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Modeling Demystified, Part 3: Extend UML for User Models - Associations, Relationships, and Stereotypes

A user model is a description of a set of people and how they will work with an IT solution. This type of modeling, which is based on leading usability theory and practice, lets solution architects specify the external design elements of the IT solution so that it's both useful...

Tags: Stereotype, Modeling, User Model, UML, Research & Development, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations

White papers 2008-03-25

Hey readers, are Mac people still smug,and Windows folks still Neanderthals?

Chris Pirillo- who has managed to perfect the oft-contrary arts of thinking fast and thinking deeply, is out with his list of 50 Reasons To Switch From Windows To Mac OSX I'd like to start a conversation informed by Pirillo's...

Tags: Stereotype, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Image Print (zip)

Create and print albums and books with your pictures. Use the EXIF Infos automatically in your texts. Free positioning of pictures and texts. Build stereotypes for your layouts. Save the printer options in the projects. Use the book project for a picture book and for binding the pages. The program...

Tags: Stereotype, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2007-04-13

Additional Resources

Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign

A Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign is circulating online using email as propagation vector, attempting to trick users into visiting a Storm Worm infected host, where a multitude of what looks like over five different exploits attempt to automatically infect the visitors next to the malware binary fireworks.exe. Historically, Storm...

Tags: Software, Malware, Worm, Exploit, Storm Worm, Day Vulnerability, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-04

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the most

Yesterday, the Stopbadware.org initiative released a report entitled "May 2008 Badware Websites Report" summarizing the findings out of analyzing over 200,000 sites spreading malware. With recent data for malicious sites provided by Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Stopbadware.org also received responses from affected parties such as Google itself, The Planet, SoftLayer...

Tags: Web, Search Engine, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Millennials: Will they really reinvent IT?

I'm having a bit of a Millennials moment. I'm sick of the coverage about Millennials, also known as Generation Y. Here's the story line: Generation Y will change the world as the first digital natives. They will change business practices and IT as we know it. You must adapt to...

Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Information Technology, Worker, Millennials, Jason Hiner, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Proof of Concept "carpet bombing" exploit released in the wild

In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as "carpet bomb" flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code has been released at Liu Die Yu's security blog : Nitesh Dhanjani discovered that Safari for...

Tags: Desktop, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Liu, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-11

Skype patches security policy bypassing vulnerability

In a security bulletin issued two days ago, Skype's latest version fixes a File URI Security Bypass Code Execution Vulnerability originally reported by Ismael Briones : Remote exploitation of a security policy bypass in Skype could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the...

Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Malware, Skype Technologies S.A., Security Warning, Extension, Malware Author, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-06

A U.S military botnet in the works

Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can  simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...

Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-13

How elastic is health care demand?

A New York Times feature on the difficulty insured patients are having with health care costs begs an obvious question. How elastic is health care demand? (Comedian Soupy Sales, born Milton Supman, turned 82 in January.) The idea of price elasticity is essential to making...

Tags: Health Care, Emergency Medicine, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Will the Internet remain neutral?

Will the Internet remain neutral?Let the sheeple read their daily gossipbut for goodness sake don't stop us techie types from pushing the boundaries which creates new technologies.I think creation forces are as big as market forces in the internet arena. It's not like there's just this one product in the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), market-force, censorship, Internet, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Is Apple good or evil?

Is Apple good or evil?Rotten to the Core nt.Who cares?The debate of "good vs evil" for companies is getting a bit tired. Since we did we start treating companies like superheroes? Every company has its good and bad points. Can we just leave it at that and quit talking like...

Tags: Apple Inc., Evil

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

I can live without gold, buy less gasoline, but NO salmon!

I can live without gold, buy less gasoline, but NO salmon!...Answer is simple Harry... 1. We have over fished many of the salmon populations.2. Due to although this year seems to be a turn around several dry seasons many salmon spawning sites were in accessible to the salmon during their...

Tags: Salmon, river, salmon, habitat

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoons

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoonsPeople will stop using the internet?Yeah. Sure. That's what'll happen.Probably best if he's right, though - the internet could do with a few less homicidal maniacs.They're not even particularly good cartoons, and neither are they all that clever...Self-control, people! Murdering random innocent people because someone drew...

Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc., cartoon

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Study+rejects+Internet+sex+predator+stereotype

Study+rejects+Internet+sex+predator+stereotypeResearchers are asking for troubleThe public and law enforcement want to see lots of drama and mystery on this topic despite the findings. We are a nation of the boogie man. It makes for great news fodder, politician brownie point potential and great topic to raise taxes for police...

Tags: Mommy, predator, Internet sex predator, Internet Sex, STD, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folks

Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folksNo, Its about maturity, not humor.There is a difference between a prank (turning of a wall of display TVs, once maybe twice) and interfering with people doing their jobs shutting down monitors during a presentation. Gizmados button pusher was either too immature to...

Tags: Construction, video, Gizmodogate, humor folk

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

What will the hackers be targeting in 2008?

What will the hackers be targeting in 2008?VistaNTProbably notIf cells were easy targets we would have had the Moto-virus. Razor was / is a popular phone with Bluetooth and web access points. The agruement that iPhone will be targeted more than others is plain silly. The numbers...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, hacker, Apple iPhone, exploit

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

QuickUML (exe)

QuickUML is a software design application that tightly integrates a core set of UML models with code generation for several languages. An entire project is presented through a tabbed window that includes use cases, class models, object models, dictionary and code and saved as an XML file. Use cases document...

Tags: Use Case, QuickUML, Code Manager, UML, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-12-12

Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'

Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'A quick correctionI just wanted to point out that the standard .NET languages (C#, VB.NET) will be supported in Silverlight 2.0 by a portable CLR framework and not by the DLR framework. The portable CLR framework (not to be confused with the compact...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, C#, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Silverlight, CLR, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is out

Microsoft CIO Scott Stuart is outAnd all the...ABM or at least the people who don't like Microsoft probably just maxed out the volume on their iPods or whatever makes a loud noise and started dancing to Queen's "Another one bites the dust."I want to see the big fish leave!I'm talking...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Desktops, stovepipe, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-06