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Adobe tackles risky hole in PDF

Adobe tackles risky hole in PDFdoes it work with Evince Document Viewer?I am using Ubuntu Edgy, and I don't want to be left out of the fun!Adobe Criical PatchA link to the update site would have been nice!Waiting GameI tried the update ... 7.09 and for me, it's a disastor....

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., risky hole, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2007-01-10

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How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business

What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...

Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-06

Is security really a big drag on innovation?

Is security really a big drag on innovation?Is a shell a big drag on a tortoise?A lot of companies are a big drag on themselves. We all know what happens when more and more pairs of hands join a company.It's now the age of the S.M.E. We're on another rotation...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Security Folks, security, innovation, drag, big drag

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past

To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...

Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock

Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stockApple's very conservativeCan you find previous guidance that was overly optimistic?For the past few years there has been a few steps to this:1. Apple gives a conservative outlook.2. Analysts give a higher estimate, saying Apple is too conservative.3. As...

Tags: Investment, Desktops, stock, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

No one has to buy anybody

Our own Matt Asay has a piece out today lambasting Tim O'Reilly for a comment that, in the end, proprietary software outfits will gobble up all the open source guys.Having read the thread to which Matt refers, I suspect he's playing the old "take things out of context" game to...

Tags: Software, General Electric Co., Open Source, Business Model, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-15

Life without Google Day 2: Windows Live Search a viable contender

Life without Google Day 2: Windows Live Search a viable contenderNo thanksBefore you pigeon hole me as a MS hater I should point out that I really like Windows XP. Windows XP is my favorite desktop of all time. (Sorry Mac OS X fanboys, I've built my own PCs too...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, SEARCH, USER BEWARE, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., desktop, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live

Discussion threads 2007-06-08

D5 Live: No fight--Gates and Jobs ponder the past and the future

The highlight of the D: All Things Digital conference featured Bill Gates and Steve Jobs on stage together, with event co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher as referees.It was more like a Rock & Roll hall of fame induction honoring the two legends than a verbal battle over past...

Tags: Apple, D5, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-30

McAfee says Microsoft ignoring EU pledge

McAfee says Microsoft ignoring EU pledgeWhinersPatience Grasshoppa!McAfee says Microsoft ignoring EU pledgeMcAfee says that Microsoft's new secure operating system will no longer have a need for their product so they must try like hell to spread the FUD. Basically McAfee wants Vista be to be less secure so virus...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antivirus, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Where are the open source VARs?

Where are the open source VARs?Consumer Driven Health CareI work with/for a company called AmeriplanUSA who offers consumer driven health care. The benefits are for anyone! No limitations or paper work and it's not insurance. Ameriplan allows Those who are uninsured or underinsured to have health benefits at an affordable...

Tags: Retail, Channel management, Novell Inc., benefit, value-added reseller, open source, open source VAR

Discussion threads 2006-10-03

Toward an honest GPL

Toward an honest GPLOh good, YET ANOTHER license.Pffftttt.......Unenforcable - too riskyIf the intent is to force people/organization who use the software to implement a service to pubish any change made to the software then this will cause a great liability that will greatly reduce the benefit of FSS/OSS for potential...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

AMD/ATI merger is one of equal problems

Advanced Micro Devices bid to acquire Canadian based ATI Technologies is a risky strategy because both companies are facing the same issue: big, pricey, client-side chips in PCs and other devices are becoming less important, and less profitable than server-side chips.These two companies make very large, complex chips. Graphics processors...

Tags: chip, graphics, microprocessor

Blog posts 2006-07-24

Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE hole

Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE holeMicrosoft to slap patch on risky IE holeDid I tell you or did I tell you? Microsoft put out a patch to the IE vulnerability that so many linux fanboys complained about. Its ok, I forgive your ignorance, after all you...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, risky IE hole, patch

Discussion threads 2006-04-06

Second unofficial fix plugs IE hole

Second unofficial fix plugs IE holeBut MS is quick to install their own spywareFunny how late they are with a security fix, but I started IE yesterday and it quickly downloaded the "Genuine Windows Checker Agent" or something like that, to spy on me and make sure I'm running windows.They...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Win 98SE, IE Hole

Discussion threads 2006-03-28

Public beta of IE 7 nears

Public beta of IE 7 nearsThere will be a backlash resultingfrom IE7's inability to run on Windows 2000.The business world that has resisted the move to XP in favor of staying with 2000 is not going to upgrade just to run IE7. This will be a major mistake by...

Tags: Web browsers, fox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-12-08

No end seen to patching race

No end seen to patching racethere are options...maybe only after a newer, smarter programming language/complier package the patch/crack game will have its final showdown.Job securityLet's call this job security. How can a company get rid of an admin if they are patching 50% off their time? For all you know...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hacking, Linux, Microsoft Windows, outsourcing, administrator, hacker

Discussion threads 2005-11-15

Watch out for worm wars

Watch out for worm warsWatch out for worm warsRecent surge in worms? There has only been one in like the last year, and that has already been patched. Sorry but this scare tactic won't work for anyone in the know. ZDNet journalism, sensationalizing the smallest things.I do have...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Basic Security, worm war, worm, Internet, Unix, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-08-17

Car virus rumors crash

Car virus rumors crashAs of right now... yes.But the more features and control given to a car operating system, the more the risk.No matter what the OS is- any contact "outside" the car with any device is risky.I actually encourage MS to experiment with this. Then, when there are 3...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, virus, Microsoft Corp., BMW AG, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-05-09

Mozilla fixes risky Firefox flaw

Mozilla fixes risky Firefox flawIE SUCKS, FIREFOX RULES!Figured I'd head off in true trolling fashion what will obviously soon be a flaming slugfest.Start yer engines boys!:-)WonderfulBefore anyone tells us how wonderful Firefox is because the flaw "has already been fixed", I would like to ask: How LONG has this...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox IS, flaw, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-03-23

Too much innovation or too little talent?

Too much innovation or too little talent?People Just Don't Know SoftwareThe problem is that management becomes management not by knowing how to build good software, but because they know somebody, or they are good at B.S., or they're the default choice.Instead of practicing good software design and engineering, they approach...

Tags: FBI, Now IT, software, talent

Discussion threads 2005-01-24