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- News to know: Microsoft; T-Mobile Cliq; MotoBlur; @facebook; Oracle
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers? ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Oracle Corp., Mobile, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Identity Theft, Phishing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I've been saying this for a while.[i]When it comes to trade-offs between security and convenience, convenience always wins.[/i]security = 1 / convenienceRE: Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I can't believe that you're endorsing having the police in any country "wardriving" around to detect...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, LANs, Wi-Fi, WLAN, router, Wi-Fi connection
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?
- Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Secured Identity, the Next Disruptive Technology in IT Security
- OpenTrust places trusted digital identities at the root of each information system component, be this the network and each active network component (router, hub etc.), the workstation or device (PC, Laptop, Smart phone, etc.), the user (or to be more precise the digital identity that will be used by the...
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Digital Identity, OPENTRUST, Smart Phones, Security, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?
- Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?BullI see way too many students at my university doing nothing but spending time on the "new media". Most of them are like crack whores. It's their whole world and nothing else matters. Oh, yeah, most of them seem to flunk out in...
- Tags: Go-ahead, MySpace
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- SNRS - Securing Networks with Cisco Routers & Switches v3.0
- View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover advanced concepts in IOS router and switch security in this course that starts where IINS v1.0, core training for the CCNA Security Associate certification, stops. In SNRS v3.0, a component in the Cisco Certified Security Professional certification, you will take your IOS...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Cisco Router, Router, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., VPNs, Routers & Switches, IPSec, Network Security, Networking, Security, Telecommunications
- Training 2008-11-01
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end... no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but for particular services, identity management ActiveDirectory and RDBMS SQL Server,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, UK Economy, London Stock Exchange Plc., tech play, meltdown, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests
- Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...
- Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- 'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7
- 'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7Windows sensors will bring a new management interfaceto set them up, and then they'll crash unexpectedly, and make things stop responding.There'll be a "grandfather" sensor which automatically reboot the machine, and does some protocol sniffing on your box, to make sure that Microsoft...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, sensor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- That's a QED - on "odd internet risks"
- Back on February 12th of this year I had this bit in my blog for the day -dedicated the proposition that bad guys can abuse your internet access for their own purposes: To illustrate one of the worst but less obvious risks...
- Tags: Internet, Paul Murphy, Richard Warman, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk
- Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at riskCommonThis is a common phenomenon, happens to MS-only shops.You get a 'developer' who only knows Microsoft technology. (aka: Softie). Since Microsoft stresses ease of use (they don't do complexity well), you get the point and click 'developer'...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., ASPX, online voter registration, voter registration, MAJOR Flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- News to know: Windows Server 2008 launch; Hotmail outage; Berners-Lee on semantic Web; Apple
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft courts open-source vendors to support Win Server 2008. Jason Perlow: Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with...
- Tags: Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Server, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Photograph, Outage, Apple MacBook Pro, Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Phishing education eludes Net users; Can reverse DNS zap phishers and spam?
- Phishing education eludes Net users; Can reverse DNS zap phishers and spam?SenderID and SPF works a lot better since not everyone controls their ownSenderID and SPF works a lot better since not everyone controls their own reverse DNS. Setting up a regular forward DNS is trivial; setting up reverse...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, E-mail, DomainKeys, rDNS, reverse-DNS, phishing, Phishing Education, SPF
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Hamster plus Hotspot equals Web 2.0 meltdown!
- Hamster plus Hotspot equals Web 2.0 meltdown!This is why Windows sucksYour account was hijacked because Windows is a single user system: everyone is an Administrator. With OSX's awesome *nix kernel, everyone logs in with restricted rights and this type of an attack is impossible. If you were to access GMail...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, E-mail providers, HotSpot, Web, Wi-Fi, Google Gmail, VPN, Windows Sucks, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- 911 over VoIP can mean life-or-death errors
- 911 over VoIP can mean life-or-death errorsNot such a big deal.If the consumer is not willing to RT*M, then he/she is not ready to adopt VOIP. Don't adopt a technology until you understand it. If the knuckle-draggers avoid VOIP, then the companies will be forced [i]by the marketplace[/i]...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, nag-message, E911, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- The TJX data breach: Why loss estimates are overblown
- The TJX data breach: Why loss estimates are overblownA gibe at your jiveThe word is jibe, unless you mean the data aren't dancing together 1940s style.Who carries the real costs?The issue is that TJX won't recompense people who have to clean their credit reports, check the statements for illegal charges...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Who/what, TJX, credit card, bank, Sears Roebuck & Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Complete Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574
- My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...
- Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- German researchers put final nail in WEP
- German researchers put final nail in WEPWPA was widely available back thenWPA was widely available back then and there are newer versions of the DS still being sold. The need to PATCH it.Nintendo made the move on the Wii, don't be so quick to judge GeorgeThe Wii supports WEP,...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, SECURITY, identity theft, WEP, WPA
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Anonymity on the net
- Anonymity on the netI thought the era of stupidity...where people with disabilities had to endure that kind of schoolyard nonsense was long gone.As for death threats, well that is a matter for the police. Surely this is a textbook case crying out to be put through the judicial system.It's time...
- Tags: Call centers, Routers & switches, Network technology, Internet, call-center, kind-of, hacking
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
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