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- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?
- At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...
- Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- 3D gaming benchmarks for all three late-2008 MacBooks
- 3D gaming benchmarks for all three late-2008 MacBooksuh....How do they compare to pc gaming rigs...Or are you afraid to do a comparisonWhy even mention gaming...Seriously, why? "hard core gamers"? Where? Nothing like packing Apple's finest with 2 year old graphics cards. I guess when the latest games lag out from...
- Tags: Games, Notebooks, Desktops, game, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Obama community blog redirecting to malware
- Hot on the heels of yesterday's Obama-related spam campaign comes the discovery that attackers are redirecting people from an official Barack Obama website to malware when they search for anti-virus to address the threat. During the course of follow-up research on the Obama malware blast, Sascha...
- Tags: Blog, Malware, Community Blog, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
- One would assume that popular sources for zero day vulnerabilities+Poc's such as Full-Disclosure, Bugtraq or Milw0rm are the primary sources for obtaining responsibly or irresponsibly released flaws. They'd be wrong. The black market for zero day vulnerabilities and the concept of over-the-counter OTC trade of zero day flaws, has been...
- Tags: Web, Vulnerability, Web Application, SQL Injection, Exploit, Day Vulnerability, E-shop, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Formal Analysis of SAML 2.0 Web Browser Single Sign-On: Breaking the SAML-Based Single Sign-on for Google Apps
- Single-Sign-On SSO protocols enable companies to establish a federated environment in which clients sign in the system once and yet are able to access to services offered by different companies. The OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language SAML 2.0 Web Browser SSO Profile is the emerging standard in this context. This...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, SAML, Single Sign-on, Analysis, Authentication/Encryption, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-10-27
- A quick update on OpenSUSE
- A quick update on OpenSUSEWindows is not the answerWhat part of issues with Vista in the first place did you miss? [url=http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1910]Read up...[/url] Linux is his answer. Wireless with Broadcom has always been a PITA, they are being dorks and not helping out. BUT ndiswrapper will solve the problem. ]:)RE:...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Novell OpenSuse, quick update, laptop computer, wireless, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Inside an affiliate spam program for pharmaceuticals
- Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the long-term while dealing with the health issues arising from using expired pharmaceutical with unverifiable origins,...
- Tags: Program, Pharmaceutical Company, Pharmacy, Affiliates, Wire Cost, MarkMonitor, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holes
- Verizon's story on McCain cell tower full of holesMore idle speculation and inuendo.I can't wait for your hard hitting articles about Rezko and Obama or Acorn and Obama.Um...this from the same people...who talk about how great it is that we can erect cell towers in sparsly-populated areas in Africa, because...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., cell tower, U.S. Secret Service, John McCain, tower
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Adobe's Serious Magic site SQL Injected by Asprox botnet
- According to SophosLabs Adobe's owned seriousmagic.com has been automatically SQL injected by the Asprox botnet, becoming the very latest high profile legitimate web sites injected with links to exploits and malware serving sites : "The infection, which resides at hxxp://www.seriousmagic.com/help/tuts/tutorials.cfm?p=1, instructs users browsers to silently install a malicious file...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Domain, Malware, SQL, Site, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits
- In a recently conducted comparative review, Danish security company Secunia, tested the detection rate of 12 different Internet Security Suites against 300 exploits (144 malicious files and 156 malicious web pages) affecting popular end user applications, to find that even the top performer in the test is in fact performing...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Psystar OpenPro
- Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc
- Product reviews 2008-10-11
- SearchPerks! Perk Counter (com)
- The SearchPerks promotion rewards users for their Web searches within Internet Explorer Web browser, version 6.0 or higher, on Microsofts Windows Live, MSN or Live Search properties. In return for participating in the promotion, youll accumulate tickets that can be redeemed for prizes. In order to reward you for the...
- Tags: Web, Internet Search, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Perk Counter, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Search, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-29
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debate
- IBM move reopens Open Office XML debateWhich side attacked?I have the impression that requiring Microsoft to go through the standards process was an attempt to make it more difficult to sell Office. The strategy: governments and perhaps other organizations could mandate that formats used for saving documents had...
- Tags: Vertical industries, XML, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., government, Microsoft Office, Open Office XML debate, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Traffic Increase eBook (zip)
- Traffic Increase eBook covers the tips that a Web master or Web site owner must know to increase the traffic. Some of the topics that we discussed are article marketing forum marketing, traffic exchanges, free classifieds, press releases, resource box, email, Google AdWords, title tag, submission to directories, HubPage and...
- Tags: Web, BSystems, Channel Management, E-books, Marketing, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-09-24
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficulties
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficultiesYou are wrong.I teach Algebra, Geography, and 1 computer maintenance class. I have 65 Algebra students a day, and my budget for that is a share of the $500 the math department is alloted, so I get about $85. My Geography numbers...
- Tags: algebra
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- 3 steps to IT preventive maintenance
- 3 steps to IT preventive maintenanceThe Killer-cultureYour post provides some good tips on how to foster a culture capable of killing projects. Our aversion to admiting failure is so strong that few organizations can pull the plug, even if they have the governance in place to enable appropriate project and...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Facebook introducing new security warning feature
- With Facebook persistently under attacks from phishers and malware authors, looking for creative ways to efficiently exploit its users base, Facebook's security team has silently introduced a new "security warning feature" alerting its users on the potential maliciousness of the third-party site they are about to visit. Is the newly...
- Tags: Facebook, Security Warning, MySpace, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- BusinessWeek site hacked, serving drive-by exploits
- Malicious hackers have broken into several sections of BusinessWeek.com and are now using the popular site to redirect visitors to malware-laden servers. At the time of writing, hundreds of pages on BusinessWeek.com have been rigged with malicious JavaScript pointing to third-party servers. Visitors to the site execute...
- Tags: BusinessWeek, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Redirect Page Creator (zip)
- Redirect Page Creator creates stand alone Web pages that gives Webmasters the ability to redirect visitors to other Web sites. This program uses meta refresh technology to accomplish redirecting the visitor. A Webmaster simply enters the destination URL then saves the code generated by this program. Finally the page is...
- Tags: Webmaster, Visitor, Cyberweb Solutions, Java, Programming Languages, Linux, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Sprint Airave
- Since a cell phone is practically useless without good signal strength, a signal booster is sometimes required to boost it. We've seen plenty signal boosters here at CNET, from the Wi-Ex zBoost YX510-PCS-CEL to the ARC Freedom Antenna. However, Sprint has decided to release device to boost the signal of...
- Tags: Handhelds, Sprint Airave, Sprint Communications, GPS
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
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