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T-Mobile Sidekick data outage tests mettle of 800,000 customers, carrier

And before the gloating over a MS screw-up goes too far......try this one on for size, regarding Apple Snow Leopard hosing ALL data when logging in as a "guest". http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139250/Snow_Leopard_bug_deletes_all_user_dataLOL...LOL...ROTFLMAO :DThat's the cost of secrecy...secrecy enables you to get by just swiping your deficiencies under the rug but that...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, secrecy, Microsoft Corp., Lol, straight face, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

PlayStation - The Perils of Secrecy: is it Game Over?

PlayStation - The Perils of Secrecy: is it Game Over?Deja vu is what it is - but with a twistRemember OS2? IBM funded Microsoft to develop both OS2 and DOS. Then MS took that knowledge and made Windows, consequently blowing both OS2 and IBM DOS out of the water.It...

Tags: Games, Game players, Sales strategy, DVD, Consumer electronics, Deja Vu, Sony Corp., Nintendo Wii, game, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp., Secrecy, Perils, Sony Playstation

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

FBI spy powers face new Capitol Hill scrutiny

FBI spy powers face new Capitol Hill scrutinySecrecy is the enemy of freedomSecret police, secret searches, secret evidence, secret courts, secret prisons. Welcome to the new America, land of the not-so-free and home of the really-not-brave. Where the authorities whisper "terrorist" and American citizens run and hide underneath their beds....

Tags: Federal government, liberty, Benjamin Franklin, security, FBI, Secrecy

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

Additional Resources

SecretAgent Pro 3.0 (Windows)

Monitor in secrecy what is being done on your computer, while away. SecretAgent Pro allows you to capture and store screenshots and keystrokes. Your complete desktop is beeing captured--Web sites, e-mails, chats, games--everything. Keystrokes will be assigned to the window, where entered and exported to a html formated file for...

Tags: PC, Window, Microsoft Windows, RainSoft, SecretAgent Pro, Construction, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-12

U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

What's the key to Apple's success?

One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

The best protection for software assets

Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...

Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager

There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....

Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-03

PhotoViz 3.1 (Windows)

PhotoViz is software that extends the traditional usage of images for viewing and sharing. PhotoViz offers users a novel and intuitive way called Active Photo to manage and share your photos through photo galleries. PhotoViz is also a program to view secret messages, contents and applications hidden in images. PhotoViz...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Image, PicsAlive, PhotoViz

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Open source does not work well for bad guys

Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...

Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

When HIPAA and Twitter collide: Can you blab away your privacy rights?

Absolutely notThe most the hospital should do is cite HIPAA and promise a private resolution. That is all they need to do in public. If they do resolve the problem to satisfaction, most people who are willing to complain about a health problem in public would acknowledge that in public....

Tags: Regulatory compliance, HEALTHCARE, Regulations, Twitter Inc., hospital, HIPAA, patient

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech

Better that it is entirely unavailablethan to make it available to anyone who cares to search for it. I have seen nowhere that the Google project will prevent any other source from digitizing books, or from keeping them in print. This is quite possibly THE stupidest argument I have heard...

Tags: Google Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, privacy, Google Book, Vegas, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Has Steve Jobs banned Apple staff from social media?

Nothing wrong with thatApple does rely on secrecy, especially in their R&D, to get more bang for their buck when the product is finally announced. I could see why Apple would want their employees not talking about their jobs in the social media. I can see why a lot of...

Tags: Blogging, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., blog, social media

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Apple drops (another) Mac OS X security patch

The patch to fix the patch that fixed the patch that Jack builtI laugh and I laugh and I laugh at those who suggest that people have to patch Windows more frequently than OS X. Those same people will then turn around and cheer Apple for releasing patches "as soon...

Tags: Patches, Emperor, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch, OSX, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

WindoClear 1.4 (Windows)

WindoClear is a simple and intuitive software that will fix your privacy and secrecy issues for good so you can browse and use your computer over the Internet, stress-free. WindoClear will scan your computer in order to find private data that is stored on your hard drive. This data is...

Tags: Disk, History, Microsoft Windows, Computer, WindoClear, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-08-12

News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Government

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G (updated)

VentureBeat reports via News reports coming out of China that 25 year-old Sun Danyong committed suicide on July 9 after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing. Danyong worked for Foxconn in Shenzhen in Guangdong province near Hong Kong which manufacturers iPhones for Apple. According to VB...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 4G, Apartment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Suicide, Worker, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?

Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?Claim the successes, pass the losesIt appears to work well for Apple at the moment, and if employess wish to take the abuse with the benefits, it is their choice.If the problems Apple is seeing as of late with their hardware continues, and...

Tags: Strategy, BLINDERS, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Are Steve Jobs' management skills a corporate risk?

We all know that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a revered figure in the consumer electronics industry for pushing the envelope and getting filthy rich doing it. But does the magic of Apple product success hide a poor business manager? ...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Bill Taylor, O'Grady, Consumer Electronics, Leadership, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Algebraic Attacks on RFID Protocols

This work aims to identify the algebraic problems which enable many attacks on RFID protocols. Toward this goal, three emerging types of attacks on RFID protocols, concerning authentication, untraceability, and secrecy are discussed. The paper demonstrates the types of attacks by exhibiting previously unpublished vulnerabilities in several protocols and referring...

Tags: Protocol, Attack, University Of Luxembourg, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics

White papers 2009-06-29