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- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
- Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...
- Tags: Software, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- In my last article I described what it feels like to have your house struck by lightning. Luckily there were no injuries or structural damage thanks for your kind words in the comments, but our gadgets and other electronics inside the house weren't so lucky. This is their tale. ...
- Tags: Game, Phone, Router, TiVo Inc., Grid, Cable, Cable Guy, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- SpamZa - opt in spamming service fighting to remain online
- A recently launched unethical spam list building service called SpamZa, is fighting to remain online after providing highly successful (87 spam emails in 8 minutes) into fulfilling its objective, namely, to sign up any email submitted to hundreds of newsletters anonymously. What is SpamZa anyway? SpamZa is...
- Tags: Newsletter, Spam, Spamming, SpamZa, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag orderThere was no trespassAs stated above, this was a case where a public agency didn't want researchers to reveal their security holes for fear of being exposed to malicious hackers. The students themselves merely identified the holes, likely exploits and suitable repairs. They provided...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, Hacking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wireless
- I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wirelessStart your own business, thenThis analyst has the [i]cable companies[/i] on the losing end.http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/07/21/time-warner-cable-pali-downgrades-on-vz-fios-fears/Plus why do you love the Google monopoly, but dislike the phone "monopoly" ;) (even though it has been pointed out to you that there are many, many, many,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., GoogQuixote, wireless, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR
- PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PRMaybe I'm misunderstanding.......but I don't think that "pitches" are what journalists and bloggers are looking for. Informed commentary yes; reliable information on the company's plans and policies, yes; official positions on news items involving the company, yes; pitches, no (that's...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, PR Practitioners, PitchEngine, public relations, bad apple, public beta
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
- There's a lot of discussion today about whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in its FiOS network was worth it, but the argument really comes down to this: How much is future-proofing your business worth? The New York Times did an in-depth analysis about Verizon's FiOS rollout and...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Internet, TVs, Financial Accounting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Can sites violate net neutrality?
- Can sites violate net neutrality?I would say .."not exactly"This isnt the same case of outright blocking as we all know and have come to love Comcast for doing...however this is adding a perceived "added-value" to an overpriced pipe. IF the ISP decided to tier this and add in a method...
- Tags: NETWORKING, ESPN360, network neutrality, network, Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining
- Here's a paradox - a technology originally meant to verify the sender of an email message for the sake of preventing spoofed messages from reaching the network, still hasn't been embraced by the world's biggest companies despite being around for years, but is actively used by adaptive spammers increasingly abusing...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, Authentication, Fortune 500 Company, E-mail, Spam, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- NBA looking to stream live games
- Rich media on the internet could be getting another big win if the NBA decides to go through with its plan to stream games to people in local markets. The NBA isn't the first sports league to stream live games, MLB offers a streaming package and the NFL is going...
- Tags: Web, NBA, Channel Management, Games, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...
- Tags: Global Warming, Proposal, Geoengineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack
- Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack.....Well, good think I have Ad Block, Flash Killer and Flash Block along with No Script installed! ]:)woahDamn that sucks, Adobe needs to jump on this.So much for "Linux == security"or "FireFox == security" for that matter.RE: Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attackWhoa,...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Adobe Flash, advertisement, Adobe Systems Inc., attack, NoScript
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack
- Malicious hackers are using booby-trapped Flash banner ads to hijack clipboards for use in rogue security software attacks. In the Web attacks, which target Mac, Windows and Linux users running Firefox, IE and Safari, hackers are seizing control of the machine's clipboard and using a hard-to-delete URL...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Advertisement, Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- From Metasploit to Microsoft: Skape goes to Redmond
- Metasploit developer Matt Miller, who for years frustrated Microsoft officials with the public release of Windows exploits, is heading to Redmond to join Microsoft's Security Science team. Miller, who uses the hacker moniker Skape,will work on improved ways to find security vulnerabilities and better software defenses through...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Corp., Matt Miller, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...
- Tags: Strategy, Torvalds, Linux, vision, Linux coder, open source, chef, picnic
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Before Intel's big show, AMD launches an attack
- Before Intel's big show, AMD launches an attackIt will take more then empty ....... rhetoric to give them back the title. Even if Intel is copying them it is little solice considering Intel's manufacturing lead.liars.Intel had IMC first in Timna before AMD had it in any of their chips....
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., big show, intel
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?
- Might Office be where Microsoft gets socked with Chinese antitrust charges?So now removing your own product is anti-competitive???[i]limiting consumer choice by restricting the availability of Windows XP on new PCs[/i]What? Seriously... what? Was Chevrolet being anti-competitive when they stopped making the Camaro?Besides, if you believe all the anti-Vista FUD, I...
- Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Forbes rewrites the history of open source
- Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...
- Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accountsThere may be no such thing as ViagraThe combined Governments of the Earth can not stop hacking.No country escapes,all are victims.This is the invasion of our planet.One can expect to see that all forms of communication are hacked.Can you believe anything that is...
- Tags: Whis, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
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