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Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser

Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browserHave to take your word for itAd? What ad?The (really, REALLY little) price one pays for running AdBlock in Firefox.That bird in the active Tech Pros ad is pretty:-)Laziness, ignorance or apathyI have a coworker an IT director that has a Windows...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Laziness, apathy, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Should Google rule the world's information?

Should Google rule the world's information?The right question, is should more of the worlds information be archivedand indexed. They answer is a resounding YES!. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and many others are doing just that.Another related question: Should congress make sure that our privacy is respected. YES.The right question:Should Microsoft be...

Tags: SHOCKED, Google Inc., privacy, apathy

Discussion threads 2006-11-27

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Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't

Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn'tVista apathyI reckon that people are so p****ed off with computing because of the hold of a certain monopoly delivering absolutely nothing of value for so long that it will take a couple of years before SaaS...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now

Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader nowPCs Need Protection from their SoftwareMicrosoft just reported that roughly 90% of reported vulnerabilities were in applications. The familiar signature-based tools that live on nearly every PC are missing today's malware designed to elude them. More on that here:http://www.securitynowblog.com/endpoint_security/secunia_report_signature-based_antivirus_misses_most_unknown_malwareand here:http://www.securitynowblog.com/endpoint_security/signature-based-antivirus-and-hips-technologies-poor-endpoint-protectionBefore buying a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Reader now, administrative right, Adobe Systems Inc., Heads Up, Opera Software, Microsoft Windows, RemoveAdmin

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

The Future looks very Cloudy

I've just attended the one day, highly-focused executive 'Cloud Summit' conference. The Cloud—used to describe everything from internet-based computing utilities to Software as a Service — was examined and its future impact explored within the highly appropriate venue of the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum. ...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Trend Micro Inc., Information Technology, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Google ignores some reported security problems?

Google ignores some reported security problems?Just Disclose itJust disclose it,they should be no better then anyone else.Its obvious they have ignored your Bug report.RE: Google ignores some reported security problems?It appears to me that this kind of corporate apathy is running ramped throughout the web community. Many companies have adopted...

Tags: reported security problem, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

The five products Apple must make

The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...

Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Yahoo's board to meet: Will Icahn's gang make a difference?

Yahoo's board will meet this week and billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his two directors--former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi and John Chapple, former CEO of Nextel Partners--will make their debut. According to the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board will have dinner Monday night and meet Tuesday to...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-22

The new buzzword is hybrid

The new buzzword is hybridHuman natureProgrammers have been copying each other's code since computers were first invented, I'm quite sure. Combine that with ignorance or apathy about license terms and it becomes real easy to end up with copyright violations.

Tags: buzzword

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetLike Facebook, MySpace Cares?Cost to much to do it the right way.They might have to hire real systems management and security staff.RE: Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetSod the DoS - look at the cute little picture of the chick!! So cute! I WANT ONE!I...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Facebook, botnet, DoS botnet, DOS

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

The Kübler-Ross of iPhone

The Kübler-Ross of iPhoneI think Kubler-Ross missed oneActually, there is one that should be added: Apathy. I guess it would start at the same stage as Denial, but never progresses beyond the simple "who cares" level.I won't ever buy an iPhone...why not? Because I don't care about having...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple iPhone, Web browser, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-07-13

Houston we have a problem

Regular readers don't need me to repeat the oft held view that enterprise wide application implementation is often slow, cumbersome and expensive. But are we really getting anything out of it at the end of the day other than some marginal cost efficiency? Rather than throw brickbats at any particular...

Tags: Customer Service, Houston, Sam Lawrence, CIOs/CTOs, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-10

Report: Mozilla enterprise browser share hits 18 percent

On the same day that Mozilla is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Mozilla source code release, Forrester Research analysts have released a new study that shows that Firefox's market share among business users has doubled in the past year, and is now at 18 percent. Forrester...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Forrester Research Inc., IE 8 Beta 2, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Change-Congress, an open source strategy for political reform

Lawrence Lessig, known for his leadership on IP reform and the illfated Eldred v. Ashcroft decision, launched his latest project, Change-Congress at the National Press Club on Thursday. Partnering with Joe Trippi formerly of the Dean and Edwards campaigns, Lessig's strategy will be a "bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and...

Tags: Open Source, Candidate, Change-Congress, Wiki, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-23

Yahoo eyes OpenSocial; When will Facebook join?

Yahoo eyes OpenSocial; When will Facebook join?well doneIt will promote I.T bussiness.Don't see Facebook fans caringGranted this is a tech forum but Facebook fans are not inclined to care how the sausage is made - that is, using open or closed protocols.I'm a facebook fan because it provides a better...

Tags: Social networking, Yahoo! Inc., Facebook, Google OpenSocial

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you

Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and youThe question iswhy shouldn't the NSA have the same access to information Google has? The gathering of information is vital to National Defense. It must be controlled with checks and balances to prevent abuse.The United against a common enemy States of...

Tags: Databases, SECURITY, NSA, totalitarianism, personal data

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Middle East Internet outage: Do you have backups for your offshore ops?

Middle East Internet outage: Do you have backups for your offshore ops?Yet another downside to offshoringWhen will the cons outweigh the pros?Lets review:1. Usually hard to understand the person on the other end.2. Usually get transfered 20 times before ending up in the right place because the person doesnt understand...

Tags: Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Network technology, outage, Middle East Internet, world dump, backup

Discussion threads 2008-01-31

Open source and political junkies

While fulfilling family obligations last week, I stumbled on a truth linking the worlds of politics and open source. (Poster from Freaking News.) Most people don't care. Not the way we do. For political junkies the minutiae of process and personality is a full-time...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Would you let Microsoft snoop on your computer usage in exchange for free software?

Would you let Microsoft snoop on your computer usage in exchange for free software?Personally, no to any snooping, but don't see the problemMicrosoft, PCLinuxOS, etc, I don't want to take part (I do, however, let GIMP perform usability studies on what I do, but that is a specific program). ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., computer usage, free software, software, computer

Discussion threads 2007-12-12