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- E pur se muove (and yet it moves)
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives
- Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool
- Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...
- News items 2008-11-21
- Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
- Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what's promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100?
- The Dynabook. Source: A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages, Alan Kay, XEROX PARC 1968. November 5th, 2008 was the 40th anniversary since computer scientist Alan Kay devised the "Dynabook", a theoretical computing device which was aimed toward higher education and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- Computers checking mathematical proofs?
- Computers checking mathematical proofs?I suppose proofs could be computer generatedBut unless there's a readable printout, it's only been proven to the computer. Likewise, I have no objections to computer checking of proofs prior to publication with the understanding that it's akin to spell checking. The important thing is...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
- Best new feature for photographers in Adobe Photoshop CS4
- Best new feature for photographers in Adobe Photoshop CS4Hopefully it works better than the demoDownloaded the original version of this Liquid Resize earlier this year and tried it on some of my own photos, e.g. to make things fit better into a square avatar image or what-have-you. The results were...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?
- It's been a little more than a year since YouTube announced the launch of its system to identify videos uploaded to its site that contained, without authorization, copyrighted content from television program and movie producers. And it won't be until next year that the $1 billion suit filed by Viacom...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by 'foreign entity'
- Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by 'foreign entity'back to microfilm and locked filing cabinetsProblems like this clearly demonstrate why computers are not good tools for groups to use for composing private written materials. Its a lot harder to download a type writer or sneak someone into a room with...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- 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
- CamVerce (exe)
- CamVerce offers the easiest way to create professional looking product demos, tutorials, video lectures and presentations. CamVerce has 7 applications including Recorder, Studio: Record your screen and your voice with CamVerce Recorder. Add graphics, callouts, sound and interactive features with CamVerce Studio. Convert your recordings to 11 of the most...
- Software downloads 2008-11-05
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thrivingWhy shouldn't everyone want to make illegal...... the writing and publication of exploits? For any expressed purpose.How long will the idea of goading the software companies prevent people from realizing that the difference between a malign and supposedly useful exploit is the...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- SAP, Oracle, SaaS - The changing ERP market
- The times they are a changing This InformationWeek article is a must read for any ERP buyer, seller or market watcher. SAP Global Operations CEO Bill McDermott confirms some details about SAP and the hosting for its Business ByDesign product line. He also has some choice words...
- Blog posts 2008-11-01
- 3D Issue Manager Lite (zip)
- Are you looking for a way to quickly convert your print publications into online edition editions? 3D Issue Manager Lite is an easy to use tool that automatically converts your PDFs into searchable digital editions in a matter of seconds. Simply select your PDFs, choose your output settings, click convert...
- Software downloads 2008-10-29
- Thanks to Google, writers' lives may be even more thankless, unless....
- The announcement that Google has settled its book scanning lawsuit with The Author's Guild raises all sorts of hopes for digital use of new and previously published books. But without some radical changes in the publishing industry, the results of the settlement are not going to make it easier to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- The RCube (msi)
- RCube is a complete software version of the Rubiks Cube, allowing the player to; Learn how to solve the cube through 8 extensive tutorials, use the cube like a physical cube, draw their own cube into the system, compete against the computer or friends for the lowest number of moves...
- Software downloads 2008-10-28
- Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer
- We're not the first publication to fall in love with Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer briefcase. The costly laptop carrier is lightweight, well-thought-out, and extremely easy to use. Plus, it meets the TSA guidelines for bags that will let you zip through airport security without removing your laptop. Our greatest concern...
- Product reviews 2008-10-22
- Inside an affiliate spam program for pharmaceuticals
- Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the long-term while dealing with the health issues arising from using expired pharmaceutical with unverifiable origins,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Teaching object-oriented programming with Greenfoot
- Another topic I covered with during my interview with Sun Microsystems' Joe Hartley was "Greenfoot," a tool that Sun helped develop providing financial and consultative support to the developers to teach students about object-oriented programming. While most students pick up algorithmic approaches to programming fairly easily, many struggle to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Adobe's Serious Magic site SQL Injected by Asprox botnet
- According to SophosLabs Adobe's owned seriousmagic.com has been automatically SQL injected by the Asprox botnet, becoming the very latest high profile legitimate web sites injected with links to exploits and malware serving sites : "The infection, which resides at hxxp://www.seriousmagic.com/help/tuts/tutorials.cfm?p=1, instructs users browsers to silently install a malicious file...
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
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