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VMware bug causes worldwide disruption

VMware bug causes worldwide disruption"Move the clock backwards on the server"?!!"Move the clock backwards on the server"? What kind of critical resource management is that? No processes, no interprocess, intermachine, interdepartmental, intersite dependencies--hmm, to start, NTP...--will suffer heartburn from that and/or from its later rectification?"Move the clock backwards on the...

Tags: Patches, VMware Inc., worldwide disruption, clock backward, bug cause

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

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Java SE 6 update 11 is out, 64-bit support still lacking

Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun Java site. Developers should download the JDK package Java Development Kit...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., 64-Bit, Programming Languages, Java, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-03

iTunes 8.0.2 out the door

iTunes 8.0.2 is out and waiting in your software update. The incremental update to Apple's venerable jukebox application "improves stability and performance" and provides a number of important bug fixes, including: Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers. Fixes a...

Tags: Jukebox, Apple iTunes, iTunes 8.0.2, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

What's blowin' in the wind? Alternative energy in China

A new study of the Chinese wind energy market finds the country's growth will likely continue despite the global economic spasms. EER's report finds China will be #1 in generating electricity from wind by 2011. As much as the once communist state now embraces a brand of capitalism,...

Tags: China, Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, EER, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2

Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3 The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, Firefox, Mozilla, browser, Firefox 2, Firefox 3

News items 2008-11-18

Google's iPhone voice search delayed too?

It appears that we've got another false start our hands -- Google's new and super cool sounding voice search feature in their iPhone application is nowhere to be found. The New York Times reported that it would be available in the App Store "as soon as Friday", but it's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Voice, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-15

Non-profit group looking to get greener? TechSoup adds green-tech resources

TechSoup Global, which is a technology information and education resource for non-profit groups that operates on an annual budget of $22 million, has been bitten by the green tech bug. The organization has started an effort called the GreenTech Initiative to help non-profits get a better handle...

Tags: Green Technology, TechSoup, Reduce Paper Use Challenge, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-14

MazeFinger (viewSoftware)

Penetrate a seemingly endless collection of challenging mazes and race to the exit before your energy runs out. MazeFinger showcases the visual power of your iPhone & iPod touch with incredible special effects that blanket the screen with explosive energy. Features: Stunning visual effects and sound; Intense arcade-style touch screen...

Tags: Touch Screen, Maze, Apple iTunes, Ngmoco, MazeFinger, Keyboards, Digital Music, Digital Media, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Components

Software downloads 2008-11-14

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

$10k hacking contest announced

Israeli software developer Gizmox is challenging hackers to try hacking into the company's Visual WebGui Platform, by offering a $10,000 incentive to those who manage to achieve the objectives of their contest launched at the beginning of the month. What's particularly interesting about the contest is the fact that the...

Tags: Contest, Identity, Gizmox, Hacking, Semantic Web, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Google fixes critical XSS vulnerability

All your accounting data are not belong to us. Hours after a proof of concept example detailing a XSS vulnetability at Google's account login page was posted at the XSS Project's clearing house, the company quickly took notice and fixed it. "Security researcher "Xylitol" is...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, XSS, XSSed, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?

One of the code execution vulnerabilities fixed in this month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday release dates back to 2001 when it was first disclosed by Cult of the Dead Cow hacker Sir Dystic pictured left. If that wasn't cause for worry, get this:  An exploit for the bug...

Tags: Flaw, Issue, Microsoft Corp., Security Administration, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Cadillacs recalled over software bug

General Motors issued a recall for almost 13,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles, due to a software bug in the airbag sensor. Transportation-related software problems happen all the time. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA lists details: GM is...

Tags: Software, General Motors Corp., Software Bug, Software Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Apple ships patch for iLife security flaws

Apple has shipped a major iLife security update to fix three documented vulnerabilities that could expose Mac OS X users to arbitrary code execution attacks. The flaws patched with the new iLife Support 8.3.1 could be exploited via specially crafted TIFF or JPEG images, Apple warned in...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Apple iLife, Apple Inc., Arbitrary Code Execution, Image, TIFF, Application Termination, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-10

News to know: Rigged PDFs; Obama's CTO; Android bug; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100? CNET News: Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks Ryan Naraine: Rigged PDFs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, CTO, Adobe PDF, E-waste, Microsoft Windows, Robots, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Computers checking mathematical proofs?

Computers checking mathematical proofs?I suppose proofs could be computer generatedBut unless there's a readable printout, it's only been proven to the computer. Likewise, I have no objections to computer checking of proofs prior to publication with the understanding that it's akin to spell checking. The important thing is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Office, mathematical proof, computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

Worst. Bug. Ever.

Worst. Bug. Ever.sounds like....Way back when... Bill was demo'ing a voice interface to windows when someone in the audience shouted out Format C colon....Confirmed.I've just confirmed this bug on my test model of the G1 (pressed [enter] R-E-B-O-O-T [enter] and it rebooted on the spot).Android is a java framework it...

Tags: Speech recognition, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Java, java framework

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Worst. Bug. Ever.

It turns out the bug in Android I wrote about yesterday was worse than we thought. When the phone booted it started up a command shell as root and sent every keystroke you ever typed on the keyboard from then on to that shell. Thus every word you typed, in...

Tags: Phone, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-07

ClicksAndWhistles (zip)

ClicksAndWhistles is an IRC client for Windows. ClicksAndWhistles supports multiple server connections and identities. Desktop and tabbed windows, connection explorer and connection monitor, themes and color schemes including PNG backgrounds and outline fonts. Support for unicode (UTF-8) and customizable messages is included. Full text formatting support is included (colored/bold/italic/underline). Pop-up...

Tags: Leigh Johnston, ClicksAndWhistles, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Microsoft Windows, Servers, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-11-07