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LiveJournal's new owners stick it to Advisory Board

LiveJournal's new owners stick it to Advisory BoardIt's not like anybody uses LJ anymoreThe damage will be minimal and it will die a quick and painless death. And the only people who will notice are the people who like to reminisce about what they did in 2002.RE: LiveJournal's new owners...

Tags: LiveJournal, Advisory Board, new owner

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

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$236m judgment against spammer couple

How much is spam worth? In the case of a couple who sent millions of spams to a small ISP, $236 million. That's the judgment a federal judge in Iowa levied against the husband-and-wife spamming team of Henry Perez and Suzanne Bartok, IDG reports. Over four months in 2003,...

Tags: Judgment, Spammer, CIS Internet Services, Spam, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

New book details how to break iPhone passcodes and recover data

O'Reilly just released a new book, iPhone Forensics, Recovering Evidence, Personal Data, and Corporate Assets (US$39.99) by Jonathan Zdziarski. Any given iPhone is likely to contain sensitive information belonging to its owner, and some types of information that may belong to others: corporate email, documents, and photos, to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks

The indictments are part of the FBI's Operation Cyberslam, said to be the US's first successful investigation into a large-scale, commercially motivated denial-of-service attack Two Europeans, one of whom is English, have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in connection with a 2003 distributed denial-of-service attack that...

Tags: FBI, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Operation Cyberslam, Gembe, Federal Government, Government, security, botnet, cybercrime, DOS, attacks, Matthew Broersma, ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-10-06

Household Register 2009 (exe)

Household Register for Windows helps you organize and manage a detailed list of everything you own. It's ideal for both home and office. The program automatically organizes each entry by category, location, and owner. You can customize the category, location, and owner look-up lists to fit your needs. The program...

Tags: Category, Owner, TurboSystems, Microsoft Excel, Printers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Mac ready the enterprise?

Mac ready the enterprise?My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem...My work MacBook Pro just experienced this very problem. When I'm at home I connect it to my external 22" CRT, keyboard, mouse, etc. It stays there until I get back to work where I use it...

Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, laptop computer, video, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!

Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!The lack of features is a featureThe Kindle is actually eating Apple's lunch. By offering no features other than the ability to read books, the Kindle is doing what Apple typically does best: offer fewer features at a greater price. The Kindle...

Tags: E-books, Corporate communications, Games, Monitors & displays, Amazon.com Inc., E-Ink, lunch, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Schwarzenegger terminates new data breach bill (again)

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed data breach notification legislation for the second time in the last year. The bill, dubbed the Consumer Data Protection Act, would have required retailers that take card transactions to disclose more detail about any data breach. Schwarzenegger's veto comes after the...

Tags: Bill, Payment, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Agency, Schwarzenegger, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Netflix news: Starz catalog added to online service, streaming to PS3, Xbox 360 through PlayOn beta software

The Netflix ecosystem is expanding as the popular DVD rental company tries to bulk up its online video streaming business in anticipation of the day when fewer and fewer people want to watch movies after waiting to get a disc in the mail. Last week, the company announced a deal...

Tags: Software, NetFlix Inc., Starz, Sony PlayStation 3, Movie, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, MediaMall Technologies, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts

Somehow I'm not surprised to read that Gov. Sarah Palin has more email accounts. It's now very well known, of course, that her office operated Yahoo accounts. Someone breached one of the Yahoo accounts, prompting an Internet manhunt. Now the Washington Post reports (yeah, I...

Tags: e-Mail Account, Yahoo! Inc., Governor, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

44% of second hand mobile devices still contain sensitive data

According to a recent research conducted by BT, the Edith Cowan University, and the University of Glamorgan Wales, 44% of the 160 second-hand devices that they tested, still contained sensitive data such as bank accounts, board meetings, business plans, and financial data. Using the data obtained, their analysis indicated a...

Tags: Bank, Financial, Mobile, Data, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-30

BIOS settings demystified

BIOS settings demystifiedVery good info - thanks!One thing I found which maybe everyone else already knew, and I don't know if it is common to all BIOS versions or just the ASUS KV8 that I have, but under the Advanced tab, there's a Legacy USB support option - having it...

Tags: BIOS, BIOS Settings

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Xohm Unveiled In Baltimore, not BAWA

This morning Sprint launched its long-awaited commercially-available Xohm service in its Baltimore Market. Xohm is Sprint's brand for its WiMax service, which follows the 802.16e standard. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5...

Tags: Sprint Xohm, Price, Sprint Communications, Modems, Hardware, Components, Lisa Pierce

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Walmart to pull plug on DRM servers

Walmart to pull plug on DRM serversThe lie in their emailBeginning October 9, we will no longer be able [b] [i] refuse [/b] [/i] to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com.Edit: Whoops! How do you do a strikethrough in Talkback?Edit edit:...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, server, digital-rights management, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-28

Jackson Browne and Copyright

Jackson Browne and CopyrightRE: Jackson Browne and CopyrightPosted to the wrong place. Moved here: http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11048-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=52418&messageID=988050&start=-9996?SO!WHO CARES WHOM YOU VOTE FOR!!!!!I agree. it should be the length drugs are givenDrugs take far more money and time to produce than movies and music. On top of that, they may...

Tags: Jackson Browne, Fair Use

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Website Backlinks Checker (exe)

Reciprocal links monitoring software checks status of advertisers site links on publisher sites. Backlink tracker can track direct link, inward links, JavaScript links, and reciprocal links availability and produce report in html & txt formats. Inward link checking program imports CSV or text file formats and inform you by sending...

Tags: Data Recovery, Monitoring, Web Site, Data Recovery Utilities, Web Site Development, Storage Management, Web Technology, Databases, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-09-26

Hands on: Slingbox PRO-HD

Unless you're someone who spends a lot of time Slinging content from your high-def TV to a computer elsewhere on your home network, you're not likely to see a whole lot of reason to upgrade - at least not quite yet - to the new $299 Slingbox PRO-HD, which began...

Tags: Bedroom, Home Network, Satellite, HD, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Reverse Phone Record Search Engine (exe)

Locate out the owner of any cell phone or unlisted number. Results include name, current address, carrier, and location details when available. Your search is 100% confidential. Research a number that appeared on your phone bill, Find out the source of a harassing prank caller. Locate an old friend from...

Tags: Phone, Search Engine, Essentials, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-09-25

iPhone 3G experiences

I thought I'd stop after traveling from event to event, catch my breath and take a moment to review my experiences working with the iPhone for the last month or so. The following musings are in no particular order. The user interface is...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Traffic Increase eBook (zip)

Traffic Increase eBook covers the tips that a Web master or Web site owner must know to increase the traffic. Some of the topics that we discussed are article marketing forum marketing, traffic exchanges, free classifieds, press releases, resource box, email, Google AdWords, title tag, submission to directories, HubPage and...

Tags: Web, BSystems, Channel Management, E-books, Marketing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-24