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- Critical zero-day flaw found in Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe's security response team is scrambling to deal with the release of exploit code for what appears to be a critical zero-day flaw in the Adobe Illustrator CS4 software product. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Illustrator, Zero-day Bug, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Exploit published for FreeBSD local root vulnerability
- The FreeBSD security team has rushed out a temporary patch to cover a local root vulnerability that exposes users to code execution attacks. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: FreeBSD, Vulnerability, FreeBSD Security Team, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-12-01
- Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?
- Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...
- Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Desktops, NOW IT, HTML5, operating system, Chrome OS, Does Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-28
- R10Cipher 3.2.6 (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 2009-11-22
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise
- Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- The role of data governance in the enterprise
- According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed. Commentary - Every corporate decision and operation relies on the quality of the organization?s underlying data. ...
- Tags: Data Quality, Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, data management, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News
- News items 2009-11-12
- Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks
- "May lead"?Whenever I see these kinds of statements, regardless of platform, I always wonder if the "may" in "may lead to?arbitrary code execution" is equivalent to the odd, statistically improbable and realistically negligible but observed drug side-effect possibilities, like dry-mouth from eye drops or headaches from suppositories or whether it's...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Where should Mozilla go from here?
- Consolidation and security, Now!Firefox has emerged as the most buggy browser robustness and security. It has more vulnerabilities discovered than any other browser, month after month. Each new release sees new stability and robustness problems.And Firefox still does not have support for sandboxing.Repeatedly they have to patch patches because their...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Web browser, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- 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
- 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
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