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Assessing your Organization?s Network Perimeter (pt. 1)
2008-06-02 17:01:00
bloginfosec.com – Welcome once again to the risk rack. This time on the risk rack we will be reviewing how to assess your organization?s network perimeter. The assessment of a network perimeter has six major steps: Define the functions and purposes of your network perimeter. Assess the technology used along the perimeter of your network. Assess the processes used ... read more
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Safari On Windows Has Carpet Bombing Bug
2008-06-02 13:50:00
PCMech – TUAW reported that there?s a bug in the Safari web browser that if triggered properly could enable an attacker to run malicious software – on Windows . The only reason this is getting any press at all is because the browser is made by Apple. Safari is an AWFUL WEB BROWSER. The plugin support is TERRIBLE and ... read more
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DirecPath: Better than Verizon FiOS?
2008-06-02 13:49:00
PaulStamatiou.com – Last year I had my first run-in with Verizon ?s FiOS internet service. I had heard much about it and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread as it was the first application of Fiber-To-The-Home available to many (albeit FiOS is still not in that many cities). FiOS service comes in various flavors but ... read more

Google Earth Browser Plug-in And API Released
2008-06-02 13:49:00
Tech Guide – Google has released Google Earth browser plugin allowing users to enjoy full 3D digital maps within webpages, using the Javascript API developers can make use of this powerful platform to develop interesting 3D map applications and embed them directly onto webpages requiring just the browser plugin on the users end to ... read more
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Microsoft Free – One year later
2008-06-02 02:23:00
Enterprise Topics – In May of 2007 I wrote a post called Open Source and Microsoft Free . Little did I know that this post would show up on Digg, Slashdot, Craigslist, and several other popular web sites and become a platform for both the Linux and Microsoft camps to wage yet another flame war. This whole “Microsoft free” experiment started when a colleague of mine challenged me to eat my own dog food after reading many of my posts about my dabbling with open source technologies. The next day, after a few blue screens of death and various issues with Outlook, I grabbed a Ubuntu CD and installed it on my laptop….at work! ... read more
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Key Point SMiShing
2008-06-02 01:19:00
ha.ckers.org web application security lab – Yesterday, my gfnd got a SMiShing text to her phone against Key Point Credit Union. The obvious tip off that this was an attack was that she doesn?t have an account with Key Point, not to mention the other clues. This is the first instance of it in the US I?ve heard of, although I?d ... read more

Allowing for Social Influence in the Workplace
2008-06-01 20:30:00
The AppGap – A much ignored subject in conversations about the workplace is the role that social influence plays. Recent research shows that when making decisions (any kind of decisions) we are much more influenced by known peers than we are by anonymous people or anonymous information inputs. It is the people that we know and trust that ... read more
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OOXML, It Ain?t Over Yet
2008-06-01 20:30:00
iface thoughts – OOXML is now an official standard, which means it has been accepted by the standards organization. However, at least 3 of its members still disagree. Brazil, India and South Africa have registered their complaints and protest the OOXML?s recognition as an international standard. Some countries, like India, have opposed OOXML from the beginning. However, these ... read more

Twelve research teams get $2 million for healthier video games
2008-06-01 20:28:00
Gamertell – We all know that the Wii has found extensive use as a fitness device besides being incorporated into rehabilitation programs world over. There have been a few researches to study its relationship with a player?s health and fitness but a deeper understanding of the subject can fashion a fitness revolution of sorts. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced grants worth $2 million for research on effects of video games on health through its Health Games Research program. ... read more
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Styletap preps up Palm application emulator for the iPhone
2008-06-01 20:27:00
Appletell – As if we haven?t had enough of applications for the iPhone, StyleTap which is well known for developing cross platform emulators for mobile applications is about to release its Palm emulator for the iPhone. That?s right folks, Agendus, TravelTracker, DateBK6 among other Palm applications will soon see the light of day in our beloved iPhones. ... read more
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Is Apple set to change .Mac to Me.com?
2008-06-01 20:26:00
Appletell – The rumors have been flying about the upcoming changes to Apple?s .Mac service. Will .Mac service be changed to MobileMe? What about .Mac will it redirect to a new domain? ... read more
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How to Restore Lost Bookmarks in Firefox
2008-06-01 16:49:00
Sizlopedia – Yesterday I was browsing via Firefox when suddenly the power went out and to my horror I found that I lost all my Firefox bookmarks and I did not have any backup. This is actually a Firefox bug which causes a user to lose all bookmarks if Firefox is not closed properly but thanks to a ... read more
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Google Adsense for RSS Feeds Coming soon
2008-05-31 15:51:00
Sizlopedia – Finally the most awaited feature for Google Adsense i.e. Adsense for RSS Feeds has been officially announced by Feedburner and is set to roll out to all Publishers starting from next week. Previously, Google Adsense for RSS Feeds was only available to selected publishers however soon all Adsense publishers will be able to take benefit from ... read more

Hotmail, The E-Mail You Never Thought Was This Good
2008-05-31 15:51:00
PCMech – Name an e-mail service – any e-mail service – that offers both a web interface and a mail client, by the same company, that syncs mail, address book, calendar, instant messenger, and allows you to connect it directly to your domain … ... all for free. As you can tell from the title of this article, Microsoft and its ... read more
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Twitter: Strictly for the Twits?
2008-05-31 15:51:00
The Webquarters – Twitter is being hailed as a revolutionary social networking technology. Can these claims hold hold water?Twitter is yet another of the social networking technologies that seem to be proliferating with alarming regularity these days. For the incognoscenti, Twitter is essentially a technology that allows multicasting of SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages, i.e., sending SMSs to groups of people. One can be ... read more

