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Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit

Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...

Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server

Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, Servers, OK IT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

VCs find living dinosaurs...in Detroit

Not to defend detroit but......but you can't possibly believe that the companies you list are real contenders in the US market. Tesla? Come on. Have you looked at the prices they list on their web site? Their cheapest car starts at $50 grand. Anyone looking for...

Tags: OK IT, global warming, Tesla

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

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

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1

JavaScript speed test: iPhone 3G S whips Palm Pre and Google G1It is on par with the iPhone 3G v 3.0 thoughRegardless how much JS do you want on a phone with a tiny screen?also Anandtech's Wifi tests: iPhone beats Pre 20+%, beats G1 even morehttp://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3587Wow, great job Apple!My WM...

Tags: Scripting languages, OK IT, Apple iPhone, JavaScript Speed Test, Palm Pre, Google G1, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, JavaScript, Palm Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

MSI ultrathin, ultra-low voltage 'Macbook Air killer' gets a price tag

MSI ultrathin, ultra-low voltage 'Macbook Air killer' gets a price tagOK, it's thin.But that is not the only reason why people buythe Mac Air. People buy it because.1) The screen looks great.2) It runs the software they want it to.If you have someone who is a Mac person, they...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI, MacBook Air Killer, ultrathin, Apple MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, OK IT

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?

Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?Headline misleading...Can we hold off until the actual figures are released TOMORROW before calling Apple's Mac business "failed"?OK it garners clicks BUT pretty obvious click whoring to me.Most companies wish they had as big a failure as Apple's Mac business. Truth be known they...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Desktops, Notebooks, OK IT, Apple Inc., Apple Mac business, netbook, Apple Mac

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Blumenthal needs to define the word open

Blumenthal needs to define the word openOpen Like Google?Please clarify how Google is and example of 'open' ??? Google does publish some of its API, but it is a generally secretive company and reverse engineering its algorithms are the subject of a minor industry for Search Engine Optimization....

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., API, Blumenthal

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Is Dell too late for the smartphone party?

Is Dell too late for the smartphone party??bOOOUUUUuuuhaahaahaaaaahahaaaaaa !?I don't undestand how Android......would keep a Dell phone from being news. In fact it could help them make news. They were reportedly supposed to announce and Android phone a month ago. They would have been the second company to announce and...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Branding, OK IT, phone, Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc., brand, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Cox Cable will block P2P traffic as it sees fit

Cox Cable will block P2P traffic as it sees fitWon't be a problem...Although Cox is my current ISP, Verizon has already strung fiber in front of my house. So, things like this make it that much easier to say that Cox is my soon-to-be-former ISP. How are "instant...

Tags: E-mail, Service level management, Peer to peer (P2P), OK IT, Cox Cable, P2P Traffic

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

How to be less stupid in 2009

How to be less stupid in 2009The ribbon, a "debacle?""As has been shown in the ‘ribbon' menu debacle of Office 2007, no-one will likely want it."There have been some dissenters, but from what I've read so far, the biggest complaints have been simply that it's so different and the lack...

Tags: Strategy, ribbon, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Nokia was the world's largest computer maker in 2008

Nokia was the world's largest computer maker in 2008Silly headlineUntil you can bluetooth to a VGA screen and keyboard, a pocket device like that isn't a "computer" in my book.Although that would be a cool device. Set it down in an office and it connects to your WIFI, wirelessly interfaces...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Nokia Corp., computer company, Nokia E90

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from feds

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from fedsReadying your champagne, Harry?Is the bottle on ice? Are you ready to laugh and celebrate the loss of jobs in Detroit? Real people, real families, real homes?Why, yes! Big old evil automobile manufacturers, and the henchmen that assemble the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Manufacturing, Benefits, Strategy, payroll solutions, OK IT, Corker, worker, Shrinking, government, UAW

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVo

How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVoI think you meant..."With the TiVo DVR, whatever you programmed in last takes priority." From context I think you mean that this happens with the Time Warner SA DVR, since on a TiVo by default new SPs get the *lowest* priority...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, OK IT, TiVo Inc., digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

EPIC iFAIL

EPIC iFAILhmmm 2.0iPhone software 2.0 can import all your contacts from your SIM card. JUST FYI.RE: EPIC iFAILWell since you have a T-Mobile phone and it also has a SIM card you can copy all your contacts to your SIM card and Then all you have to do is have...

Tags: Flash memory, OK IT, EPIC iFAIL, EPIC, Apple iPhone, lunatic, SIM card, reasonable people

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Yahoo introduces two new e-mail address domains

Yahoo introduces two new e-mail address domainsRE: Yahoo introduces two new e-mail address domainsWhile ymail.com may be new, rocketmail.com is at least 10 years old. I used to have a rocketmail.com account and then Yahoo bought them - it's the only reason I had a yahoo.com email address in...

Tags: Domain names, OK IT, e-mail address, new e-mail address domain, e-mail address domain, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., domain name

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Boy, I'm glad I didn't waste my money on a Psystar OpenComputer!

Boy, I'm glad I didn't waste my money on a Psystar OpenComputer!Only couple of complaints so farIt seems that biggest complaints are noise and bad packaging. Other than that problem is with apple OS.Full of complaintsFirst, it was their address and that it seemed like a hoax. OK, it is...

Tags: BIOS, Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Friday Rant - The Office Ribbon

OK, it's Friday, time to vent the frustrations and anger built up over the week.  This post is the first of what I hope will become a regular series of rants.  Some will relate to hardware, others not (and some, like this rant today, will touch on some hardware issues).My...

Tags: Software, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-18

What will be announced at the New York Nokia Open Studio?

OK, it is appearing like today is Nokia day on my blog, but I just had to post one more entry regarding the company and upcoming news. I am going to be out in Boston at the end of September for a short 3 day trip and the timing couldn't...

Tags: OK IT, Nokia Corp.

Blog posts 2006-09-11

Exploits in the wild for IE6 flaw growing! Hardware-enforced DEP promising!

Ok it's late Friday night but it's been a rough day for us security folks especially Microsoft. As I warned in my last blog "zero-day exploit for IE6 flaw released", this is VERY serious and it has all the markings of another WMF nightmare for Internet Explorer 6. ...

Tags: data execution prevention, hardware-enforced DEP

Blog posts 2006-03-25