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New York Times to host "Freakonomics" blog

New York Times to host "Freakonomics" blogHi!This will be the new craze to contain the bloggers, FSJ is toast once the editors get ahold of him!Sort of like hiring star columnistsGreat observations, Steve. It looks like a new variation of the theme of newspapers hiring popular columnists away from other...

Tags: Blogging, blog, Freakonomics, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

New York Times to host "Freakonomics" blog

It's being reported that the blog, "Freakonomics" -- based on the hugely popular book of the same title -- is to relocate to the New York Times, a move which the paper has signaled could be the first of many blog partnerships.From the New York Observer:Mr. Dubner and Steven D....

Tags: Blog, New York Times Co., Blogger, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2007-08-08

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Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?

Russian Hackers - Russian Submarines clearly a msg is being sentMore concerned about Russian Cyber thieves at the present time than Russian Submarines recent events. Seems there are both Russian government and non-government actors.--- They are compromising computers around the world (India, South America, Africa,...) that have weak security and...

Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, pro-Georgian, pro-Georgian blogger, attack, Twitter, blogger

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

News to know: Insecure security; Windows Live suite; AMD exit

Notable headlines:David Morgenstern: The real question about Mac security. Ryan Naraine: Trend Micro, Zone Labs, ClamAV join list of insecure security products. Richard Stiennon : Not Constantinople. Again!Mary Jo Foley: Bill Gates seeks patent for ad-rebate program. Windows Live suite debuts ... on cell phones.AMD's sales chief to leave companyDan...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Sales, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-23

News to know: Linux; XP SP3; MySpace profits; HTC Advantage unwrapped

Notable headlines:Paula Rooney: Torvalds, Red Hat are no shows at Linuxworld. Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSF.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers’ hands. A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Volta. You say SkyDrive, I say LiveDrive. Ed Bott: A confusing...

Tags: Google Inc., Linux, High Tech Computer Corp., Google News, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., MySpace, IBM Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-09

Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign

Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaignYou will need a goood sense of humor ...if you are running this crap!Choices.You have a piece of software in front of you and you have the choice of paying for it or not paying for it. What makes up your mind either way?...

Tags: antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., piracy, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-21