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- You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers
- I got a lot of great questions and comments via e-mail and in the Talkback section of my previous post on the sudden surge in adoption rates for Windows Vista x64. In this follow-up, I summarize the answers I've found for questions like whether Vista x64 uses more memory than...
- Tags: 32-bit, memory, microsoft windows vista, vpn client, ram, mark russinovich, microsoft windows, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), 64-bit, operating systems, software, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, ed bott
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial software
- Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial softwareRe: Rusinovichhttp://www.analogstereo.com/lamborghini_owners_manual.htmRE: Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial softwarehttp://www.analogstereo.com/lamborghini_owners_manual.htm
- Tags: rootkits, tools & techniques, mark russinovich, commercial software, rootkit, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Vista MMCSS gigabit throttling a victim of hard-coding, jumbo frames to the rescue!
- For the last couple of days I've been working behind the scenes with fellow blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Ed Bott, and Microsoft to get to the bottom of the Vista gigabit throttling effect. This throttling effect occurs when someone launches Windows Media Player and tries to copy files at gigabit speeds. ...
- Tags: packet, performance, network, microsoft windows vista, gigabit, microsoft corp., cpu, mbps, 4k, george ou
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Mark Russinovich on rootkits in commercial software
- What commercial software uses rootkits or rootkit-like technology? I guess it depends on how you define rootkits. Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals (he's the programmer who brought the Sony DRM rootkit into the light of day) discusses commercial software using rootkit technology. In the talkbacks on a previous post, several...
- Tags: mark russinovich, rootkit
- Blog posts 2006-01-15
- Sony's technical and PR fiasco continues
- This isn't going away anytime soon, if ever. Sony's use of rootkit technology in DRM software on some of their CD's is causing an uproar all over the blogosphere. People are calling for a boycott of Sony products, not just CDs, but all Sony products. There's even...
- Tags: rootkits, digital rights management (drm), public relations, sony corp., rootkit, cd, first 4 internet ltd., mark russinovich, digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2005-11-07
- Sony's DRM software called spyware by antivirus vendor
- Well, isn't this interesting. Antivirus vendor Kaspersky has labeled Sony's rootkit technology, used in copyright protection software on some CDs, as spyware. ZDNet writer Matt Loney explains more in his write up. On the Kaspersky Analyst's Diary at Viruslist.com, roel wrote on November 2:In short, Sony BMG...
- Tags: software, mark russinovich, sony corp.
- Blog posts 2005-11-04
- Sony Music CDs surreptitiously install DRM Trojan horses on PCs
- Reports are beginning to turn up around the Web that discuss how certain CDs from Sony Music come with a Trojan horse-based digital restrictions management DRM technology that surreptitiously installs itself as a rootkit on Windows PCs. When software surreptitiously installs a rootkit, it's usually doing...
- Tags: cd, rootkit
- Blog posts 2005-11-01
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- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
- Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...
- Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Vonage narrows losses: Can it grow?
- Vonage has narrowed its losses two consecutive quarters, but it remains to be seen whether the company can grow. The company reported a second quarter net loss of $7 million, or 4 cents a share, on revenue of $228 million. Revenue was up 11 percent from a...
- Tags: revenue, vonage holdings corp., marketing expense, operational accounting, marketing research, finance, marketing, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- News to know: Mozilla; Windows Server; LinuxWorld; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder Mary Jo Foley: What's next for Windows Server Microsoft finalizes SQL Server 2008 TechRepublic: 10 questions and answers about Microsoft Live Mesh Dancho Danchev: Today's...
- Tags: google inc., larry dignan, microsoft windows server, server, apple inc., mozilla corp., linux, phishing, smart phones, service-oriented architecture (soa), cyberthreats, microsoft windows, operating systems, unix, open source, software, security, spam and phishing, consumer electronics, personal technology, web services, enterprise software
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Video: Oracle's CIO on 'Project Sequoia'
- At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday explains the techniques behind Project Sequoia, the company's new data center in Utah. By utilizing outside air, hot aisle containment, and independently controlled supercells, he says this will be its most efficient center yet. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: cio, oracle corp., video, data centers, productivity, corporate communications, storage, hardware, data management, marketing, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- LinuxWorld: Oracle announces Project Sequoia
- At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle CIO Mark Sunday explains the techniques behind Project Sequoia, the company's new data center in Utah. By utilizing outside air, hot aisle containment, and independently controlled supercells, he says this will be its most efficient center yet.
- Tags: linuxworld, oracle corp., data centers, productivity, storage, hardware, data management, linux, oracle
- Videos 2008-08-06
- Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X
- Enterprise software giant Oracle is at LinuxWorld this week, positioning itself as head cheerleader for widespread adoption in the Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speech that discussed Oracle's position around Linux, as well as details of its own deployment, there were two announcements issued today. The...
- Tags: data center, oracle corp., linux, data centers, unix, operating systems, open source, software, storage, hardware, data management, sam diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- HTC Touch Diamond to pass 1 million mark in August, rumors of US CDMA models surface
- The HTC Touch Diamond is an outstanding Windows Mobile device and according to an article on Into Mobile HTC will reach the one million device mark by mid-August with plans to ship two million units this year. The one million mark is a nice achievement, especially considering the device is...
- Tags: high tech computer corp., device, cdma, htc touch, htc touch diamond, 3g, cellular phones, microsoft windows, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, operating systems, software, matthew miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Vivaty rolls out 'student friendly' development platform
- I've written about Vivaty before, the new add-on to your existing social network, modelling your entire network in three dimensions. Before, they gave you your own blank scene and avatar, allowing you to mix and match your own virtual 3D "profile page" which interacts just...
- Tags: 3d, vivaty studio, party creator, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Sprint: Can it convince customers to stay?
- Sprint had some good news Wednesday: The wireless provider lost 901,000 net customers and only 776,000 post-paid subscribers in the second quarter. Wall Street was expecting more customer defections. For instance, Morgan Stanley was expecting post-paid subscriber losses of 947,000. But let's get real here: Sprint is on the ropes...
- Tags: sprint communications, product marketing, customer relationship management (crm), wi-fi, wireless, marketing, enterprise software, software, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Dell's 'Cloud Computing' and other strange stuff
- and When I took a wee poke at Dell the other day I could not possibly have known that labeling something Hybrid and expecting us to meekly gobble it up was only the tip of what can only be described as an ill-conceived marketing strategy iceberg....
- Tags: dell computer corp., hoover, cloud computing, marketing research, marketing, dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- 'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death
- I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...
- Tags: riaa, judge, statute, peer to peer (p2p), internet, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging...
- Tags: google inc., spammer, messagelabs ltd., cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, matthew broersma zdnet.co.uk, spam, worms, malware, google, securuty, google sites
- News items 2008-08-05
- Everywhere I look, I see Clouds
- No, not a comment on the weather in East Yorkshire this 'summer,' but rather a reflection on the recent eruption of content related to Cloud computing. Having taken a long weekend away from the computer, punctuated by occasional iPhone-powered checking of my feeds to sate the addiction, it really did...
- Tags: software, web, cloud computing, web 3.0, cloud, linked data movement, channel management, marketing, paul miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
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