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Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?

Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?Facebook Connect is the answerFirst of all, ANY business where the only plan is a parasitic reliance on the existance and performance of another company is setting itself up for a fall. It may seem unlikely that the beat you live off is...

Tags: environment, Facebook, unsafe environment

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

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Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Some important truths about pen-testing

Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks” of their own, or others’ technologies to test...

Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Could you switch over to being 100% open source?

Could you switch over to being 100% open source?Average user isn't going to boot two operating systems.[i]I only use Windows for updating my TomTom navigation device, with TomTom Home. I have to, since TomTom doesn't provide a Linux application for that....[/i]Unless they have a specific need to use more than...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, TomTom, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Top Facebook applications see 25% drop in traffic since redesign

Last week I asked, "Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?", questioning CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to somewhat ignore developers' concerns for the greater company good. Turns out I wasn't far off in asking that question. Facebook beat site AllFacebook writes today of grim...

Tags: Developer, Facebook, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload

Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payloadSo basically......anyone who patched back in October and who doesn't install dodgy files is still OK?Which seems to be about 99%+ of Windows users.This thing is a walk in the parkcompared to the new w32.Virut.nbn variationsit's game over as soon as you catch itnastiest thing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, SECURITY, Conficker, payload

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Is Facebook an unsafe environment for business?

Developers continue to vent their frustration at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the direction he's taking his iconic social networking site. Zuckerberg’s vision for Facebook is to become the web-based platform of the future. But has it become tainted with so many changes that it has become an unsafe environment...

Tags: Facebook, Environment, Nick O'Neill, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Diebold ATMs infected with credit card skimming malware

Diebold ATMs infected with credit card skimming malwarethtas why i only use bank atms with my card and CC for everything elseThough cash is preferred.if they want a credit based world, they are going to have to protect it better.More reasons why Windows has no place periodAnother reason why Windows...

Tags: Network technology, Operating systems, NETWORKING, malware, Diebold Inc., credit card, ATM, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe

Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafeIt's still a long long way......before cloud computing will become the norm. Issues like this illustrate one reason why. It can be hard enough to get a closed network totally secure enough to completely trust it. To get any big...

Tags: Government, SECURITY, Cayble, Google Inc., FTC

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Mosquitoes in schools

Mosquitoes in schoolsThe question I have is why are people so worriedabout teenagers 'congregating' in places? I mean, it isn't like they are harder to deal with than adults, in fact from what I have seen most of them (excluding 'tough boys' who would never get near my home or...

Tags: Mosquitoes, music

Discussion threads 2009-03-15

Don't brandjack the Shaq - and watch your client's back

Don't brandjack the Shaq - and watch your client's backBuzz Manager service Uncovered Ficticious Shaq to Protect BrandWe at Sports Media Challenge www.sportsmediachallenge.com agree that all brands need to monitor 24/7 for relevant, real time business intelligence. Our proprietary Buzz Manager service does that for personal and corporate brands...

Tags: Branding, Shaq, celebrity, brand, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Preemption case went before Supremes today

Preemption case went before Supremes todayI have to wonder...Suppose the SCOTUS rules that manufacturers aren't liable because the FDA gave the product their blessing.By extension then, could auto manufacturers be liability free once their auto are approved by the applicable agencies (NTSB and/or NHTSA)? Would airplane manufacturers be liability free...

Tags: Litigation, Supreme, Preemption case

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?So what is the source of the issue?It's one thing to make such a spectacular claim it's another to provide some real evidence. Why would they be emitting a toxic smell? Might this be the case with other computers too?No wonder MBP fans love...

Tags: benzene, MAC Pro, Apple Inc., toxin

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flawjust proves that no software can ever be without any flawsntmore typical ZDnet FUDChrome prevents access to user folders including the desktop using permissions. R-E-A-S-E-A-R-C-HRE: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw"Raff’s code shows how a malicious hacker can use a clever social engineering lure...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Google Inc., carpet-bombing flaw, flaw

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Laser scanning robot 3D-R1 used to map mines

A UK-based company, 3D Laser Mapping, has developed robots equipped with lasers to automatically scan mines. Its latest mission was to create a 3D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. The remote survey vehicle RSV 3D-R1 weighs about 135 kilograms and is 0.6 meter high. It...

Tags: 3D, Laser, 3D-R1, 3DLM, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?

Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?What is it with peopleThat just can't seem to use a "Z" where required?Well done!nt9.8!! NTnt"fr0thy-OS - Your Thinking, My Poisson"Your thinking, my FISH?????LMAOOne of the funniest things I've read on this site.::snicker::Given how well it worked for Borg Gates and...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., CLR, CLR virtual machine, operating system, non-Windows operating System, Singularity, managed code, virtual machine

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixes

Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixesThe WOW really starts now.How can you take a perfect product and make it even better, leave it in the hands of Microsoft, the world leader is absolute security. I asked my Rep to comment on [I]Microsoft identifies the root cause of each security...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, exploit, API, software, service pack, security, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

Microsoft Patent App would add "trust system" to some cut-and-paste operations

There's a newly published Microsoft Patent application that - at least the way I read it- seems to both alter and add significant options to the way in which cut-and-paste is performed between various Windows-compatible documents and utilities. That's not to say you...

Tags: Word-processing, Application, Document, Portion, Paste, Managed Code, Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Copy, Logic, Determination, FIG, Managed Code Environment, Word-processing Application, Application Domain, Internet, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Protectionism never works

Protectionism never worksNow if you can just convince...those in the unemployment line that have lost their jobs to outsourcing... Or the parents of kids who have been chewing on lead based painted toys from China.Totally free markets work only in perfect economic models. The true answer lies in the middle...

Tags: Protectionism, Daimler AG, free trade

Discussion threads 2008-01-08