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Malware found on new hard drives

Here's an interesting story that I found in my inbox.  The Taipei Times is reporting that around 1,800 new 300GB and 500GB external hard drives manufactured by Maxtor shipped with malware on them.  What makes this story even more interesting is that Taiwanese authorities suspected that Chinese authorities were involved....

Tags: Hard Drive, Bureau, Trojan Horse, Malware, Seagate Technology LLC, Taipei Times, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-13

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Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month

A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed for me the news I first read a few minutes ago in a story by Ina Fried of CNET News. The official date on which Windows 7 will be available for general purchase is October 22, 2009. The RTM code will be delivered...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Ozmo Devices aims to replace Bluetooth with Wi-Fi-based PAN

Ozmo Devices demoed yesterday a new personal area network PAN technology that employs Wi-Fi and aims to replace Bluetooth for peripherals connectivity. The company unveiled its Wi-Fi PAN at the Computex tech trade show in Taipei. The solution comprises a software...

Tags: Personal Area Network, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Malware found on new hard drives

Malware found on new hard drivesThe moral isDon't outsource components that run business and other important things to countries such as China that do this type of thing. Once it is found out their contract should be pulled and no business should deal with these companies. There should...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, new Hard Drive, hard drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Is MuniFi cropping up a loser? Disappointing signups point to a shift in strategy

Is "MuniFi" living up to the hopes city managers and the companies that build the networks have held out for them? Is the public flocking to take advantage of the networks, are they good enough to compete with cable and telco offerings? Do they improve economics? GigaOms Katie Fehrenbacher...

Tags: Municipal broadband, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Apple, the new king of retail

Apple opened a retail store in Taiwan over the weekend. According to DigiTimes:The new Apple Computer store is located in an area of Taipei famous for a large number of consumer electronic stores and has three floors with a total floor space of about 397 square meters (4,270 square feet)...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., annual sale, sales, retail company

Blog posts 2006-12-27

SOA value may be best demonstrated by focusing on the applications

Perhaps if a savvy political operative were designing the best go-to-market campaign for SOA they would proclaim: "Its the applications, stupid!"Focusing on the applications -- and not the means to achieving them -- has served computing well over the decades. I recall trying to run a global newsroom -- with...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, SOA, SOA Governance, Windows, IBM, Web Services, SaaS, Agile Development, Cape Clear

Blog posts 2006-11-21

Report: Taiwanese company signs contract to make 12 million iPhones in 2007

Well, our best information is that iPhones are on the way. This time for real.Bloomberg News reports that Taipei, Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the worlds largest contract electronics components manufacturer, has signed a contract to make 12 million mobile phones for Apple in 2007.The phones, which...

Tags: General, News, Apple, iPhones

Blog posts 2006-11-15

If you build it, will they pay?

Local governments here in the states with for-fee WiFi plans might do well to reconsider, if Taipei's experience is any guide. A New York Times article explains that the Taiwanese capital built a massive wireless network with 4,100 nodes that reaches 90% of the city's 2.6 million residents - but...

Tags: Q-Ware

Blog posts 2006-06-26