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- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late
- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too lateRight...Like I'd trust one of these criminals with any machine! Least of all one with personal or business data on it. Better to strip it to the 'bare metal' and reload, start over.I've never been infected, YET. But that doesn't mean it can't happen....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, operating system, Operation Bot Roast
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation
- 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operationAgain , Ye , I ask what is your take on the botnets ?You didn't answer me before . So now I ask again . What is your take on the Microsoft botnet ? Remember this is only one botnet taken down , most...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, NETWORKING, whole Internet, botnet, Operation Bot Roast, Att.net
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
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- A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids
- MIT engineers have developed silicon chips that will be at the heart of a telescope installed on Haleakala mountain, Maui, Hawaii, which will begin operation next month. The system, called Pan-STARRS for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is being developed at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy....
- Tags: Asteroid, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille, Earth, Pixel, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Image, Chip, Pan-STARRS
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Study: Don't repeat IT mistakes from last downturn.
- A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn't need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it's probably not a bad idea to say it anyway. Resist the IT downturn slash. Former Gartner...
- Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Is the 'Green' in Green IT dead?
- In a number of recent client interactions with both enterprise IT end users and vendors, the question of "Is the ‘green' in Green IT dead?" has come up. Primarily driven by the current economic climate, IT end users want to understand how relevant the environmental benefits of Green IT should...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Green IT, Doug Washburn
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Greening the data center
- Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor
- News items 2008-11-17
- After McColo, spam way down - temporarily
- Spam plummeted by two-thirds, in the wake of the plug being pulled on alleged cybercrime host McColo, according to news reports. But virtually no one thinks spam will continue at today's low level of merely 60 billion spam messages per day. ...
- Tags: Spammer, Eastern Europe, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP
- Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is "good thing", this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of...
- Tags: Shutdown, Spammer, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- ITIL V3: Making Business Services Serve the Business
- ITIL V3, the latest version of the IT Infrastructure Library ITIL, represents a significant advancement for the practice of Business Service Management BSM. Changes in ITIL V3 include the restructuring of the library into a service lifecycle framework with lifecycle stages that include Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition,...
- Tags: Business Service, ASG Software Solutions, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-11-12
- Images: Phoenix Lander's life on Mars (and Earth)
- A look back at NASA's Mars lander, which after five months in operation died peacefully due to lack of sunlight to fuel its solar-powered batteries. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Phoenix Technologies, Engineering, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-11-11
- Wave of the future for alternative energy?
- Courtesy: Pelamis Get out your atlas, see if you can find Agucadoura, Portugal. Just three miles offshore there, these big metallic sea snakes are bobbing in the ever-restless waves of the North Atlantic. And they're generating electricity for over a thousand homes on...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Pelamis Wave Power, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Outsourcing, Finance, Financing Startups, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?How about this:"I'm sorry that the collateral debt obligations that were securitised as part of our ongoing risk amelioration program have resulted in a capitalisation issue that affects our human resources capacity"I sort of like the way the Brits put...
- Tags: Human Resources, pink slip, layoff
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Pacemaker problem not about the iPod
- Pacemaker problem not about the iPodummmmmmmm, i kinda see the point..People might let them hang around their neck for a minte. Maybe on their chest while laying down.. but i doubt they would be on.I see this in a list of dont do's for people who receive these devices.......
- Tags: Apple iPod, headphone, magnet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- The Business Resource Planning Farm League
- The enterprise juggernauts in the Enterprise resource planning ERP space are duking it out in rapidly changing business conditions - SAP are offering packages of applications with zero percent financing, Oracle are on the acquisition trail, buying regulatory compliance rules company Haley, their tenth buy this...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, Small Business, Productivity, Taxes, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT Job
- GM just announced a huge loss, Toyota's American operation is in financial trouble, Chrysler is thought to be the worst off of the them all - what's really causing this, what can be done to help, and who's job is at risk? Roger's job - and in this context we...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Roger, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy, Vehicle, Automobile Company, Third World, Manufacturing
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Microsoft Research and their secret projects
- Microsoft Research and their secret projectsAgreed, congrats on U.S.A. for doing the right thing ...... and now it's time for that new friendlier form of Capitalism that Gates spoke of.We may be entering an era where technology can benefit now - in other words, the filthy greed that once was...
- Tags: Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Microsoft Research and their secret projects
- Over the years, Microsoft has dominated the marketplace with some ground breaking products. Not just Windows or Office, but spreading to the web, communications, education and research. But most people will know they work behind the scenes on seemingly insignificant stuff, that may or may not end up being the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., 3D Face Modelling, Wi-Fi, Podcasts, Wireless, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild
- First came Microsoft's emergency patch. Then the public release of reliable exploit code. Now, virus hunters are reporting two new in-the-wild worms exploiting the critical MS08-067 vulnerability. The worms, intercepted on Chinese-language versions of Windows, are being used to install a Trojan downloader, a denial-of-service bot and...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Worm, Attack, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Geek Gift Guide 2008: Amazon Kindle
- With its paper-like display, wireless capability, PC-free operation, and thousands of titles from Amazon's catalog behind it, the Kindle may be the first e-book reader to gain broad acceptance.TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler tested the Kindle for several weeks--reading a work from one of his favorite authors, perusing Amazon's Kindle Store, retrieving...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Bill Detwiler, E-books, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Personal Technology
- Download resources 2008-11-04
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