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Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerability

Mozilla confirms Firefox proof of concept information leak vulnerabilityThe more I use firefox, the less impressed...I am. After install a third party firewall I discovered that it reports to Google search disabled and fishing detection disabled with every web site I visit.And now, the fact that someone can read what...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Opera Software, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, NoScript, proof of concept

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flaw

Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flawNothing to be afraid of[i]A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X[/i]This is merely proof of concept code written by a researcher. There is no way a real "hacker" would ever take this PoC code and do...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, SECURITY, proof of concept, Apple Macintosh, flaw, Apple Safari, operating system, Mac Attack, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2006-11-21

Zero-day PoCs on the loose for Mac

Zero-day PoCs on the loose for MacWhat's that got to do with releasing proof of concept?Proof of concept code hurts everybody. Linux wasn't excluded when proof of concept was released for Firefox. As to my platform choices, my office is Windows only so I use a Tablet PC there, my...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Macintosh, proof of concept, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Microsoft Announces The Live Era

Microsoft Announces The Live EraSociety wins here...With Microsoft moving into the Live Web, we are now going to see the Internet fulfill the promises that yokel companies like Google and Yahoo can only dream. Armed with the powers of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, armies of MCSDs will...

Tags: Channel management, Enterprise software, Live Era, Live Web, proof of concept, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-01

Additional Resources

Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...

Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration

There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...

Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Photos: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

The Fusion, Ford's bread and butter mid-size sedan, gets a significant update for 2010, complete with new body work, new cabin tech options, and an all new hybrid model. The powertrain is a refreshed version of that found in the Ford Escape Hybrid, and it gets a concept car-like dashboard...

Tags: Photograph, Ford Motor Co., Powertrain, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-20

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...

Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Towards a World Wide Grid?

In recent months, the concept of 'cloud computing' was all the buzz. European researchers think about another name, the World Wide Grid, which could run on top of the Internet. In an article to appear soon, ICT Results will report about the g-Eclipse project. As the scientists said, 'the g-Eclipse...

Tags: Grid, Roland Piquepaille, Middleware, Eclipse, g-Eclipse, Eclipse Project, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Telecommuting Policy

Telecommuting is the concept of working from home or another location on a full- or part-time basis. Telecommuting is not a formal, universal employee benefit. Rather, it is an alternative method of meeting the needs of the company. This policy allows your organization to detail if, how, and what's expected...

Tags: Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Download resources 2008-11-19

Forrester, SaaS and market uptake in IT management

Competition in the Changing IT Management Space Yesterday I discussed CA's move into SaaS-based IT Management. Today, a Forrester Research shared with me a new report their firm also released yesterday (How Big Is SaaS In IT Management Software? by Peter O'Neill) on the predicted...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, IT Administration, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Markets, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-18

More OLPC Give One Considerations

It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Going "Core i7" - What you need!

You know something funny, despite the current economic downturn, my Hardware 2.0 mailbox provides conclusive proof that there are folks out there who want to spend up to $1,000 on Intel's newest piece of silicon - the Core i7 processor. But what do you need to get make your "Extreme"...

Tags: Semiconductors, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Motherboard, Price, Intel Corp., Processors, Components

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Going Core i7 - What you need!

You know something funny, despite the current economic downturn, my Hardware 2.0 mailbox provides conclusive proof that there are folks out there who want to spend up to $1,000 on Intel's newest piece of silicon - the Core i7 processor. But what do you need to get make your "Extreme"...

Tags: Semiconductors, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, intel, cpu, processor, core, i7

Image galleries 2008-11-17

OLPC revives G1G1: too little, too late

Oh, there's lots of excitement that OLPC is bringing back Give One, Get One for this holiday season. Amazon is selling the green machines in pairs (one for a kid in the developing world, one for yours) and the G1G1 program is going global, too. ...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Whatever happened to the 'middle' in middleware?

Quote of the week: "In the mid 1990s, 'middle' meant 'the gaps between applications and software components.' Middleware was technology you turned to in order to try to build distributed systems: transaction processing middleware, database middleware, object middleware... Middleware was a technological concept. ...Now, 'middle' means...

Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Is Sonatype a harbinger of the future?

Maven uses a Project Object Model concept an XML construct to handle software management for large Java installations. It offers integration with NetBeans and Eclipse. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Software, Maven, Java Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Zend Technologies Ltd., Start-up, Eclipse, Apache Maven

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured

Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...

Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Kayak, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Mobile phone redemption: Make responsible disposal part of new purchases

Can't forget mobile phones in the ramp-up to America Recycles Day. Nokia weighs in with these fun facts, some of which I've kinda reported before but that bear repeating: - Less than 10 percent of Americans recycle their mobile devices (notice that doesn't cover just phones)....

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-13