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China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?

Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...

Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30

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Apple Q4 '09 earnings result - Most profitable quarter ever

moron servicemoron service, where are you?Ghost of PsystarSee? ... it just goes to show ya! If Apple doesn't get their act together and start licensing their operating system for Mac clones, there's no hope for them. How long can they expect to keep a drowning company afloat selling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows NT, Desktops, Apple Inc., big word

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

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

Apology solicited for death of computing founding father Turing

Point of clarification He was convicted of sodomy, not homosexuality. There is a difference.Indeed he wasHe was convicted of sodomy - but as I wrote, this was covered under an act of law (which for the life of me, cannot find a link or a name of the act of...

Tags: monarch, homosexuality

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?

Governmental red tape - and probably some Washington politics, as well - has prompted the White House's senior cybersecurity aide to resign, according to reports. Her reason: delays in appointing a national cybersecurity czar. Melissa E. Hathaway, who was also a cybersecurity aide during the Bush years,...

Tags: Government, Cybersecurity, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-04

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks

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: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Battling for the Mother Of All Monopolies...

Despite their motto 'Don't Be Evil', Google appear to be making a pretty good effort at attempting to own your online data and computing world, and all at a low, no up front cost to you. The latest Google product, an operating system, adds to the already formidable...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Thin Clients, Hardware, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-08

US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed

So it's cyberwar. In a July 4 attack that is believed to come from North Korea or its sympathizers, the websites of a number of U.S. and South Korean government agencies were knocked out and experienced continuing problems since the holiday, the Associated Press is reporting today....

Tags: U.S., North Korea, Web Site, FTC, Attack, Transportation, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Backgammon Professional (Mobile)

Backgammon. ZingMagic''''s critically acclaimed version of Backgammon enables you to play this most popular of board games to a high standard anytime, anywhere.Backgammon is a simple race game. The object is to move the pieces around the board towards your inner table. Once all 15 of your pieces have arrived...

Tags: Mobile, Board, Palm Inc., Backgammon, ZingMagic''', Corporate Governance, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...

Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...

Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-28

iPhone users don't use device for work, study says

iPhone users don't use device for work, study saysI use my iPhone for bothThough the "preponderance" of use is personal. I guess a good follow-up question would be, for those of us tho use it primarily for "play", is "Does the iPhone meet your business use needs?" For me the...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, U.S. Marine Corps, iPhone 3, business phone, Apple iPhone, soldier

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

News to know: Microsoft; Facebook; Acer; WiFi health scare

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. Larry Dignan: Jury orders Microsoft to pay $388 million over anti-piracy patent Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers SQL Server 2008 SP1 Adrian...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Health Care, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., TechMeme, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Grid spyware: Deregulation bites us again

The news that Chinese and Russian spies have infiltrated the U.S. electrical grid comes just as the Obama Administration is winding down its cybersecurity review. Some interesting data points: A few weeks back, I posted that Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton...

Tags: Network, Deregulation, Spyware, Cybersecurity, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Implementing and Maintaining SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and Business Intelligence Solutions

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this five-day instructor-led course, you will learn to design and maintain business intelligence solutions for your organization using SQL Server 2008. You will learn how to use the SQL Server development tools to create Analysis Services databases and OLAP cubes. In addition,...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Solution, Microsoft SQL Server, Analysis, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Training 2009-04-01

Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsens

Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsensHey guys, yeah, you three up above. I have a question?When are you guys going to post more Windows only exploits? You know I can bring in the clicks.RE: Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsensThis Acrobat reader bloatware came pre-installed when...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, swing, Foxit Reader

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Backgammon Pro II 3.00.04 (Mobile)

Backgammon Pro IIZingMagic?s critically acclaimed version of Backgammon enables you to play this most popular of board games to a high standard anytime, anywhere.Backgammon is a simple race game. The object is to move the pieces around the board towards your inner table. Once all 15 of your pieces have...

Tags: Mobile, Board, Symbian Inc., Corporate Governance, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-01-30

Microsoft seeking Win 7 testers for netbooks?

Microsoft seeking Win 7 testers for netbooks?Garbageware 7Install Fedora 10 and be done...Gee, end users being the QC department? Status quo since 1995, then...Even if bugs are found, they may not be fixed until the next product release. (if that's true for application software, it's undoubtedly true for the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, MS obviously, netbook, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Are White House computers a crime scene?

Are White House computers a crime scene?Really pointless attention huntingI am surprised that it takes some news author to bring up the issue of proper care and archiving of official communication and proper treatment of electronic information carriers.For one, it would take real numskulls in the president's entourage to leave...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Whitehouse, crime scene, White House, Bush-bashing, computer, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

T-Mobile drops $18 upgrade fee, will other carriers follow suit?

T-Mobile drops $18 upgrade fee, will other carriers follow suit?Can anyone tell my why this fee is even necessary?GreedCause we pay it....If we just said "sorry, I'll go to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc." and actually did it and in large #'s, we'd see this fee go away.RE: T-Mobile drops $18...

Tags: T-Mobile, upgrade fee, T-Mo, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-12-18