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Cyber confusion. What is the airforce talking about?: Cyber confusion. What is the airforce talking about?Parts of Speech and Data TypesI understand that recently educated journalists may not know much about the military, but I would have expected that there would be somewhat more understanding of English grammar. In the phrase, "Cyber Command," "Cyber" is used...; Tags: SECURITY, NETWORKING, LTG Bob Elder, Air Force, domain, Cyber, airforce, Cyber confusion, cyber domain, commander; Discussion threads 2008-01-24

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Are gamers doping during tournaments?: It's not typical Toybox fare, but it made me wonder just what kind of "toys" people are keeping in their toyboxes these days. A fascinating recent Gameplayer interview chronicles some tokin' and smokin' at the World Cyber Games in Germany, with the Tournament Director's full knowledge: ...; Tags: Tournament, Knowledge, Director, Games, Policies And Procedures, Strategy, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Management, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-08-28
Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeoverStandardsWhat I want to know, does the "standards" mode remove previous IE hacks? For example, using the underscore in CSS statements would be ignored by every browser except IE. If IE8 now supports standards but STILL reads the underscore hack, this could be a...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Adrian; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features?: Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features?SSH?I thought that was for a secure shell (port 23 i believe) to transfer files vs unsecure FTP (port 21)... SSL (port 443) is whats used in browsers for secure websites...unless im mistaken.It matched it a long time agoThe Distrust extension does what this...; Tags: Web browsers, SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, Mozilla team, privacy feature, IE privacy feature, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, SSH, SSL; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
10+ ways to help your users transition to Word 2007: If you're one Word 2007 support call away from a nervous breakdown, these tips may help. Susan Harkins addresses the most common areas of confusion and offers practical advice for helping users conquer the steep learning curve.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.; Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Download resources 2008-08-26

Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers: In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are ZDNet's 10 favorite items from the past week, including a Logitech cordless mouse, a Sony Cyber-shot, and a Dell Latitude. by CNET News.com; Tags: Sony Cyber-Shot, Photograph, Mice, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-08-25
I'm done with GMail: I'm done with GMailRE: I'm done with GMailI was going to go off on 'WTF are you on about?' but I read the 'inbox zero' page first & saw this paragraph,"Gmail's made me see the value of having very few actual folders for storing new and archived mail. It makes...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail; Discussion threads 2008-08-23
Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?: Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?Surely.If the RIAA is able to prosecute people for allegedly 'making available' a few music files then why are these 'cyber criminals' not pursued so vigorously? After all your average file sharer is not making any money out of it. ...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Cyberthreats, Spam, Typosquatting, U.S, security; Discussion threads 2008-08-21
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
Windows: You say major; I say minor: Windows: You say major; I say minorThey can call it anything they please. It is still overpriced JUNK.Get Linux :-)Duck the questionMaybe they should do another theme change. For a while it was a series number (3.1), then a year (95, 98, 98SE, 2000), then a letter combo XP,...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-08-20
Scratch that. Windows Server 2008 R2 still lives: Scratch that. Windows Server 2008 R2 still livesWhaaa?!? Win7 != NT 7?If Windows 7 is not based off of NT kernel 7 then why call it 7 in the first place?WinNT = kernel 4Win2k = kernel 5WinXP = kernel 5.1WinVista = kernel 6Win7 = kernel 6.1?No way.If we remember the...; Tags: Operating systems, MinWin, Microsoft Windows, kernel, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows NT, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server, Microsoft Windows Server; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7: Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7E7 blog is up and runningIt's up:http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/14/welcome.aspxFreudian slip ;-)"The fact that he’s wiling to speak ..." ;-)Yes, wily types those M$oftie$!Much as I've criticised VISTA and M$ I do hope they get it right this time.Glad to see some progress here,.I'm hoping for MS to release...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, blog; Discussion threads 2008-08-14
MFI Port Scrubber (exe): A tool that will free up the COM ports that Windows XP continually allocates to devices. With the hundreds of cellular devices we were processing we grew tired of either software not recognizing the correct COM port because the number was too high or just COM port confusion. Unfortunately, these...; Tags: COM Port, COM, Mobile Forensics, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-08-14
Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound: Update below: Do IT need managers need a crash course in India and China culture? My hunch is that they will as companies increasingly source to India and China. And the consensus appears to be that culture is a major hang-up. With that in mind here are...; Tags: Offshore, China, Sourcing, India, Jason, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Channel Management, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-13
Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare: Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare: As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...; Tags: Georgia, Attack, Russian Government, VNUnet, Government, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-08-12
Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computers: Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computersNot sure about the whole pledge idea.I in no way have any clue about the actual state of ethics in the recycling business; but if I pledge to not export to developing countries, and instead export to, say, a company in Germany, and then...; Tags: Business ethics, recycling, Greenpeace, job, computer; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Russia, Windows Security, Cyberattack, Outage, Georgia, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-08-12
Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...; Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack; Discussion threads 2008-08-11