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- Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit
- "Committing cybercrime around the Christmas tree" has always been a tradition for malicious attackers introducing new ways to scam the millions of online shoppers during the holidays. This Christmas isn't going to be an exception, but what has changed compared last couple of years is the tone of the Xmas...
- Tags: Web, Infection, Malware, Exploit, Christmas, Web Malware Exploitation Kit, Exploitation Kit, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- The case for Scala
- Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....
- Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Who will lead Obama-era FCC?
- Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...
- Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar
- The discussion of whether Steve Jobs could revitalize the auto industry by working with GM on an iCar (Steve Jobs For President. Of GM?) has been lively. But the bottom line question remains: What should that iCar be? Let's leave aside what the...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, General Motors Corp., iCar, RSS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?
- Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?Dynabook for $100?"I have a dream" Unfortunately like Martin Luther King, Alan Kay's Dynabook is nothing more at this time.I wish it wasn't so but like socialism it requires a level of cooperation at so many levels that in a capitalist society...
- Tags: E-books, Engineering, Dynabook, Alan Kay
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- WPA Wi-Fi encryption (partially) cracked
- Rob McMillan at IDG has the scoop on new research that shows it's possible to partially crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption standard. Full details of the theoretical attack is not yet known but McMillan reports that two security researchers -- Erik Tews and Martin Beck...
- Tags: WPA, Router, Encryption, Attack, Tews, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Also on Nov. 4, FCC passes White Spaces
- Little reported amid the torrent of news and analysis on easily the most significant election since Ronald Reagan in 1980 (and given the economic crisis, perhaps the most significant since FDR in 1932), the FCC Tuesday voted in favor of White Spaces, delighting the tech industry and those in favor...
- Tags: FCC, Microphone, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards
- The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?
- BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?Respect most of the comments but Dave Linthicum is a whack job!I respect and value everyone's opinion on this topic and conversation and it was interesting to read but where the hell did you find the whack...
- Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, software, Microsoft Corp., Dave Linthicum, virtualization, stupid comment
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- FCC commish: White Spaces could win 5-0
- All five FCC commissioners may vote for white spaces. From left: Tate, Copps, Martin, Adelstein, McDowell. Unless the FCC winds up delaying its vote on white space devices, scheduled for Nov. 4, it's extremely likely to pass. Obviously Republican chairman Kevin Martin backs the...
- Tags: Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Hard questions at the heart of open source security
- Hard questions at the heart of open source securityIMO neither model is better than the other.History has shown both approaches allow security vulnerabilities to slip through. That's the reality so why do we continue to pose the question as to which is more/less secure?It's what you don't see that you...
- Tags: open source, security
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Exchange Archiving: Avoid Journaling & Stubbing Traps and Stop the Domino Effect
- One of the functions of email archiving is to free up storage space on email servers. But unfortunately first-generation archiving methods of capturing and archiving the email information can cause significant problems. These first-generation solutions typically capture email and attachments from Exchange through journaling and replace them with a stub...
- Tags: Archiving, Mimosa Systems Inc., IBM Lotus Domino, Stubbing, Business Intelligence, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2008-10-22
- Denial: The secret IT killer
- Denial: The secret IT killerYupI've seen dodge behaviour before.People that act as messengers should be commended. Not thrown to heat etc..You get the blame game and dog-eat-dog environments. Very bad stuff indeed.Between the cracksHow many fatal problems belong to anyone? For participants, "The operation was a success but the...
- Tags: idiot manager, denial, secret IT killer, IT killer, killer, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes
- A team of Swiss researchers say there are several ways to recover keystrokes from wired keyboards by simply measuring the electromagnetic radiations emitted when keys are pressed. In all, the team of researchers from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland, found four different ways to...
- Tags: Team, Radiation, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Broadcasters fume as FCC moves forward on white spaces
- We won't have nationwide wireless without a fight. The National Association of Broadcasters came out swinging against the FCC report passing white spaces devices. "It would appear that the FCC is misinterpreting the actual data collected by their own engineers," said...
- Tags: FCC, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... again
- Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... againWhat's wrong with the benchmarks?[Quote] "[i]Way to skewer the graphs by comparing everything to IE7 instead of IE8 B2. If you're going to be comparing Beta releases, at least be consistent.[/i]"In the 3 benchmark graphs I see that Chrome, IE7, IE8 beta2, Firefox...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8 Beta, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Chrome, Firefox 3.1, Web browser, WebKit
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7
- Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7Great overview of Windows 7 available here...Here is a great overview and FAQ of what is in Windows 7 and what has changed etc.Go here - http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.aspRE: Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7, but not Vista ME Part DeuxBut won't Windows 7 be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.
- In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Amy Schatz writes that a proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost after Federal Communications Commission engineers "concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers." Which is all well and good, except...
- Tags: FCC, Airwave, Wireless Internet, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Government, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- FCC: Free wireless spectrum won't harm T-Mobile
- Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to...
- Tags: FCC, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
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