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- How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?
- In a new video interview posted to Microsoft's Channel 9 Web site on June 23, Chairman Bill Gates adds a third group of folks to the list of those who will be filling his shoes after he leaves Microsoft as a full-time employee this month. Gates told Channel 9's Charles...
- Tags: Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., DeWitt, Flake, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
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- Microsoft Big Brains: Gary Flake
- Today I am launching a new series, "Microsoft Big Brains." Over the course of the coming weeks, I'll be profiling Microsoft's Technical Fellows -- the 22 or so individuals who are helping to fill Chairman Bill Gates' shoes at the company, in terms of setting Redmond's future product/strategy agenda. The...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Search, Strategy, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UK
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKI would guess......that in exchange, the US would want assurances that McKinnon wouldn't be pardoned by the UK, or paroled before he would have been eligible under US law.RE: Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKWhat he's really got is ass-burger syndrome....
- Tags: Hacking, Food & Beverage, hacker
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Microsoft launches 3-D photo viewer Photosynth
- Microsoft Live Labs' latest project is actually an old one with a new twist. Photosynth lets you stitch together an entire roll of photos into dazzling 3-D environments. CNET.com's Ina Fried sits down with Microsoft's Gary William Flake to chat about what you can do with this new technology.
- Tags: 3D, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Microsoft Live Labs, News, ina fried, microsoft, photosynth, gary william, pictures, albums
- Videos 2008-08-21
- Black Hat Las Vegas Day 1
- Well, this is well late, but here's my recap of Black Hat Day 1. Sorry for the delay, but I've been terribly busy finishing up preparations for my Day 2 talk. The first talk I went to see, "Pointers and Handles, A Story of Unchecked Assumptions...
- Tags: Black Hat, Billy Rios, Dan, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle
- Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacleI think he deserved better for sureYou know, Dan does manipulate the media well, but I'll tell you this, he's a stand-up guy. Did he try to drum up the press a bit? Sure, why not? Did he choose his...
- Tags: Domain names, Advertising & Promotion, Dan, DNS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle
- On July 7, the day before the release of the patch for the now infamous DNS design flaw, hacker Dan Kaminsky with the help of Black Hat conference organizers invited reporters to a press conference to "discuss the massive multivendor patch being released this Tuesday." "A synchronized...
- Tags: Black Hat, DNS, Conference, Dan Kaminsky, Thomas Ptacek, Domain Names, Patches, Security, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?
- [ UPDATE: Kaminsky has all but confirmed that, yes, the cat is out of the bag ] It looks very much like the nitty gritty of Dan Kaminsky's super-secret -- and heavily hyped -- DNS cache poisoning vulnerability has been figured out by reverse engineering guru Halvar...
- Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Server, Referral, Mallory, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- 2008 Pwnie Awards
- Don't forget to go and vote on the Pwnie Awards, which will happen at Black Hat Vegas again this year. I don't want to campaign for votes, but I wouldn't be pissed if some of my loyal readers out there voted for me, Billy Rios, Rob Carter, and John Heasman and...
- Tags: Category, Nomination, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...
- Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Audits and self-promotion
- Audits and self-promotionGo Flake!Maybe we'll get an intelligible response for once.Remember, on the Internet, no one knows you are a dog!My Policy is MeAn talented person with that policy will make a near perfect professional employee if the employer establishing strong link between the benefit the employee provides the company...
- Tags: Benefits, Malamute, benefit, incentive, audit
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Putting the moving parts together
- Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo looks pretty compelling on paper. The deal even makes for a nice PowerPoint slide on synergies, but putting these two behemoths together could be difficult. Why? There's a lot of overlap. First let's get the slides out of the way. On Microsoft's...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It service Management, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Is Apple under attack from a whisper campaign?
- Is Apple under attack from a whisper campaign?I am sorry...What? You'll have to speak up.ntIt's true from a certain point of viewThere is a whisper campaign... and it comes from people who know people who had a non-removable ipod battery die, or who bought a new iPod Touch /...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Inc., battery
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- Snowflakes or 3-D snowfakes?
- Snowflakes have been puzzling mathematicians for about four centuries. Still, scientists have never been able to fully explain snowflake shapes. For example, is this true that their six-pointed structure reflect an underlying crystal structure? Now, two U.S. mathematicians have developed software that simulates 3-D snowflakes. And they discovered that even...
- Tags: 3D, Researcher, Image, Computer, Molecule, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Animated SnowFlakes Screensaver (exe)
- This 3d snowflakes screen-saver will bring peace and quite of a winter forest to your desktop. 3d snowflakes slowly coming down in mysterious and snowy forest. Watch the wonderful landscapes of a winter forest. On-screen month calendar, analog and digital clock. Advanced settings (wind, clock, and flake shape settings) for...
- Tags: Screensaver, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- Microsoft Live Labs rolls out list-sharing tool
- Microsoft's Live Labs -- the team that brought us PhotoSynth (photo manipulation/melding) and SeaDragon (smooth-browsing) technology previews -- has introduced another offering to its roster: Listas. Listas is a list-sharing tool. According to a description of the technology on the Live Labs Web site, Listas "allows you...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tool, Listas, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Bill Gates seeks patent for ad-rebate program
- I don't write a lot about Microsoft patent applications, as they're often so vague that guessing their true intent is an effort in futility. But when it's Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' name on the application, things get a little more interesting.Gates and a Microsoft researcher applied for a patent in...
- Tags: Advertisement, Patent, Search Engine, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- News to know: U.S. turns back hacker; Realtek data corruption; Facebook; Leveraging Linux
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training. Halvar Flake: I've been denied entry to the US essentially for carrying my trainings material.George Ou: Realtek network driver silently corrupts data.Paul Murphy: Leveraging Linux to sell yourself.Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week right.Jason O'Grady: No...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training
- Thomas Dullien, a prominent security researcher who has been a fixture at the annual Black Hat security conference, has been denied entry into the U.S. to attend and conduct training at this year's confab.Dullien left, a German reverse engineering whiz known in hacker circles as "Halvar Flake," said he was...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Cisco, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat
- Blog posts 2007-07-29
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