Computer experts warn viruses linked to MySpace are in circulation. Experts believe hackers have hit the site and say the viruses in circulation can change settings, delete files, secretly track users' movements online and even damage computers. They believe that the hackers have hidden dangerous software on the site which means that computers can be attacked unaware to users while they are just viewing pages. They say the viruses can be hidden in images. They've also seen pages that contain code to automatically spread viruses through MySpace's buddy system, which lets you add friends to your profile.
MySpace now accounts for 4.5 percent of all Internet traffic.
Make sure your anti-virus software is up to date. It's also good to have software that detects and deletes spyware...preferably more than one. Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware are a couple of good ones...and they're free. If you have AOL, it has a good bundle of anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
YOUTUBE TO BECOME A MUSIC VIDEO LIBRARY?
According to BBC, the popular Web site YouTube is in talks with record labels about making new and archived music videos available on their site. The label would like to have ?every music video ever created? on their site within the next 18 months. They plan to make the clips free of charge, like the footage that is currently available. The idea comes at a time when it is increasingly more difficult for artists and labels to keep content from leaking to the Web.
SMASHING PUMPKINS ENTER THE STUDIO
SmashingPumpkins.com, the official Web site for the reunited band, is reporting that they have begun recording a new album. The site states that the band is in the studio and working with famed Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker. It remains unclear as to who else is working on the album, as frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin are the only confirmed reunited members.
KORN ALREADY WORKING ON NEXT ALBUM
Korn's latest studio album, See You On The Other Side, is just 10 months old, but the band is already planning its follow-up. Frontman Jonathan Davis told LAUNCH that the group hasn't really stopped working since the new album was finished: "Yeah, we're working on it right now. We don't know when we'll put it out. I mean, we're gonna write. It's when we have down time we go and write. But it's exciting and we like writing and keeping that going."
Korn released an archival collection, Live & Rare, in May.
SNAKES ON A PLANE
There's not much to say about the Samuel L. Jackson horror movie Snakes On A Plane other than it's about a flight that's taken over by hundreds of deadly snakes. Jackson is in the middle of it all as an F.B.I. agent transporting and protecting a mob witness on the reptile-laden flight. Five hundred live snakes were used to make the film, which got an R rating after filmmakers added more nudity, gore, and foul language to satisfy fan input.
ACCEPTED
Animal House meets PCU meets a lot of other college comedies in Accepted, a movie about a college application reject who starts his own fake school to placate his parents. What starts out as a fluke to keep the hero's mom and dad off his back turns into a full-fledged university including a campus, classes, students, and a dean played by comedian Lewis Black.
THE ILLUSIONIST
The Illusionist is a murder mystery starring Edward Norton as a magician who may or may not possess supernatural powers. Norton's character Eisenheim captivates the citizens of early 1900s Vienna with his sleight of hand. He's such a hit that he's summoned to perform for Austria's crown prince and discovers that the royal is engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Sophie. The Prince sees the sparks reignite between Sophie and Eisenheim, and orders a police officer played by Paul Giamatti to expose Eisenheim as a fraud.
MATERIAL GIRLS
Real life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff flex their acting skills by playing ... you guessed it ... sisters! Their characters are Tanzie and Ava Marchetta, the wealthy heiresses to a cosmetics company fortune. The siblings' privileged ways come to a screeching halt, however, when the family business is embroiled in a corporate scandal and they're stripped of their riches and forced to cope as "real people."
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS for FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) - Edward Norton, Greg Fitzsimmons
JAY LENO (NBC) - (repeat) Wanda Sykes, Kevin Connolly, the Fray
LATE LATE SHOW (CBS) - (repeat) Andie MacDowell, Cirque du Soleil's KA, Boyd Matson CONAN O'BRIEN (NBC) - (repeat) Gisele Bundchen, Bill Bellamy, Belle and Sebastian CARSON DALY (NBC) - (repeat) Molly Sims, Anna Faris, Andrew Donnelly, Feist
JIMMY KIMMEL - (ABC) - Samuel L. Jackson, Elisha Cuthbert, Cobra Starship
FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Host Alec Baldwin with Musical Guest Shakira
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