The first real-world occurrence of drive-by pharming has finally been observed and substantiated. In reality it was only a matter of time as this type of attack was made public in 2006 as a white paper written by three security researchers associated with the Indiana University School of Informatics. The…
Archive for January 25th, 2008
Jan25
Things that suck somewhat: Mac OS X Sheets
There’s a time and a place for transparency in the user interface and Mac OS X usually is right on the mark (unlike Windows Vista). However, Sheets, the animated window that holds buttons for some modal dialogs needs work.
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan25
Google stops paying “domain tasters”
When you register a domain name, you have 5 days to give it back for a full refund. This paved the way for “domain tasters” to monetize their efforts by placing AdSense ads on these temporary pages. Domain tasting is the act of registering a domain or many domains to get a taste […]
Filed in: Google
Jan25
Cell Phone Sales: Party in ‘07, Hangover in ‘08?
The global mobile handset market ended 2007 with a bang, recording shipments of more than 300 million devices in the fourth quarter, according to a report released by IDC Friday. While year-over-year growth for 2007 slowed, the 334 million handsets shipped during the holiday season set a new industry record and was an increase of some 15 percent over the previous quarter.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan25
NolaPro: The Right Tool for the Job?
For many small to medium businesses Point Of Sale software is often out of reach cost wise. There are many solutions but most are either too complex to use or too costly to afford. Fortunately companies like NolaPro are creating original, affordable, open source tools to meet the needs of…
Filed in: Software
Jan25
Apple Minus AT&T Equals Lots of iPhones Somewhere Else
The latest iPhone controversy comes courtesy of a grade-school math problem: If Apple reports that 4 million iPhones have been sold, and AT&T reports that 2 million iPhones have been activated with AT&T accounts, and current estimates peg iPhone sales in the UK, Germany, and France in the neighborhood of 350,000 to 400,000, and if 20 percent of all iPhones sold are hacked and unlocked, how many iPhones are left unaccounted for?
Filed in: Personal Tech
Jan25
Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter
Visual Studio 2008 went to manufacturing at the end of 2007. Windows Server 2008 is expected to be RTM’d in February. But SQL Server 2008 — the other of the three products Microsoft is slated to launch together on February 27, 2008, in a big corporate event in Los Angeles — is running further behind.
Filed in: Microsoft
Jan25
Communication advances for the dogs
In January of 2007, I wrote a post about how a security firm, Bio-Sense Technologies, was trying to interpret a dog’s bark “to see if a dog is responding to a threat instead of just making a lot of noise. ” Low and behold, it’s one year…
Filed in: Security
Jan25
IBM and SAP to work on a joint product called Atlantic
IBM and SAP announced a joint partnership on a product that lets users access SAP’s business applications through IBM’s Lotus desktop client. An excerpt from InternetNews: Code-named Atlantic, the software will let users tap into SAP’s applications for workflows, reporting and analytics through the Notes applications…
Filed in: Software
Jan25
HP’s New SSD Desktop: High Efficiency, Dinky Drive
Computer manufacturer HP has unveiled a new ultra-slim business desktop, the Compaq dc7800 desktop PC. The energy-efficient desktop features a 16 GB solid-state hard drive and also meets the requirements of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool Gold registry, HP said.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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