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- Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed
- Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings
- As long as...it's not a 3 strike policy... i'm relativaly ok with this particular thing...Just a notice and notice system, sometimes users dont know if they are doing something illegal. Furthermore, can they proof without anny doubt that there's a copyright infrigement?no they cannotWith such a large criminal records, the...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, RIAA, movie, music, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
- I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Time to ditch Windows for online banking and shopping
- Instead of a live CDWould I be able to install Linux in Windows and do the same?Amen! Happened today to a gov't computerhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/10/computer_hacker_steals_479000.htmlYet another infected computer stealing OUR money.Absolutely ridiculous and irresponsible article!Show me an instance where a flaw in Vista/7 has led to a user being compromised? ...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, exploit, phishing, Linux, operating system, Adrian, online banking
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- BIND is not just legacy freeware
- DNS in the cloud isn't new either...Sounds like they are trying to copy OpenDNS!They are already old tech compared to what's out there...RE: BIND is not just legacy freewareI just remember when Verisign started that program where it hijacked mistyped domains and broke a lot of Internet functionality. Suddenly,...
- Tags: Domain names, BIND, legacy freeware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]
- Why have you ignored the key conclusion?You're not simply intending to start a flame war, are you?Matt Asay concludes in the article you mention:"Has Linux failed?No. Of course not. It has simply grown as its adoption has expanded. This is the problem with success: you get pulled into an ever-widening...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, Linux, Linux IS, Torvalds, kernel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Does Oracle matter to open source
- only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...
- Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- What would it take for you to switch to Linux?
- Secret Service ProtectionI'd consider switching to Linux if I was provided presidential level protection. With all the spyware functionality built into Linux allowing serial killers to track your location, it's simply too dangerous to run Linux. You're literally asking to be killed. Save yourself, pay for your software.Linux - Whom...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, spyware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Apple plugs 33 Mac OS X security holes, updates Flash on Leopard
- Wasn't there just a mega patch 2 weeks ago?Wow, OS X sure needs a lot of patches. But I'm pretty sure these are the last of the vulnerabilities, there probably won't be any patches after this one, right?One bright spotTo be sure this is a mega patch. How do they...
- Tags: Patches, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, OK IT, Apple Inc., vulnerability, security, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes
- So basically all of them......affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?OK.RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holesAll of the bulletins specifically say that Win7 is not affected.Two require no user interaction whatsoever.The first two listed require user interaction only in that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), INTERNET, Patches, UAC, user interaction, OS X., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- LogMein Security: An In-Depth Look
- This paper provides an in-depth look at the security features of LogMeIn.com's remote access product, LogMeIn. LogMeIn.com does not believe in security through obscurity, nor does it expects customers to blindly accept claims to important security features, such as end-to-end encryption. By publishing the details on how the security mechanisms...
- Tags: LogMeIn, Security
- White papers 2009-07-28
- When you see Chrome OS think business model
- When you see Chrome OS think business modelI stopped reading at."But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner"Talk about exaggerating the costs to justify the rest of your article. Not...
- Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc., operating system, malware, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- IE users beware: Zero-day attacks hit Microsoft Video ActiveX Control
- IE users beware: Zero-day attacks hit Microsoft Video ActiveX ControlZero day attacksAgain and again and again. Will Windows ever be secure? In this case apparently just moving over to Firefox would help, but that was not recommended in the article.How soon before the fake Fix-It websites spring up?MS...
- Tags: Web browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., ActiveX Control, Microsoft Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, zero-day bug, Microsoft Video ActiveX Control, Mozi
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?
- Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?All I can say isThis only bodes well for consumers. No matter which search you use, any search page gaining tracktion over another only forces the ones losing tracktion to do thngs better, or fall to obscurity.I normally use Google myself,...
- Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Apple Patch Day: 67 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities
- Apple Patch Day: 67 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilitiesHow about being a real journalistand giving us a count of patches in third-party open source components as opposed to actual OS X patches.One of the big complaints against Apple is that they are slow to update open source patches. So instead...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Apple Mac OS, OSX, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch management, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"
- Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"Heheheh"but what does cause me to toss and turn at night is that the era of Apple?s ?security by obscurity? may be coming to an end"Are you wringing you hands while doing it...I'm actually rocking back in forth in a balled mass...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Tored-A email worm, operating system, OSX, Apple Mac OS, malware, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"
- Last week fellow ZDNet blogger Dancho Danchev posted a piece about a new email worm that has been discovered for Mac OS X called OSX/Tored-A. Most of the examples of Mac malware that have surfaced recently (like OSX.Trojan.iServices.A and OSX/RSPlug-F) are actually Trojan...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, E-mail, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you
- Using selfishness to put crowds to work for youGood griefHave we become this ignorant where the concept of Adam Smith's invisible hand is counter-intuitive and surprising?No wonder we've elected a freaking marxist as president.Code without good documentation has difficulty reaching critical massWhile some simple utilities can get by without documentation,...
- Tags: Wiki, Investment, Self-Interest, good documentation, selfishness
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
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