Time Change May Spur Cyber Glitch
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By Kelly Proctor, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 12--Computer users take note: Here comes another cyber glitch  threatening to confound your PC.
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Washington Post staff writer Charles Babington will be online to discuss how the earlier Daylight Saving Time this year may be affecting your computer or handheld device.
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For IT managers in the U.S., the early switch to daylight-saving time in March will require testing and potentially patching of all systems and applications that rely on time stamps.
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QMy PC now flashes a start-up message from a company called "Phoenix"; hitting the F1 key gets me past this, but my other problem is that the computer keeps thinking that it's 11:01 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2002 .
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HACKERS ARE swapping information online about the latest hole in Windows in the hope of getting a good exploit onto other people&#39;s computers before they install SP2.
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A last-minute scramble is on inside many companies as IT workers race to update systems so they can handle the earlier-than-usual start of daylight-saving time on March 11.
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As time change nears, some companies are still struggling to patch their computer systems.
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When the clock springs forward on March 11, older electronics with embedded systems programmed to reset the time under the old daylight-saving time rules will likely have to be manually reset. And older operating systems will likely need patches.
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By Andrew Kantor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Mar. 10--Daylight-saving time arrives early this year, and some local companies are preparing for the potential pitfalls it brings.
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We&#8217;re showing ethernet going up and down on our server tonight. We&#8217;ve put in a ticket but it may not be resolved until tomorrow (Friday) morning. If the site is slow or unresponsive, please sit tight with us. Thanks! -Scott Share This
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Exploit code targets a flaw that generated a government warning last week.
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Users of the music player should watch out for hacked themes; a flaw allows would-be intruders to take control of PCs.
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Blog: Low ransom request and a self-termination date on the code suggest this is a test attack.
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This weekend's early switch to daylight-saving time was billed as a little re-enactment of the Y2K computer problem at the turn of the millennium. And as it happened, the daylight bug appeared to have equally minor results.
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Also: U.S. cyberwar games turn into hacker melee. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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Servers that managed global internet traffic have been subjected to a concerted attack by hackers.
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Jet lag isn't just caused by time zone shifts.