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- Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?
- Google's Gmail outage on Monday was the latest stumble for nascent cloud computing services, which are becoming the lifeblood for small businesses and startups. The Gmail outage--along with Amazon's stumbles of late--raises a few key questions: Where's the offline synchronization capability? Can we depend solely on the Web? Is Microsoft's...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Backup, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Service, MobileMe, Ryan, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Mobile RIAs - getting more exciting thanks to Nokia and Symbian
- Mobile RIAs - getting more exciting thanks to Nokia and SymbianIs this Universal Desktop according to Adobe?I'm done; I'm handing in my ZDNet readership decoder ring as this dribble is the last straw.Flash Lite is an utter joke and if you spent as much time writing it Ryan as you...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Ryan, Flash Lite, Apple Inc., mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Welcome (back) Ryan Naraine; Zero Day's line-up revamped
- You may have noticed a familiar byline over at our Zero Day security blog--Ryan Naraine. His addition completes a revamped line-up for our security blog. Ryan is now an evangelist for Kaspersky Lab, a security vendor. He joins Nate McFeters and Dancho Danchev, two real-world security researchers...
- Tags: Security Blog, Ryan, Nate McFeters, Dancho Danchev, Dancho, Nathan, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- War of words over alleged Firefox vulnerability
- War of words over alleged Firefox vulnerabilityInteresting...I don't know, but I suspect...I suspect the Mozilla guy is right this time. Since the just-fixed vulnerability dealt with exactly this issue, I find it hard to believe that the team did not test this very thing. I am betting that...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Ryan, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches
- If you're like most folks you are taking your time installing Microsoft's latest round of security patches. However, you may want to get your rear end in gear. Specifically apply MS08-001, which was released on Jan. 8. That patch fixed a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing...
- Tags: Patch Management, Immunity, Microsoft Corp., Worm Attack, Ryan, Stewart, Cyberthreats, Patches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- After the hello, goodbye and thanks
- After the hello, goodbye and thanksBest of Luck!ntA modified traditional Irish blessingMay the information superhighway rise up to meet youMay the ACL be always at your backThe powerboost shine warm upon your wiresThe load balancers fall soft upon your last mileAnd until we ping againMay QoS hold your packets in...
- Tags: SECURITY, Ryan, buffer-overflow
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Mozilla patches Firefox latest protocol handling bug; other items
- Mozilla has issued a patch for Firefox that fixes the "jar:" protocol handler issue. In an advisory on Monday, Mozilla said: The jar: URI scheme was introduced as a mechanism to support digitally signed web pages, enabling web sites to load pages packaged in zip archives...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Mozilla Corp., Ryan, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerable
- Security researchers say that a new QuickTime flaw has gone public and leaves XP and Vista vulnerable to attack. According to Secunia, the latest QuickTime bug "can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system." A working exploit is public and the vulnerability has been...
- Tags: Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Windows XP, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Secunia, Ryan, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- Three different approaches to browser applications on the desktop
- Three different approaches to browser applications on the desktopRyan are you sure about this?"Microsoft’s strategy is a unique one. The idea of browser applications on the desktop doesn’t really exist right now. I’ve heard whispers of a Silverlight desktop runtime that would provide that functionality but for right now, Windows...
- Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, desktop, browser application, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Flash Player supports H.264 video
- Flash Player supports H.264 videoVideo SupportHello;this is great news, how about Flash Lite? It would be great to have some codec support for the mobile market too. Regards,JoniPhone?Something about support for ACC and H.264 makes me think about the iPhone and Apple... :)Flash on the iPhone coming soon?Update across al...
- Tags: Digital video, Digital media, Content Owners, H.264, H.264 Video, Adobe Systems Inc., Flash Lite, Ryan, Macromedia Flash Player, MPEG-4
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- The great rich internet application SEO debate (part 1)
- The great rich internet application SEO debate (part 1)Wondering..Hi Ryan. Nice article as usual!Having no idea about what EXACTLY search engines are doing in order to better index "the all web" i wonder.. Shouldn't this be a problem for them? I mean of course as a dev you would like...
- Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, rich Internet application, Adobe Systems Inc., search engine, Ryan, search engine optimization
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- The iPhone security non-story
- The iPhone security non-storySurprising candorI'm impressed.The momentanyone mentions David Maynor, they can kiss their credibility good-bye. Anyone with any sort of professional ethics in the security industry should run this guy out of town on a rail.French Like Blackberry FUD!!!The iPhone corporate warning post reminds me a little of the...
- Tags: Programming languages, Gartner Inc., security, Ryan, Apple iPhone, IPHONE IS, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet
- Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closetThis is just the first time they were caughtMost criminals commit plenty of crimes before finally getting caught. So this one instance of which they have admitted to be guilty brings all prior statistics into question.Hey if you guys can includeapplications in the mix of...
- Tags: Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., skeleton, Ryan, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- What Creative Suite 3 means for Rich Internet Applications
- What Creative Suite 3 means for Rich Internet ApplicationsMS Developer Requires SandbagsRyan is spot on with this. As a Microsoft developer, CS3 is the tidal wave I have been fearing for a long time and unless MS can come up with something tremendous very soon, we meaning MS developers are...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, .NET, Ryan, C# Developer, Microsoft Corp., rich Internet application, XBAP, Cs3, Creative Suite 3, Adobe Creative Suite
- Discussion threads 2007-03-06
- Adobe Engage: Experience Design
- Adobe Engage: Experience DesignMicrosoft has a new meta-blogRyan,Check it out: Design for InnovationThis is so 4-years agoYeah, so we all figured this out 4 years ago. Where have you been?RE: Microsoft has a new meta-blogThis is great! Is this Microsoft? I never hear about things like this (cool MSFT...
- Tags: Ryan, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Is Adobe becoming "Googlesque"?
- Is Adobe becoming "Googlesque"?WouldeeAre you sure your not on their payroll?Maybe you should go work for themAs balanced as you try to be, you seem so tainted by Adobe. I come here looking for forward thinking content about RIA, but a large percent of your writing is about everything...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., rich Internet application, Ryan
- Discussion threads 2007-02-18
- Ryan's Math Quiz (dmg)
- Flash card style math reinforcement. Difficulty level is adjustable for age six and up. Supports timed quizzes, number of questions quizzes, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Support integers 0 and up. Instant entry, no need to hit return.
- Tags: Liquid Binary, Ryan
- Software downloads 2005-09-01
Additional Resources
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical
- It will be a very busy Patch Tuesday for administrators managing Microsoft Windows computer systems. According to Microsoft's advance notice mechanism, 11 security bulletins will drop next Tuesday (October 14, 2008), covering a wide range of serious vulnerabilities. Four of the 11 bulletins are...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
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