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9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion

9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicionWhat about external drives and encryption?Do they have the right to search external drives? What if data on the laptop or drive is encrypted?RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicionIllegal and it's time we stop allowing the freedoms from illegal search...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, suspicion

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion

Is your laptop your digital "home"? Um, no, the ("liberal" - that always makes me laugh) Ninth Circuit ruled Monday in US v Arnold. At least not at the border or at the international terminal of a US airport. Michael Arnold arrived at LAX from the Philippines,...

Tags: Suspicion, Mobile, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Georgia patients' records exposed on Web for weeks

Georgia patients' records exposed on Web for weeksSign me up for cloud computing! NT.

Tags: Channel management, patient, Web

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Whole Foods bans execs from online forums

Whole Foods bans execs from online forumsPosting to Forums Affiliated with Press is Legally AllowedJust to clarify. For US citizens, no policy at Whole Earth or elsewhere can stop one from posting online when the forum is affiliated with a press. The reason for this is perhaps not as obvious...

Tags: Government, Federal government, Food & Beverage, suspicion, democracy, Whole Earth, Whole Foods

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

Microsoft says (again) it will comply fully with EU antitrust demands

Microsoft says again it will comply fully with EU antitrust demandsThe new proxySure, MS caves to the EU's demands. Of course the interface specs will still be encumbered so the FOSS community won't touch them. No big loss for MS.On the other hand MS continues the attack. It's now known...

Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, suspicion, Microsoft Corp., DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, EU Antitrust, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Will Sun begin buying?

When Jonathan Schwartz took over the post as head-honcho of Sun, I kept my opinions quiet. My suspicion was that Schwartz might help to focus more of Sun's resources on its identity management business, but it was just that - a suspicion. Today, I find this article confirming my...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, identity management

Blog posts 2006-05-01

Zotob suspect under arrest

Atilla Ekici is arrested in Turkey, under suspicion of having created both the Zotob and Mytob worms.

Tags: Zotob worm, suspicion, Turkey, worm

Image galleries 2005-08-29

Zotob suspect under arrest

Atilla Ekici is arrested in Turkey, under suspicion of having created both the Zotob and Mytob worms.

Tags: Zotob worm, Turkey, suspicion, worm

Image galleries 2005-08-29

Suspicion arises of phone-damaging spam

Suspicion arises of phone-damaging spamIt happened againI have an S46. This week on 3/17 I received a text message that when delete wiped out my address book.

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Telecom & Utilities, suspicion, phone

Discussion threads 2004-03-19

Additional Resources

Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads

A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...

Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Is age-ism rampant in Silicon Valley and beyond?

I recently blogged about an article focused on Silicon Valley's workforce and how the author, Tamara Carleton, believes that Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials can form a potent team. In the innovation lifecycle, if Boomers serve as advisors and Gen Xers as the entrepreneurs, then the...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Generation X, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Much of Perlow's anger, and that of our own Matt Asay, is directed at Stallman's continued contempt for Microsoft, his suspicion that Microsoft's every action is part of some grand conspiracy. Perlow, Asay, and the open source movement as opposed to FLOSS want to make peace with Microsoft. by Dana...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...

Tags: China, Malware, Hacker, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Virginia backs off demands for Facebook data

Minor nitpick..but VA is a Commonwealth...NTNTI am not a fan of people who claim to be injured that are not.I am not saying she is lieing or they are being overly burdensome with proof requirements. I think if they just spent the dough to watch her at her house,...

Tags: Facebook, privacy

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure

won't save themNo matter how much monkey boy tries to obfuscate this criminal enterprise, it will still go down in flames.Microsoft Cooks Bookshttp://www.aaxnet.com/news/M990112.htmlMicrosoft fills the "cookie jar" in good times and dips into it in bad to create an appearance of steady growth. FTC does not approve of this accounting...

Tags: Litigation, Vertical industries, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial services, government, fraud, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooks

Good dealWell, they need a better display for sure!:)RE: Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooksWhen Sony do something like release notebooks with a chiclet keyboard or release an ultra thin model it's often refered to as emulating some mac or other product but just to keep in mind this is a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Nokia N900, Maemo, netbook, Sony Corp., Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Really at this point, can anybody be surprised to read this, in today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic...

Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Obama, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Android has good engaged base for future app growth

Android base not engagedAccording to this study, Android users don't buy that many apps, which is bad news for the platform and could cause developers to get out if they expect to make money.Keep in mind response to rynningthat Android users can install software from sources other than the Android...

Tags: Smart phones, Android Market

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

UK may disconnect suspected file sharers

Upon suspicion?Or upon determination of guilt in a court of law??? What has happened to the Magna Carta, and the right to trial before assumption of guilt?Mr MandelsonHas friends in the big media companies. He went to a meeting with them one morning with them and then disclosed...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, guilt, Magna Carta

Discussion threads 2009-08-25