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- E pur se muove (and yet it moves)
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests...
- Tags: Information Security, Galileo Galilei, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
- People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality of widespread malware is a good idea. People who believe that the fundamental design of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Blog, Malware, Apple Inc., Malware Writer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives
- Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...
- Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- In other Nokia news today...
- All the buzz about Nokia today may have been about the launch of the N97, the company's new high-end smartphone. But Nokia did have other news: it has completed its acquisition of Symbian, maker of the mobile operating system on many cell phones. Symbian employees will become Nokia employees on...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Smart Phones, Open Source, Operating Systems, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money
- Forget $25 billion for the U.S.-owned auto companies. Small change. They've upped their request from the feds. GM alone now wants $18 billion. Doesn't that raise your confidence level that these guys are really on top of the situation? Oh, by the way,...
- Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., CEO, Hummer Brand, Focus, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories
- What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Blu-ray, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot
- Can Apple, specifically its iPhone, save an entire industry? The iPhone - now ranked the second most popular smartphone - saw strong enough adoption in the quarter ending Sept. 30 to mask the sluggishness of the overall smartphone market this past summer, according to a report by...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- CIOs vote on Vista for '09
- Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...
- Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com
- News items 2008-12-02
- 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
- Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social media
- How can Newell Rubbermaid, the parent of many wide-ranging brands, benefit from social media? Bert DuMars, the company's VP of e-business and interactive marketing, explains. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Brand, Social Media, Newell Rubbermaid, Graco, Graco Team, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?
- Nokia rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Nokia N97, Nokia, Facebook, MySpace, smartphones, keyboards, Andy Smith
- Image galleries 2008-12-02
- Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0
- Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....
- Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?
- I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...
- Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation
- Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...
- Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
- Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora's box. In an extensions document via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. Extensions are the most requested feature for Chrome. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?
- Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. As I play with--and ponder--the netbook I have and all the tradeoffs...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Nokia N97, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts [video]
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. Once you've watched this IT...
- Tags: Disk, Information Technology, File System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
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