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Google downplays severity of Gmail CSRF flaw

Google downplays severity of Gmail CSRF flawOnly a fool uses this...Fools spew all private data in google, online blog things are waiting for hackers to get the data.Not only that google is big brother 2.0 on steroids, stores private data in which it is theirs to do with what they...

Tags: E-mail providers, Hacking, cloud computing, SECURITY, Google Inc., Gmail CSRF, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Mozilla plugs 7 security holes in Firefox

Mozilla's flagship Firefox 3 browser has undergone another security makeover to fix at least 7 documented security vulnerabilities that expose users to malicious hacker attacks. The Firefox 3.0.6 upgrade patches at least two critical Firefox flaws that may lead to arbitrary code execution attacks and another "high...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Attacker, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Severity, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 2 Release, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Oracle patches DB, apps

Oracle patches DB, appsOracle Critical Patch Update Risk Matrix & CVSSHi Larry! This is Eric Maurice of Oracle. An important document for Oracle customers, the Critical Patch Update CPU Advisory lists vulnerabilities addressed in the CPU as well as provides other information related to the patches (affected platforms,...

Tags: SECURITY, Common Vulnerability Scoring System, vulnerability, Oracle Corp., Critical Patch Update, matrice, CVSS 2.0, severity

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Mozilla ups unpatched Firefox flaw to 'high severity'; Preps fix

Mozilla has given a proof of concept Firefox vulnerability a "high severity" rating because an attacker can collect session information such as cookies and history, according to Mozilla security chief Window Snyder. Snyder said the vulnerability will be patched with Firefox 2.0.0.12, which will be pushed out...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Severity, Mozilla Corp., Add-on, Flaw, Window Snyder, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-30

IE vs Firefox: Microsoft crunches security numbers

Jeff Jones, security strategy director in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, is at it again, comparing three years of vulnerability data for the two main Web browsers -- Internet Explorer and Firefox -- to reach a conclusion that IE is arguably much safer than the open-source rival. Jones,...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Jeff Jones, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Severity, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-30

On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patches

Microsoft plans to ship nine security bulletins next Tuesday with patches for a wide range of "critical" vulnerabilities affecting the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office productivity suite and the widely deployed Internet Explorer browser.In an advance notice alert issued today, the software maker said six of the nine...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Severity, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-09

DB2Viewer 2.1 (Windows)

If you are looking for a tool to view all db2diag messages in a user friendly interface, With all the messages catagorized by severity, With easy naviation and preview pane, With good sorting capability on time, severity, with ability to converge to a particular time frame. You will be interested...

Tags: Message, Microsoft Windows, Severity, DBSize, DB2Viewer 2.1, Linux, Productivity, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-25

Microsoft Windows Security Bulletin Summary for July 2.0 (Windows)

Bulletin Identifier Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-022 Bulletin Title: Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Code Execution (841873) Executive Summary: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Task Scheduler because of the way that it handles application name validation. Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Affected...

Tags: User Interaction, Vulnerability, Security Bulletin, Severity, Microsoft Corp., Affected Software, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-08-02

Health Monitor 1.0 (Mobile)

Find out which activity could be responsible for your health symptom.Shows average severity by symptom.Records symptom name, date, time, activity, severity, and any notes you may have.Includes 2 free utilities which allow you to transfer to/from your PC and the other which lets you view or print the data on...

Tags: Database Administrator, Mobile, Health Care, Severity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Software downloads 2003-03-31

Additional Resources

Demo Abstract: Measuring Foot Pronation Using RFID Sensor Networks

Running efficiency is an important factor to consider in order to avoid injury. In particular, foot pronation, the angle of the foot as it hits the ground, is a common cause for many types of injuries among runners. Though pronation is common, diagnosing pronation is difficult and imprecise. Currently there...

Tags: Network, Injury, Sensor, Association For Computing Machinery, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2009-11-06

Kodak 5250

The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...

Tags: Scanners, Printers, Monitors & displays, Eastman Kodak Co., ESP 5, ESP, scanner, printer

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Ubuntu Karmic Koala launches to mixed reviews

Not released yetKarmic koala hasn't been officially released yet and the bug that this article was talking about has been fixed for the official releaseMultiple hard drives issue already fixedThe problem only affected the 64-bit version of the release candidate, and it has apparently been fixed for the final release.wowwow,...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Copenhagen countdown

"climate debt" is BS. It's wealth transfer.From countries that work, to countries that don't work.And Harry. This is a TECH SITE. Go somewhere else with your anxious alarmist nonsense.AMEN!THIS IS A TECH SITE!Well, I think going to Copenhagen is too political and he should skip it.Better to do some behind...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, sea surface temperature, wealth transfer, tax

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

InerziaDevHelper 2.0.1 (Mac)

It keeps track of all relevant info in a XCode project; with InerziaDevHelper one can: keep a list of all projects and... keep a list of all versions for each project, identified through the version number; list the bugs found in the various version, with their level of severity,...

Tags: Project, Apple Macintosh, Apple Xcode, InerziaSoft, Backups

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2

Wow, you guys have been putting up with all those bugs?Yikes. Makes me glad I have a better phone.You mean one of those phones with near zero customer satisfaction levels By near zero I mean in comparison with iPhone satisfaction levels as recently reported by JD Power.Even with this handful...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw

Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...

Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

The Linux botweb story that wasn't ...

One of the things that always confused me...If you can access the source code to Linux, then wouldn't it be possible to crack a password, and then alter the compromised system's source code to suit the hacker's needs?That doesn't seem to secure to me...The short answer is yes.But in reality...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, source code, password, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

iPod touch camera modules failing?

File this one squarely under "R" for rumor, but both AppleInsider and HardMac are reporting that a production problem with the new camera module could impact the first shipments of the brand-new third generation iPod touches to arrive stateside. HardMac reports: According to one of our...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Camera, Camera Module, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-08