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- Wireless network for law enforcement a victim of federal infighting
- $195 million later, the US governments long-promised wireless radio network for law enforcement is at "high risk of failure," the Justice Departments inspector general reported yesterday, according to the Washington Post. At fault, according to Inspector General Glenn A. Fine: delays, funding shortfalls and infighting among ...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Justice Departments, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, infighting, homeland security, network, wireless, wireless network
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
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- Runescape graphic glitches
- Spending the American July 4th holiday with friends and family is a wonderful break from the daily routine. Imagine my surprise when a lively 12-year old proudly showed me the graphics problems he discovered in Runescape, an online game. According to this young bug-hunter: It all...
- Tags: Graphics, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...
- Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign
- A Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign is circulating online using email as propagation vector, attempting to trick users into visiting a Storm Worm infected host, where a multitude of what looks like over five different exploits attempt to automatically infect the visitors next to the malware binary fireworks.exe. Historically, Storm...
- Tags: Software, Malware, Worm, Exploit, Storm Worm, Day Vulnerability, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy
- Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...
- Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Whither Blu-ray?
- Whither Blu-ray?It's the lack of HDTV ownersand the ignorance of those who do own that I think is the biggest issue. People who don't have HDTV would see no benefit to spending extra money on BluRay, and those who do own will never believe there is a difference unless you...
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- 5 more reasons IT projects fail
- 5 more reasons IT projects failOn the other sideof the equation is the customer. It has been my experience that, in non-technical businesses, the manager who makes the decisions with regards to the company's IT needs, knows least.Remove the word "IT" andthe article applies to everything in the worldOf course!That's...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Projects Fail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Sony pulls problematic PS3 software update after 1 hour
- Sony pulls problematic PS3 software update after 1 hourWell, I missed the update by sheer luck.However a friend of mine updated his without problems. Bummer. I was looking forward to this one.Mine works fineI ran the update, and all seems to be fine right now...and I hope it...
- Tags: PS3 software update, software update, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters
- NoScript plugin writer Giorgio Maone posted a commentary on IE 8's new filters, drawing comparisons to his own widely popular NoScript Firefox plugin. Maone writes: I'm happy to learn that IE8 is going to implement a less ambitious version of a feature which NoScript users have enjoyed for more than one...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Attack, Maone, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
- Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, HIP Character, E-mail Providers, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Helpdesks and productivity
- Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Corporation Business Search (exe)
- Access 100 million company records. See DBA, EIN, and affiliations. From here you can search and access filed information for corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and general partnerships. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Partnership, Business Structures, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...
- Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- Product reviews 2008-07-02
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackersSuggestionThe Lithuanian government should force their telcos to block all IP blocks that are allocated to Russia.If there is such animosity, blocking the Russian chunk of the internet would be a good start.Then at the very least, the hackers would have to use western...
- Tags: Hacking, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Lithuanian, Lithuanian site, Russian Hackers
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to know
- Do feds track cell users illegally? Legal groups want to knowDoes a bear crap in the woods?Is a frogs a*****e watertight?Does Barbara Walters talk funny?Seriously I believe most law enforcement people have little inclination to do so, especially the heavy data mining nonsense the neocon-spooks are crazy about gathering. ...
- Tags: cell user
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?
- I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...
- Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- What to do with your first generation iPhone (updated)
- What to do with your first generation iPhone updatedLOL..How about NEVER buying Apple productsPlease, spare me here. Apple is trying to steal from their customers here. The real solution is to buy a Windows Mobile device and have access to the entire eco-system of fine Windows Mobile software. Mobile IE...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Digital music, Apple iPhone, first-generation, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...
- Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTs
- Demystifying BIOS updates - The DOs and DO NOTsSome of this advice is overly-cautious ...[i]When there’s a darn good reason for doing the update (as a rule I find that if I buy a cutting-edge board then there can be a lot of BIOS updates released over a short period...
- Tags: BIOS, BIOS update, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-July
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyVery nice comboI can't wait for computer manufacturers and builders to start bundling this with systems. Seems like a good idea - like software assurance for home users.RE: New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyI think you can have...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, New Microsoft Office subscription, New Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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