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- What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?
- During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut profit margins to help shut out rivals. Both executives punted on several analyst questions for more "color"...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Product Transition, iTablet, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- MSI to build LG's X110 netbook?
- MSI has been pretty successful grabbing headlines with their Wind -- and it seems they've impressed LG, too. Today's DigiTimes is reporting that LG is hoping to solicit MSI's services in order to build its own X110 netbook. The mini laptop is said to boast an 8.9-inch...
- Tags: LG Electronics Inc., MSI, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Super-duper green computers
- If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...
- Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws
- In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...
- Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- First paper-based transistors
- First paper-based transistorsRE: First paper-based transistorsCreating wood-based paper is pretty harmful to the environment. Hemp-based paper is safer for the environment and does not yellow. Also, contrary to popular belief, industrial hemp does not have enough THC content to be used for drug/medicine-related purposes. The US Constitution...
- Tags: Semiconductors, transistor
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?You're correct--This guy is 'reinventing the wheel'ntI suspect that the guy is talking about a free designThat makes the nokia the equivalent of solaris if someone said "we don't need linux, it's just another solaris".Of course these days, Solaris is no longer...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Nokia N800/N810, web tablet, Nokia Corp., Web
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?
- Microsoft is ready to launch its campaign to save Vista's reputation, which has been formed by the software giant's miscues as well as Apple's funny ads. The big question: Is this a mess that Microsoft can market its way out of? Ed Bott found the first hints...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose
- The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...
- Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle
- On July 7, the day before the release of the patch for the now infamous DNS design flaw, hacker Dan Kaminsky with the help of Black Hat conference organizers invited reporters to a press conference to "discuss the massive multivendor patch being released this Tuesday." "A synchronized...
- Tags: Black Hat, DNS, Conference, Dan Kaminsky, Thomas Ptacek, Domain Names, Patches, Security, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...
- Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- XL_Plot (exe)
- The primary purpose of XL-Plot is to create a figure rapidly. It is ideal for for use at high school, as the path from data in one or more spreadsheet columns to the final figure is short just a few mouse clicks and easy to grasp. It contains basic statistical...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, CNRS, XL-Plot, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Desktoptopia (zip)
- With Desktoptopia the user can click to Pause they can also go back, or to the next desktop right from the menubar. Users can rate desktops anytime from the menubar. Users can also subscribe to categories like Photography, Illustration, Typography, Architecture, Graphic Design, 3D, and Abstract; or can mix it...
- Tags: Monitor, Desktoptopia Commercial Partners, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- SoSure (msi)
- Secure your digital valuables with SoSure. SoSure is an easy-to-use continuous backup solution for private and business users, based on the leading IBM technology. With SoSure, your family photos and important documents will be automatically backed up and secured. SoSure is unique in combining a user friendly design with the...
- Tags: SoSure, Backups
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way
- I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
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