"Google has announced the official release of Desktop Gadgets for Linux and is distributing the source code under the open-source Apache software license. Although there are still bugs and the implementation is not yet entirely complete, it works well enough for day-to-day use." - Alejandro S.
I hope that it is more staple than desklets or super karamba. - k00pa
"is it just me or does it seem that something BAD may happen soon like the united states getting bombed or attacked again to keep president bush as president or if something bad happens McCain will most likely be elected president..." - d e f c o n
Wow, that is awesome. But how does the guy collect money? And what do you get for your money? Won't the decryptor program have the private key in it, so a single copy should suffice to save the world? - ⓞnor
Hasn't this been going on for many years now? Perhaps the difference is that the bad guys are now using strong encryption instead of simple obfuscation ... Getting the money is definitely a problem, as is getting the decryption key once you have paid :P - John Mueller
if the virus requires some type of secure authentication to decrypt it would be hard to get the passphrase, also the encryption key could use specific things on each computer to generate the key like pc name, hardware, date infected etc, and the possibilities are endless, if this was coded well enough and the coder had enough expertise it will be impossible to decrypt and restore your files without help from the author - d e f c o n
"Google has increased its share of the UK search market by almost 10 points over the past year, and has now reached a monopoly market share of 87.3%, according to Hitwise. Yahoo's share of the market slumped from 8.6% to 4.1%." - d e f c o n
"John McCain is looking for a VP
The Republican candidate joked to a small crowd of fundraisers in Virginia that he was using the internet search engine to research his list of potential vice presidents.
"You know, basically it's a Google," Mr McCain said, to laughter, when asked how the selection process was going during a 10,000 dollar-a-head luncheon in Richmond. "What you can find out now on the internet - it's remarkable."" - d e f c o n
"WASHINGTON - Scott McClellan, President Bush's former spokesman, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee about whether Vice President Cheney ordered him to make misleading public statements about the leaking of CIA analyst Valerie Plame Wilson's identity." - d e f c o n
