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Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systems

Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systemstsk, tsk...MISLEADING headline!!!Man, just when will folks like you stop your xenophobia??!! Whatever happened to the terrible horrible Russians that you guys kept telling the public that they wanted to invade and control us?!! Get a life!!In case you haven't...

Tags: SECURITY, govt, Foreign governments attack, Obama McCain, Foreign Government, White House, attack

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

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US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed countries

The news broke the other day of Microsoft disabling their instant messaging network, Windows Live Messenger, to a number of countries including Sudan, Syria, North Korea, Cuba and Iran, due to a number of trade embargoes which the US government has against these countries. Long story short,...

Tags: Sanction, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, North Korea, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Government, Iran, Government, Vertical Industries, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-28

EC wants software makers held liable for code

EC wants software makers held liable for code ABOUT TIME!!!!This goes for everyone...Only in software can you find a known defect and then have to pay for the "upgrade" to fix the bug.Many states do this sort of thing with insurance companies every so oftenEither they'll require certain coverage and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Insurance, software, software company

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Reporters Without Borders lists repressive regimes

Reporters Without Borders lists repressive regimesWhy isn't Australia on the list?I am shocked that Australia is not on the list as the new Australian Federal Government Labor Party are trying to implement a nationwide filter of the Internet and they actually believe it is a good idea!More details on this...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, AUS, repressive regime, Reporters Without Borders

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

McNealy's back and Obama's got him

McNealy's back and Obama's got himSo government should go into the software business...... in order to reduce the number of jobs in the private sector, by making displacement products for its own use and that of others around the world.Which other large, essential, internationally successful business should the government compete...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, OSS, Obama, government, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

What really happened to the candidates' computers?

Now that two weeks have passed since the end of the presidential campaigns, it is worthwhile to take a look at what I think should have one of the biggest cybercrime stories of the year. As Ryan blogged the day after the election, both the McCain and the Obama...

Tags: BusinessWeek, Computer, Attack, Government, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Security, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systems

Hmm, anyone want to place bets on what "foreign entity" has been hacking into Obama and McCain campaign computers, as Newsweek reports? Could it be the same country China that penetrated the White House's email archive system and lifted email conversation between top officials, as the Financial Times reports? ...

Tags: Network, White House, Attack, Obama, Government, Phishing, E-mail, Hacking, Federal Government, Vertical Industries, Security, Cyberthreats, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-07

New security venture for mid-market application users

Good time for a new offering: When Wipro met Fortify Wipro (one of the world’s largest outsourcers) and Fortify a major software security vendor are announcing today their plans to offer a new joint outsourcing solution. This solution combines Fortify’s software security tools with Wipro’s outsourcing...

Tags: Software, Security Professional, Security, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-27

IBM move reopens Open Office XML debate

IBM move reopens Open Office XML debateWhich side attacked?I have the impression that requiring Microsoft to go through the standards process was an attempt to make it more difficult to sell Office. The strategy: governments and perhaps other organizations could mandate that formats used for saving documents had...

Tags: Vertical industries, XML, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., government, Microsoft Office, Open Office XML debate, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...

Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

The glide path to an open society

The glide path to an open societyCuba, change?Not if the Cubans have a choice.You wrote:Cuba, under Raul Castro, shows signs that he wants to make his island nation more open to the outside world. He has allowed wider access to essential communications technologies, such as cell phones and the Internet...

Tags: INTERNET, CUBANS, Cuba

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you

Here's a simple rule for preventing totalitarian rule in any nation: Don't build the systems for monitoring people's daily lives closely in the first place, and you will not be at risk of totalitarian rulers using those systems to overwhelm individual choice. The Wall Street Journal today has a long...

Tags: Monitoring, Terrorism, NSA, Government, Homeland Security, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-03-10

CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout

CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackoutlet me be the first to say......ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!And many don't think it is a real problem!It is like 9/11. Until it happens in the U.S. the reality will continue to be ignored, or dismissed as unlikely.SHENANIGANS!What great timing for "hackers"...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Socialism, CIA, blackout, multiple-city blackout, cyberattack

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

National Security and the PC

National Security and the PCAnd not Sun?Are you saying that Sun doesn't buy any of their chips from foreign suppliers? Doesn't do any significant development work in non-allied countries?This is an issue with pretty much all software and electronics, not just PCs and Windows.Well, let's just go back to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, Semiconductors, Sun Microsystems Inc., PC, software, chip

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

China: Net spy damage has been 'massive'

China: Net spy damage has been 'massive'Central Party School, an elite training academy - Like Harvard, Like YaleWonderful article because it well illustrates the way the monied elite are trained to think. Harvard and Yale are identical to Central Party School in this regard. No wonder Bill Gates is worshiped...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Net Spy, Central Party School, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

The French chime in with "Me too!"

Add France to the countries that have acknowledged that they are under attack from China. They are not willing to commit to having any knowledge of the attacks being sponsored by the People's Liberation Army. And for the record here is China's response to...

Tags: China, Government, Cyberattack, Attack, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-09-11

China rejects U.S. charge it hacked Pentagon

China rejects U.S. charge it hacked PentagonAnd yet...After our pets being poisoned, our food being poisoned, and now this, we continue to send more and more manufacturing jobs over there daily.I hope all those short-sighted CEO's are making enough extra money to buy that next yhacht they drool over, because...

Tags: Vertical industries, Free trade, Pentagon, government

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Violent games blamed for German school attack

Violent games blamed for German school attackWhile the games are not soley to blamethey do assist with the de-humanizing and de-sensitizing of killing and war. This is how you make future warriors in today's age. BUT the games are not the sole source of the problem. You will notice that...

Tags: Games, game, violence

Discussion threads 2006-11-21

EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security features

EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security featuresAre you stupid?So the EU is "protecting" their consumers by making Vista LESS secure?Fact is the versions of Windows that the EU made MS without the meida player and other stuff put out did not sell. The regular versions sold more when EU consumers...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linus, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-09-12

A report card on anti-terror technology

A report card on anti-terror technologyWhy not just be less afraid?Instead of all this hi-tech gadgetry, why not simply be less afraid?Cato institute put it nicely:http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/cato_on_the_ris.html"Terrorists can be defeated simply by not becomming terrorized -- that is, anything that enhances fear effectively gives in to them."Technology will never defeat terrorismThere...

Tags: Homeland security, terrorism, camera

Discussion threads 2006-09-07