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- Linux lets your Linksys run applications
- Linux lets your Linksys run applicationsTry a real embedded platformThe WRT is a nice little Linux engine, but it's somewhat limited.If you want a real embedded platform that can do anything, try the PC Engines WRAP. It's $160 for the box and $20 for a compact flash card. ...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Home networking, NETWORKING, Linksys WRT54G, router, IPCOP, Linksys Inc., Linux, Toadlife, PC, linksys
- Discussion threads 2005-07-18
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- RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headaches
- RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headachesMS disabled Netscape plugins in IE5.5 SP2 w/o warningThey claimed after the fact it was for security reasons. ActiveX is FAR more of a problem since it was designed to do any and everything the operating system could do. IE is it's self an...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web browsers, Middleware, Digital music, Digital media, security, ActiveX, plug-in, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Plugins, ActiveX Control, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Netscape Communications Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Google Maps for Mobile updated so you can find your location without the need for a GPS receiver
- Google Maps for Mobile updated so you can find your location without the need for a GPS receiverAnother good idea from Google......if you don't mind the estimate being +/- 2700m.Downloaded last nite--works like a charm.Google promises to improve accuracy with the assist of current GPS users.Most coOL Google Folks!Only works...
- Tags: Google Inc., GPS, GPS receiver, Google Maps, mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.
- Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.Poor UNIX weenies[i]"...every new application required a new Windows box. That happens to be the way most IT departments work and it is a good thing for Microsoft because that is the way Windows works!"[/i]Not really. We stuff all kinds of crap on...
- Tags: Operating systems, Servers, virtualization, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, server, incompetence, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- The straw men of open source
- The straw men of open sourceWell putBest statement of the case I've readd.I'll note that all of these strawmen show up in the ZDNet talkbacks and some have prominent proponents. In fact, I predict that at least one such proponent will respond to you on the subject of "working...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber
- Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamberAs you know, you’ve already advocated the largest step- Wanting to changeSuggestions:Bear in mind that your chosen area of debate ranges over considerable areas - e.g. hardware and software. Many applications thereof. What might best suit: individuals; developers; users; smaller organisations; larger organisations;...
- Tags: UNIX, salesman, Internet, Air America
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- F**k China
- F**k ChinaThank you......for being a voice for civilization. Not that it'll do any good; I'm sure you'll get lots of reasons why it's a Good Thing for bloggers to be so crude/insulting/mysogenistic. Makes me ashamed of the human race sometimes.Carl RapsonI agreeThis is pretty sad, and a monumental waste of...
- Tags: Blogging, WTF, blog, civilization, Wiki
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- Apple's AirPort Extreme can pose security risk
- Apple's AirPort Extreme can pose security riskUh OhHere we go...Incoming! ;)So better title is Airport Extreme can pose a security risk if users don'tapply patches that have been created to address it. Ok.The problem has already been fixed dietrich .LOLS - teh macs are teh suck!!:DYou beat me to...
- Tags: security risk, Apple Inc., Apple AirPort Extreme, security, Apple Airport
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Zune and the uplift wars
- One of the leaders of the clan of the Gooksyu-Gubru, in David Brins The Uplift War, is the bureaucrat known as The Suzerain of Cost and Caution. His job is to contain expense during their invasion of a human controlled planet, something he typically expresses in the Gubrus own...
- Tags: General, Infrastructure, Sun
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- The commie smear against open source
- The commie smear against open sourceDo you blame them?The reaction is based on fear. Open Source is a challenge to the current echo system. Many of the old school developers and programmers aren't sure how or if they can make a living in this new world. People get scared when...
- Tags: Government, communist, commie, open source, GPL, Dana, software, GNU
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss
- My title, above, comes from a comment by "Toadlife" to a blog about HPs announced compiler improvements for Itanium. Consider these two key paragraphs from that comment: Never underestimate how badly lack of UNIX experience can hurt you. Did I tell about the time our...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows people, Microsoft Windows, information technology, Unix
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Open-source group wants educational patent reversed
- Open-source group wants educational patent reversedAnother bogus patentThis sounds a lot like the security models used in most accounting and projects tracking software. A user has multiple roles; and depending on the roles held, will have different levels of access within different components, or different projects, or different cost...
- Tags: patent, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-11-30
- Why Microsoft will distribute SuSe
- Why Microsoft will distribute SuSewell.."Strategically this is pre-positioning for a strike at IBM in anticipation of an SCO settlement, but it's also something else: a case of winning with the right hand, while winning with the left too. "That's why they call it marketting...Pity that the rest can't come up...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, UNIX, single point of failure, SuSE, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Living with a MacBook - first thoughts
- Living with a MacBook - first thoughtsliving with MacBookThanks for all the goodies, when you find me a way to fund a mac like yours, please let me know so I can have fun too...Have a look at these guyshttp://www.macility.com/products/index.htmlI've been thinking of trying Typinator. Maybe you can try it...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2006-11-11
- Firefox 2.0 shows promise but UI needs a face lift
- [Updated 4:20 PM] Firefox 2.0 was unofficially released via FTP and I had a chance to take a test drive [Update - Firefox 2.0 officially released]. The download was 5.62 MBs but it was a very specific installer for my machine and you do have to pick the...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF2
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- McAfee admits proprietary process failure
- McAfee admits proprietary process failureDana admits failure of Open Source process failureQuoting you"There are open source antiviral efforts, but unfortunately most lack leadership, funding, and publicity"I guess the conclusion can be clearly drawn out that proprietary software companies are doing a much much better job.ClamAvWhat about CalmAV? It's open...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Remember IT, open source, Linux, McAfee Inc., software, antivirus, Dana, DefConVegas
- Discussion threads 2006-07-17
- Border patrol for Internet Explorer
- Border patrol for Internet ExplorerSure it is...Firefox is just IE with a different set of holes...d00d!IE 7 is still in beta - of course it is slow as molasses with all the error checking and debugging code in it while in beta.Reality check[i]"There have been zero exploits in the wild...
- Tags: Web browsers, vmware, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, exploit, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
- Spyware pusher shut down and fined $4 million
- Spyware pusher shut down and fined $4 millionyesYes, I made time to post about a story that's important to me because I was very involved in helping the CDT bring their complaint against Seismic Entertainment, which later led to the FTC complaint. I addressed toadlife's points the the talkbacks...
- Tags: Spam, Blogging, Viruses and worms, SocketShield, pusher, spamming, Spamford Wallace, spyware
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- New security program to prevent exploits -- it works!
- New security program to prevent exploits -- it works!YawnWoohoo. Another anti-virus program.And this deserves coverage on ZDNet becuase.....? Almost all AV programs incoporate the exact same web-exploit protection that this SocketSheild does.Diseases spread best...... when the host lives long enough to carry them around.If these spyware sites are doing so...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, exploit, antivirus, SocketShield
- Discussion threads 2006-05-02
- Kama Sutra worm seduces PC users
- Kama Sutra worm seduces PC usersPoor trojan never had a chance. :(http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/nyxem_e.shtml1. PIF/SCR files are blocked by default in Outlook and have been for quite a while. Strike 1.2. Even if it wasn't, the file would need to be saved to the hard drive and then executed from there, requiring...
- Tags: Spyware, Linux, Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Operating systems, SECURITY, operating system, PC, e-mail, trojan horse, Kama Sutra worm
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
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