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- Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions
- Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questionsIt is cooking with love.The person works for MS, and even a "stock" install without all the optional packages still contains hundreds and hundreds of applications. More to the point, however, I think a carefully crafted criteria was enforced that skewed things in a positive...
- Tags: Patches, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., security, patch management, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- The end run around the OS is underway
- The operating system may be losing its luster. In fact, you could argue that the operating system--Linux, OS X and Windows--will become an application that just happens to boot first. And hardware vendors are on to the OS's diminishing importance. Let's connect a few dots: ...
- Tags: Operating System, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Heart pacemakers vulnerable to attack
- Heart pacemakers vulnerable to attackThis is misleadingThe former Guidant now Boston Scientific pacemakers are NOT exposed to these vulnerabilities as are some of their competitors. The communications to these devices is encrypted.RE: Heart pacemakers vulnerable to attackWow, this would be a great plot for a detective - murder mystery...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, pacemaker, hacker, attack, ICD
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla Labs has launched a casting call for concepts for the successor to Firefox and after watching a few videos it's striking how a common theme emerges: The browser could nudge the operating system out of the way. Mozilla's concept series is really a crowd sourcing effort...
- Tags: operating system, web browser, mozilla corp., mozilla labs, web browsers, operating systems, internet, software, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?The good old HDWhich is emulating a drum machine is my favorite and only means of failure I've ever encountered..Nearly all hardware failures...I come across could have been prevented by a quality UPS. I venture to say most failures...
- Tags: BIOS, Desktops, Cheap Power Supplies, last PC failure, PC failure, PC, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- HP, Intel and Yahoo team on cloud computing research
- Updated: HP, Intel and Yahoo have combined to launch an open source test bed that will encompass multiple data centers for cloud computing research. According to the companies statement, the trio of companies will create a global testing environment to examine software, hardware and management issues created...
- Tags: Team, Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, Open Source, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Business Structures, Data Centers, Finance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- The curse of the BlackBerry
- Creating an epidemic of BlackBerry dependency may serve short-term business interests. But the trouble is one day the addicts might just fight back. Although he's supposed to be on holiday, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown admits his BlackBerry will remain on as he wanders pensively along the North Sea...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, BlackBerry, RIM, smart phone, mobile, communications, Naked CIO, silicon.com
- News items 2008-07-29
- The magic commoditizing virtual machine manager
- I recently noticed VMware's second free hypervisor, a commentary by Gordon Haff of CNET (one of ZDnet's sister companies). He offered an interesting analysis of VMware's recent move to make it's embedded ESX Server available at no charge starting on July 28. I'd like to add a few thoughts of...
- Tags: Revenue, Xen, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Treasure Masters, Inc. (exe)
- Gordon Jones had just lost his grandfather and inherited his family treasure hunting business when news of a sunken ship -- one that holds an amazing artifact within its barnacle-encrusted belly -- reached his ears. Soon after those life-changing events, a mysterious stranger appeared offering to buy his company. This...
- Tags: Treasure, Alawar Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-07-25
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?
- Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds. There may be even a few corporate uses in the future....
- Tags: Google Inc., Virtual World, Avatar, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
- The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million...
- Tags: ASUS, Computing, Microsoft Research, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-06
- Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?
- Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- The Steve Jobs Standard
- The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- "Family Guy" creator and Google team up
- "Family Guy" creator and Google team upUh, How is this good?Is this part of Google's BS "do no wrong"? That family guy show isnt exactly one of the most family friendly shows out there. Honestly, it sucks. I wouldnt have a thing to do with the...
- Tags: Team management, Google Inc., family guy, team
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- The Steve Jobs Standard
- Ever since the black turtlenecked one appeared at the Worldwide Developers Conference, there has been no shortage of discussion about the health of Steve Jobs, the worry that he is mortal and who might succeed him.There's the photo by photo rundown of the increasingly thin Jobs. There's the discussion...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Digital Music, Benefits, Healthcare, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Linux's dirty little secret
- Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
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