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- ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domains
- Following ICANN's notice of termination sent to cybercrime-friendly domain registrar EstDomains in October, on the 24th of November the termination became a reality and EstDomains is no more. Despite the public concerns of who will take the 280,000 domains, and that includes the cybercrime facilitating ones, Directi's ResellerClub is new...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, EstDomains, Directi, Security Community, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Nuclear technology to beat world hunger?
- The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA is known for its inspections of nuclear facilities around the world. But it's quite surprising to learn that the IAEA is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO to apply nuclear science to food security. 'IAEA scientists use radiation...
- Tags: Food, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mutation Induction, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
- On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult....
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Virus, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Information Age landmark: One billionth mouse produced
- Logitech, maker of many mice, has hailed as a major landmark the production of their one billionth computer mouse, which rolled off production lines late last month. The first mouse was created on December 9, 1968 when Douglas C. Engelbart and his group of researchers at Stanford University put...
- Tags: Mouse, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site
- Eagle-eyed Elinor Mills, reporter at sister site CNET, has the scoop that Apple has removed the 2007 item from its support site late last night that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities. Now, the company says the Mac is safe "out of the box."(What say...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Java SE 6 update 11 is out, 64-bit support still lacking
- Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun Java site. Developers should download the JDK package Java Development Kit...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., 64-Bit, Programming Languages, Java, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- AV on my Macs? Say it ain't so!
- As fellow ZDNet blogger, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, notes, Apple now recommends the use of antivirus software on your Mac. UGH. Really? The relative immunity of Macs to the plethora of malware floating about the Net has always been a selling point for the machines, especially in schools. ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator
- Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- E pur se muove (and yet it moves)
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests...
- Tags: Information Security, Galileo Galilei, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
- People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality of widespread malware is a good idea. People who believe that the fundamental design of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Blog, Malware, Apple Inc., Malware Writer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives
- Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...
- Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- CIOs vote on Vista for '09
- Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...
- Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com
- News items 2008-12-02
- Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever
- Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-02
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
- Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora's box. In an extensions document via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. Extensions are the most requested feature for Chrome. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Breaking the zero-day habit
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Mike Rothman Given that this blog is called "Zero Day," I think it's fitting that I'm calling for most security professionals to ignore most of what comes out of the security research community. To be...
- Tags: Security Professional, Risks, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Live Webcast: SmartPhone Security and Productivity, Part 2
- Without a doubt, we're now dependent on our mobile phones for keeping up with the speed of business. And nowhere is it more apparent than in the rise of so-called SmartPhones. These all-in-one handsets are fast replacing a multitude of other devices by providing access to everything from...
- Tags: Security, Webcast, Smartphone, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-12-02
- Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?
- You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...
- Tags: Legend, RIM BlackBerry, Virus, Computer, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Handhelds, Online Communications, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
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