Tracking Worms,Spam and Malware with Google Earth – Neat
2008-05-31 15:50:00
Technospot.Net – F-Secure came up with pretty innovative idea where they are tracking Spam s, Worms and Malware s and integrating it with them directly on to Google Earth which gives a pretty neat idea from where things are coming. In fact they are tracking first with IP which is converted to latitude and longitude and makes ... read more
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Check your web designs in multiple versions of IE
2008-05-31 15:50:00
Technology Bites – It is a pain to check your web design in all the versions of IE in your computer as your PC won?t allow you to install multiple versions of IE. Most of the time designs will break in lower versions of IE, that it is a whole different story. IEtester is a free tool that ... read more
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(Another) Diagnostic And Benchmarking Utility
2008-05-31 15:50:00
PCMech – When it comes to diagnostic and benchmarking programs, there is certainly no shortage. So why not point you to another one? Fresh Diagnose is just that. The description from their website says: Fresh Diagnose is a utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU ... read more
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APC Launches Data Center Planning Tools
2008-05-31 01:23:00
Data Center Knowledge – APC today introduced TradeOff Tools , a group of web-based applications that allow data center professionals to experiment with numerous what if scenarios for virtualization, efficiency, power sizing, and other key design issues. The Flash-based tools let managers model different approaches and… read more
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Are they never going to learn?
2008-05-30 22:32:00
Andy ITGuy – Another day and another company loses unencrypted personal information on their customers. When are companies going to learn? When are they going to finally get serious about protecting their customers information? ComputerWorld reports that the Bank of New York Mellon Corp lost back up tapes with PII on 4.5 million customers. The PII includes ... read more
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Mobility Changes (Almost) Everything
2008-05-30 22:32:00
Kees Leune – Today is a nice day. It is 78 °F (25 °C) and sunny here in Garden City, NY. Today, I decided to actually take a lunch break and stroll over to Subway for a bite. On my way out, I… read more
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Beware of network printer hacks
2008-05-30 22:29:00
Web Informant – I am not sure that I should be telling you this, but your network is a sitting duck for a break-in that is both so elegant and potentially dangerous. All you need is your Web browser and some basic knowledge, and while I have put a few things together in this post, it didn?t take me ... read more
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High gas prices promote digital nomad lifestyle
2008-05-30 18:42:00
The World Is My Office – ATHENS, GREECE — Evolutionary biology teaches us that evolution happens not by constant, steady change, but in sudden leaps and mutations. Likewise the evolution toward being able to work from anywhere. A recent tectonic shift — in this case, high gas prices — is making the world safer for extreme telecommuting. A Reuters report today highlights organizations that are cutting back the number of days employees are required to physically show up at work because of soaring gas prices. Even employees who are ... read more
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Run Linux Apps In Windows
2008-05-30 14:39:00
PCMech – If you have used Linux for any length of time, you probably have found some applications which would be really nice if you could run them in Windows . Now, this can be possible with Ulteo Virtual Desktop. This application allows you to run many Linux applications natively inside of Windows. While this is a great concept, ... read more

Failure Rates in Google Data Centers
2008-05-30 14:39:00
Data Center Knowledge – Google fellow Jeff Dean offered an overview of Googles data center operations in this weeks Google I/O conference for developers. News.com has an overview of Deans presentation, most of which revisited general information that is already public and is summarized in our Google Data Center FAQ ... read more
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Windows Small Business Server 2008 RC0 – First Impressions
2008-05-30 14:39:00
Lukas Beeler’s IT Blog – Microsoft released the Windows Small Business Server 2008 RC0 today. For those of you who do not know SBS: SBS has traditionally been a single server setup with Exchange, SQL Server and ISA Server. It consolidates all ?big? Microsoft technologies on a single server. This contradicts most ?Best Practices? published by Microsoft, and as such SBS ... read more
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Brazil Appeals OOXML Adoption
2008-05-30 04:18:00
Standards Blog – Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), the National Body representing Brazil , today filed an appeal to the approval of OOXML by ISO/IEC, bringing the current total of appeals to two, with as many as two additional appeals to come, based upon what I have heard from private sources.  The text of the Brazilian appeal appears in full at the end of this… read more
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Disclosing in a public forum is not whistle blowing
2008-05-30 04:18:00
Network Security Blog – Last week TJX fired one of their employees for disclosing on ha.ckers.org that TJX is using blank passwords and other very insecure procedures. Posting in what he thought was an anonymous manner, CrYpTiC_MauleR was tracked down by management at TJX through his ISP, asked what he felt is wrong with the TJX network and ... read more
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Web 2.0 companies – Is this .Com again?
2008-05-30 04:17:00
Enterprise Topics – In the .Com days companies were built overnight and threw together web based systems without a lot of thought about architecture and planning. Many of them crashed and burned and left investors with empty pockets and sent day traders back to their full time jobs. Now we are in the Web 2.0 days and I see this pattern developing again. New websites are popping up everyday as the social networking craze races across the globe. Dont get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Web 2.0, especially the ... read more
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Group interview: a graphic view of the open hardware movement. Part 2: tech
2008-05-29 21:32:00
Free Software Magazine – The tools and techniques for creating hardware designs are very different from those used for software and because of this, developing open hardware is a significantly different and greater challenge than creating free software. In the second part of my interview with the developers of the Open Graphics project, I wanted to explore these factors and the solutions this one open hardware project has found. ... read more
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