Recent Computer News!

RECENT COMPUTER NEWS!!

☆Microsoft Windows Vista☆

“Microsoft Windows Vista”, which is an operating system made by Microsoft, was released on January 30, 2007 in the world. It was called “Longhorn” among developers before the release. There are eight version of Windows Vista such as for home and for company.


☆New function☆
・People can key or use Windows Vista by sound.
・ Windows Vista deletes spy ware.
・ Windows Vista has Windows Media Player 11, whose quality is better than before, and Microsoft also equips the function with Windows XP.
・ Windows Photo Gallery let people edit photos and save in DVD.


---Problems---
・Although Windows Vista has a lot of new functions, people cannot use these functions unless their computers’ hardware has enough quality and quantity to use new high-level function.
・It is possible that some software or hardware do not work on Windows Vista even though they work on Windows XP.
・Some people say that the function of Windows Vista is similar to MacOS X Tiger, which was released in 2005.

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My Favorit Web Pages!!

My Favorit Web Pages☆☆

I am going to introduce three exciting web sites!!


1. West Side Story (http://www.westsidestory.com/news.php)
West Side Story is one of the most famous musical, which greatly succeeded in Broadway; moreover, its movie, which was made in 1961, got 10 academic prizes!!! This is an official web site of West Side Story, and we can see a time line, lyrics, some photos, and more!!

2. Broadway (http://www.livebroadway.com/)
We can know about a lot of Broadway musicals on this web page and can even buy tickets. Furthermore, there are several links to go to other web pages of particular Broadway musicals such as CHIKAGO and The Producers; therefore, so we can get more information about it and see some photos of musical!

3.Drum Corps International (http://www.dci.org/)
Do you know about marching bands? It is a group, which entertain audience by using their amazing techniques of musical instruments, controlling flags, rifles, sabers, and dancing. In addition, “Drum Corps International”, which is held in the United States, is a big competition among marching bands. Because a lot of high-level marching bands participate and show amazing performances to win, the entire stadium are really excited, and thousands of audience often show their excitement by standing ovations! Therefore, why don’t you feel this excitement by visiting this web page?

If you have interestｓ, please visit!!!

Social Engineering

What is "Social engineering"?

Social engineering is a technique to get secret information such as a password regarding security by narrative, eavesdropping, and fraud.

It is also called “social hacking” or “social cracking”.

Tricks
・ Take a peek at password behind a person, who are inputting it
・ Gather personal information from offices’ trash, which is a helpful lead to find out password
・ Pretend to be a customer and ask managerial staff to change password on the phone in order to know the new password

When is it likely to happen?
・ Manager does not identify customers enough.
・ Supervision of personal information is not completed.

Be careful!!
・ According to Wikipedia; The free encyclopedia, In 2003, 90% of office workers wrote down their password on a survey question outside the office in order to get a pen.

・ Attackers telephoned to customers at a company, which provide technical support. Then when a customer called back to ask technical support, attackers helped them but made the customer access launch malware secretly.

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Work Cited

"Social engineering (security)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 5 Feb 2007, 14:10UTC.Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 10 Feb 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_engineering_%28security%29&oldid=105796220>.

“Social engineering.” e-words. 21 Feb. 2001 Incept Inc. 10 Feb. 2007

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