Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:
- Well-Worn Passwords Are Gold Mines for Hackers
Using the same password for multiple Web pages is the Internet-era equivalent of having the same key for your home, car and bank safe-deposit box. Even though a universal password is like gold for cyber-crooks because they can use it to steal all of a per
- Google tweaked search 450 times in 2007
Google is typically tight-lipped about it the inner workings of its search business, but there are a few nuggets worth looking at in a Popular Mechanics interview with Udi Manber, the Google vice president who oversees search quality. Among them: Google r
- Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report
This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows XP, along with other modern workstation operating systems Red Hat, Ubuntu and Apple produ
- Australian Police Caught Pirating Movies
A recent audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australia Police has found that hundreds are being used to download films. In a move smacking of hypocrisy though, officers involved will not be charged.
Here are some interesting links from today:
- Apple’s U.S. consumer market share now 21 percent
Put another way, once we contort the numbers in two ways in Apple's favor (first, by focusing solely on the US market, where Apple's market share is highest for obvious economic reasons, and secondly by completely ignoring a full 70 percent of all PC sale
- Hotels make it a game night
The next time you check into a hotel, you might want to ask about its video game events and rentals.
It looks like more and more hotels across the country are making it a game night with Guitar Hero playoffs and room-to-room gaming competitions. Gamin
- IT at fault: Millions pay wrong tax amount
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs has promised to fix its computer systems after it was found to have incorrectly taxed up to five million UK citizens.
The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) found that up to £880m in pay as you earn (Paye) taxes
- Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Now Available for Windows Vista SP1
Many of you have asked us when the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) would be available for download now that Windows Vista SP1 has been released. As of today, you can!
RSAT is an excellent set of tools for IT Pros wanting to manage their Window
Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:
- Dell to Save $3B Over 3 Years
Dell Inc. said Monday it will save as much as $3 billion over the next three years as it cuts costs and lays off workers, with measures including closing a desktop manufacturing facility in Austin.
- Jott for BlackBerry
We have a lot of happy Blackberry customers at Jott, and Jott for BlackBerry is the ultimate BlackBerry download. It is a simple, but very powerful tool that will let you reply to emails on your BlackBerry just using your voice – either speaking directly
Here are some interesting links from today:
- LinkedIn – Your Network Updates’ Personal RSS Feed
Many users have asked us for a RSS feed of Network Updates and as I'd commented over two weeks ago, we now allow you to subscribe to your network updates via RSS! Find the ubiquitous orange RSS logo right next to the Network Updates sign on LinkedIn's ho
- 11-year-old takes school network by the horns
When Victory Baptist School, a small private school in Millbrook, Ala., was struggling to keep its computer network together last year, an 11-year-old student named Jon Penn stepped in as network manager.
Here are some interesting links from today:
- MacBook Air hacked in two minutes
Still think your trendy Mac is immune to hack attacks? Think again. According to PCWorld, the MacBook Air was hacked within two minutes by Charlie Miller who was generously rewarded with a laptop and $10,000 for his effort. Miller, who had previously expo
- Insight into YouTube videos
I remember the first time a video I posted to YouTube cracked 100 views. I wasn't so much surprised as curious: Who were these people? How did they find this video? Where did they come from? Today we're taking our first step towards answering these questi
- Companies Don’t Even Read Their Own EULAs Carefully
the EULA for Apple's newly-released version of Safari for Windows requires that "The software allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." Obviously, most Windows users do not have an "Apple-l
