Any label, symbol or token that names or identifies an entity or a collection of data. See identification.
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- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel
- A remote buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux Kernel could be exploited by attackers to execute code or cripple affected systems, according to a Gentoo bug report that just became public. The flaw could allow malicious hackers to launch arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. This could lead...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- A Transparency Engine for the World Wide Web
- A Transparency Engine for the World Wide WebRigth On!I absolutely love reframeit. Not so cool on smaller monitor though. Nonetheless, I'm liking it a lot.RE: A Transparency Engine for the World Wide WebThe future of the web is in the hands of the people -- not Silicon Valley. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-26
- Clone Identifier (exe)
- Clone Identfier allows the user to identify redundant files which are placed in different locations in the computer. It also allows the user to preview the redundant fileonly for image files and eliminate them. Supported file formats .bmp,.png,.gif,.jpg,.wmp,.wma,.mp3, and .mpg. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-10-22
- ZALGUIDGenerator (exe)
- ZALGUIDgenerator is a utility to generate new GUID Globally Unique Identifier, a unique 128-bit integer used for CLSIDs Class Identifier and interface identifier. It's used most by programmers to generate a GUID. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-10-17
- Bush signs online child protection bills
- In addition to the Pro-IP Act, President Bush signed two other Internet-related bills, these related to kiddie porn and child predators. The Protect Our Children Act requires Internet companies to report child pornography and forks over $320 million to the Justice Dept. to fight Internet...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- NoScript mitigates HTTPS cookie hijacking attacks
- The invaluable NoScript for Firefox plug-in just got a tad better. According to Giorgio Maone, the developer behind the popular browser extension, a new experimental feature called "Forced Secure Cookies" has been added to NoScript v1.8.0.5 to mitigate the HTTPS cookie hijacking attack vector discussed at DEFCON...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Internet Explorer 8 beta 2
- With the public release of its second beta, Microsoft said it intends for the Internet Explorer 8 browser to be more customer-oriented than previous versions of its browser. Our initial impression of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is positive: we think Microsoft has not only caught up with Opera, Safari,...
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- The Cost of Privacy: Destruction of Data-Mining Utility in Anonymized Data Publishing
- Re-identification is a major privacy threat to public datasets containing individual records. Many privacy protection algorithms rely on generalization and suppression of "Quasi-identifier" attributes such as ZIP code and birthdate. This paper asks whether generalization and suppression of quasi-identifiers offer any benefits over trivial sanitization which simply separates quasi-identifiers from...
- White papers 2008-08-27
- The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS
- The layered approach ... my wish for a future OSSounds a lot like BSD to me....BSD (and therefore Mac OS/X) has much the same structure as the one you describe. Indeed this structure has some inherent advantages.However, in practice BSD doesn't have a stability or reliability advantage over Linux. Linux...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- USPTO rains on Dell's app for 'cloud computing' trademark
- The Patent and Trademark Office has officially refused to grant Dell a trademark on the term "cloud computing," as News.com posts. USPTO originally gave a thumbs-up to the trademark but earlier this month it overturned that preliminary decision. The Patent Office declined...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution
- Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution
- There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?
- I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- 12 terabytes of YouTube data
- A lot of us block YouTube access in our schools. There's plenty of objectionable content worth hiding from young eyes. Probably an equal number of us, however, leave it open at the request of teachers who use its vast resources for teaching (yes, there is more than zit...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose
- Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- How do I... Replace a complex connection string with a DSN?
- Technically speaking, a Data Source Name DSN is an identifier to a data source for an Open Data Base Connectivity ODBC driver library. ODBC is a function library that interfaces between the Application Programming Interface API and compliant database systems. Anybody who's interacted with foreign data programmatically knows that getting...
- Download resources 2008-05-20
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
- Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Are trolls missing a couple of things?
- Are trolls missing a couple of things?Are you expecting a large number of talkbacks here?I fear you will be disappointed, because AFAICT almost [b]everyone[/b] here uses a fake name. Not that I can confirm that those [i]very[/i] few people who post under credible-sounding names are using their [u]real[/u] names, either.And...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Pioneer DEH-P6000UB
- DesignWith its monochrome display and blue backlighting, the Pioneer DEH-P6000UB is a sharp-looking head unit. Adding to the appeal of the faceplate, the stereo features a plain control interface consisting of a seven-way "multicontrol" jogwheel and six other hard buttons, for selecting audio source, radio band, and random...
- Product reviews 2008-03-17
- SciTE4D Text Editor (exe)
- D language text editor with customized syntax highlighting, AutoComplete, code folding, customized building, pops up a list of the declarations in the current file, pops up a list of modules, selecting to jumps to the first line of the declaration, search for a declaration with an identifier equal to the...
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
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