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Filtered Noise Generator (exe)

The Filtered Noise Generator TTG can generate noise signals and apply different frequency filters on them in real time. Applications are loudpspeaker or general audio testing, tinnitus masking, audio cross-over development, etc. Features include: White and pink noise signals with adjustable crest factor; Extensive scripting capabilities Macros, dedicated Script Editor...

Tags: Frequency, Application, Audio, Noise, Timo Esser, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-03-07

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News to know: Vista search; Android; Gmail

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search Phil Wainewright: Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software Ed Burnette: 50 questions asked and answered on Android News.com: Google to let users test new...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, H-1B, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Dell's Esser: Green tech is not just about the data center (P.S. It doesn't have to cost a lot more.)

I spoke with Dell's green guru (aka Albert Esser, vice president of power and infrastructure) about two weeks ago, just before I disappeared on vacation. I hadn't gotten around to writing about that conversation yet, but today seems like a pretty good day to do so, what with the company...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Green Technology, Power Supply, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-05

OK, Dell. Maybe your tech's greener, but what about green services?

Great timing on Dell's part. Wait until arch-rival or at least one of them Hewlett-Packard is busy chatting up the press about a minor (ha!) services acquisition, and then WAY up the ante when it comes to an energy-efficiency proclamation. Here's the thing: While other vendors, including...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Debating the most influential security folks list

Ryan Naraine has cooked up a list of the most influential people in security. Here's the list packaged in a slideshow, which is annoyingly set on fast forward. For instance, I viewed two slides, went to bathroom and by time came back the gallery was over (and...

Tags: Google Inc., Ryan Naraine, Team Management, Security, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-13

German security shop challenges anti-hacker laws

Fed up with the "ambiguity and confusion" surrounding Germany's controversial anti-hacker laws, a private security research firm has put its hacking tools back online as part of a public test of the interpretation of the new law. n.runs AG, a well-known penetration testing shop that counts Microsoft...

Tags: Germany, Law, Tool, Phenoelit, Productivity, Security, Hacking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-26

Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect

Security professionals in Germany have started removing exploits and hacking tools from the Internet in response to a new German law that expressly forbids the distribution of any software that can be used in computer/network attacks.Stefan Esser left, the PHP security guru behind the recent Month of PHP Bugs project,...

Tags: Security, Law, Tool, Security Tool, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Open source movie project moves forward

A Swarm of Angels, an ambitious open source movie project that I wrote about in March, is about to move into its next phase, which should see the community grow to 5,000 paying members from just under a thousand. The aim of the project is to create a UKP 1million...

Tags: Net culture, Social Networks, Video Sharing

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Can Web 2.0 really save the planet?

Chad Hurley, the worldwide Web 2.0 video king, hailed before the U.S. Congress last week that his YouTube “community” is helping “children in Africa.” BUT, can the entire Web 2.0 community save the WHOLE planet?Business Objects, a self-described “pioneer in business intelligence since the dawn of the category,” believes...

Tags: Enterprise, Social Capital, Social Software, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Controversial 'month of bugs' getting security results

Controversial 'month of bugs' getting security resultsNot All Months Are EqualSome of the researchers and companies they research are better at this than others. They don't get much better than Stefan Esser, but the current "Month of ActiveX Bug" has been leaving skid marks on the bowl.The problem isn't finding...

Tags: Development tools, Patches, security

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

Controversial 'month of bugs' getting security results

Say what you want about the ethics of the "month of bugs" phenomenon, these vulnerability disclosure projects are getting immediate -- and valuable -- results.On the heels of Apple, Microsoft and others patching serious holes exposed during month-of-bugs projects, the PHP Group has released PHP 4.4.7 with fixes for seven...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers

Blog posts 2007-05-04

Flaw trifecta kicks off Month of PHP bugs

Stefan Essers month of PHP bugs project is off and running with details on three unpatched vulnerabilities that could lead to program crashes and possible code execution attacks. The first batch of flaws published on the project home page covers two recursion stack overflows and a reference counter overflow....

Tags: Patch Watch, Zero-day attacks, Exploit code, Open source, Pen testing, Mozilla, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Punditocracy

Blog posts 2007-03-01

PHP update plugs serious security holes

The open-source PHP Group has shipped a new version of the general-purpose scripting language to fix multiple security holes that could lead to security bypass and the exposure of sensitive information.According to an advisory from the Apache-backed project, some of the vulnerabilities can be triggered remotely under certain circumstances. ...

Tags: Exploit code, Hackers, Open source, Patch Watch, PHP, security, Vulnerability research

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Coming in March: Month of PHP bugs

Stefan Esser's frustrations with the PHP Security Response Team has boiled over into plans for "month of PHP bugs" project scheduled for March 2007.Esser, widely regarded as an authority on PHP security issues, plans to make daily disclosures on buffer overflows, double free vulnerabilities and trivial bypass bugs in PHP's...

Tags: Patch Watch, Vulnerability research, Punditocracy, Responsible disclosure, Exploit code, Open source, PHP

Blog posts 2007-02-06

Samo samo for SAML: no Microsoft

The Liberty Alliance Project just announced that products from IBM, NEC, NTT and RSA Security have passed the SAML 2.0 interoperability testing that the consortium has been sponsoring. (ZDNet report here.) However, it looks like Microsoft won't be coming to this party any time soon. The software giant won't even...

Tags: WS-Federation, SAML

Blog posts 2005-11-21

Global village

Linux' growing popularity outside the U.S. means its software experts should learn a lot of languages.Take German, for instance, the native tongue of Stefan Esser from e-matters security. It was e-matters that recently revealed a critical buffer overrun error in Samba, a crucial Linux file and print server in many...

Tags: e-Matters, Linux

Blog posts 2004-12-07