Security firm Secunia has reported an “extremely critical” vulnerability in media-streaming program Apple QuickTime. This flaw, which affects the latest versions of QuickTime, 7.x, which has not been patched and could allow a hacker to gain remote control of an affected system. It lies in a boundary error where the program processes Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) replies, according to Secunia’s advisory published on Monday.
Kevin Rudd’s Election Speech
Missed the speech, you can now get it here since I recorded it. You will also need the DivX codec (or XviD – it can handle it too) to play it.
Election Update : 9AM
This is the election update for 9am, only 75.6% of the votes have been counted.
| Coalition | Votes | Percentage % | Swing % |
|---|
| Party | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total Divisions Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breaking News : Rudd is now PM
Seven Network is reporting that Kevin Rudd is now Prime Minister, after John Howard has phoned Mr. Rudd to concede defeat. However, Howard may still be a MP, with Maxine McKew still not claiming victory as it is on “knife edge”.
Election Update: 9:00PM
Liberal/National : 3,059,695 Votes (46.12%)
Labor: 3,575,113 Votes (53.88%)
| Party | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total Divisions Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Election | Last Election | |||||||||
| Liberal | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 74 |
Breaking News: ABC Election analysts says Labor Wins
ABC election analyst Antony Green says Labor is on the cusp of victory and needs only two seats in Queensland to claim victory.
Mr Green says on current figures he predicts Labor winning 78 seats with a majority of six. On those figures he says he can make a cautious prediction of Labor forming a government.
Election Result: Lindsay, NSW
First Preferences | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing (%) |
| BAYLEY, Grant | LDP | 329 | 0.73 | +0.73 |
| EDWARDS, Lesley | The Greens | 1,507 | 3.32 | -0.05 |
PM In Danger in Bennelong
Prime Minister John Howard could be on track to become the first sitting PM since 1929 to lose his seat, with Labor challenger Maxine McKew ahead by more than 6 per cent after preferences with more than 9 per cent of the vote counted in Bennelong.
Deputy Labor leader Julia Gillard says the signs are good for Ms McKew but it is too early to call the result.
ABC Results : 7:35PM
Results from ABC Online
Liberal – 36.5%
Labor – 43.0%
National – 5.3%
Greens – 7.8%
Family First – 2.2%
Others – 5.2%
National Count
According to Seven Network
ALP – 40%
LIB – 34%
NAT – 10%
GRN – 9%
OTH – 7%
DEM – 8%
Update: 7:00PM
Liberal – 71,864 Votes (54.64%)
Labor – 58,661 Votes (45.36%)
NSW
2 seats won by Nationals
VIC
2 seats won by Labor
2 seats won by Liberal
TAS
1 seat won by Labor
Current Totals: 6:36PM
Liberals – 9,360 Votes (59.30%)
Labor – 6,315 Votes (40.29%)
Polls are closed
The Polls are closed. Stay tuned for TECH.GEEK as we broadcast the election here and on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/election07/)…
Terence Huynh
Twittering Now
Less than 30 minutes to the polls close, we have now launched our Twitter account. We have now got http://twitter.com/election07, so you can now add us to recieve latest updates on the Election.
It’s Time to Go, Howard?
We have made a panel of people of what they think before the count is on. The questions we ask are not based on political ideas, but to see an outcome over the election. We will be asking a few people over our network, even some outsiders to give your ideas..
“If the Liberals win, do you think that John Howard will give the job to Peter Costello?“ Please give a full answer.