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- About that cellular interference...
- About that cellular interference...Fire:Fire: ie://malicious_mpack.site.com/Or something like that. :-DVery Cool AND...I very much think this can be done but also if you can focus enough high frequency energy at a device you will cause a parasitic SCR effect (by the effect of raising a CMOS chip signal input level...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Demo exploits posted for unpatched MS Word vulnerability
- Demo exploits posted for unpatched MS Word vulnerabilityThe latest Office 2007 is not affectedThe latest Office 2007 is not affectedDamn it... and on a day I have reporting to doSee, I work with a group of guys where all we do is hack for our clients and show them how...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- 90ò0of all statistics can be made to say anything... 50ò0of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon report
- 90ò0of all statistics can be made to say anything... 50ò0of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon reportHow many breaches from External...sources were facilitated by poor practices of inside sources? Weak passwords, poor surfing habits, poor security implementations, etc. External breaches only occur when an insider allows it to...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Either choose strong passwords, or don't bother with a password at all
- Earlier today I downloaded the latest Live CD for Ophcrack, the Windows password cracker, and tried it out on a Vista install to see how good of a password buster it is. Conclusion: Either choose strong passwords, or don't bother with a password at all. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- How important is Mirth?
- Fred Trotter recently decided to turn his regular talks on open source health computing into a series of blog posts. They are well worth looking at. His review calls Mirth the most important interoperability project out there. Â This despite what he acknowledges are weaknesses in the underlying...
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Developers snub Vista in favor of XP
- Developers snub Vista in favor of XPSlight misinformationIts very standard to target previous versions of OSs. In fact, 2000 was the last time I saw the majority of programmers target a recent OS, and that was just because 2k was so good.Dumb!To believe that Vista won't be accepted by...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory
- A federal district judge has delivered a pretty resounding blow to a theory the RIAA has been using to win verdicts in its copyright-infringement lawsuit campaign. In Atlantic Records v. Howell, Judge Neil Wake refused the RIAA's motion for summary judgment based on the "making available" theory. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04
- Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04Change to an old ATi RagePro or nVidia card. Check your RAM as well as other hardware components. Linux should install on this system, but if there is any failing hardware, forget it. One thing Linux is less tolerant of faulty hardware than...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- News to know: Zune VideoX; Intel; AMD; Dell; Apple
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Zune VideoX: Microsoft's iTunes killer? Vista SP1 available in more languages There's more than one way to mesh Larry Dignan: Intel's quarter on target: The tech sector exhales Dell rolls out AMD quad-core servers;...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- News to know: The week in video; Software licensing doomed?; Windows Mobile UI; Microhoo
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Traditional software licensing: Could a customer revolt cook the model? The week in video: Cisco's virtual health care project Sun Labs looks into 'proximity communications' RSA 2008: Sizing up security RSA 2008: Emerging tech...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Oracle Ironman and other super heroes
- If you're on Twitter you'll know that this week is super hero avatar week. Silly I know but it injects a bit of fun into proceedings. Coincidentally unless this started deep in the Twitterverse by an Oracle mole, Oracle is sponsoring Ironman, the upcoming super hero...
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy SummitLike patriotism, "innovation" is the last refuge of scoundrels.Whenever government contemplates restrictions in defense of IP rights, the argument that preventing theft inhibits innovation is likely to be heard. Actually, the best way to encourage innovation would be to make activities illegal....
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- News to know: OOXML; Adobe AIR for Linux; Copyright; Best midrange hardware
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking OOXML standard vote down to the wire  Christopher Dawson: OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care? ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- IT governance and SOA governance: little in common
- People frequently put IT and SOA governance in the same bucket, and suggest that it won't be long before the two will be one in the same. However, the two actually have little in common, according to one industry commentator. In a new post over at the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- News to know: Facebook; Vista; See-through screens; Sun patch
- Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: The Google Apps Appliance would make Microsoft sweat Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft tries to stop more 'Vista-capable' e-mails from going public Vista Ultimate team releases new discounts, but no new freebies yet Microsoft DeepZoom + PhotoZoom...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Digg: Better off with Microsoft or Google?
- Digg is reportedly for sale with the leading bidders being Microsoft, Google and two media companies. The big question: What's best for Digg and its community? TechCrunch is reporting that Google and Microsoft are in a bidding war for Digg with a price tag in the $200...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot
- Google vs. Microsoft game is afootI still don't get why anyone wants a PHR...I'd much rather use the EMR web access provided by my health care provider, since it is always up-to-date and I don't need to spend all my time filling it in. Plus I can schedule appointments...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot
- GPLMedicine advocate Fred Trotter right has given some inspection to both Google Health and Microsoft's HealthVault, coming down solidly on Google's side. Trotter writes that Google Health's privacy policies and APIs are superior to those of Microsoft HealthVault, and its access control system looks better. ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Nanotechnology-based chicken feed?
- In order to keep healthy the 200 million chicken raised in South Carolina -- and the humans who ate them -- Clemson University researchers are using nanoparticles. They call this intelligent chicken feed. They have built 'nanoparticles that mimic the host cell surface and lock to targeted pathogens. The particles...
- Blog posts 2008-02-23
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