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- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Image Converter and Editor Utility (exe)
- Image type conversion, resizing and thumbnail image creation, cropping and annotation. Supports BMP,JPG, GIF, TIFF and PNG. It also converts from ICO, EMF and WMF images. Needs no installation. One single executable that installs and uninstalls itself. Converts/resizes/crops single files or all files in a directory.
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?
- Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?waiting for 9 year oldsJust wanted to congratulate you seriously on pulling out of the LA times article on Whyville one of the unfortunately buried positive comments about the kind of learning that goes on in Whyville -- (buried because the editor...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?
- I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Firefox 2 dirty dozen: Critical vulnerabilities patched
- Mozilla has shipped a high-priority update for Firefox 2, warning that there are at least five serious vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution attacks. With Firefox 2.0.0.15, Mozilla fixes at least 12 documented vulnerabilities -- five rated critical -- that could put users at risk...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'
- New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'NowIf we can just get rid of WGA and activation process for stand-alone users, we'll be in business.Microsoft volume licenses 'evergreen'"However as always with Microsoft licensing, the devil is in the details."Never were truer words spoken - you can bet the farm...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows
- Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?
- I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses
- Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities
- Apple has shipped another Mac OS X monster update to fix a total of 25 documented vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks. With Security Update 2008-004, Apple fixes code execution flaws in Launch Services, SMB File Server, System Configuration, VPN and WebKit. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyers
- Smartphone battle royale: The land grab is good for buyersDon't forget HTCThey are certainly not a software player, but neither is Samsung, LG or Moto for that matter. HTC is a major hardware player in this market and is arguably the "go-to" WM platform mfg'er right now - and...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Linux's dirty little secret
- Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Databuilder (zip)
- Creates MS Access 2000 mdb databases on the fly. You choose the Drive, Directory, and file name. The full filename and location is copied to the clipboard. The new database is opened automatically. It does not create Tables, queries, forms, or modules. The File location is opened in Windows Explorer...
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks
- What would the perfect phishing attack from a social engineering perspective? The one that compared to using typosquatted domains impersonating the bank's web application directory structure is in fact using the bank's legitimate domain names as redirectors due to XSS flaws within. It's even more interesting to measure the average...
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- SlideShare: user communication failure
- While Enterprise 2.0 applications can be useful, hassles sometimes abound. In this case, I innocently tried to upload a simple file to SlideShare, only to learn things aren't always straightforward.After attempting to upload the file, I received an error message stating in part: There's a big chance this is...
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Critical security alert issued for Tor
- If you use Tor for anonymity/privacy on the Web, you might want to pay attention to this critical security announcement from project leader Roger Dingledine. According to the advisory, a known vulnerability in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution's OpenSSL package could allow an attacker to figure out private...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Embotics V-Commander 2.0
- Management of virtualized resources appears to loom large in the thoughts of suppliers. The most recent supplier to present their view of how to regain control of the environment is Embotics. The company's V-Commander V2.0 was the topic of the day. Embotics insists that this product will help organizations with...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Ressource Explorer (zip)
- Ressource Explorer will scan the directories and drives on your computer and extract all Bitmap, Icon, JPEG/GIF/PNG image and AVI/WAVE media resources inside the programs and all the resources files in any directory of your choice, and save them as regular image/media files. This version is the first release on...
- Software downloads 2008-06-27
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