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- Antispyware vendors come under fire
- Antispyware vendors come under fireduhyou can't trust anyone that uses untrustworthy means to sell you something, that means anyoneI have had spam with subject lines like re: sorry i could not get back to you soonerlike I would ever buy anything from anyone that dishonestAdAware and SpyBotAre free, seem completely...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, SpyBot, Evidence Eliminator, C-drive, subject line, anti-spyware, computer
- Discussion threads 2004-02-11
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- Suit over baby vid with Prince song goes forward
- Everybody agrees. Stephanie Lenz' video of her young son with Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" playing in the background was a fair use of a copyrighted work. But Universal submitted a DMCA takedown notice on the video and YouTube took it down for a month until Lenz was able to get...
- Tags: Use, DMCA, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- eBooks volume 3: What is the right price for a device that holds 100s of books?
- Over the past couple weeks, I've been conducting polls about ebooks as I think about doing some publishing. The overwhelming response to the polls has been that there is not a sufficiently broad selection of books available in e-formats, regardless of what format, whether for Amazon's Kindle, the Sony Reader...
- Tags: E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?
- IE 8 to get 'porn mode'?Double-edged swordsSeveral years ago, our company implemented very stringent usage rules on our IT assets, including Internet access. And the IT department installed "monitoring tools" aka spyware to keep an eye on the rank-and-file.The result? A number of employees got fired for surfing porn, trading...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, monitoring, cookie, porn mode
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Android security team appeals to hackers
- Android security team appeals to hackersSoftware and the Internet are too fragileHackers wreck stuff for big money and International domination of the industry.Hackers wrecked the core of digital so it can not function correctly.The BIOS has been wrecked with virus.Take your evidence to the FBI and stop hackers that way.
- Tags: Hacking, Team management, Android security team, hacker, team
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Tempest in a Mobile Phone: Protecting Your Geo-Privacy
- Tempest in a Mobile Phone: Protecting Your Geo-PrivacyUntil???"until and unless a mobile phone service provider ... starts collecting data from its GPS-enabled phones and fails to tell its customers that it is collecting information on their whereabouts without their knowledge"Law enforcement is already getting this data for many people just...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Geo-Privacy, phone, Tempest, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- (Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)
- (Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)2008 SF Responders WMD Training EventThe ARMY CBRNE response trailer that is referred to in the picture is really a 6-wheeled, Gator-style ATV that is self-propelled by its own engine. The picture of the SWAT officer holstering his pistol in his boot is an absolute...
- Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, WMD terrorist attack, training, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Zoho's future in Google's hands?
- Earlier today, Zoho sent over an intriguing email with a whole bunch of numbers and spreadsheet demonstrating why Google in particular is not likely to be a threat to the company. It makes interesting reading. The argument goes something like this: Google's revenue and profit per...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Google Inc., Zoho, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- RIAA settles for $6K in Elektra v. Barker
- The RIAA has settled PDF for a mere $6,000 in the case of Elektra v Barker. The RIAA had sought maximum statutory penalities for each of a long list of files found in the defendant's "shared" folder. So this is a come-down from many tens of thousands of dollars (recall...
- Tags: RIAA, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...
- Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?.....Either way our arrogance will be our undoing. Nature will bounce back once we have been reduced to nothing more than a foot note in history. While I don't believe as a species we will be wiped out, that is not...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, species, denial
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7?
- Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7?Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before mWTF is up with ZDNet now? Ever since the site redesign the site has gone to hell with one whole "Microosft is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), WTF, Microsoft Windows Vista, Friday Rant, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, acceptable performance, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- MBTA published checksum info in court filingsWho is MBTA?Admittedly, I could probably look it up, but it really should be one of the first things you mention in your article.The important question is TRO, not PROThe spectre of a permanent restraining order is a red herring. The immediate harm...
- Tags: SECURITY, MBTA, TRO, court filing, filing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., environment
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...
- Tags: Strategy, Koman, H-1B, H-1B visa, tech worker, job, immigration system
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, YourselfI think there is a balance to be struckI'm not happy with the proliferation of cameras you describe, and am opposed to fishing expeditions on principle. I'd much rather see more police on the street particularly in high crime areas, and more police officers who...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Big Brother, Police Surveillance, camera
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Georgia cyberattacks just 'enthusiasts'?
- Gadi Evron, former head of Israel's CERT, says the evidence in the attacks on Georgia's government websites points to "enthusiasts" not the Russian government. "Not all fighting is warfare," he says. While Georgia is obviously under a DDoS attacks and it is political in nature,...
- Tags: Cyberattack, Georgia, Government, Hacking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- With New York planning to put in another 3,000 surveillance cameras and monitor all license plates coming into the island of Manhattan at 20 entrances with its Operation Sentinel, travelers and residents should not only get over any indignation at being snooped on to this extent...
- Tags: Camera, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Gary McKinnon wins short stay from extradition
- Gary McKinnon, who may be a somewhat deranged alien hunter or "the world's most dangerous hacker," as U.S. authorities style him according to the Guardian won a temporary stay of his extradition to the U.S. Last month, the British House of Lords court denied his appeal...
- Tags: U.S., Stay, Gary McKinnon, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
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