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- Time for Palm to give up the iTunes sync nonsense!
- Apple is leveraging the monopolyYou got your guys crossed1If M$ would do anything similar there would be a revolt.We need to be consistent and call out the bad guy: Apple.palm is wrongpalm could simply use the xml file of the itunes library apple has been providing for years for interoperability...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, palm, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Inc., bad guy, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Open source does not work well for bad guys
- Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...
- Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Patch Tuesday heads-up: Six 'critical' bulletins on tap
- InformativeNOT!This bulletin is sub-standard. Microsoft usually delivers information about which components are affected so diligent sysadmins can weigh pros and cons of allowing the patch on to certain network segments.This bulletin is useless for that purpose.RE: Patch Tuesday heads-up: Six 'critical' bulletins on tapFun.But not quite as much fun as......[b]this:[/b]http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4185They're...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- Who’s Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- Who’s Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?Bad guys don't need applauseJust money. So they'll modestly attempt to avoid receiving their due when they compromise systems. I wouldn't assume that not hearing about a success means the success has not occurred.Also, this statement is confusing:Now, we have the...
- Tags: SECURITY, flaw, exploit code, Bad Guys, exploit
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Insecurity blues
- Insecurity bluesGreat articleThank you, Jeremy, for open and instructive account, from which one can learn. Really done in the open source spirit.Code snippetIt would have been interesting to have a read your code snippet with your comments on how the exploit buffer overrun succeeded.For example, on a parameter pass and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, bad guy, security
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- Islamic militants recruit using U.S. video games
- Islamic militants recruit using U.S. video gamesI can only speak for myselfbut in games with Nazi depictions, I've not tied the Nazi soldiers/party to modern day Germans. Too many times people tie a moment, a party, a figurehead or spokesman to be the feeling and voices of all of...
- Tags: Games, game, Islamic, Nazi, Islamic militant, militant, bad guy, video game, video
- Discussion threads 2006-05-05
- Cybercriminals stepping up targeted attacks
- Cybercriminals stepping up targeted attacksAnd What Percentage Of The System Attacks Were On Windows?Seems ZDNet never gives the figures on stuff like this. On the other hand, if the article was "Cybercriminals stepping up targeted attacks on Linux Systems" they would be all over the numbers and reporting down...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, SECURITY, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, cybercriminal, Jill User, mercy, bad guy, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Bad guy detectors and ID
- Bad guy detectors and IDWhat would be the point?If it's just ID - not database backend - what's the point?ID cards should be about identity, nothing more!All the "biometric" part of a card should do is to verify that the person carrying the card is the person named on the...
- Tags: National ID card, card, Bad Guy, database
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Zombies may spoil Microsoft's spam plan
- Zombies may spoil Microsoft's spam planFire it up!C'mon, guys! Bill said something! In public even!Do what it is that you do...Attack!I don't see the problem ...The story seems to want us to abandon a potential spam filtering method because a group of users who couldn't be bothered applying...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, spammer, Microsoft Corp., zombie, bad guy
- Discussion threads 2004-06-04
Additional Resources
- Sympathy, and thanks, for Harry
- Reading through the programmer's notes released as part of the Hadley leak had me squirming in sympathy with the writers. Data that's supposed to say one thing saying another, data with no referents, measures or provenance; bad code with magical jumps to right answers hard coded right in? been there...
- Tags: Sympathy, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-11-28
- Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers
- Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...
- Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA
- I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...
- Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- First serious iPhone app for DJs: Touch DJ
- Too kind...I feel that you were way too kind in your review of this $20 app.1. The sound quality sucks. The sound is very distorted and bit-laced whenever you try to "scratch" or manually cue.2. "Visual Beatmatching" is impossible. I can't believe that they even consider that an option.3. How...
- Tags: Touch DJ, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Microsoft and News Corp. search pact? It adds up
- Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...
- Tags: SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, News Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft, former employee settle over spying claims
- So, if a hacker patents a hack ... MS can't do anything about it unless they license the hack?Sounds a bit deceptiveSo they guy knows his company is working on this patent, applies at MS while not telling them he's still working at the other company, then pitches this idea...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe
- Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit
- Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...
- Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
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