker could attempt to break into your computer, websites could keep records of your visits, and tracking software could map a path to your geographic location.

Cross Site scripting:

Active, dynamic content, interactive sites are exposed to cross-site scripting attacks
Combines asynchronous JavaScript with XML -- in many popular Web sites and applications.

JavaScript, can be embedded into an attacker’s website or injected into trusted sites by exploiting a common web security hole known as cross-site scripting flaw

No Script There's a browser safer than Firefox...
...it is Firefox, with NoScript Watch the "Using NoScript" video

OpenDNS Why don’t you quire us first before you go somewhere else
We’ll keep a list of the bad site, so if your computer tries to
reach a bad site...
We will redirect you or say it’s unavailable.
We’ll do the first DNS lookup for you

TOR: Anonymous Web Surfing

Cons:
DNS leaks and Correlation attack when the attacker holds the information of both entrance node and exit point.

Solution:
DNS: Make sure you are using Tor to Send DNS queries (type about:config in FireFox address
And make sure: network.proxy.socks_remote_dns| are set to= true
Correlation attack - Hopefully Tor will use enough Tor servers on the network

Fearless Browser

Deploy Firefox in your network
http://firefox.dbltree.com
http://mozptch.mozdev.org/

Web 2.0 – Your interactive, modern website. Users can use it as they wish. They can even leave comments or submit their own content...
Security Survival Tips for the Web 2.0 World 2

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