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Planet Calypso 10.1.2 (Windows)

Planet Calypso is a completely unique sandbox MMORPG with a real economy. Set in the future, you are invited to join an open-ended social, economic and political action-adventure as a human colonist on a distant alien planet. The sandbox approach allows you to choose your own path and write a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sandbox, MindArk, Robots, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2009-10-23

High-risk vulnerabilities hit Google Chrome

This software was programmed by Google, did anyone not see this happening? Google has the worst programmers because they don't give two squats about anything except playing with their office toys all day.For a browser built from the ground up with security in mindthere seem to be more than...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Operating systems, Chrome, Google Inc., sandbox, vulnerability, Web browser, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Major security holes in popular XML libraries

Major security holes in popular XML librariesOpen Source SecureSo much for Open Source software being secure. I thought that with all those developers looking at the code it was ment to be more secure than closed software.Superior peer-reviewed software... strikes out again. Of course the fanboys will somehow manage to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, software, XML Library, Major security, XML, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Is a sandbox the key to open source VOIP

Is a sandbox the key to open source VOIPResponsible Network InnovationDana - Great points, and an interesting perspective. I think it's important to clarify that FreePBX.org is as open as it always has been... pure open source software, under an OSI-approved license... and now much more developer friendly to...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, sandbox, Is-a, VoIP, open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Is a sandbox the key to open source VOIP

If the sandbox is like a dance club, the application process is like a bouncer at the door. Bandwidth.com seems less focused on luring innovation than on finding business partners. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Sandbox, Telephony, Leadership, VOIP, Strategy, Telecommunications, Open Source, Networking, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Google plugs 'high risk' WebKit holes in Chrome

Google has shipped a Chrome browser update to fix two serious security issues in WebKit. According to Google Chrome program manager Mark Larson, the most serious of the two flaws could allow hackers to execute harmful code in the browser's sandbox.  It is rated "high severity."...

Tags: Google Inc., Attacker, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Sandbox, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attack

Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability under attackOne of Us Misread the ArticleQuote1: "... to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in DirectShow, the APIs used by Windows programs for multimedia support."Quote2: "Also, we?ve verified that it is possible to direct calls to DirectShow specifically, even if Apple?s QuickTime which is not vulnerable is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Web browsers, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., sandbox, Apple QuickTime, Dangerous Microsoft DirectX vulnerability, Dangerous Microsoft DirectX, vulnerability, DirectShow, Microsoft Windows Vista, attack, Microsoft Internet

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft Solutions

Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft SolutionsMake sandboxes availibleIt would be in the best interest of social webapp sites (twitter, myspace, facebook, skype, etc.) to make a developers sandbox available by registration for whitehats to submit exploits securely. Instead of Henry Hacker only emailing them and saying,"Hey you've...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, exqSoft Solutions, worm author, sandbox, Twitter, job

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Hackers steer clear of Google Chrome, say too challenging

At the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver BC, hackers were invited to find and exploit holes in modern browsers. A popular target for hackers at this year's conference was Safari on a Mac -- definitely the lowest hanging fruit. Charlie Miller explains that it's not whether...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Hacker, Sandbox, Charlie Miller, Hacking, Security, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Platinum Arts Sandbox 2.3 (Mac)

Platinum Arts Sandbox is an open source easy to use free 3D Game Maker and 3D World Creation program currently used in many schools throughout the world that allows kids and adults to create their own video games, worlds, levels, adventures and quests, even cooperatively! The goal is to make...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sandbox, Platinum Arts, Platinum Arts Sandbox, *Teamwork, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-20

Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure

Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook.  I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...

Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-02

StackSafe and the Permeable Sandbox

Most products designed to help organizations use virtual machine software as the foundation for development and testing create a "sandbox" or encapsulated environment for systems and functions. While this approach has several advantages, a recent discussion with StackSafe highlighted a few issues it creates. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Sandbox, Organization, StackSafe, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-02

SafeSpace Free Edition 2.0.41 (Windows)

SafeSpace eliminates the problem of malware by creating a secure barrier between your computer and the internet, protecting you and your personal information against known and unknown malware threats. SafeSpace isolates internet facing applications in a virtual sandbox, which protects your system files and settings from unwanted changes, and blocks...

Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows, Sandbox, Computer, Artificial Dynamics, SafeSpace, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Virtualization, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Productivity, Security, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-05-12

Google has big plans for iGoogle

Google's personalized homepage, named iGoogle, took a significant step forward today when Google announced a sandbox environment that developers can use to start making social gadgets with. This new environment mashes up the best of iGoogle and Facebook -- this should be interesting. The new iGoogle...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Sandbox, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-04-21

DGMonitor: A Performance Monitoring Tool for Sandbox-Based Desktop Grid Platforms

Accurate, continuous resource monitoring and profiling are critical for enabling performance tuning and scheduling optimization. In desktop grid systems that employ sandboxing, these issues are challenging because subjobs in-side sandboxes are executed in a virtual computing environment and the state of the virtual computing environment within the sandboxes is reset...

Tags: Performance, Monitoring, Sandbox, Performance Monitoring, DGMonitor, Performance Management, Desktops, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-12-01

ZoneAlarm ForceField puts browser in a sandbox

ZoneAlarm ForceField puts browser in a sandboxThat's actually very interesting news, RyanThank you for letting us know. I wonder how well this will work in Microsoft's little present to Quicktime and Firefox? Will content presenting adjunct software be brought into the sandbox?If so, and if a good job...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, sandbox, ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm ForceField, Web browser, Kaspersky, software

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

Google Search: Big, bad multi-billion dollar sandbox

Google’s organic search ranking sandbox may be the most treacherous weapon in the $150 billion market cap search engine king’s big, bad black box of Webmaster tricks.What is the motive behind Google’s reviled sandbox? HINT: Google sandbags Webmasters with a sandbox to the spam defense SPIN.I have oft underscored that...

Tags: AdWords, Advertising, Google, ROI, Search, Search Advertising

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Very interesting Google services discovered

Tony Ruscoe is up to it again -- looking for unknown services on Google by going through countless combinations of words, letters and numbers. He hit the jackpot when he decided to check the "sandbox".The sandbox was introduced when Google Checkout was launched so developers could test their shopping...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-28

Image: Inside GreenBorder's IE sandbox

Image: Inside GreenBorder's IE sandboxIsn't IE7 getting sandboxing by Microsoft?Isn't Microsoft saying they're sandboxing IE7? With that and all the improvements it has, I'd rather wait for IE7. I don't touch IE6 amymore.Hmm... commercial software.Just so that the Mac fans have even less of a pricing argument,http://www.sandboxie.com/ie7 in a real...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, sandbox, GreenBorder, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-06-28