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- Remote code execution exploit for Firefox 3.5 in the wild
- Remote code execution exploit for Firefox 3.5 in the wildinstall "noscript" now!This is exactly the type of exploit noscript is designed to prevent - unless you allow the untrusted web site, you will be protected.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722cheersShields Up!:Noscript? Check. Adblock? Check.Ubuntu 9.04 Linux? Check.AppArmor Firefox Profile? Check.Everything is super fine and safe...
- Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Web site development, Microsoft Windows, Web technology, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Web site
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Who's to blame for America's loss of innovation?
- Who's to blame for America's loss of innovation?Mr Fuller. There are a bunch of people that can share this blame. Teacher, Unions,Students,State Gov,Federal Gov and whomever else you would like to throw in hell maybe the bus driver. Anyway the point is that all of parties need to open there...
- Tags: innovation
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Who needs another Windows 7 beta?
- Who needs another Windows 7 beta?They may as well go straight to RTMbecause no matter what happens, we'll be patching the bloody thing for the next 5-10yrs.RE: Who needs another Windows 7 beta?Just give us Windows 7 now! ;) From a purely PR perspective?The PDC release definitely should have been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition team
- Transitioning NASA: Tensions high between Griffin, transition teamHe has always voted against anything NASAHis original plans were to cancel every mayor project at NASA.Then he changed his stand the same day he visited Florida to give a speech near Kennedy Space Center. Then and only then he was pro-NASA.His...
- Tags: O'Keefe, NASA, Griffin, Transitioning, transition team, Space-X
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
- Windows 7 hits Milestone 3
- Windows 7 hits Milestone 3Careful with the generalizations there, kid, you'll put your eye out - NTNTNowHe is starting to sound like Mike Cox :) More euforic and less incorrect facts.God save us allstability, scalability, reliability, security, and robustness? How can you use any of those words in the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Milestone 3, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- How pot may win the war against super-bacteria
- How pot may win the war against super-bacteriaWell, this would be great news for...Lays potato chips!This explains alot!!I think we finally see why Mr. Blankenhorn's writing has been of such "quality"...seems to have an affinity towards the poor, oppressed illegal users of "medical marijuana". Oh...maybe he's got a headache...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Pot
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- The end of Mac clones: Apple sues Psystar
- The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarfinallyI was wondering what was taking Apple so long to respond. I mean why Psystar even did this cloning. They don't know about infringements, or that they can get in trouble? Weird.The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarI hope Psystar pulls a...
- Tags: Desktops, Virtualization Technology, Apple Products, Psystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- 10 top Vista tweaks, part 2
- 10 top Vista tweaks, part 2There's a registry fixIt's an architectural problem, unfortunately. XP sees the new restore points, but can't read them and assumes they're damaged.There's a workaround here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185I prefer to run XP in a VM on a Vista machine rather than dual boot.RE: 10 top Vista tweaks, part...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Home Premium
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- All-you-can-eat multithreading
- Yesterday, I ran across an interesting report by Dan Warne regarding research work at Intel's Shanghai office. It had a number of notable nuggets, such as remote graphics rendering technology that receives wireless video signals from a pocket-sized PC coming soon to an airline seat near you, or software...
- Tags: Software, Video, Programming, Multi-threading, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.
- Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.And this is whyWeb 2.0 will die. Only a fool trusts sensitive data to a third party they have no control over.Service interruptions inevitableI don't care who it is. Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, MSFT...everyone is going to have an outage. ...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Corporate governance, RAID, outage, Amazon.com Inc., BAD BAD new, Amazon S3 web service, Amazon S3 web services down, BAD BAD, AWS, white board, board, backup, Web service
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Leopard: Trying to love Help Viewer's new fascist behavior
- Leopard: Trying to love Help Viewer's new fascist behaviorCriticsEveryone loves them.Do you guys like anything Apple does, or do you whine about everything?RE: Leopard: Trying to love Help Viewer's new fascist behaviori love it, much easier in leopard...if u cant find an item in any of the top menus (i.e...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Help Viewer, help viewer, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- AMD's quad-core 'Barcelona' coming in August
- AMD's quad-core 'Barcelona' coming in AugustInteresting factThis part of the story says it all to me, "Putting multiple cores on a chip isn't a miracle cure, though. For one thing, it's hard to adapt software for the chips--especially software for PCs." right out of the story. Again hardware performance out...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, AMD Barcelona, quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- FTC settles with Enternet Media for $2 million
- The Federal Trade Commission announced today their settlement with Enternet Media for $2 million for putting spyware on users' computers.Under a stipulated final judgment and order, the defendants are permanently prohibited from interfering with a consumer’s computer use, including but not limited to distributing software code that tracks consumers’ Internet...
- Tags: Web browser, Enternet Media
- Blog posts 2006-09-06
- Tablet envy
- Tablet envySpoken like a true Linux geek...[b]Considering the current Origami prototypes have a battery life of 15 minutes (yeah, you read that right), and the execs showing them off continually talk about "in the future," I'd say this is more hype than substance right now. In my opinion, it's just...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, handwriting recognition, tablet, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'
- Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'Will you trust Blu-Ray?Will you trust the Blu-Ray discs, who knows what kind of rootkit will be on those discs? This is a big fiasco for Sony at the worst possible time. Something tells me that those Blu-Ray discs will have a hard time playing on...
- Tags: Rootkits, Branding, Patches, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., rootkit
- Discussion threads 2005-11-13
- Security expert: Vendors to blame, not coders
- Security expert: Vendors to blame, not codersActually BOTH the vendor and the programmers are to blame !!!Both the vendors and the programmers bear responsibility for the CRAP O/S's and software that exists. And yes many a dumbazz consumer is to blame for buying this CRAP. But the majority of security...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software, Windoze O/Ss, software bug, programmer, coder, QA, security
- Discussion threads 2005-10-20
- Future technology: Kutaragi on Cell
- Future technology: Kutaragi on CellHmm, beating a dead horse?Multiple CPU cells require parallel programming. SO you either learn to program in parallel or create a NEW FANGLED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE and force people to parallel program. Its been tried before, and failed miserably before. AFAIK the cray is the only example...
- Tags: Development tools, Processors, cell, programming, Cell
- Discussion threads 2005-08-05
- Getting practical about cell phones and cancer
- Getting practical about cell phones and cancerIf you REALLY want to be safe....http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=72016262-BDB7-CEBA-FA60E922B18C2540Dont:EatBreatheDrinkWalkRunStandSitWear ClothesNot wear clothesIt is just possible that we are all [b]already[/b] deadHow about head sets?As someone who uses a Jabra bluetooth headset, I often wonder if I am increasing or decreasing my exposure to the radiation from...
- Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, radiation, phone
- Discussion threads 2005-04-28
- Outsourcing: Where to draw the line
- Outsourcing: Where to draw the lineOutsourcing: Where to draw the line ?Very close to home, I would think...Grrrrr..."U.S. companies are increasingly turning to other countries to reduce labor costs"All I can say is, if they don't want to support their own country they should get the hell out. Move...
- Tags: Taxes, Operational accounting, American Living, outsource, outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2004-05-05
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