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Twitter: Can it make security a priority?

Twitter: Can it make security a priority?So TrueI could not agree more. Blogsphere is talking about Twitter like about iPhone yet we all know down deep in our hearts it sucks for most of the time. RE: Twitter: Can it make security a priority?Another article that leaves the facts behind...

Tags: Blogsphere, Twitter, security

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

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We're not in Omaha any more: Microsoft's Bing share on the rise

We're not in Omaha any more: Microsoft's Bing share on the riseThoughts on BingI initially set my home page to Bing.com when it was announced. As a designer, I really like the graphics on the home page. However, I ended up switching back to Google due to page-load...

Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Bing

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Microsoft debuts early test version of Oxite open source blogging engine

WordPress has more competition to be. Microsoft's Codeplex team has developed an open source blogging engine that can support simple blogs and large web sites such as its own MIX Online. The project, revealed by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley on Monday, offers content management features that will extend its use...

Tags: Web, Open Source, Blog, Microsoft Corp., Oxite, Blogging, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Google Chrome ... the day after

Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

First look at Google Chrome

First look at Google ChromeDownloaded and took a look at chromeAnd was immediately struck by just how much annoying advertising crap ZDNet puts on their site.Inadvertently? I vote on purpose.Inadvertently? I vote on purpose. I'd believe "inadvertently" if Chrome were released a month later - but a [b]day[/b] later? No,...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Google Chrome, First Look, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Apple: Perception is Reality

Apple: Perception is RealityRE: Apple: Perception is RealityAbsolutely, Apple's response will do nothing to allay investors fears and in many cases will accelerate the rumour mill.Apple need to come out a flatly confirm or deny Steve's current health and produce, at the very least, a barebones succession plan to restore...

Tags: Warren Buffet, Apple Inc., Perception IS reality

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS

Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OSWell ..."Do you want Microsoft or Apple or your favorite Linux distro to say, "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't allow that," ..."Vista already does this when the broadcast flag is set, so not allowing any cracking tools shouldn't be too far behind. ;)Is Vista...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, invulnerable OS

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machine

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machineOr should we blame MicrosoftFor their inability to push DEP sooner and get more of a response out developers sooner and breaking applications that have been coded wrongly for years.That would be the ABMer's excuse anyway.NBMer would say that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Pwn2Own Flash, Pwn2Own Flash flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, data execution prevention, Vista Machine, Java, flaw, Nate, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

OLPC backlash continues

OLPC backlash continuesand what about the coruptionHow long will it be before the leaders of the African nations or other third world countries begin to fear the exposure the people of their country are getting to what is really going on and have the units outlawed, cofiscated or destroyed?No, OLPC...

Tags: Strategy, One Laptop Per Child project, education, food, knowledge

Discussion threads 2007-12-09

AMD to remove deceptive Barcelona benchmarks on website

[Update 8/17/2007 - AMD caught passing junked benchmarks red handed]  [UPDATE 7/6/2007 - AMD intends to drag their feet on removing the deceptive benchmarks]A day after I blasted AMD for posting deceptive benchmarks on Barcelona, AMD is promising to release "honest Barcelona benchmarks".  As of Thursday afternoon 7/5/2007 the misleading Barcelona...

Tags: Barcelona, Web Site, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou

Blog posts 2007-07-05

AMD posts blatantly deceptive benchmarks on Barcelona

 Updated 8/16/2007 - AMD caught red handed[UPDATE 7/6/2007 - AMD intends to drag their feet on removing the deceptive benchmarks]After AMD admitted the bad news last week that their Barcelona product would be late and underwhelming on clock speed, the AMD propaganda machine has gone in to hyper drive with...

Tags: Barcelona, Benchmark, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., George Ou

Blog posts 2007-07-04

Microsoft bails on virtualization licensing changes for Vista

Microsoft bails on virtualization licensing changes for VistaDon't be so silly![i]"And now they think the stampede is on for Vista."[/i]Sales of Vista have got nothing to do with whether Vista is any good or not. Sales of Vista simply measure how much hardware has been sold. Try buying a PC...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, virtualization, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-19

About us

About usYou missed out an important detail.And of all the people who visited your site majority of them dont have a high opinion of you.No one trusts you or anything that you have to say. Only 1 person had something positive to say about you One person was on the...

Tags: Blogging, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Ubuntu, Carl Rapson, blog, SuSE, Murph

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Google: Technology driven or people driven?

Google: Technology driven or people driven?Suegle: Legal driven*Most likely, Google developing all technologies/Products on Idea trap.*Making money on others data (by Steeling/taking)*Making money on Lottery click fraud*Making money on user Privacy*Controlling/Commanding media indirectly*Controlling / Commanding communities (I have seen in Blogsphere that people making comments anonymously when they criticize...

Tags: Google Inc., Technology-Driven

Discussion threads 2007-04-14

What the UAC 'hole' is really about

Fellow blogger Ryan Naraine had a blog "Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw" where he reported on a disagreement between elite researcher Joanna Rutkowska (Singapore-based Coseinc) and elite programmer Mark Russinovich formerly Sysinternals and acquired by Microsoft. Ive spoken with both of these people and...

Tags: Desktop, Security, Vista

Blog posts 2007-02-14

The scoop on the next version of Adobe's Flex - 2.0.1

The scoop on the next version of Adobe's Flex - 2.0.1DreamweaverIf it carries forward the Dreamweaver technology and runs on Eclipse then it has to be good.MS needs to be very concerned about how Eclipse makes inroads against their .NET framework.The O/S agnostic approach is the way to go!Why so...

Tags: Java development tools, blogosphere, Eclipse, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Dreamweaver

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

Firefox 2 crash exploit and IE7 address spoofing flaw surfaces

After all the media inflated flap over a minor Outlook Express flaw surfaced over Internet Explorer 7, a minor but true IE7 address bar spoofing weakness was found.  At the same time, bug tracking mailing lists have been talking about a flaw affecting the just ...

Tags: flaw

Blog posts 2006-10-27

How did Atheros get pulled in to Mac wireless-gate?

[Updated 8/29/2006 11:00PM] The Mac blogsphere has had a field day over the so-called "revelation" that Atheros has now come out and stated that researchers David Maynor, Jon Ellch and SecureWorks never contacted them about any security vulnerability. Some in the press have pointed to this revelation as "proof"...

Tags: Atheros Communications

Blog posts 2006-08-26

Microsoft backs off on the ribbon In Office 2007

Lots of people commenting on Microsoft's decision to provide an auto-hide function for the new ribbon UI in 2007 Microsoft Office system (small "s"). Here's a techmeme permalink if you simply can't get enough of this kind of stuff. I don't have much to add except to say that...

Tags: ribbon

Blog posts 2006-08-25

Vicious orchestrated assault on MacBook wireless researchers

There has been a vicious orchestrated assault on researcher David Maynor and the company SecureWorks claiming that the Maynor and SecureWorks falsified their research presented at Black Hat 2006. In a video demonstration, Maynor completely took over an Apple MacBook using a vulnerability in a third party wireless driver....

Tags: Maynor

Blog posts 2006-08-20