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A massive new virus campain has been running recently on mp3 download sites that installs a dangerous malware when the user downloads the dodgy mp3 file. In fact it has been reported that over 400,000 computers have been hit by the virus (shows how big the download industry is).

I have to say the best way to not get hit by the dodgy malware is just not to use download or torrent sites! Just pay the dollar and get the song you want, its both safe and legal.

But if you do happen to download from these sites then you should watch out for certain files listed here, they are some of the dodgy ones;

preview-t-3545425-adult.mpg
preview-t-3545425-changing times earth wind .mp3
preview-t-3545425-girls aloud st trinnians.mp3
preview-t-3545425-heartbroken fast t2 ft jodie.mp3
preview-t-3545425-jij bent zo jeroen van den.mp3
preview-t-3545425-meet bambi in kings harem.mp3
preview-t-3545425-middle eastern chick.mpg
preview-t-3545425-paint me bunmingham.mp3
preview-t-3545425-paralyized by you.mp3
preview-t-3545425-pull over levert.mp3
preview-t-3545425-say it right remix.mp3
preview-t-3545425-st trinnians girls aloud.mp3
preview-t-3545425-theme godfather.mp3
t-3545425-bentley bizzle.mp3
t-3545425-dx vs randi orton 2007.mpg
t-3545425-haloween special.mp3
t-3545425-just got lucky.mp3
t-3545425-lion king portugues.mpg
t-3545425-los padres de ella.mpg
t-3545425-para sayo freestyle.mp3
t-3545425-peanut butter jelly amende.mp3
t-3545425-stare at sun thrice.mp3
t-3545425-suicide bride dana.mp3
t-3545425-wayne and jane.mp3

But if you have installed anything dodgy, run this scan to remove it all

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Microsoft officially launched the free online WorldWide Telescope, which allows Internet denizens to pan around and zoom through the night sky.

Developed over the last six years, Microsoft is releasing the application free of charge in part to show off its Visual Experience Engine. The engine provides smooth panning and zooming that allows viewers to focus on a particular planet or cluster of stars without abandoning the scale of the area surrounding it.

“Users can see the X-ray view of the sky, zoom into bright radiation clouds, and then cross-fade into the visible light view and discover the cloud remnants of a supernova explosion from a thousand years ago,” said Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics researcher Roy Gould of the new service.

The website has already caused a stir among technology bloggers.

Some were unimpressed and said similar applications were already available, however Robert Scoble, an American blogger and former Microsoft employee, claimed he shed a tear while watching a demonstration of the WorldWide Telescope earlier this year.

You can see the Microsoft WorldWide Telescope here

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Google on Monday announced a preview release of Google Friend Connect, a way for Web publishers to add social features to sites without programming.

“We’re seeing social capabilities get baked into the infrastructure of the Web,” said David Glazer, director of engineering at Google, at a press conference to launch the service. “[They're] increasingly not tied to any one site, to any one source of friends, or any one type of application. We see the Web moving towards an end state where people can use any apps on any Web sites with any of their friends.”

Shared information will include friends lists, profile data, status and presence details. Since Google is not itself a social networking site (although it does operate Orkut), it seeks to provide a gateway between them and third party sites that wish to use the data.

As Google has so far failed to make any significant inroads with a social networking site of its own, Google Friend Connect mirrors Google’s similar efforts like OpenSocial to position itself as a platform provider with tools that power social networks. While Facebook and MySpace’s efforts focus more on plugging into established social networks, Google Friend Connect has the rest of the Internet in its crosshairs with simple tools that any owner can embed in their site.

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Adobe Systems plans by the end of May to unveil the latest version of Acrobat Connect Pro, which can handle Web conferencing as well as conduct corporate trainings and manage academic courses.

Acrobat Connect Pro from Adobe uses the Adobe Flash Player to deploy its services. Adobe Flash Player is already installed on 98 percent of Internet connected PCs worldwide and, through this, Acrobat Connect Pro lets users connect to an online meeting or classroom instantly using a simple Web address.

Combined with the new version of Adobe Presenter, also introduced today, Acrobat Connect Pro can enable users to hold engaging online meetings that incorporate high-impact Adobe Flash(R:  70.91, -0.69, -0.96%) Player compatible presentations. Adobe Presenter can give virtually anyone the power to easily turn Microsoft(R:  70.91, -0.69, -0.96%) PowerPoint presentations into multimedia experiences that include video, narration, animations, interactivity and advanced quizzes.

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