Year: 2004

MyDoom e-mail virus declared worst ever

Finnish security software and services company F-Secure said late Wednesday that the “MyDoom” virus is the fastest-spreading worm ever and the “worst e-mail worm incident in virus history.” CNET News.com reports: “MyDoom crawled onto the Internet on Monday, quickly clogging e-mail servers, as it propagated itself with millions of messages laden withmalicious software code. An offshoot of the pest surfaced Wednesday but did not appear to be spreading nearly as quickly as the original.

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dincTYPE offers free Valentine’s Day fonts

dincTYPE has posted six more free fonts for both Mac and PC, including two new fonts for Valentine’s Day. “As always, our free fonts are only posted for a short time, some have international character sets, and they are licensed to for personal or commercial use. Our newest fonts are: UR Mine, which is heart shaped font that looks really interesting and will work well for Valentine’s projects of all kinds.

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USA Today columnist on GarageBand

On the USA Today Web site today, personal technology columnist Edward C. Baig puts GarageBand, Apple’s new music creation software, through its paces. In “Hey groupies, I’m gonna be a rock star,” Baig gives GarageBand 3.5 stars out of 4, citing “Clever program lets you record, mix and arrange your own compositions,” for the pro comments, and “Can be taxing on your computer,” for the cons. “I’m most intrigued by the new fifth member of the iLife ensemble.

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MacSpeech lowers price on Transcription Solution

MacSpeech has announced it has lowered the price and increased the storage capacity of its iListen Transcription Solution. The iListen Transcription Solution includes the latest release of iListen, Griffin Technologies iMic USB Adapter, VXi Parrot Translator Microphone/Headset and a refurbished Olympus DM-1 Digital Voice Recorder. The Transcription Solution is now priced at US$299.00 — a $70 savings off the old price.

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