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- Secunia: It's not a flaw if it's a feature
- When I reported on the Vocera certificate security bypass flaw, SecurityFocus picked up on it and created Bugtraq ID 27935 to warn their customers about the vulnerability. I dropped a note to Secunia about the flaw but they seem to believe that a flaw is only a flaw if it...
- Tags: Vocera Communications, Secunia, Flaw, Security, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- If we had more open spectrum would hospitals need wires?
- One of the general themes of this HIMSS show is the growth of WiFi. Trapeze Networks was doing big businesss with its WiFi management systems. Since radio waves propagate in a circle but most rooms are square, hospitals need to assure service everywhere and like to bring...
- Tags: Trapeze Networks, Hospital, Vocera Communications, Management, Spectrum, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Healthcare, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Cisco confirms vulnerability in 7921 Wi-Fi IP phone
- Two days after news of the Vocera Wi-Fi VoIP communicator PEAP security bypass vulnerability, I received confirmation from Cisco that their model 7921 Wi-Fi VoIP phone is also vulnerable to the same issue where digital certificates aren't cryptographically verified. Both Cisco and Vocera have told me that they intend to...
- Tags: Phone, Password, IP Phone, Vulnerability, Vocera Communications, Wi-Fi, Cisco Systems Inc., Authentication, PEAP, Security, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-23
- vocera communications Cuts RMA Rate in Half
- Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, Vocera Communications, Inc., has developed a wireless voice communication system to enhance customer service, productivity, and teamwork at hospitals, retail stores, hotels, and service organizations. The company needed a flexible testing solution to help engineers develop wearable, voice-controlled wireless communication solutions. The challenge was to build...
- Tags: Wireless Communication, Vocera Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, LANs, Networking
- Case studies 2007-06-01
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- Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510
- As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?
- Comcast has acquired Plaxo in a move that aims to make the cable giant's interactive portfolio more social and potentially bring a little Web 2.0 to your set-top box. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but TechCrunch puts the deal at about $150 million to $170 million. Comcast has...
- Tags: Plaxo Inc., Network, Comcast Corp., Game Plan, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...
- Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?
- Watching Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates go through the paces during his last Microsoft CEO Summit keynote on May 14, I couldn't help but ponder again why Microsoft thinks it needs to be both a business and a consumer software vendor. From May 13 to 15, Microsoft officials...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tech Innovation, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- UK gov't releases transparent post-failure analysis
- The UK Identity & Passport Service IPS has released an excellent post-implementation assessment report describing lessons learned from five key 2007 projects. In an unusually transparent move for any government agency, the report candidly examines each project's objectives, deliverables, and areas for improvement. ...
- Tags: Project, Procurement, Analysis, IPS, Purchasing & Procurement, Government, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- No Office 2007 for UK classrooms?
- InformationWeek is reporting on new complaints from the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency BECTA against Microsoft's lack of support for open standards. Now that OOXML has been adopted as an ISO standard, it's hard to say where this will go; however, the agency makes the case for steering...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Feedburner is down
- Update 5/13/08 9:00pm EDT: Feedburner works again. Yay! Gawd, I hate when that happens. Note to Feedburner: Check out 7 tips for handling post-failure communications for some post-recovery advice. By the look of this error page, you need the help. ...
- Tags: Feedburner, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- A U.S military botnet in the works
- Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...
- Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Call for military to operate botnet
- Call for military to operate botnetI'd volunteer my PCs to help.If they did this above-board, with a SETI screen saver style app we could install deliberately, I'd bet they could have 50 million machines ready to help with this in a matter of weeks.RE: Call for military to operate botnetI'd...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, NETWORKING, Internet Service Provider, attack, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation
- For all those wondering what Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes would do once he retires from Microsoft in September, the uncertainty is over. Raikes is going to become the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Raikes is replacing another former...
- Tags: Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Blackberry users to get Windows Live services
- Research in Motion RIM and Microsoft have struck a deal via which Blackberry users will be able to run Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger on their devices. The two companies announced the deal on May 12; actual availability is slated for some time this summer...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Live, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund
- There have been rumors of a new BlackBerry design, often labeled the BlackBerry 9000 series, and today RIM posted the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone that will be coming this Summer to a carrier near you. RIM also announced a US$150 million mobile applications and services development fund...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Display, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Is Microsoft the answer to Africa's health woes?
- In my story earlier today I pointed out how African researchers see mobile data networks as the key to improving health outcomes on the world's poorest continent. The French group formerly known as Fone+, now combined under Craig Mundie into Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, is pushing precisely...
- Tags: Mobile, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Smart Phones, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- A brief summary
- A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also essentially the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Facebook is the new Google as exodus of top xooglers continues
- The latest high-level executive to leave Google for Facebook is Elliott Schrage, who headed the corporate communications team. When the top person responsible for Google's messaging across all products and for its international policy leaves this points to a serious change within the company. Facebook has been...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Public Relations, Business Ethics, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Free software great and small
- They envision a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible devices in between. It's only a matter of time before even desktop Linux becomes the mass market. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those...
- Tags: Samba, Conference, Jeremy, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jeremy Allison, free software, open source
- News items 2008-05-07
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