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- ScratchPad (dmg)
- ScratchPad is a simple, free application for Mac OS X designed to help keep those notes you need to jot down organized. Essentially a modern version of the program Note Pad that came with the classic Mac OS, ScratchPad is exactly that: a scratch pad. Version 1.2.1 has French localization...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Toolbar, Alex Seifert, ScratchPad, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-06-11
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- Linux lands on laptops
- Linux lands on laptopsBroken videoThe video crashes after the introduction about the vendor, I am most interestd since I am FED UP with Microsoft OS.I want to go Mac or Linux - what other chices do I have.Alex
- Tags: Corporate communications, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Notebooks, Linux Land, Linux, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- ROFLthing 2008
- Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...
- Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Are gamers doping during tournaments?
- It's not typical Toybox fare, but it made me wonder just what kind of "toys" people are keeping in their toyboxes these days. A fascinating recent Gameplayer interview chronicles some tokin' and smokin' at the World Cyber Games in Germany, with the Tournament Director's full knowledge: ...
- Tags: Tournament, Knowledge, Director, Games, Policies And Procedures, Strategy, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2
- Again, sorry for the late updates. Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person. Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference. Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...
- Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-09
- Black Hat Las Vegas Day 1
- Well, this is well late, but here's my recap of Black Hat Day 1. Sorry for the delay, but I've been terribly busy finishing up preparations for my Day 2 talk. The first talk I went to see, "Pointers and Handles, A Story of Unchecked Assumptions...
- Tags: Black Hat, Billy Rios, Dan, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Top 5 apps from iPhone Dev Camp 2
- 5.) Fwerps - This app is not the most complicated, but it looks like the most fun. It reminded me of a Tamagotchi. You start out with a randomly-colored little buddy on your iPhone. If you pet him, he makes a purring noise. If you shake him...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Tap, App, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Black Hat Sneak Preview
- Rob McMillan from IDG interviewed John Heasman and I today about the presentation we will be delivering with Rob Carter at Black Hat Vegas next week. The article has a good teaser about one of the more interesting of the many attacks we will cover, namely what we've coined...
- Tags: Black Hat, Java Applet, Web Application, Web Browser, Applet, Attack, GIFAR, Java, Programming Languages, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled
- Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulledCan something be common and interesting too?[i]I find it interesting that Apple is more than happy to let its own employee, Alex Ionescu, discuss flaws in the Microsoft Windows Kernel, but not willing to allow another researcher to talk about Apple.[/i]Apple double standards...
- Tags: Apple Inc., encryption flaw, Black Hat
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled
- Brian Krebs from the Washington Post "Security Fix" Blog reported that one of the talks slated for next week's Black Hat convention on a previously undiscovered flaw in Apple's FileVault encryption system has been canceled, the researcher citing confidentiality agreements as the reason he will not be speaking. ...
- Tags: Black Hat, Researcher, Apple Inc., Flaw, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Venturing into Semantic Technologies ?
- One of the most interesting sessions at the consistently engaging Semantic Technology conference in San Jose back in May was the 'Semantic Venture Panel: Investor Opportunities and Pitfalls.' Alex Iskold did a good job of capturing the essence of the session for ReadWriteWeb and I recommend a...
- Tags: Infrastructure, Venture Capital, Semantic Web, Investment, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- 80 in 1 Best Flash Games (exe)
- 80 in 1 Best Flash Games is a game collection with 80 best flash games like Shield Defense, Fallout, PacMan, Zoo Keeper, Alex Trax, Dirt Bike, Billiards Bullseye, Caribbean Poker, and Skull Slots. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: SWFBOX, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-29
- Safari browser flaw: Session fixation attacks possible
- Another day, another unpatched Safari browser vulnerability. According to this flaw warning found on the NVD National Vulnerability Database, Apple's flagship browser is vulnerable to session fixation attacks because of the way it handles cookies in country-specific top-level domains. [ SEE: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browser, Attack, Flaw, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Alaska commits to a laptop for every middle schooler
- Alaska commits to a laptop for every middle schoolerVery Nice....This is very nice to hear.....This is the stepping stone of future...The student must use this wonderful opportunity..All the best.....Thanks,=============AlexAlaska Treatment Centers
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced
- Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...
- Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Using Flash and Silverlight to move web standards forward
- Via John Carroll I saw a blog post by Paul Ellis in which he talks about the shortcomings of open standards, or more specifically, standards bodies, and how that affects the open web. In short, it's led to the innovation and widespread adoption of proprietary technologies like Flash and Silverlight....
- Tags: Innovation, Web, W3C, Microsoft Silverlight, Standards, Alex Russell, Channel Management, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...
- Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran
- Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded IranA little more convincing....Maybe if the storm worm article didn't sound as such a blatantly obvious fabrication some idiot who didn't know how far a was from z on a keyboard would have fallen for it. With all the things the storm worm...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Storm Worm, U.S, storm worm
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
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