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- Making Man As Super As His Computer
- Worst case, Steve Wallach figures it costs $10,000 to buy a blade server that can execute 50 billion floating point operations in a second. By that measure, it would take $200,000 to buy 20 of the blades, to handle a trillion operations a second in a heavy-duty scientific or financial...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Adobe AIR hits 'critical' security turbulence
- Buried in today's flurry of feel-good Adobe news is this less flattering nugget: Adobe AIR is vulnerable to several critical vulnerabilities that could expose users to code execution attacks. The company released AIR 1.5 with fixes for previously discussed flaws in Flash Player (which is embedded into...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- AMD to enter (high-end) netbook market; Maintains fourth quarter outlook for now
- Updated: AMD on Thursday addressed the two big elephants in the auditorium during its analyst day: The netbook market and the fourth quarter outlook. AMD announced plans to enter the netbook market selectively. And CFO Bob Rivet said AMD isn't cutting its fourth quarter outlook following Intel's sales warning, but...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixed
- Microsoft's scheduled batch of patches for November crossed the wires today with fixes for at least four documented vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows and Office users. As previously reported, the company released two security bulletins -- one rated critical, one rated important -- with fixes for flaws...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- The time is now for a Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- The patience over Microsoft and Yahoo's never-ending deal dance is wearing thin among the chattering class--bloggers, analysts and folks sick of following this dysfunctional courtship--and the consensus is right. The time to do a Microsoft-Yahoo deal is now and it's time to put aside the bad boardroom blood and hook...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Let's meet at AMR's Business Technology Conference
- I'll be attending AMR Research's Business Technology Conference in Boston on Wednesday, November 10. If you're also attending, please say hello so we can talk failure! The conference is heavily weighted toward the business issues associated with IT. From the conference description: The best...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?
- Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?Dynabook for $100?"I have a dream" Unfortunately like Martin Luther King, Alan Kay's Dynabook is nothing more at this time.I wish it wasn't so but like socialism it requires a level of cooperation at so many levels that in a capitalist society...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw
- Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users. [ SEE: Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now ] The in-the-wild attacks, first spotted by...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- Easy Tracker Mini - Personal Time Manager (exe)
- Easy Tracker is a full-featured time tracking suite designed specifically for schedule notification, project management, expense management, work measurement, timesheet entry and reporting. It's especially suited for professionals and companies who need to track time to improve personal and team productivity, to manage projects, to manage expenses and budgets, and...
- Software downloads 2008-11-06
- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel
- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux KernelSo it ISN'T a kernel bugit's a kernel DRIVER bug. That's akin to a bad video driver in Windows.This is not a Linux problem, it's an NDISWRAPPER problem.You should correct the first line of this article, which reads: "A remote buffer overflow vulnerability...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- 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
- Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now
- See important update below for information on patching this vulnerability. Heads up for Windows users: There's a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8. According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Say2Play - The Weapon of Voice (exe)
- Voice activate your favorite PC games. Over 140 preloaded game templates included. Customize your own voice commands to any keyboard control. Play MMO's and RTS games with only your mouse. Don't see your game in the list? Build your own template from scratch. Customize a games default template to your...
- Software downloads 2008-11-04
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
- One would assume that popular sources for zero day vulnerabilities+Poc's such as Full-Disclosure, Bugtraq or Milw0rm are the primary sources for obtaining responsibly or irresponsibly released flaws. They'd be wrong. The black market for zero day vulnerabilities and the concept of over-the-counter OTC trade of zero day flaws, has been...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- My Awesome IT Job: Enterprise Architect, IBM
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Opera sings the security blues
- Guest editorial by Aviv Raff If you ask any Opera fanboy, he will tell you that Opera is the most secured browser. Well frankly, it really is a good and secure browser, implementing many restrictions that other browsers simply ignore. For example, while...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- DataTools (exe)
- DataTools is a simple yet utility to manage your MySQL databases. You can connect to any MySQL database accross you local network as well as on the Internet. Main features: Create databases from a nice user interface; Backup and restore you entire MySQL database as well as individual tables with...
- Software downloads 2008-10-30
- Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigation
- Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigationPoints two and three are dubiousMind you, I tend to take the US Constitution a lot more literally than the US Supreme Court has during my lifetime, but..."Congress has violated the Constitution by putting the prosecution of a criminal statute in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Code execution flaws haunt OpenOffice
- Code execution flaws haunt OpenOfficeCode execution flaws haunt OpenOfficeLOL!! Let the bug hunt begin. This will be one of many bugs found in OpenOffice. Remember when v3.0 was released and all the fanboys were telling us to replace our current solutions with this new version because it works...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Code execution flaws haunt OpenOffice
- OpenOffice.org has shipped a new version of the open-source desktop productivity suite to patch a pair of highly-critical vulnerabilities that could expose users to arbitrary code execution attacks. The flaws, which affect all versions prior to OpenOffice.org 2.4.2, could be exploited via manipulated WMF and EMF files...
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
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