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- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction
- SCADA scares me, and I've seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking power grids, water treatment plants, nuclear plants, etc. Hacking networks that SCADA devices reside on and...
- Tags: Device, Hacking, Internet, Network, SCADA, Terrorism, Attack, Enterprise Software, Software, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?
- Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...
- Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Google's obfuscation on privacy
- Does Google have something to hide? A report in the New York Times claims that: It's the only one of the big Internet companies that doesn't put a link to its privacy policy on its home page. Indeed, Google believes so strongly...
- Tags: Google Inc., Reason, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Internet, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- What price disclosures deliver is transparency
- A new think tank study dismisses a proposal from Iowa Republican Charles Grassley to require disclosure of medical device pricing. (Picture from the PiperReport.) The hit piece was commissioned by AdvaMed, the device industry trade group, and claimed that there is little market competition, that search costs are...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- AdvaMed says of health care inflation, not me
- We have reached the stage in the health care debate where everyone is pointing the blame, and pointing it elsewhere. It's like the Family Circus Not Me. Who did it, Billy? Not me. In this case the Not Me is a study, from AdvaMed,...
- Tags: Device Manufacturer, Insurance Company, Health Care, Inflation, AdvaMed, General Device Inflation, Insurance, Government, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Regulations, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Helped Save Reporting and Analysis Costs for IATA Through Centralized Data Warehouse
- IATA wanted a system that would consolidate all the E-Ticketing information from various sources and generate specific reports that would show the compliance status and related information of each airline. Some of the major challenges faced by MindTree team were: non availability of reliable information on time, leading to delayed...
- Tags: MindTree Consulting, Data Warehouse, Analysis, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-24
- Hackers attacking US utilities overseas
- Hackers attacking US utilities overseasVista Server The Solution!Any industry that is not 100% Microsoft from servers to ALL clients is in danger fron hackers!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Hackers attacking US utilities overseasOverseas countries don't have cash to do what's done here, a privite not net system to control grid. It was just convenient...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-01-20
- News to know: SAP's big buy; Adobe flaw; VMware; Curing spam
- Notable headlines: Dan Farber: SAP's growth spurt: $6.8 billion for Business Objects. SAP statement. Dennis Howlett: SAP's acquiring Business Objects: 1st take. Ryan Naraine: Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround. Larry Dignan: VMware updates infrastructure suite; touts storage, patch automation....
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, VMware Inc., Flaw, Sales Strategy, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Spam, Storage, Sales, Security, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Spam And Phishing, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- California will do the diesel dole, breathe easier
- Line up on the right, folks. The State of California has a quarter-billion dollars to give away. Got a few old fiesel trucks or a smoke-spewing tug boat? Well, this is your chance to get a little greener. Thanks to the California voters. ...
- Tags: Diesel Technology Forum, Bond, California, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Reform opponents promise patent fight in Senate
- The tech industry may have been patting itself on the back Friday, after the House passed a patent reform bill, but the measure still faces an uphill battles in the Senate, opponent claim, InfoWorld reports. "I would not throw a party just yet," said Bobbie Wilson, director in the...
- Tags: Bill, Patent, U.S. Senate, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- As iPhone reveals weakness of Edge network, a call for a national wireless network
- The sale of the iPhone is a publicity event of such gargantuan proportions that anyone with a reasonable hook to the story can use media hunger for all things iPhone to air their particular agenda. Enter Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC and front man for Frontline Wireless. The...
- Tags: Mobile/wireless, FCC
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- An iPod tax? Iowa Republicans can't believe their ears
- If the powerful trade group the Recording Industry Association of America has trouble tracking down thousands of people who illegally download audio files from the Internet, no one told the Iowa state legislature. The Quad City Times reports that the Iowa Senate recently approved an "iPod tax," which would...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-20
- RIAA infringement letters: University says return to sender
- The Recording Industry Association of Americas RIAA campaign to stop college students from illegally downloading music hit a snag recently, as one university doesnt have the student computer records on hand, reports the Associated Press. The recording industry group has sent out hundreds of letters to colleges and universities...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Piracy
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Higher ed struggles to secure its data
- Its no secret that colleges and universities have been a favorite target of hackers. They are repositories of juicy bits of personal information that data thieves love, and after the recent breach at UCLA, schools are grappling with how to patch the holes in their security systems, reports The...
- Tags: Higher Ed, Education Technology, Cybersecurity
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- Can a coupon save holiday PC sales?
- Can a coupon save holiday PC sales?He is just telling it like it is. Nothing more.If you want to tell us why he is wrong and how good Vista is, go ahead.He's jjust expressing his personal opinioneven if it's to influence others decisions. This is Zdnet, the posters already...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, PC, MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, coupon, Microsoft Corp., sales
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Hot new degree: computer gaming
- In what must be a surprising turn to many academics, the study of computer gaming is quickly becoming a legitimate vocation, with courses being taught in colleges and universities worldwide, reports The Washington Post. Along with community colleges, universities such as Carnegie Mellon and the University of Southern California...
- Tags: computer game, game
- Blog posts 2006-08-07
- Web 2.0 pay for play: payola, or transparency?
- We live in a world propelled by “spin” and driven by opaque, financially motivated relationship webs.From corporations motivated by profits, to not-for-profits with missions to “do good,” and from governments serving citizens, to universities at the service of research, activities occuring at organizations of all types, including Web 2.0 Social...
- Tags: hospital
- Blog posts 2006-07-23
- U.S. financial industry enlisted to police online vice
- Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Bank of America, Chase, Citigroup and PayPal are participating in the newly formed “Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography,” according to a report in USAToday.com:The financial institutions will report child porn sites they discover on the Web to a central tip line, slated to expand next...
- Tags: credit card, Internet
- Blog posts 2006-05-26
- HBO not gambling with online betting
- HBO cancelled an in-ring boxing series sponsorship deal with an online betting site, following a vote earlier this month by the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime approving a bill that would ban Internet gambling, according to a report in the New York Post:The sponsor, Sportsbook.com, had appeared on HBO in...
- Tags: HBO, Internet
- Blog posts 2006-05-21
- Watermarking (as DRM alternative) gaining steam?
- ZDNet reader Charly Prevost spotted Digital Music News' coverage of some increased support for watermarking as an alternative to the traditional DRM approach. A few weeks back, I described how watermarking works and why I like it. According to Digital Music News: Most recently, P2P...
- Tags: DCIA, digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2006-01-13
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