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News to know: Mix07; Google responds to Viacom; Credit card passwords: News to know: Mix07; Google responds to Viacom; Credit card passwordsFIOS link NGAs a FIOS subscriber I was eager to read - Verizon's FiOS network: Payback time? - unfortunately the link takes me to the Yahoo Right Media Purchse page.; Tags: Sales channel, Credit card password, Google Responds, Mix07, Fios, Viacom Inc., credit card, password, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-01

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Speculation over possible Skype backdoor: There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker: Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...; Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle: Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...; Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones; News items 2008-07-24

Facebook gets serious about app quality: Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit: [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...; Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flawsBut I was told OS X would save me from things like this.[i]In the meantime, iPhone users should avoid clicking on links in the Mail app that refers to trusted sites.[/i]So if my mom sends me a link to a web album, I shouldn't open...; Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Desktops, SECURITY, spamming, Apple iPhone, PC, phishing; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: 75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsJust 75%?I would think it is much more likely to be 100% is vulnerable to SOME issue, 90% is vulnerable to a High-risk issue.-NateRE: 75ï¿½0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsThey fail to say which banks are at...; Tags: Banking, E-business/E-commerce, online banking site, online banking, security, flaw, bank; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
TTProtect (zip): TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protect software against cracker. It absorb the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, make it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...; Tags: Software, TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-23
The App Store's buggy update process: The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right of the App Store icon, simple enough, right. Unfortunately that's where the fun ends. The update process...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Computer, App Store, Update Process, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Is this the New Apple?: PowerPage podcaster Youngmoo Kim relays his experience with trying to get an iPhone 3G and on being an "IRU" Individual Responsible User. Apple just doesn't want me to have an iPhone 3G.Â After a few half-hearted attempts bailing at the sight of long lines, I spent about two hours...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., IRU, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-22
SanDisk reports loss; stock takes beating after-hours: SanDisk reports loss; stock takes beating after-hoursYawn...Well you almost managed to finish a blog without somehow mentioning iPhone, but you couldn't quite manage it. Sure the iPhone must be responsible for the downturn in memory card sales, heck they sold a million of them. Who cares if Nokia sold almost...; Tags: Flash memory, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, S3 Inc., SanDisk Corp., Apple iPhone, virus, stock; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug: Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Needed: iPhone radio toggle application: It's pretty well documented that the iPhone 3G can barely eek out a full day's use on a single charge. So much so that a cottage industry is cropping up for external battery packs. Here's a free tip that I previously mentioned for an enterprising developer that...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Battery, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Evil tech administrators: Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...; Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-22