Technology Corner 2006.10.01: Another IE exploit, the Mars Rover at 1000, Thumbs Plus, and Nerdly News

01/10/2006 14 min

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Episode Synopsis

Another "zero-day" exploit can allow someone to take over your computer if you visit a bad website -- and this is something that can happen by accident. The Mars Rovers have survived on Mars for 1000 days. Scientists would have been happy with 100 days. Thumbs Plus illustrates how even simple utility applications grow to be large applications. In Nerdly News, a look at Microsoft's Zune and a scowl at HP.

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