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US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray

US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayUh?Did our embassy forget that China is a communist country underneath it all? As sad as it is, the Chinese government can do practically anything it wants. Good luck. RE: US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayAnd this from...

Tags: Manufacturing, Green Dam, Green Dam fray, Embassy, manufacturer, fray

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Embassy and government account information posted online

Freelance security consultant Dan Egerstad posted online the usernames and passwords for more than 100 email accounts at embassies and governments worldwide, Computer Sweden reprorts. With the passwords, anyone can access the accounts. Egerstad posted the names of the embassies and governments, addresses to e-mail servers, usernames and passwords,...

Tags: Password, Government, E-mail, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-30

Additional Resources

What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

The Senate Dems energy and climate bill debuts

So instead of invading weak nations ...democrats decide to invade hardworking American people's wallet to finance their clean energy utopia. Funny how they are gonna pile up an ocean of debt for our kids and grandkids to clean up and yet still have the nerve to claim they are all...

Tags: U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Travel Help 1.0.2 (Mobile)

Travel Help features alphabetical list of over 260 countries with local emergency services contact numbers, call phone numbers from the app iPhone only or simply use as reference data, visit URLs in Safari from the app, select your nationality to add embassy contact information to country listings, and add custom...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, NodConcept, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-07-24

US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray

The U.S. government is stepping into the outrage over Green Dam - Youth Escort - China's government-mandated spyware PC makers install on every computer sold in the country. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing released a "concerned" statement: The U.S. Government is...

Tags: China, Industry, Outrage, Computer, Government, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-21

China demands new PCs carry spyware

There comes a time when despite the allure of the market, Western industry should band together and turn its back on China. A time when the computer and Internet industry realizes that the censorship-and-repression tax the government is intent on levying is too high a price...

Tags: Software, China, PC, Spyware, Computer, Tools & Techniques, Government, Internet, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-08

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case10 percent of it's global turnover?Since when has any country the right to fine on a percentage of sales NOT made it's country?To allow something like that opens the door to countries to arbitrarily fine a company looking to get 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Samsung adds full disk encryption to solid state drives

Wave Systems and Samsung announced today new self-encrypting solid state drives that automatically encrypt information as it is saved to the drive, "an industry first" for SSDs, the companies say. While full disk encryption is a standard feature on typical HDDs, SSDs are...

Tags: Disk, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Wave Systems Corp., Solid State Disk, Hardware, Encryption, Disk Encryption, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-16

KingdomGame Lite 1.0 (Mobile)

Players become the ruler of their own Kingdom in a fantasy world, given a plot of land and some willing peasants. From there they can expand their small estate into a powerful and large Kingdom. KingdomGame Lite features 21 unique buildings to build on your land, from farms to castles,...

Tags: Mobile, Phutty Studios, Kingdom, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-04-07

USAID.gov compromised, malware and exploits served

The Azerbaijan section at the United States Agency for International Development (azerbaijan.usaid.gov) has been compromised and is embedded with malware and exploits serving scripts approximately around the 1st of March. The malicious script is taking advantage of a series of redirects which are dynamically loading live exploits, or rogue security...

Tags: Malware, Cybercriminal, USAID.gov, Cn, Cn/check/check.php, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-06

E pur se muove (and yet it moves)

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests...

Tags: Information Security, Galileo Galilei, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Report: Chinese hack into White House network

Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network on multiple occasions, and obtained e-mails between government officials, a senior U.S. official told the Financial Times. On each occasion, the cyber attackers accessed the White House computer system for brief periods, allowing them enough time to steal...

Tags: Network, White House, Attack, Productivity, Security, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Ghost Story: Fear of Microsoft Fades

Ghost Story: Fear of Microsoft FadesIt's funny...These kind of articles are coming just in time for the PDC. CNET has one too.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10077866-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20MS bashers are really desperate. Is this because of what Microsoft announced (Azure, Live) on PDC is something that will make them even more successful? Just a thought.Fear, or...

Tags: Microsoft Just, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes

Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokesOh greatnow to have to get something akin to a Faraday cage for ye ole peripherals, or just for the entire sticky cube. Wonder if they've hacked my abacus yet.RE: Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokesThis is old news. Electic typewriters had the same...

Tags: Keyboards, SECURITY, keyboard, hacking, old new

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

Talking Portuguese Phrasebook 1.0 (Mobile)

Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must have iTunes installed in order to open the link, and you must have an active iTunes account to download the application. If you're too busy to learn a new...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, iDev Entertainment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-19

Talking Greek Phrasebook 1.0 (Mobile)

Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must have iTunes installed in order to open the link, and you must have an active iTunes account to download the application. If you're too busy to learn a new...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, iDev Entertainment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-19

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromise

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseThis was not a compromise...it was a SELL-OUT.RE: Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseHardly a compromise. And hardly adequate. You admit it yourself -- seven years with no attack, and just because the White House didn't invite you personally to...

Tags: Republic, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

The newspaper's last stand

Interesting news today...or was it yesterday? I have no idea. I got off an eleven hour flight from Johannesburg this morning, and then had to race to the US embassy to get more visa pages in my passport because I've managed to fill every available visa slot with stamps, causing...

Tags: Newspaper, CBS Broadcasting Inc., London Underground, Consumption Habit, E-books, Internet, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Twitter: Blocked in Dubai over inconsistent values; Where's the next ban?

The discussion about a UC Berkeley student that Twittered his arrest in Egypt and got help from the U.S. Embassy, the media and friends makes me wonder how long it will take to ban Twitter in the Arab world and elsewhere. Sound crazy? Perhaps not. Twitter is already banned in...

Tags: Twitter, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-16