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Metasploit Project's site hijacked through ARP poisoning

Metasploit Project's site hijacked through ARP poisoningTime to hold the Chinese's feet to the fire on thisIf Beijing is serious about being a respected member of the world community, it should suppress hacking as much as other countries at the first tier of world power do.Instead, the evidence is good...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, ARP Poisoning, Metasploit Project, ARP

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Code attacking Windows flaw posted

Attack code exploiting a recently-patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has been posted to the Internet, PC World reports The software was added to the widely used Metasploit project--a favorite of both security researchers and malicious hackers--at around 1 a.m. Thursday morning Pacific Time, according to H.D. Moore,...

Tags: Metasploit Project, hacker, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-08-11

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Constellation Wines (maker of Mondavi, Wild Horse and other big U.S. wine brands) goes solar

Pacific Power Management is building out a 1.2-megawatt solar system that will cover the winery warehouse roof for theConstellation WinesU.S. Gonzales Winery in Monterey, Calif. The system, set to be completed by the end of 2008, is supposed to produce more than 1,700,000 kilowatt hours per year. ...

Tags: Winery, Brand, Wine, Pacific Power Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-15

JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool

Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...

Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Use this presentation to plot your organization's projects

Classifying your projects will help you ensure that they're aligned with your company's business goals. Jay Rollins classifies projects as infrastructure, transactional, informational, or strategic -- a system that can help you balance your project portfolio so that it reflects your company's risk tolerance. This PowerPoint presentation will help you...

Tags: Project, Jay Rollins, Blogging, Microsoft Office, Internet, Office Suites, Software

Download resources 2008-10-15

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,  as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-14

IT's challenges: The end of device charging; ROI; Super programmers

Gartner on Tuesday outlined its grand IT challenges from 2008 to 2033 and it includes a world where you'll never have to charge your device. That was one of the futurama type predictions outlined by Gartner analyst Ken McGhee at the firm's Symposium ITxpo. These prediction presentations...

Tags: Device, Information Technology, Gesture, ROI, Programmer, Programming, Wireless, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Development Tools, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?

Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?Being left alone may not be a problem.Remember the executive whose open source company was purchased by Red Hat. He complained that Red Hat wouldn't provide the resources needed for the project, but instead expected a "community" to do the work at much...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

What OpenOffice site crash means

What OpenOffice site crash meansSo, I should pay for free software so I don't pay Microsoft?It's not for everyone. However, the reason Microsoft has more robust features is because they spend more money on it. That money is funded by higher prices for their software. If you or your company...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, free software, Open Office Writer

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Are software megavendors too big to stumble?

Are software megavendors too big to stumble?Upstarts are unlikely to arise...... so long as open source limits the profitability of alternatives. And, as Oracle has shown, when there's real value and credibility, an open source project can be purchased becoming part of the stack.So the real question is, which...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

SAP's forced march may be good news

At SAP TechEd Berlin, Leo Apotheker, co-CEO reinforced the message that the enhancement packages will significantly reduce the amount of testing that customers need undertake as part of an upgrade. However, consultants disagreed. Jim Spath of Black and Decker for instance said: "There is no way we...

Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Audience breakdown of for podcast downloaders

as groups of internet users February-April 2006 August 2006 May 2008 Total internet users 7% 12% 19% Men 9% 15% 22% Women 5% 8% 16% Age 18-29 10% 14% 27% Age 30-49 8% 12% 20% Age 50-64 5%...

Tags: Internet User, Experience, Podcasts, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, NB

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Stealth Company decloaks... as Siri

Silicon Valley stealth-mode startup, Stealth Company, revealed a little more about itself overnight and rebranded as Siri. Stealth Company's website has proved vague at best over the past few months, for example tantalising with allusions to underpinning technology; "We are not building...

Tags: Software, SRI International, Siri, CALO, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law

Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law"This law will dramatically move the priority of IP enforcement up..."I certainly hope so, because we all know that IP enforcement is much more important than the minor issues like counter-terrorism, border patrol, organized crime and the thousands of unsolved murders committed...

Tags: Copyright Czar, Pro-IP, Prez

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over

Being a CEO today just stinks. The economy is melting down. No one trusts each other. And the chieftains don't even know if their customers will survive. What's this mean for your technology department? A lot of upheaval and perhaps one big do-over that starts in 2009. ...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Technology Department, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?

OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?I don't think that Microsoft products cost anything to companies marginallyI believe my company has agreement with Microsoft where we pay them a fixed fee, and we get to use Microsoft software all we want. This would include Office. Therefore...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, OpenOffice 3, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., software

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

EU group demos quantum cryptography

Under the auspices of the European Union, the world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, Silicon.com reports. It's the product of four years of work by 41 organizations from 12 countries, overseen by the SECOQC (Development of a Global Network for Secure Communication Based on...

Tags: Cryptography, Quantum Cryptography, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Security, Security, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Top TV programs for product placement on cable in the first half of 2008

Program Network Total # Occurrences American Chopper TLC 26,794 Project Runway BRVO 10,316 Top Chef BRVO 9,316 Rob & Big MTV 8,604 L.A. Ink TLC 5,849 Real World Road Rules Challenge MTV 5,504 Making the Band...

Tags: MTV, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-10-13

19% of internet users have downloaded a podcast

19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later, - according to Pew Internet Project. This most recent percentage is up from 12% of internet users who reported downloading podcasts in August 2006 survey and 7% in February-April...

Tags: Internet User, Podcasts, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Repairing genetic mutations with lasers?

German researchers at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel CAU think they've proved that genetic information can be controlled by light. The group studied the interaction between the four DNA bases -- adenine A, cytosine C, guanine G, and thymine T -- by using femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The researchers think that...

Tags: DNA, Laser, CAU, Adenine Femtosecond, Biotechnology, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-12