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- Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service
- Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority is reporting that a sustained spamming attack during the past 24 hours managed to cause a successful Denial of Service attack on the email services of the islands only Internet Service Provider. More info on the attack : More...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Spamming, Attack, Email Service, Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority, E-mail, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Security, Online Communications, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
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- Facebot transforms Facebook into massive botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, Facebot, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Martin jabs back at Comcast over suit
- FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin responded to Comcast's lawsuit challenging the agency's authority to sanction the company. "Given Comcast's past failure to disclose its network management practices to its customers, it is important Comcast respond to the many still-unanswered questions about its new management techniques," Martin...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Comcast challenges FCC authority
- I don't have time to review this right now, but I wanted to get it up ASAP. Comcast is appealing the FCC decision on network management, even though it plans to comply. Here's the message I received: In connection with its filing today in the...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Sales Force Management, Federal Government, Internet, Networking, Sales, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- What can we do better?
- I'm collecting data from teachers across my district (using a Google Form, of course), trying to get a handle on issues we still haven't addressed, ways we can use technology more effectively, and what their wishlists might be for the coming year. Here's the questionnaire that went...
- Tags: Classroom, Teacher, Notebooks, Productivity, Telephony, Projectors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
- It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'
- Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric?How about a plug in hybrid that uses CNG and electric instead of gasoline/electric? The other thing to consider is that trucks, construction equipment, and farm equipment could be converted to CNG....
- Tags: CNG, car
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Looking deeper into Comcast's new cap
- Looking deeper into Comcast's new capWhat's behind the Comcast cap?Well, I say we should strike "Comcast" and substitute "Cable" in its place!What I dislike the most about politically correct constructs is the milky-toast tone typically used. Cable Internet IS DEAD! The dinky little coax does well delivering low grade T.V.,...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, cable, Comcast Corp., satellite, bandwidth, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Obama, gene, virus, Creationists, Natural Selection, Sarah Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- Really fascinating news: Virus is passed from parent to child in the DNA. Researchers found that roseola, an infection that everyone apparently gets but only 20 percent of children develop the characteristic rash that gives it its name, is actually in our DNA. It co-evolved into us, which raises some...
- Tags: DNA, Chromosome, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- When I said that CXO's wouldn't give Google Chrome a nanosecond's thought, I under-estimated. They'll give it about five seconds and then pass straight to the corporate legal department. Why? EULA Clause 11.1: You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that...
- Tags: Google Inc., EULA, Chrome, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks
- Certain features of increasingly widespread enterprise smartphones may aid criminals in hiding incriminating evidence, says the UK's Serious Fraud Office. Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital-forensics expert has warned. The head of the UK's Serious...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Team, Mobile, Unit, Encryption, Keith Foggon, PC Architecture, Team Management, Smart Phones, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Nick Heath silicon.com, fraud, iPhone, security, Apple
- News items 2008-09-03
- 2008 Acura MDX
- Photo gallery:2008 Acura MDXThe 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and found it chock full of tech options inherited from Acura's sedans, and with improved handling courtesy of similarly upgraded four-wheel-drive management. Back in 2006, the first-generation MDX had some...
- Tags: navigation system, Acura MDX, Acura, car
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Code is lawCopyrighted state codes?Any chance you could provide a list of states that do that? This is definitely something voters should know.RE: Code is lawReceived this from Carl and I tried to edit the post to get it right:***Usually, the states don't claim copyright but the people who...
- Tags: Government, State Laws
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Code is law
- Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...
- Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Alcatel-Lucent names new CEO, Chairman
- Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday it has named Philippe Camus as non-executive Chairman and Ben Verwaayen as CEO. With the move Alcatel-Lucent has put the not so-glorious reign of CEO Patricia Russo behind it. Telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent, which was formed by the merger of Alcatel and Lucent, has...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Alcatel, CEO, Ben Verwaayen, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Software, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- PBS Kids Play (exe)
- PBS Kids Play is a new online software program for children ages 3 to 6. By playing playing interactive games and activities with PBS Kids characters, your child can explore essential preschool and kindergarten skill areas. These include math, science, early reading, and creativity. PBS Kids Play adapts to your...
- Tags: PBS, PBS Kids Play, Quality, Games, Productivity, TVs, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
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