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- Is Google the Center of the Universe?
- It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version
- But how would an attacker cause the vulnerable code to execute?Frankly, this seems to be a minor issue. If you are launching Chrome you will launch the latest version. The older version is just cruft. I don't see any scenario where you inadvertently or an attacker can execute the older...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, IE8, Chrome, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Sharepoint as a Gateway Drug to Greater Efficiency...
- Sharepoint as a Gateway Drug to Greater Efficiency...Largely irrelevant post due to SharePoint 14 and Office 14This post is largely irrelevant due to the upcoming social enterprise features in SharePoint 14 and Office 14. It is a shame the post was not written in the context of what should come...
- Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Gateway Inc., Microsoft SharePoint, Office 14
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- K-12 textbooks in for a big change
- I read a great article highlighting some state-level policy changes that are paving the way for real classroom instructional material reform. Classroom instructional material is a big way of saying textbooks, but, in fact, these changes point to a move away from traditional texts and towards a range of...
- Tags: K-12, Teacher, Textbook, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Innovation and competition
- The topic of how America competes economically in the present world has raised some crucial issues. Is there not a disconnect says one reader between innovation and competition? The best products and the best producers are NOT NECESSARILY THE SUCCESSFUL ONES. This talkback makes a solid point...
- Tags: Innovation, Pollution, Offshoring, Product Win, Leadership, Outsourcing, Strategy, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- The biggest threat to open source in 2009
- The biggest threat to open source in 2009Automatic updates.Most Open Source projects do, in fact, have an automatic update mechanism. It is rolled in to the OS itself.Ok -- lets audit some text ..... shall we..Firefox update call, from Securitymike's blogSecurity and updates, which are often the same thing.Originally there...
- Tags: Patches, open source, software, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-01-01
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
- Well yes, but not strictly for the reasons people think. It was once safe back in the day where there were little vulnerabilities to play havoc with the software; back in a time where Internet usage was innocent, and people wanted to create websites about interpreting the mindset of...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Jones, Matt Asay, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- I really don't want to use Windows anymore
- I really don't want to use Windows anymoreThis is just not true ...[i]I'm well aware that if Linux or Mac had greater marketshare, then they would be far more vulnerable to malware attacks.[/i]It would never reach the level of Windows since both Linux and OSX don't have to contend with...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Desktops, Linux, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, ClamWin, Microsoft Windows, virus, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?
- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?I don't think that Microsoft products cost anything to companies marginallyI believe my company has agreement with Microsoft where we pay them a fixed fee, and we get to use Microsoft software all we want. This would include Office. Therefore...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, OpenOffice 3, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- There is no pony plan for health care
- There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters
- NoScript plugin writer Giorgio Maone posted a commentary on IE 8's new filters, drawing comparisons to his own widely popular NoScript Firefox plugin. Maone writes: I’m happy to learn that IE8 is going to implement a less ambitious version of a feature which NoScript users have enjoyed for more than one...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Attack, Maone, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issuesLet's find out.I'd like to know just what the similarities or lack there of will be in security issues when Linux replaces Windows as the OS of the people.Apple's dealing with this right nowTime to...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Word, Linux, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- MacBooks - to deploy or not to deploy, part 1
- Most of you know that I just got a new MacBook and really love it. On a personal level, it's darned close to perfect for what I do. Writing; systems administration; creating movies, presentations, and websites; and otherwise getting my jobs done come very naturally (and come in...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Web Site, Teacher, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Software, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threats
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsSecuring Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsThe good thing about this is that Microsoft recognizes that there is potential for a security threat and is taking all measures to close that threat. Recognition of resolution of the problem is what Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, security threat, Securing
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- News to know: Salesforce.com; Second Life currency theft; SAP; Document standards
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers. Dan Farber: SAP blesses the iPhone. Michael Krigsman: SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up David Berlind: Did the W3C acknowledge CDF’s potential as an office format vs ODF in newly...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Second Life, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Mozilla Corp., Standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), E-health, Microsoft Windows, Security, Emerging Technologies, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- iPhone firmware 1.1.2 thwarts TIFF exploit
- iPhone firmware 1.1.2 thwarts TIFF exploitI Don't Expect New FeaturesIt may be too early to figure the numbering scheme, but it looks to me as though a change in the z of a version x.y.z number means "security" changes. A change in the y may suggest new features (or feed...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, TIFF, firmware
- Discussion threads 2007-11-05
- Seven reasons to go Sun Ray
- Seven reasons to go Sun RayOne small questionWhere is the cost coming from in that list? I know for a fact that many of them are hugely inflated.(Quasi-OT) Comment on Sun strategy?Rather than comment on the advice that IT request it be outsourced or its managment replaced or an...
- Tags: Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, storage
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
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