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UAC security flaw in Windows 7 beta

A change to the User Account Control UAC in Windows 7 to make it "less annoying" allows a simple override that renders UAC disabled without user interaction, reports Long Zheng at iStartedSomething. Zheng describes the problem as follows: By default, Windows 7's UAC setting is set...

Tags: User Account Control, Security, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Zheng, Achilles, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-30

The Achilles' heel in Google's phone plan

The Achilles' heel in Google's phone plandoesn't google want to buy wireless frequency + make own phone?Then it would not have to grovel to anyone. If Google had its way, all wireless would be free, ad-supported. All wireless voice and data communications would be trolled by its search crawlers, indexed...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., phone, carrier, phoneTop, Achilles

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

Stop the botnets!

This is the intention of Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wants to build a new line of defense against malicious traffic which has become today a billion-dollar 'shadow industry.' As one of 'the most menacing aspects of botnets is that they can go largely...

Tags: Network, Network Intrusion, Nemean, Achilles, Botnet Evaluation Environment, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Google's Achilles' Heel: click fraud PPC inflation

Google's Achilles' Heel: click fraud PPC inflationJust the beginningThis is just the beginning. There are large click-fraud rings. And the members make thousands of $$$ each month from sending each other traffic with no intention to buy anything.Google MUST know this.overblownClick fraud is overblown. The bottom line is...

Tags: click fraud, PPC inflation, Achilles, PPC, Google Inc., inflation

Discussion threads 2006-08-19

Could Yahoo Music become Apple iPod's Achilles's heel?

Could Yahoo Music become Apple iPod's Achilles's heel?TranslationI want to be perceived as insightful and cutting edge by finding some way of dissing what the majority of people like.Please look up the definition/spelling of Achilles' heelAchilles' heel - A seemingly small but actually crucial weakness.It is a weakness....

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Achilles, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-16

Additional Resources

Oh The Humanity: RapidRepair Tears Down the iPhone 3G S

The iPhone 3G S, Fully Disassembled, courtesy of RapidRepair.com You knew someone would do it. Just because they could. The guys over at RapidRepair.com flew to Paris to purchase the iPhone 3G S at an Orange Boutique store the stroke of midnight, just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Transceiver, Apple iPhone 3G, RapidRepair, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Decision on meaningful use due this week

Decision on meaningful use due this weekIncorrect citationDana, the Healthcare Renewal posts you linked were mine ("an effort in New Jersey to require CCHIT certification" and "failure to be hired by vendor NextGen in 2004").Klepper did write the post at http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/06/the-health-industrys-achilles-heel.html .Also note I wasn't "incensed" by my failure...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Workforce management, training and certification, Healthcare Renewal, NextGen, CCHIT, health care

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

News to know: $99 iPhone; AMD; Bing; Firefox 3.5; Data Domain

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience Jason D. O'Grady: AT&T's $200 early upgrade fee...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Verdiem, Piracy, Web Browsers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heel

Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heelWell, shazamApple really wasn't lying when it said multi-tasking kills battery life. RE: Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heelMatthew, I had a couple of issues that you are experiencing. 1st: The...

Tags: Engineering, Pre, Palm Inc., battery, phone, Achilles heel, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Like the G1, the battery seems to be the Palm Pre's Achilles heel

I took a look at laying out what we knew about the Palm Pre in my first Clash of the Touch Titans article and found the Pre to be an exciting device. After getting a bit of hands-on time with the Pre at CTIA in April, I asked if the...

Tags: Palm Inc., Battery, Achilles Heel, Engineering, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Deep inside Wolfram Alpha

Deep inside Wolfram AlphaI can't wait for itWolfram Alpha sounds like a wonderful idea. I have dug through Google a number of times and fell short when I would perform a query. Some sites simply didn't want to answer simple questions. Having to dig to find...

Tags: Wolfram Alpha, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Internet Explorer + Google Chrome = security problem

Security problems surrounding protocol handling and Web browsers have surfaced again -- this time with Google Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to an advisory from the Google Chrome team, there's an error in handling URLs with the a chromehtml: protocol that could allow an attacker...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Samsung asks if i7500 is the Android you have been looking for

Samsung asks if i7500 is the Android you have been looking forAll I want for Christmas is an Android Arm based netbook, with 12 hour battery life!!I will eventually get an Android phone too.I want the camera5 GByte camera :)probably meant 5 mega pixelMostly good, but still one lingering...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Flash memory, Operating systems, netbook, ARM, keyboard, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Better than RAID: the new DroboPro

Better than RAID: the new DroboProOf course you aren't on Drobo's payrollIf you were you would have provided a link to where we could learn more -.-Thankfully, there is google. http://www.drobo.com/Four bay Drobo costs $749 with two 1TB drives included, $999 for four.The DroboPro is 8 bay and starts...

Tags: Storage, DroboPro, RAID, new DroboPro, Drobo

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?So, in the future......"Live Free or Die Hard" could end up being a prophetic sort of documentary. That blows.There's only one solution. FIX IT!RE: The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?All this while Obama...

Tags: obama, electrical grid, grid, critical asset, Hillary

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

News to know: Sun-IBM; Cloudforce; Windows 7 downgrade; AP's crackdown

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Associated Press, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems

Blog posts 2009-04-07

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?Are you kidding?The keyboard will increase the ease of use on this device. A full screen device that requires you click the screen to input text can be extremely annoying. Ask iPhone users.RE: CTIA 09: Is the Palm...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Pre, CTIA 09, Palm Inc., Achilles heel, Centro, CTIA

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?

Since I didn't have a chance to see the Palm Pre in person and there are no review units out yet, I couldn't really pick a favorite in my first Clash of the Touch Titans article. Last week I was able to see the Pre in person and get my...

Tags: Palm Inc., CTIA, Achilles Heel, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-04-06

SaaS frustration

I've just come off a call with Phil Wainewright, fellow Irregular and saas maven on ZDNet. Phil and I go back many years so calls are always jocular and not always SFSV Safe For Saas Vendors ears. We were ruminating on Phil's swipe at Sage Software,...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Vendor, Sage Software, SAP AG, Saas, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-11

First impressions of the new T-Mobile Shadow

I was quite the fan of the T-Mobile Shadow and even defended its honor in a post. I bought it the day it was available and think it was a good, solid device. The battery life was the Achilles heel and it never did get an update to Windows Mobile...

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Shadow, 3G, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-01-30