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- Hook
- In programming, instructions that provide breakpoints for future expansion. Hooks may be changed to call some outside routine or function or may be places where additional processing is added....
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- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges
- Steve Jobs is off the hook for options backdating charges, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not that he was ever really on the hook. More interesting is that former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen has also been cleared on criminal charges although she still faces civil litigation with the SEC....
- Tags: Job, Board, Hook, Lawyer, Apple Inc., Backdating, Corporate Governance, Litigation, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Haute Secure 2.0
- A safe Web-surfing product, Haute Secure is out of beta and available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Founded in 2006 by former Microsoft security engineers, Haute Secure hopes to distinguish itself in a crowded field, including Grisoft Linkscanner and Finjan SecureBrowsing. Today new Web threats come not from sites...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web browsers, hook, Haute Secure
- Product reviews 2008-03-10
- Police Blotter: Official can't be fired in sex e-mail flap
- Police Blotter: Official can't be fired in sex e-mail flapTypicalNo wonder that anything done by the government is sloppy, poorly executed and costly. Can't get rid of the deadwood and idiots.This is why I'm ashamed to be a civil servantThe civil service unions spend far too many resources defending scumbags...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, sex e-mail, Police Blotter, hook
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Images: Mashups with celebrity hooks
- Fans create mashup Web sites that dig into the arcana of their favorite TV shows, movies and celebrities.
- Tags: mashup, celebrity, Web site, Web
- Image galleries 2006-03-06
- Images: Going phishing for the holidays
- Fraudsters are using the holidays as a hook for phishing attacks.
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, fraudster, hook, phishing
- Image galleries 2005-12-21
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- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Ultra-light micro air vehicles
- Ultra-light micro air vehiclesReal virtual game!It would be very cool if it were affordable enough to hook up for an average user to 'Shoot down' flies and other insect annoyances ;-)RE: Ultra-light micro air vehiclesIf this is "remote controlled" how does the term "autonomous" apply? I had thought that term...
- Tags: Games, micro air vehicle, air vehicle
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA
- Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...
- Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router
- Editor's note: Although our First Look video states that the WRT610N costs only $149, the street price may prove higher.The Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router is the first true dual-band wireless router we've reviewed, and one of only a few on the market. In our tests, it easily...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, Network-attached storage (NAS), NETWORKING, wireless router, Storage Link, WRT610N, Linksys Inc., router, Linksys WRT310N, storage
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Brother MFC 7440N
- We normally don't see a lot of multifunction laser printers, mostly because inkjets are simply better for printing high quality scans and photos. However, the printer industry recently started to push for laser multifunction printers to the market, arguing that a laser cartridge can produce prints on par with...
- Tags: Printers, output tray, printer, Brother MFC-7440N, fax, laser, tray
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs
- Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...
- Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Analyst: 35% of iPhone 3G buyers will get it for $199
- Analyst: 35% of iPhone 3G buyers will get it for $199BummerLooks like Apple went up against the Cell Phone carriers and lost. iPhone pricing is turning out to be as much of a mess as it is everywhere else in the cellphone industry.Too bad they couldn't pull off simple pricing...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, iPhone pricing, ATT, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G buyer, iPhone 3G, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Jabra BT3010
- When the Jabra BT160 came out last year, we praised it for being one of the first Bluetooth headsets come with interchangeable cover designs. It doesn't add anything to its features or performance of course, but it's a nice touch for those who are keen on personalizing their gadgets. Jabra...
- Tags: Jabra BT3010, headset, Jabra
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- BlueAnt Z9i (black)
- One of BlueAnt's most popular Bluetooth headsets last year was the BlueAnt Z9, which we rated highly as having excellent sound quality, and many of you agreed. But BlueAnt wasn't happy just resting on its laurels; indeed, it has come up with an upgrade to the Z9, and the headset...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, BlueAnt Z9i, BlueAnt Z9, BlueAnt, phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-02
- Mint 220 - Wireless Digital Music Station
- The Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station offers us something that we haven't yet seen in an iPod speaker dock. Instead of combining iPod playback with a CD player or AM/FM alarm clock radio, the Mint 220 gives you the ability to wirelessly stream any audio from a PC or...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, wireless, Bass, Mint 220, dock
- Product reviews 2008-06-24
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem,” the letter stated. “Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- MIT students making solar power realistic
- MIT students making solar power realisticno kiddingIn fact, the researchers believe that, because they can concentrate the heat from the sun so intensely, any water run near the focus could easily be vaporized to run a turbine and generate electricity.For crying out loud.I'm getting so tired of this.Here's all you...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, UCSD, Peak-Power, solar energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SolarCity
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
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