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- Steve Gibson says WMF vulnerability is an intentional Backdoor
- Steve Gibson, creator of the firewall Leak Test believes that the WMF vulnerability was deliberately programmed into Windows. He hypothesizes that Microsoft could have put it in for a situation where they had to bypass admin settings, firewalls, AV, to execute code on the machines of visitors to their...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, SECURITY, Steve Gibson, WMF vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Metafile
- Blog posts 2006-01-14
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keys
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keysHard knocks for little profit...sounds like a good standard for home security to me. Home users need to do threat assessment similar to the big boys. We think about what we have to protect and invest in an appropriate level of security. I'm not...
- Tags: Network security, WIRELESS, Wireless LANs, WPA-PSK, Steve Gibson, WPA, WEP, Wi-Fi, security
- Discussion threads 2005-11-15
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keys
- When I got an email from a gentleman pointing me to a link where the great Steve Gibson weighed in on my blog about sufficient key lengths for WPA-PSK keys, I knew I had to brace myself for a good old fashion can of WA. Little did I know...
- Tags: WPA-PSK cracking tool, WPA-PSK Cracking
- Blog posts 2005-11-15
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- New green certification program helps keep kitchens out of the frying pan in terms of environmental waste
- Haven't had much occasion to write about Microsoft in this blog as extensively as some of the other big hardware-oriented tech players, but this item was pretty intriguing, because it's a great lead-in to some other cool information I briefed on about a month back. Here's the...
- Tags: Food, Kitchen, FoodServiceWarehouse.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Kevin Rose: advertising, can you Digg it?
- Digg faces two big challenges going forward. How to expand its user-base and therefore content beyond its geeky roots, and in turn, how to increase ad revenue. Addressing the latter, co-founder Kevin Rose says the social news site is exploring "Diggable ads". by Steve O'Hear
- Tags: Digg, Advertisement, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&ABallmer is so knowledgeable!This man continuously impresses me!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
- Tags: Student Technology Day, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple set to release $800 notebook
- Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...
- Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Poker sites fight to get domain names back from Kentucky
- This is a novel legal strategy. And so far it's working. Last month, in an effort to preserve the state's monopoly on legal gambling, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sued to have 141 online gambling sites' domains transferred to the state's control. According to the Washington Post, a big...
- Tags: Kentucky, Domain Name, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?
- Forget about the name - The real question is how many flavors will Windows 7 come in?They'll all be bitter.Don't get me wrong. I'm what passes for a happy Microsoft user, but all the "flavors" have and shall continue to leave a bitter taste and confused consumers. Another plus for...
- Tags: Home entertainment, 64-bit, Operating systems, Games, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NEEDS, real question, home theater
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- News to know: Clickjacking redux; SAP pricing; BlackBerry Storm; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat Dancho Danchev: Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Open source and Steve Jobs is fine
- Open source and Steve Jobs is fineSo......what has Steve Jobs got to do with Open Source given that OSX is the most closed and proprietary OS in the world?
- Tags: STEVE JOBS IS, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- From the vault: Lisa demo
- From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Xerox PARC, Lisa, Productivity, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)
- How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)Adrian - why would Apple write good Windows software?Apple has historically had an edge with video editing / graphical design applications. Now, since they've moved to an Intel platform, any hardware advantages...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Desktops, Digital media, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Vista behemoth, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple QuickTime, quad-core
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Open source and Steve Jobs is fine
- So what happened? The same thing that happened to Usenet, and e-mail, and all those stock boards happened. An anonymous, credible medium is easy for spammers and scammers to wreck. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Open Source, Stock, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?
- Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?Um, did I miss something......or didn't nearly everyone's stock price hit a 5-year low yesterday?BUY?Steve told me no!Yahoo at this price is two times too high!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comM$FT stock is in the tank too!M$ will be next in line for a bailout.Yahoo should...
- Tags: Linux, Investment, Operating systems, Yahoo! Inc., SHARES DIP, America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- [Updated video] Bill Gates leaving might help mend Silicon Valley fences
- Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Antitrust, Bill Gates, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- MozyPro for Mac goes public beta
- Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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