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Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigatorKevin Mitnick is NOT a hacker ...but a [b]cracker[/b], a pirate, a man with no respect for the law ...

Tags: Piracy, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate

Discussion threads 2008-10-11

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

We tend to say that information security is a small world. Conferences quickly become real-life demonstrations of the principle of six-degrees-of-separation. After a few years working in this industry, you either meet all or are within one hop of all the major players in the space; there just...

Tags: Information Security, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate, Osamu Shimomura, Productivity, Security, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Not Steganography anyway...

Not Steganography anyway...Why do they have to be attached?c:My Documentsaegis-radar-specsc:My Documentsasian-teen-xxxc:My Documentsaegis-algorithms...Select everything and drag it. The question is whsy information was intentionally copied and what was accidental, if any."Can you make a tech scenario in which this works as described without invoking an action that could only have...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data Only, Kevin Mitnick, security, Warships, barrier

Discussion threads 2007-04-09

Mitigating Malware in Userland

Kevin Mitnick details how and why hackers are gaining control over organizations by addressing the following questions: - What are the new ways that hackers are getting your data and why? - Are you confident you are protected from these new modes of attack, including ones from...

Tags: AppSense, Kevin Mitnick, Malware, Hacker, Hacking, Security

White papers 2006-07-31

Kevin Mitnick on Malware: Mitigating Malware in Userland

If the security of your corporate data isn't top of mind, it will be by the time you finish this attention-grabbing white paper by Kevin Mitnick. The author is the once-vilified hacker who served four years in a federal prison in the 1980s for breaking into corporate computers; since "going...

Tags: AppSense, Kevin Mitnick, Author, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hacking

White papers 2006-06-01

'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blocking

'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blocking'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blockingTerrorist? Well if Reuters isn't sensationalizing the news just a tad. Does this mean that whenever someone commits a crime they are a "terrorist"? I always thought he was just a hacker/computer geek/social engineer. I guess...

Tags: Government, Homeland security, Hacking, SECURITY, computer, Even Better, Kevin Mitnick

Discussion threads 2006-03-08

Palm pitches celebrity connections

Palm pitches celebrity connectionsI love this line"It would be unseemly to ask a multimillionaire for money."Does anyone else see anything wrong with this concept?Carl RapsonI like this one better."Celebrity ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick has joined the club, too. Colombano met Mitnick at a social occasion where Mitnick demonstrated to him--purely for...

Tags: Kevin Mitnick, celebrity connection, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-02-13

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MobileTechRoundup show #155, Nokia Legends, Lotus Notes on S60, & BlackBerry Storm

James had a chance to try the BlackBerry Storm and started off MobileTechRoundup show #155 with a few thoughts. Kevin is still enjoying his iPhone and told us about a new application he is using via WiFi on his device. I had a chance to chat with Ross Lamont, from...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Nokia Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, RIM BlackBerry, IBM Corp., Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Will email and text messages get shorter with the BlackBerry Storm?

I am admittedly a very big fan of physical keyboards on my mobile phones and have what fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James and Kevin call "magic thumbs". I am able to pick up devices like the Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, T-Mobile G1 or BlackBerry Bold and quickly type emails...

Tags: Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, BlackBerry Device, Storm, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-21

A live, more interactive Rev3

Television and the Internet are on a collision course that will revolutionize entertainment, but Revision3 is always one step ahead of the game. Today, they launched a new live video player that allows the user to be the director. That's right, you...

Tags: Episode, Media Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-11-21

From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement

So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?

Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...

Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Nokia 5800 S60 touch screen evals start appearing

Last month Nokia announced the 5800 XpressMusic device that is the first S60 touch screen device rolling out from Nokia. I haven't had a chance to play with the device yet so I cannot personally comment on the touch screen or optimization Nokia made to S60 in regards to touch,...

Tags: Touch Screen, Nokia Corp., Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Dell CTO Kettler retiring

Kevin Kettler, Dell's Chief Technology Officer and an active member of the Austin, TX community, reportedly will retire, sources told CNET. His departure is not part of Dell's reorganization activities Apparently, word of his retirement has been expected for some time and he recently announced it to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-13

MobileTechRoundup show #154, A Bold step was taken on the way to the Shotgun wedding

Kevin, James, and I were all together last weekend before recording MobileTechRoundup show #154 to celebrate the wedding of Kevin and Barbara. Congratulations again to the both of them. In this show we talked a bit about the device I bought on the drive up to the wedding and the...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Battery, Engineering, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-13

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...

Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

AMD unveils 'Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel

AMD on Thursday will launch its "Shanghai" platform, its latest batch of Opteron server chips. With Shanghai, AMD gets a do-over from its ill-fated Barcelona launch. At a high-level, Shanghai gives a 400 MHz speed gain in the same thermal band as Barcelona. Shanghai also triples the...

Tags: Barcelona, Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Stevens, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-12

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Kevin Kelly points to the Semantic Web at Web 2.0 Summit

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly painted a compelling picture of the opportunities created as we increasingly open our data up for linking. Reprising and building upon an earlier presentation that has been discussed here previously, Kelly...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-10

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05