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- Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever
- Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one's business
- Too Many Cooks Spoil the Livelihoods of Thousands BusinessWeek (12/6/2008) did a great job of dissecting of what went wrong in the collapse of U. S. retailer, Mervyns (see "What Have You Done to My Company"). The subtitle of the story pretty much sums up the...
- Tags: Private Equity, Private Equity Company, Firm, Mervyns, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?
- Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...
- Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK
- News items 2008-12-01
- Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall
- There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...
- Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power
- There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...
- Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Twitter: is there any point?
- The last few days have been an eye-opener for me, because I've discovered there may in fact be little point in having Twitter. I see Twitter as a pain in the arse, something you have to go out of your way for and tell the world something you really shouldn't...
- Tags: Twitter, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4
- It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Dick, Jane, and MySQL: why recessions favor open source
- Recessions are good for open source simply because they force non IT management to face the costs of IT -and think a bit about what they know it can do for the business. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Recession, Information Technology, MySQL, Open Source, Paul Murphy, Bank, Accounting, Server, Times, Richard, Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs
- Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...
- Tags: Layoff, SAP AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- What's driving women out of computer science?
- When it comes to higher education, women have achieved parity with men in almost every technical pursuit...except computer science. With all science and engineering fields considered, the percentage of bachelor's degree recipients who are women has improved to 51 percent in 2004-5 from 39 percent in 1984-85,...
- Tags: Women, Computer Science, Computer, Gender And Diversity, Productivity, Human Resources, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- BearingPoint's Q3 earnings call - part 1
- To BE or not BE Several news groups and Wall Street firms covered BearingPoint's BE Q3 results this week but one point was not well covered, if at all. Look at this bullet point that is at the bottom of a list of points BE...
- Tags: Attrition, Earnings, Worker, Career Advancement, BearingPoint Inc., Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Firefox security makeover: 11 vulnerabilities, 4 critical
- Â Mozilla has released a new version of its flagship Firefox browser to fix a total of 11 vulnerabilities that expose users to code execution, information stealing or denial-of-service attacks. Four of the 11 flaws covered with the new Firefox 3.0.4 are rated "critical" because of the risk...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- With Citrix, iPhone is more attractive to business
- Business-critical applications continue their push into the mobile world and, increasingly, that world includes the iPhone - giving the popular device more respect as a business tool, instead of just a toy, and giving IT administrators one less reason to insist on the Blackberry as a preferred handset. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Web Conferencing, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Marketing, Storage, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Cadillacs recalled over software bug
- General Motors issued a recall for almost 13,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles, due to a software bug in the airbag sensor. Transportation-related software problems happen all the time. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA lists details: GM is...
- Tags: Software, General Motors Corp., Software Bug, Software Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Net bombarded by heaviest ever attacks this year
- Online networks suffered their heaviest brute force attacks to date this year, with more sites than ever coming under sustained assault. Online networks suffered their heaviest brute force attacks to date this year, with more sites than ever coming under sustained assault. IP networks were...
- Tags: Network, Attack, Security, Networking, Nick Heath silicon.com, security, malware, botnets, DNS cache, attacks, DDOS
- News items 2008-11-12
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixed
- Microsoft's scheduled batch of patches for November crossed the wires today with fixes for at least four documented vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows and Office users. As previously reported, the company released two security bulletins -- one rated critical, one rated important -- with fixes for flaws...
- Tags: Web, Attacker, Microsoft Office, Flaw, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?
- Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?Nobody can fully replace another person.Apple will suffer, more or less. Nobody can fully replace another.If Jobs' gone Apple won't be today's Apple anymore. There's no point being conservative following Jobs way of doing thing while he is not there.The best thing they...
- Tags: Leadership, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City files Chapter 11ConsolidationCircuit City's reduction decreases the number of stores in which to purchase electronics in many areas.There are now three super banks in the US after the mergers and bankruptcies.Most industries go through a period of consolidation when they mature. Software is a good example. ...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Chapter 11, Circuitcity, consolidation, Fascism
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
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