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VLC Player Not Safe!

By: Vlad Constandes, SEO News Editor

Among all media players, which are available on the market, VLC, as we know, is one of the best for two reasons. First, it comes with a variety of video codecs, thus, is an ideal tool for opening any file format, and secondly, it is free. Some philosopher of antiquity
days said the wine should have three characteristics: it must come in large numbers, it must be good, and it should be free. Analogy needs will not be written.

In the "ideal" player status, but the shortcomings due to the commitments were found in its latest version. In the vulnerability can be used in remote parties and leave the computer VLC open to arbitrary code works, according to Secunia in Luigi Auriemma.

Getting to the nitty-gritty, the problem occurs whenever subtitle file is loaded into the player, this action causes a buffer overflow is small, easy to use, designed persons. Not comfortably behind your Mac or Linux screen, is used for most of the problems faced by the Windows operating system, this vulnerability is platform independent, so be careful!

Responsibility was first reported in version 0.8.6d, and developers took it to a patch immediately. Or at least that was the plan; a version 0.8.6e was to be error-free, but in fact, although it was obviously the work done. Two corrections became first format string error in the web interface listens on port 8080/tcp been resolved, and "ParseMicroDvd ()" error border has been removed, but there are two more similar to the left, and they rated highly critical by Secunia. Borders errors in the "ParseSSA ()" and "ParseVplayer ()" function when processing subtitles can be used to cause stack based buffer.

The decision, Luigi Auriemma said, is that all the changes in 0.8.6e and no subtitles unreliable process using VLC player.

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New PS3 Firmware Arrives with System Issues

We'll tell you how to fix them, for now
By: Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles) | softpedia.com

Updating your firmware has become an obligation nowadays, even if we're talking about a PS3 console of iPhone. Sony's next-gen gaming device has just benefited from a firmware update and people have already started complaining about the issues it causes. According to Destructoid
the PS3 owners who have installed the version 2.00 firmware are dealing with system issues, which include disc reading errors, system failures or major lags while browsing the menus.

The complaints of the unlucky PS3 owners have also surfaced on all major PlayStation forums and the most common of them is the XMB operation slowdown. Also the unofficial statistic says that the 60GB PS3 is more likely to be plagued by these issues than the other versions of the console. Of course, there are forum posters who claim that their gaming device is working perfectly after the update, while others reply that they're frustrated by the constant freezing of their console.

It seems that there might be a way to stop these issues from happening, by disabling that brand new news ticker added with the update. In case you don't know how to disable the feature, just press the triangle button when "Information Board" is selected in the XMB and then select the "Disable" option. Now it seems clear, more than ever, why the Xbox 360 manages to conquer the Japanese market, Sony's homeland having fallen in love with Microsoft's gaming device. When was the last time you saw a software glitch on a 360?

I mean, it has its own "plagues", like the "Red Ring of Death", but that's a hardware issue and it's pretty much extinct right now, so Sony's the glitch master for now. Of course, we might be seeing a patch of the new firmware or even a firmware that fixes the 2.00 version soon enough, but the sour taste is still present in the PS3 owners' mouth.

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