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Intel ships BIOS fix for Rutkowska's Black Hat flaw

Intel has shipped a BIOS update with a fix for a privilege escalation vulnerability that was used by rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska to bluepill the Xen hypervisor. The vulnerability was discussed by Rutkowska at the Black Hat briefings earlier this month but details on the exploit were...

Tags: Black Hat, Hypervisor, Motherboard, BIOS Update, Intel Corp., Flaw, System Management Mode, Level Privilege, BIOS, Virtualization, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-27

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Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Alas, Poor Blackberry, I knew him.

verbsjust my opinion but:I brought (s/b took) it with me when I left the house. ...will be happy to bring (s/b take) me on as a new... just my opinion.Just buy a damn phone.Just buy a normal phone, you know, one that makes and receives calls.You tried phoning people...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Smart phones, phone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

AT&T: Google Voice doesn't play fair

So FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wants fairness, eh? We'll give you fairness, says AT&T. In a letter filed with the FCC, the company says, Did you notice, FCC, that Google is blocking phone calls from Google Voice users in rural areas? Why are they doing that? Access expense ...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Commission, Voice, AT&T Corp., Internet, Federal Government, Sales Force Management, Government, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-28

AT&T cries foul to FCC, uses Google Voice to spark Net Neutrality debate

There's a Net Neutrality battle going on and AT&T has put a double-edged sword at the feet of the FCC - and Google's name is written all over it. AT&T sent a letter to the FCC today, asking the regulatory agency to look into the practices of...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Google Voice, Federal Government, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Hijacking Windows System Restore for cybercrime profits

welp.... they are finally getting a taste of their own crap.I wonder what they are doing. We use steadystate on all of our machines. Reboot the machine and everything is restored.Maybe they should move from a PC based environment to a terminal server like system. Each reboot...

Tags: Terminal services, system restore, Hijacking Windows System Restore, cybercrime profit, SteadyState, operating system, terminal server, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Was Apple a "Liar Liar" to the FCC about the Google Voice app?

right...So now you are milking 2 cows: M$ and Apple.Google rules when it comes to software!M$ & Apple would not hold a candle if it was not for their monopolies!Awaits the impending destruction of Google by "The Followers..." ...Yes, there must be an explanation other than "Apple lied... again"[i]Apple hasn't...

Tags: FCC, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Sprint lures two from Verizon; new 'unlimited' plan seals deal

Gone to Sprint!As a 21 year VZW customer and my wife as a 16 year VZW customer, our bills with data on our phones and 400 minutes for me and unlimited and text for hers, our bills were $270/month combined (mine with a 6% discount on a business plan). ...

Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., VZW, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions

United Airlines: Customers are Merely Transactions If you're a loyalty marketer and look at my United profile, you find something that would make you 4.5 on a scale of 5.0 when it comes to warm and fuzzy.   You'd see hundreds of thousands of United Airlines frequent flier FF miles;...

Tags: Customers Ltd., Mile, Customer, United Corp., United Airlines, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Marketing, Human Resources, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Designers build portfolios, maybe land jobs at 99 Designs

Culture of cheap cr@p...at least one designer landed a few bucks for his work and 3) other designers have another design for the portfolio.It's exploitation as far as I'm concerned. Graphic design ... at least good graphic design ... is not a hobby some kid does when he runs out...

Tags: Desktop publishing, Branding, job

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Microsoft Zune HD shows off interface in video

That interface looks so smoothI've never seen an interface that smooth, even on my friend's iPod touch. I can't wait to see the rest of it. I really wanted an iPod touch, but I didn't like the though of being treated like a second-class citizen who needed to shell out...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune HD, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, video

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Should radio have to pay royalties? Pandora, labels say yes

For 80 years, radio has not had to pay for the privilege of playing records over the air. In legal terms, it has not had to pay royalties for the "performance right." Stations still have to pay composer royalties to ASCAP. Web radio, satellite and all...

Tags: Performance, Radio, Royalty, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-14

WinMend System Doctor 1.4 (Windows)

WinMend System Doctor is a Windows-based security application. With its innovative, intelligent detection engine, WinMend System Doctor can effectively detect and fix security vulnerabilities in the system, fix software vulnerabilities in third-party applications, and prevent the running of malicious startup programs, Trojans, BHOs, processes and system services to significantly improve...

Tags: Security Risk, Microsoft Windows, WinMend, WinMend System Doctor, Security

Software downloads 2009-07-06

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"Not that big an issue....Not that big an issue since the defalt in Windows 7 RC is to allways notify... so as long as you don't tamper with the default you should be ok. And hopefully 90% of users will leave it...

Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Adrian, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

The plaintiffs' problem with no software liability

The plaintiffs' problem with no software liabilityThe problem with your exampleis that [i]if I put software on a chip and someone puts that chip in a product[/i], in regaurds to the chip, the issue is obvious: that chip is still the same chip through out it's life: You cannot modify...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Semiconductors, chip, software

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files

Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe filesThey should....Default to show all extensions and give people the ability to hide them if they prefer, not sure why they would, but the option would be there. This is a good point to make and I hope...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, UAC, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Sony KDL-40ZX1M

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-40ZX1MAmong all of the technologies that enable LCD to attempt to rival the picture quality of the best plasmas, LED backlighting is the most effective we've seen. LED-equipped models we've reviewed in the last couple of years have demonstrated superb black-level performance, mostly thanks to...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, speaker, KLV-40ZX1M, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-02-27

Symark PowerBroker: Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise

Without putting more effective controls on high-privilege access such as Unix or Linux root account, enterprises not only expose the most business-critical IT assets to the most fundamental level of risk, they also expose trustworthy administrators to the consequences of privilege abuse by others. Commodity tools such as sudo often...

Tags: Symark Software, Microsoft Access, Linux, Asset Management, UNIX, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Office Suites

White papers 2009-02-20

Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts

Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accountsRe:using pirated windowsThere is no reason that pirated versions of windows should be more vulnerable than genuine ones, this statistic only shows the lack of knowledge and common sense that the people using pirated windows have, since they don't seem...

Tags: Least Privilege account, standard user, Least Privilege, UAC, critical Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft Vulnerabilities, standard User Account, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-10