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- Apple delivers hefty patch haul; Addresses Leopard flaws and Safari
- Apple delivers hefty patch haul; Addresses Leopard flaws and SafariEntourageThese patches couldn't have made Entourage any worse than it already is. ;) It was the world's worst email client going in.Nor mine...Sounds like you might have bigger problems. I applied the patch last night, fired up Word 2004 without difficulty...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Addresses Leopard, Addresses Leopard flaw, Apple Safari, flaw, patch management, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
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- Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels
- After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- iPhone hits another security speedbump
- Apple's ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone. According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks. [...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Image, Spamming, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Dropping the iPhone NDA is good for security
- Last week Apple lifted their NDA on iPhone developers, freeing them to discuss amongst themselves how to properly build applications. This decision is a "good thing" for not just applications but also application security on the iPhone. The iPhone NDA was antithetical to how developers work....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Flaw, Programming, Development Tools, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Velocity 103
- We've seen plenty of Windows Mobile devices in our day, and at times they all start to blur together--same story, just different packaging. However, back at CTIA Spring 2008, a new company called Velocity Mobile caught our eye, impressing us with a fresh approach to the user interface. Recognizing that...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Velocity, Velocity 103, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- End the spectre of science for sale
- End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study. There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...
- Tags: NIH, democracy
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Android has power of a clean sheet
- Android has power of a clean sheetMaybe Android is a big deal?When I first started seeing stories about Android, I figured it was an iPhone wannabe. But, more and more it sounds like my kind of device (os?).This could be the killer app (os?) for phones/PDAs/mp3 players/image viewers.Wow.The key...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Programming languages, Nokia Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Apple releases iTunes 8.0.1; Apple TV 2.2
- Apple released iTunes 8.0.1 yesterday. The 58.5MB update includes the following: • Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist. • Improves syncing spoken menus to iPod nano. • Addresses an issue of deleting HD TV episodes when downloading. • Improves...
- Tags: Software, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)
- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed data breach notification legislation for the second time in the last year. The bill, dubbed the Consumer Data Protection Act, would have required retailers that take card transactions to disclose more detail about any data breach. Schwarzenegger's veto comes after the...
- Tags: Bill, Payment, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Agency, Schwarzenegger, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messages
- Chinese monitoring Tom-Skype messagescheaper solutionJust get the logs from NSA, or run a joint operation...viztorThe U.S. does the sameIs there really much difference?Zillions of warrentless wiretaps. Deep packet inspection on the backbones.Getting search records from search companies for U.S citizens.U.S. laws broken repeatedly.Who are we to call the kettle...
- Tags: Tom-Skype, Chinese monitoring, Tom-Skype message, monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- The cost of doing business in China: Privacy
- The cost of doing business in China: PrivacySo does the US !The only difference is, in china's case, you know and in US, you don't (or atleast most people don't). They even hijack all the data that flows through pipes of ISPs and make a copy and put analyzers on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., fundamental human right, big deal, human right, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Another setback for university P2P
- Last week, a federal judge dismissed the University of Oregon's arguments that the RIAA's attempts to obtain information on student file sharers was unduly burdensome. According to Ars Technica, the judge also ruled that the school did not receive protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, since none of...
- Tags: P2P, University, RIAA, Litigation, Peer To Peer (P2P), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Business Operations, Internet, Security, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accountsWhy...Why are you people so hard on Palin? She can't help it. She suffers from Palinitis: You open your mouth, out pops a lie.I mean, she is only running for Vice President of the United States, with the additional possibility...
- Tags: Devilcrat, Obama, e-mail, Palin, secret email account
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts
- Somehow I'm not surprised to read that Gov. Sarah Palin has more email accounts. It's now very well known, of course, that her office operated Yahoo accounts. Someone breached one of the Yahoo accounts, prompting an Internet manhunt. Now the Washington Post reports (yeah, I...
- Tags: e-Mail Account, Yahoo! Inc., Governor, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Webcast: Risk Mitigation Strategies for CIOs Implementing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- Where would your business be if your staff loses the ability to send and receive emails, or check calendars and contacts? The criticality of email is irrefutable and if you don't have a strategy to ensure continuity of your email system you could be putting your business at risk....
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., MessageOne, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-10-01
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solutionMissing Facts...You're missing several key facts about our current mess...1) The banks were forced into making high risk loans by our delightful government. Based on a study later determined to be flawed showing bias in lending, the Clinton administration passed laws requiring banks...
- Tags: Government, Obama, JFK
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection
- BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspectionWhy shouldn't you trust them?..."BT Webwise won’t collect any of your personal information, or keep IP addresses, website addresses, keywords or search terms."In other words..."Don't worry, I may have my hand in your pocket, but I'd never take your wallet!"Or how 'bout..."It's all right!...
- Tags: Opt-In, deep-packet inspection, British Telecommunications, Phorm
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads
- A security hole in Adobe Systems' software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from...
- Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Movie, Amazon.com Inc., Video, TV, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, Adobe Systems, piracy, video streaming, Amazon.com, Hulu
- News items 2008-09-29
- BT launches trial of Phorm's deep-packet inspection
- It won't be long before British Internet users see targeted advertising based on their usage patterns. British Telecom is about to test software by Phorm, which collects URLs visited, search terms entered, and other data from visited websites. Phorm then categorizes the content and serves up advertising based on your...
- Tags: British Telecommunications, BT Webwise, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
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