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- Proof of Concept "carpet bombing" exploit released in the wild
- In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as "carpet bomb" flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code has been released at Liu Die Yu's security blog : Nitesh Dhanjani discovered that Safari for...
- Tags: Desktop, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Liu, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
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- Tech 'tips' for Beijing visitors
- It looks like foreign tourists are avoiding Beijing in droves. China originally expected 1.5 million visitors. Now that's down to 450,000. Still, that's nearly 450,000 journalists coming to town. Everyone's a reporter now, thanks to tiny electronics and the Web. Even tourists should regard themselves as such....
- Tags: China, Journalist, Beijing, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Enterprise 2.0: my $0.02
- Enterprise 2.0 is over for another year and despite a poor start, the event turned out well. I attribute the poor start to the performance of Oracle and Microsoft: two of Jevon MacDonald's 'drag queens.' Both seemed tired, dated and out of touch with the mood of the new generation...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Social Computing, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Groupware, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Mobile 2.0 conference debuting in Europe on July 4th
- Rudy De Waele sent me a message a couple of days ago announcing that the is expanding to Europe and the Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference is coming to Barcelona, Spain on July 4th this year. This is a one day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile...
- Tags: Mobile, Conference, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- The Mac desktop, set to music
- A friend emailed me a link to the above video from YouTube, which is a music video for The Bird And The Bee's "Again & Again" created entirely on/in a Mac OS X desktop. I especially like the creative plug to buy the song on iTunes at the end of...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Video, Corporate Communications, Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Music, Hardware, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- A new kind of cognitive autonomous robots
- European computer scientists have developed a new kind of cognitive robots. In two articles, ICT Results describes how the researchers have combined classical rule-based artificial intelligence and artificial neural networks ANNs (links to part 1 and to part 2). This learning robot 'employs ANNs to manage the low-level functions based...
- Tags: Artificial Neural Network, AI, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Is IT becoming extinct?
- Update 3/26/08: Also see 5 tips to prevent IT extinction. Since the days of punch cards, IT has believed itself to be guardian of precious computing resources against attacks from non-technical barbarians known as "users." This arrogant attitude, born of once-practical necessity in...
- Tags: Information Technology, Dennis Howlett, IT Leadership, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Wal-Mart "snub" no big deal, says ThinkGOS
- Reports on the death of the Wal-Mart Linux PC are greatly exaggerated, according to the man selling its operating system. David Liu, founder of ThinkGOS, whose Linux powers the Everex "Linux PC" which Wal-Mart has dropped from its stores, told ZDNet the move was expected, a function of...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Margin, Return Rate, Desktops, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Microsoft delivers 12 patches to plug Office; 7 for Excel flaws
- Microsoft on Tuesday delivered several patches to fix critical vulnerabilities in Office including a well-publicized Excel flaw. In the first bulletin (MS08-014), Microsoft addressed "several privately reported and publicly reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Birds give a lesson to plane designers
- You all know that most species of animals can fly -- but not humans. There are more than a million species of flying insects, but do you know that among the 13,000 warm-blood vertebrate species which include birds and mammals, about 10,000 of them are able to fly (9,000 birds...
- Tags: Bird, Aircraft, Aerospace, Reynolds, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC
- At CES, Everex is launching a $399 ultramobile that will be sold through Walmart.com starting January 25. The low-cost Everex CloudBook uses the open source gOS V2 Rocket operating system and VIA 1.2GHz C7-M ULV processor, same as the $199 Everex gPC. The Cloudbook is designed for...
- Tags: Google Inc., PC, Ultramobile PC, Everex, Unit, Cloudbook, gOS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Engineering, Open Source, Construction, Ethernet, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- China, Russia at forefront of cyberwarfare
- China, Russia at forefront of cyberwarfareOpen source and cyberwarfareThis is a very insightful article. I am woundering if some has done some research on cyberwarfare and opensource.Thanks for letting us know where we could find some insights on thisJadeSo why do companies continue to offshore jobs and give them nice...
- Tags: Domain names, SECURITY, Hacking, DNS, DNS server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- China, Russia at forefront of cyberwarfare
- Cyberwarfare - long rumored - became a reality in 2007, as Russia it is generally agreed let loose prolonged cyber attacks on little Estonia, China attacked military and government computers in the US, India and Germany, and, in all, 120 countries are using the net for espionage. ...
- Tags: China, Espionage, Attack, Government, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- IBM's liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputer
- IBM's liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputerIt needs some Cold CathodesSorry, but the first thing I thought of was modding this beast.Something like the following:http://www.schrankmonster.de/content/binary/sun_leuchtet_thumb.jpgNow that's a super supercomputer.Don't forget historyI remember that there was a problem with some water cooled systems in years gone by. If the...
- Tags: supercomputer, heat-pipe, IBM POWER6, liquid, leak, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- It's not a Google PC
- Attention Wal-Mart shoppers! The "Google PC" I described yesterday is not really a Google PC at all. GOS, whose Linux distribution powers the new $199 box, is a separate company from Google. All Google is supplying is a toolbar, something many Windows PCs already...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Everex, Microsoft Windows Vista, Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- Everex delivers $198 Google-friendly PC
- Everex has teamed up with open source players to create a $198 PC sans display. The Everex Green gPC TC2502 runs a Linux OS and is loaded with or has links to free applications, including Gmail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google Product Search, Google Blogger, Google YouTube,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Everex, Everex Green gPC TC2502, gPC, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- A robotic Meridian to fly over the poles
- The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle UAV is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Two units are currently built for a cost...
- Tags: Technology Review, Mean, Adobe PDF, Kilogram, Aircraft, Radar, Meridian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-16
- 3 critical flaws fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.5
- 3 critical flaws fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.5Now if only...it didn't break Java. Great that the patches installed so easily. The message about being incompatible with the current version of Java appeared on every computer I've patched so far, and the "Check now" for a resolution does nothing.Can we...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, flaw
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: Prima Official eGuide (exe)
- Kombat 101 teaches you the deadliest kombos, brutalities, and launchers to defeat your enemies. Comprehensive moves list for both Liu Kang and Kung Lao show you how to exploit your characters' strengths. Learn to navigate the single-player campaign using our extensive walkthrough of every level, including tips on how to...
- Tags: Kombat 101, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-07-18
- Microsoft should block that IE > Firefox attack vector
- The ongoing confusion over the IE -> Firefox security vulnerability that introduces a nasty attack vector for Windows users with both browsers installed has raised a serious question about the responsibility of software vendors to protect its customers.First, a quick recap: Thor Larholm releases proof-of-concept for what he calls an...
- Tags: Apple, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Digital rights management, Google, Metasploit, Microsoft, Mozilla, Open source, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
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