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- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows users
- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows usersagain, Linux is safe folks!only windoze can have so many security holes in a single day.Haven't heart of security issues on Linux for a long time!Why not 89%?Given independant probabilites of 61%, 47%, 34%,...
- Tags: Operating systems, PDF patch, Java QuickTime, daemon, Microsoft Windows, Secunia, Skype Technologies S.A., security, ugly 24-hour, non-Admin, software, Linux, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
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- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista
- Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Evil tech administrators
- Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- 'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city
- 'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and citysome network admins are just crazyI had a temp job at a major firm once, back when Win98 was standard. I decided to change the wallpaper on my computer once, using an image that was located on a network share to which...
- Tags: NETWORKING, administrator, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- 'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city
- Paul Venezia at PC World has an exclusive insider account on Terry Childs, the rogue network admin who locked everyone out of the city's network. The story in essence is Childs is an extreme control freak who built and maintained an extremely complex network, perhaps...
- Tags: Administrator, Network, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest
- Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m bail
- Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m baildarn!I'd like to copyright some of my network admin work too! some of it is a classic that competes with Mozart's best work, while there have been another moments more, um, sex-pistols-like.RE: Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m bailwow!COPYRIGHT??? ...
- Tags: NETWORKING, network administration, jail, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m bail
- This is crazy. Perhaps literally. Terry Childs, computer network administrator for the city of San Francisco, got mad, apparently because his supervisors were trying to fire him, and created a secret root password for himself, locking out the rest of the city. Reported the SF Chronicle: ...
- Tags: City, Network Administration, Network, Terry Childs, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostage
- Dreams come true: network guy holds city hostageMY HEROIt's about time that somebody had the JEWELS to do this, but it is not worth the jail time.I know an Island where they take people like him and make them cry or put him in with other folk to do some...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Construction, Abbie, network guy, network
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Net Spy Pro (zip)
- Net Spy Pro is the ultimate combination network monitoring and remote control software tool. Watch multiple user screens at your workstation in real time. View web sites visited, applications ran and more. Watch keystrokes as they happen! Remotely view a workstation's full-size desktop, send an alert message to a user,...
- Tags: Retina-X Studios, Workstations, Keyboards, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Finding the name behind the GMail address
- Finding the name behind the GMail addressGmail USer NameSorry Dear it didnt worked i gave a try already, kindly dont tell that google has fixed it by now, let me know if it really works....It doesIt does really work, I tried it this morning, and also noticed that someone tried...
- Tags: Google Inc., Gmail-address, Nate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Finding the name behind the GMail address
- Ah, this is a fun little trick. I'm not sure if it represents a vulnerability, but certainly I expect Google will try to get rid of this feature. The SecuriTeam blog has reported that it is possible to expose the full name of the user who registered a GMail account. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, SecuriTeam Blog, Phishing, E-mail Providers, Cyberthreats, Cloud Computing, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- What was that about cutting music?
- What was that about cutting music?Make sure your 'guiders' say the right wordsAlas, a formal education can propel anyone in the real world problem stage. And if a sound science approach no longer works you can rely on ancient models, even before we began to speak. For today...
- Tags: education, music
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
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