screensaver
RSS screensaverMSDN Webcast: Visual C# 2005 Express Edition: Introducing the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit (Level 200)
White Paper The RSS Screensaver Starter Kit is a sample application that is available with Microsoft Visual C # 2005 Express Edition. This webcast provides a person with a guided tour of the RSS Screensaver starter... [01 Apr 2009]
Google Hacks: Build a Google Screensaver
White Paper And by scripting Google Images, one can create a screensaver based on images from across the Web. Each screensaver allows to specify a directory on the computer that contains images, and displays those... [10 Oct 2007]
Microsoft: Kill screensavers, not the planet
News A Windows Vista PC running a screensaver consumes more energy than a PC in 'sleep' mode, according to a statement from Dean DeWhitt, the director of Microsoft's Windows Kernel team. In fact, the... [22 Mar 2007]
What do Carol Vorderman and David Blunkett have in common?
News Lycos is in the frame for launching its 'Make Love Not Spam' screensaver, which directed Internet traffic at the Web sites of spammers in an attempt to disrupt them. BT, the European Union, Lycos, Carol Vorderman and the... [23 Dec 2004]
Lycos email scam hides nasty Trojan
News A malicious email purporting to offer a link to download Lycos' controversial spam busting screensaver is infecting users with a Trojan - proving that the fall out from the botched and now ditched service will continue... [08 Dec 2004]
Leader: Has Lycos empowered the spammers?
Leader Even in the fleeting and transitory world of technology, Lycos' spam-busting screensaver was the most short-lived of initiatives. Nearly 100,000 people signed up for the screensaver, showing a huge... [07 Dec 2004]
Lycos kills off its anti-spam zombies
News We forcefully rebut a report by Netcraft referring to two spam servers having been disabled by our screensaver. At the point of time of the Netcraft measurement on December 1st, 2004, both spam servers were not on the... [07 Dec 2004]
Lycos knocks spammers off the web
News Netcraft's website said: "A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack launched by users of Lycos Europe's MakeLoveNotSpam.com screensaver has succeeded in crippling several spammer sites, but some of the targeted sites... [02 Dec 2004]
Hackers take down Lycos anti-spam website
News Lycos on Tuesday kicked off its "make love not spam" campaign by offering users a screensaver that helps to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on spammers' websites. The company said the... [01 Dec 2004]
Will's Web Watch: How to attack spammers in your sleep
Comment The method of launch and propagation will require users to download a grid computing model screensaver from Lycos. Similar to the SETI screensaver which powers the search for extraterrestrial... [30 Nov 2004]
Spammers targeted with DDoS attack
News Lycos is offering its customers a screensaver that helps to launch denial-of-service attacks on spammers' websites - a tactic more commonly associated with hackers or the spammers themselves who abuse networks of... [30 Nov 2004]
Hunt for alien life struck by denial-of-service
News Seti requires computer users to download a screensaver-type program that automatically downloads, analyses and returns 'units' of data collected from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The University of... [30 Jul 2004]
'Retard' Hoffman mobile ad is offensive, says watchdog
News That's just what mobile logo and screensaver seller, Xmob, did in some adverts placed in footie fanzine FourFourTwo and, unsurprisingly, both the National Autistic Society and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)... [25 Mar 2004]
Virus alerts: Malware in waiting for post-xmas chaos
News Here's a nice Christmas screensaver instead :)," and the message carries an attachment called xmas.scr. Antivirus experts are warning of a destructive, Christmas-themed email worm and another virus which spreads via MSN... [02 Jan 2004]
Screensavers more secure than network passwords
News Activating a password-protected screensaver on users' desktops can provide more protection from unauthorised access than strong network login passwords, according to security firm TruSecure. Screen-locking - activating a... [03 Oct 2003]
