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- With 256-bit encryption, Acrobat 9 passwords still easy to crack
- Following ElcomSoft's claim that despite the 256-bit encryption Acrobat 9 passwords are susceptible to more efficient brute forcing than Acrobat 8 passwords -- a claim that Adobe confirmed citing usability trade-offs and urged users to take advantage of its improved passphrase mechanisms -- ElcomSoft's Dmitry Sklyarov and Vladimir Katalov provide...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Adobe Acrobat, Encryption, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever
- Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Is Apple pricing itself out of education?
- Is Apple pricing itself out of education?Apple is destinedto remain a niche 'elite' market player.o Their O/S is proprietary, o Their iPOD is proprietary,o Their iPhone is proprietary,o Their Mac is proprietary,o Their Hardware is proprietary and locked to their O/S.Apple has essentially 'locked' itself into a limited market for...
- Tags: Desktops, pricing strategy, Apple Inc., education, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Why the "beta culture" will have to change
- Why the "beta culture" will have to changeMore likely a lack of something else...[b]Any problems encountered after that will be addressed in the next beta release. If I need to install production software, I don't want to waste time downloading/installing/testing beta software, so this is upsetting to discover the only...
- Tags: beta, production version, software
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- How our brain sees natural scenes
- Carnegie Mellon University CMU researchers have developed a new computational model explaining how the brain processes images to interpret natural scenes. According to ACM TechNews, the team 'used an algorithm to analyze the patterns that compose natural scenes and determine which patterns are most likely associated with each other.'...
- Tags: Vision, Scene, Computer, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Would you 'Kumo' it?
- Would you 'Kumo' it?RE: Would you 'Kumo' it?Kumo would definitely take some getting used to. First thought, it reminds me of Cujo (Stephen King's rabid dog)...not necessarily a great association. Kimono, closer to home for Japanese language, is a close second. But several million dollars in brand awareness could have...
- Tags: Branding, SEARCH, Kumo, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-23
- 11 "Laws of IT Physics"
- 11 "Laws of IT Physics"Communication is the overriding key factor.The biggest IT failures are a result of not communicating effectively.So do it, communicate clearly and fully. I mean communication in all directions: internal and external and both up-stream and down-stream management. Most importantly, include the people who will be...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Twitterank Creator Speaks
- After my post yesterday afternoon about Twitterank, its creator Ryo Chijiiwa contacted me by email to ask if I'd like to hear his side of the story: I offered him a guest post. Over to Ryo: I blame the Family Guy. There I was in my...
- Tags: Password, Twitter, Twitterank, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Gullible Twitter users hand over their usernames and passwords - did you get your Twitterank yet?!
- Mana from the heavens for cloud sceptics - on a day a lot of professional photographers lost all their images due to the failure of photo hosting site Digital Railroad which went under - as Twitter users fanned their egos en masse to parade their 'twitterank' to their followers. ...
- Tags: Password, Twitter, Twitterrank, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- My Free Antivirus (exe)
- My Free Antivirus is a unique algorithm of scanning, high speed of detection, daily antivirus base updates, protection from cyber viruses, trojans, worms. The Free Antivirus real-time protection module allows you to prevent malware intrusion attempts. My Free Antivirus is undemanding towards computer resources and completely compatible with Microsoft Windows...
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Smart PC Solutions, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- SecuWipe for Pocket PC (exe)
- Erase data from your Pocket PC. Wipe contacts, email, SMS, temporary files, browsing history, files and memory cards. The program employs different data sanitizing algorithms, including zero-filling, U.S. DoD 5220.22-M method, Bruce Schneier's algorithm, and Peter Gutmann's algorithm. Use wiping to eliminate traces of your everyday activity. Or if you...
- Tags: Algorithm, PC, Aiko Solutions, Pocket PC, Engineering, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Promote Geotagging Suite (exe)
- Promote Geotagging Suite locates non-geotagged images and updates their positions from another image taken at the same location, or within a certain timespan. You can choose to copy existing geotag to cover all images taken around the same spot, or use a Smart-Fill algorithm to geotag your images taken as...
- Tags: Geotagging, Image, Artyom Kamshilin
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Software and business method patents may still be valid
- Software and business method patents may still be validNot meaning to be picky, but...The real questions are:1. Was State Street rightly decided? In other words, are software and business method patents really valid, or did the Federal Circuit call it wrong? I think it's the latter.2. ...
- Tags: Wieder, patent, business method patent, software, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Phishers apply quality assurance, start validating credit card numbers
- Phishers apply quality assurance, start validating credit card numbersVery old newsThe "Paypal Omega Watch Dispute" phishing campaign of early 2006 used a number of user input validation techniques, including the Luhn algorithm.Use cancelled "valid" card numbersI sometimes will attempt to poison the phishing stuff using old card numbers I used...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Sales channel, Viruses and worms, phishing, credit card, credit card number, QA
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- R-Crypto Disk Security (exe)
- R-Crypto is an easy-to-use disk encryption software to protect confidential information and personal data on a desktop, notebook, or a removable data storage device against unauthorized access. R-Crypto creates virtual disks virtual data storage devices encrypted on-the-fly. Such virtual disk is an ordinary file stored on any data storage device...
- Tags: Data Storage, Disk, R-Crypto, Data Storage Device, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-31
- Phishers apply quality assurance, start validating credit card numbers
- With the exact number of end users interacting with phishing emails by submitting bogus data still unknown, phishers are on the other hand continuing to apply basic quality assurance processes ensuring that they will be collecting only validated credit card details, and limiting the opportunity for researchers and end users...
- Tags: QA, Credit Card, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Windows 7 - user interface is king
- Windows 7 - user interface is kingMaybe you should have used it a little more...You don't have to use XAML at all to build WPF apps. Every control, UI element etc is a .Net class, and if you like building up your object hierarchies with imperative code, then you can...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, XAML, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, markup, XML, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Associative arrays and elections data
- Associative arrays and elections dataThis is a very useful data structureand what modern language doesnt provide an implementation of it?Neat as your solution it, I have say though I think you're a little hard on SQL. As this data is probably in a RDMBS anyway, if you can write a...
- Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, Databases, Perl, J Smith, John Smith, Associative Arrays
- Discussion threads 2008-10-25
- BetterMemo (exe)
- BetterMemo has a simple, yet powerful concept. It is called spaced repetition learning. Spaced repetition is a learning technique in which increasing intervals of time are used between subsequent reviews. Scientist have found that by studying this way, people actually remember more information, compared to when they repeat the same...
- Tags: Information, BetterMemo Solutions, Productivity, Engineering
- Software downloads 2008-10-24
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