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Collision warning system for connected cars

Collision warning system for connected carsNo thanks..I like the idea itself, but what we'll get in adition is a track and trace system which can follow you whereever you go and i do appreciate my privacy.I agreeBut for different reasons.Current road users fall into two categories, those that don't need...

Tags: Collision Warning, system-For

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

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LHC scientists get death threats

LHC scientists get death threatsIgnorance produces fear...And issuing death threats is not the christian thing to do. And $10.00 to a donut will get you that a religiously motivated faction is behind the threats. Something to research further.RE: LHC scientists get death threats - is it because Roger Federer lost...

Tags: Anti-Matter, LHC, death threat

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

LHC scientists get death threats

So it's come to this: Death threats against physicists. About what? The earth-destroying Large Hadron Collider, of course. Such is the angst that the American Nobel prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has even had death threats, said Prof Brian Cox of Manchester University,...

Tags: Black Hole, Physicist, Scientist, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

[ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome: The five best new features

Google Chrome: The five best new featuresThe biggest crap is IE, which STILL ships with ActiveX, is slower thanmolasses in January, STILL includes old obsolete proprietary rendering, and is years behind in standards.More Google crap. Use at your own risk!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlGoogle is wanting your material.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/So far impressedI am quite impressed by...

Tags: Web browsers, VERY SELDOM, HEARSAY, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari WebKit and a...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Safari, Web Browser, Flaw, Raff, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?

Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?Internet Explorer and StandardsI really hope the product is a success and is just as standards compliant as Opera. What would be ideal is that Internet Explorer becomes a minority. I would gladly give up...

Tags: Web browsers, Milton Bradley, Web browser, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

Comcast sets 250GB ceiling

Now, it's official. Comcast will impose a 250GB monthly cap on its Internet customers, as the SF Chronicle reports. Violators will get a notice and a warning. If you do it twice in a six-month period, they may terminate your account. What's more, Comcast...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-29

An IE8 Beta 2 Q

An IE8 Beta 2 QWhat if you uninstall beta 1 first?Will you fall back to IE7 then be able to install beta 2 with a fallback to IE7?Can I uninstall IE8? Yes ... unless ...... you downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to installing Windows XP SP3, in which...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, IE8 Beta 2 Q, IE8, beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Internet Explorer 8 beta 2

With the public release of its second beta, Microsoft said it intends for the Internet Explorer 8 browser to be more customer-oriented than previous versions of its browser. Our initial impression of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is positive: we think Microsoft has not only caught up with Opera, Safari,...

Tags: Web browsers, IE 8 beta 1, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-08-27

EIC Podcast: Apple-Psystar; Cisco vs. Microsoft; DNC; Dell

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about that ongoing Apple-Psystar legal showdown, Cisco and Microsoft's collision course, the Democratic National Convention and Dell's plans for the cloud. On Wednesday Psystar--that little Mac clone maker in Florida--sued Apple for antitrust violations. The big question:...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?And, those costs are just the start. How about the staff to keep it running24x7?? Better to just pay somebody to host it all, and you will save a ton of money and have better uptime. Also, a lot more storage....

Tags: Groupware, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., PostPath, CAL, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco on Wednesday bought email and calendar software maker PostPath for $215 million in a move that may signal bigger plans for WebEx. Simply put, Cisco and Microsoft are increasingly on a software collision course. Cisco said its latest acquisition will be used to "enhance the existing...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., PostPath, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Malware detected at the International Space Station

Malware detected at the International Space StationBetter use Linux next timeI'm amazed that anything M$ is allowed into space. It's totally insane. What next - avionics powered by Windows? That's one flight I won't be going on :DRE: Malware detected at the International Space StationNorton Anti-virus updates on a daily...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Linux, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, malware, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, worm

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team CERT has issued a warning for what it calls "active attacks" against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to...

Tags: Linux, SSH, Attack, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Does Big Brother know where you've been surfing?

If you think no one will ever know about the Web sites you were surfing last night, guess again. It may not be your spouse, your boss or a cop - but there's growing interest in what sort of data your Internet Service Provider is collecting about your viewing habits....

Tags: Google Gmail, Advertisement, Internet Service Provider, Packet Inspection, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach

Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., security, Linux, security breach, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?

Cybercriminals know how to take advantage of anticipated traffic by abusing the momentum of a particular event, like the U.S presidential election in this case. Everyone, from scammers coming up with legitimately looking donation sites that they will later on spam, to the a bit more complex blackhat search engine...

Tags: Campaign, Domain, Internet, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Comcast undecided on network management scheme

Comcast undecided on network management schemeSo rather than upgrade their outdated networkthey are spending time and money on figuring out how to piss off the customers most likely to jump to FIOS once it comes to their neighborhood. Shrewd.RE: Comcast undecided on network management schemeI have Comcast. I'm one...

Tags: Network administration, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., bandwidth, network management, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-21