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Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign

Storm Worm's Independence Day campaignplease put in jail the owner of these sites!please put in jail the owners of these sites:dayfireworkssite.comthefireworksjuly.comwholefireworksonline.comyourfireworks.comyourfireworksstore.com"wannabe botnet masters"... Grow up, Dancho.Putting down those whom are part of the subject of your post makes you look like a myspace kid. And yes, the irony is demonstrative.RE:...

Tags: Independence Day campaign, Independence Day, Storm Worm

Discussion threads 2008-07-06

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Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files

ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...

Tags: Strategy, wireless, Acta, rights holder, shut-off, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

What do you believe, your eyes or somebody's numbers?

There is no disagreementThere really never was. Scientists are in agreement that global climate change is happening you may have noticed the conferences.We will always have idiots. It's just that some of them happen to own media and political parties or are making way too much money with...

Tags: climate change, mankind

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Fourth type of cloud computing

Close, but no cigarThere is no requirement that a cloud be publicly accessible. In many cases, corporations use cloud products to supplement existing production. In that case, the public access is via the existing security scheme and the cloud assets are never directly accessible via public IP.Also, there...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Open web

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

The Open College Textbook Act of 2009

ProfsWhat will the profs who force everyone to buy the latest edition of their own $125 textbook do now?Probably still the same thing.RE: The Open College Textbook Act of 2009You do know that this act will severely curtail the research that could lead to new curricula and textbooks?Why? It's because...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, textbook, Open College Textbook Act

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

SpringSource, VMware, and the death of the independent software vendor

Larry Dignan writes that VMware's purchase of SpringSource (formerly Interface21) has "sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts". It's mystifying developers as well. Purchases like this call into question the whole nature of the "independent software vendor", or ISV. Compare this with Google's recent purchase...

Tags: Developer, On2 Technologies, ISV, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-08-11

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

US cyberwarriors a reluctant crew

The Obama Administration will one day have a whole slate of cybersecurity and cyberwar experts, but that doesn't mean the Defense community will be ready to let loose offensive cyber attacks. According to a report in Sunday's New York Times, planning for such attacks has been in...

Tags: Computer Network, Cyberattack, Attack, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-02

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?Why call it the NEWTON?X-Tablet or iTablet perhaps.NEWTON!!Been and gone in the 1990'sKeep GuessingI'll bet you're way off.NEWTON?Are you suggesting this device will fail hard like the Newton?My feeling is this will be MBA hardware with a touch screen on top. Which wouldn't be...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Inkwell, tablet, Apple Inc., PC, Christmas, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Is $400 billion a lot of money?

Is $400 billion a lot of money?Breaking evenSo if US were to spend more money on achieving energy independence, how much time will be needed to break-even? For example, if the US spends $400 billion each year towards energy independence and achieves it in two years and then it...

Tags: Qannadda

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome

Google plugs 3D hardware into Chrome The Siren's callGoogle keeps tempting the tech community with new and exciting software. But, until they commit to stop recording private data about individual users of their products, everyone with an ounce of sense should boycott their products.Until then, Google remains the biggest...

Tags: Games, C/C++, Google Inc., Siren, game, Web browser, compiler

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Vote in TechRepublic's mock election for 'President of the Internet'

As a bit of fun on U.S. Independence Day, TechRepublic is running a mock election for "President of the Internet." by Jason Hiner

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., President, Election, Internet, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Tips for photographing fireworks

Some of the most difficult events to shoot are fireworks displays. Even with automatic settings on a point-and-shoot camera, chances are very high that the photo will look dark, the fireworks will be blurred, the photo will look poorly composed, or all of the above. With Independence Day this weekend,...

Tags: Photograph, Camera, Fireworks, Digital Photography School, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Google Voice Gets Presence

While Google Voice may revolutionize personal communications directing calls to the phone number of choice, businesses will find the service too simplistic for many of their needs. Yesterday, On-State Communications may have solved that problem by presence-enabling Google Voice. Now small companies can leverage the newest free Google Service...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Voice, On-State Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?Re: But does GP miss the point?I for one believe we have a responsibility to be 'good stewards' of the planet, but the amount of suspect science and unbridled emotionalism that has surfaced regarding the supposed 'green house' effect tells me that...

Tags: Greenpeace, Greenpeace Cool-IT

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

The just shoot me vacation: Stay tethered; Forget two weeks; Install a fax in your room

This in from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: You must bring your smartphone, laptop and every other work-tethering item on your vacation. If not you'll just worry about being laid off.  Here's what America has come to---a two week vacation is deemed too long and you...

Tags: Vacation, Phone, Cell Phone, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., E-mail, Fax, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Net access no fundamental right

Net access no fundamental rightSo let's all be barefoot and pregnant then.Especially in today's society where people with limited computer skills lose out for jobs, and how colleges demand students have broadband as a prerequisite as more and more classes have internet-based portions, or are completely internet-based...People need to keep...

Tags: Vertical industries, fundamental right, Internet access, government

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Active Endpoints' new ActiveVOS 6.2 offers ‘MultiSite’ BPM capabilities

Run business process management BPM applications in data centers anywhere on the planet, scale up, scale down as your business needs change, and never worry about losing a process if a server or an entire location goes down. This is the market Active Endpoints is aiming at...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, ActiveVOS MultiSite, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Waledac botnet spamming fake SMS spying tool

Waledac is once again using its well proven social engineering tactics by introducing a "fake SMS spying tool" (free.exe; smstrap.exe; install.exe; setup.exe etc.) and Online Casinos theme, in an attempt to further expand the botnet. No client-side vulnerabilities are used for the time being, instead the cybercriminals...

Tags: Phone, SMS, Spamming, Cybercriminal, Tool, Waledac, Bredolab, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-17