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- Adobe Shockwave haunted by critical security holes
- > Adobe Shockwave haunted by critical security holesShould Adobe rename parts of their software suite not only this one as Shockware? ;-) The simple justification is that it was shocking to the vendor.On one of my machines with all security software up to date and running in the background, visiting...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, invariant, software, Clearview, erroneous execution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor
- buble bust...anyone learns from 2000 and so IT burst?Current interest in private cloudsHi Joean interesting piece, and thanks for the link to my post? This current enthusiasm for private Clouds is also interesting? and I am left wondering how long it will continue.It's presumably a mix of security concerns (real...
- Tags: Marketing research, cloud computing, survey
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- R10Cipher 3.2.0 (Mac)
- Simple and Easy Method to Safely Encrypt your Email Correspondence and Document Files. It's like your emails are carried by a SWAT team rather than being written on a Postcard ! Who's it For ? For Individuals. For Businesses. For You. For Me. For Mum and Dad. For Teachers. For...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Arten Science, E-mail, Team Management, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-24
- Was Windows 7 totally your idea?
- W7: Whose ideas?It is pretty clear that Apple and Microsoft "borrow" from each other. I don't think that's a problem, all competitors "borrow" each others' ideas and the consumer wins.What is clear, though, is that Microsoft did listen to alot of people but it wasn't those people that use...
- Tags: Desktops, Crispin, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft's security team -- the same campaign was first seen in April -- by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts (install.zip), which upon execution drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware. Whereas the theme remains the...
- Tags: Infection, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?
- Information technology departments are overloaded, missing the consumerization wave, and failing to use new developments to cut their budgets. Those are some of the takeaways from a Gartner presentation at the IT Symposium in Orlando. The spiel by Gartner analysts David Mitchell Smith and Tom Austin revolves...
- Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Information Technology Department, Discontinuity, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- 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
- Microsoft delays Forefront business security client six months
- Microsoft's Forefront team is again delaying a piece of its next-generation "Stirling" suite of products. The next version of Microsoft's Forefront Client Security FCS product, Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, is now a second half 2010 deliverable. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Business Security, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Tizer Secure 2.1.1.2 (Windows)
- Tizer Secure, an all-in-one computer security solution that is Certified for Windows Vista, protects Windows PC users from known and unknown threats, defends against fresh attacks at the point of entry, stops system crashes, guards private information from hackers and prevents identity theft.Created by X-Wire Technology, a Microsoft Certified Partner,...
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows, Computer, X-Wire Technology, Database Information, Productivity, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Team Management, Storage, Databases, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-08
- Teens are generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns
- Look at fall 2007Two years ago, 13% said they planned to buy a Zune. And, almost none of them did.Apple owns this market in the USA and will until the category of MP3 player is no longer relevant.I wonder how many teens plan to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?Big...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, iPod iPhone dominance reign, dominance reign, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints; no Start customizations and stylus still required
- Apple is safe.Point release or not, Microsoft is under the gun to come up with something better than this retread if they want to stay in the mobile device business. Make no mistake, the handset makers are not just disappointed, they are steaming about Microsoft's inability to keep up, because...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, touch screen, Windows Mobile 6.5, ringer, mobile, Finger-friendly, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- 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
- Open source and forced obsolescence
- You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Spam report: Old school techniques are back; companies on alert
- An old school spamming technique among Internet bad guys - using images to hack their way into a system or spread viruses - is back. Google's e-mail security services team reported Spam trends for the third quarter in a blog post today and, among the findings was...
- Tags: Technique, Team, Google Team, E-mail, Team Management, Online Communications, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit
- How do they just *acquire* a company's team?How do they just *acquire* a company's team? Can someone give some perspective. Is at&t paying them like employee's. If they are why did Versign hand them over?
- Tags: Team management, AT&T Corp., VeriSign Inc., security
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit
- AT&T said Thursday that it has acquired VeriSign's security consulting business in a move to beef up its services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. AT&T said in a statement that it will use the acquired VeriSign team, which counsels large companies on vulnerabilities,...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., AT&T Corp., Consulting, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- News to know: Win7, Google Wave, Palm WebOS, Apple Tablet, Google Docs
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's message to IT pros: Meet us half way with Windows 7 Larry Dignan: ...
- Tags: Tom Foremski, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Docs, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
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