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Posted by Nathan McFeters @ 9:08 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
SlideShare: Another DDoS victim surfaces
Posted by Nathan McFeters @ 9:08 am
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Victim, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Nathan McFeters
In an email to me, Dancho Danchev reported another victim of the same type of DDoS attack mentioned as hitting CNN. Well keep our ears open for other instances.
The following links to the SlideShare blog which discusses the attack:
http://blog.slideshare.net/2008/04/18/slideshare-experiencing-ddos-attack/
-Nate
Nathan McFeters is a Senior Security Advisor for Ernst & Youngs Advanced Security Center in Chicago. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own and do not represent the views and opinions of Ernst & Young Advanced Security Center or Ernst & Youn...
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Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 8:48 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Will Mesh take the Web from open source?
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 8:48 am
Categories: General, Not Linux, Strategy, Infrastructure, Storage, Microsoft, business models, content, Internet
Tags: Web, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
The launch of Microsofts Live Mesh has a lot of people asking what this means for key competitors like Google or Adobe.
But what does it mean for open source? After all:
Use of Live Mesh is tied to a Windows ID.
A Mesh Bar onWindows Explorer controls file sharing between devices.
While competitors are mainly interested in syncing files (which is as old as LapLink) Live Mesh is integrating other services, like chat and n...
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Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 8:28 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Is it too late for open source Java?
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 8:28 am
Categories: General, Development, Linux, Linux Server OS, java, Sun Microsystems, GPL
Tags: Open Source, Programming Languages, Java, Scripting Languages, Linux, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Operating Systems, Software
Sun says it is working hard to make Java completely open source so Linux shops can use it.
But is it already too late?
Developers who commented on Slashdot recently said it is. They said the companys previous proprietary attitude caused them to turn to alternatives like Python and Ruby.
The argument is that too many developers are now trained on Python and Ruby, and too much code is now out there, for Java to win on Linux servers.
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Posted by Dennis Howlett @ 8:14 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Twitter turmoil: when does it end?
Posted by Dennis Howlett @ 8:14 am
Categories: Social computing
Tags: Twitter, Manufacturing, Dennis Howlett
The news that Twitters lead architect Blaine Cook and Lee Mighdoll, VP engineering have left should be no surprise. Lets be blunt. Despite the neutral language used in various posts, they were fired. One has to wonder whether Jack Dorsey is next, especially as he doesnt seem to understand the problems of scaling the service.
In the past, Twitter blamed Joyent for its outage problems but I suspect thats not true from things Ive been told under non-disclosure. More to the point, how can you credibly assert that a service architecture is responsible when outages continue long after youve allegedly moved on? As Mike Arr...
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Posted by Richard Koman @ April 24, 2008 @ 8:06 AM Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Travel execs on laptop ruling
Posted by Richard Koman @ April 24, 2008 @ 8:06 AM
Categories: Government technology
Tags: Laptop Computer, Computer, Association Of Corporate Travel Executive, ACTE Global, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman
This might be interesting. I received this statement from the Association of Corporate Travel Executives regarding the Ninth Circuit decision that border cops may search laptops without even reasonable suspicion.
“ACTE filed an Amicus brief contending that a traveler’s laptop was essentially intellectual property and not the same as luggage nor freight,” Susan Gurley, ACTE Global Executive Director, said. “The court has disagreed and this decision will have significant imp...
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Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:50 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:50 am
Categories: General, Software Infrastructure, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psychiatrist, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
In Focus ? See more posts on: Microsoft-Yahoo
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may need an intervention before this obsession with Yahoowhich is really about an obsession over Googlespins out of control.
Were about to hit a second milepost in what is a frenetic week for the Microhoo saga and Yahoo employees arent hip to merging with Microsoft. Meanwhile, Microsoft employees arent so hip to buying Yahoo either.
So who is really jazzed for this deal? Ballmer. Yaho...
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Posted by Richard Koman @ April 24, 2008 @ 7:35 AM Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
DHS scraps virtual fence
Posted by Richard Koman @ April 24, 2008 @ 7:35 AM
Categories: Homeland security
Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Fence, Real Estate, Business Operations, Richard Koman
On Feb. 22, Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff officially accepted Project 28, Boeings prototype virtual fence for the Mexico-Arizona border. Less than a week later, Congress Government Accountability Office said it did not fully meet user needs and the projects design will not be used as the basis for future developments.
Now, reports AP DHS is scrapping Project 28, which will be replaced with a series of communications towers, cameras and radar.
A glaring shortcoming of the project was the time lag between the electronic detection o...
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Posted by Paula Rooney @ 7:13 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Ubuntus corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?
Posted by Paula Rooney @ 7:13 am
Categories: Applications, Linux, Strategy, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, Distributions, FOSS, Microsoft, business models, Sun Microsystems, Software as a Service, GPL, Red Hat, OSBC
Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions?
Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu’s ambitions in the corporate server space will be frustrated because developers and customers don’t want to ...
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Posted by John Morris @ 7:07 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Reviews of the AMD Phenom X3 8750
Posted by John Morris @ 7:07 am
Categories: Intel, AMD, Desktops, multicore processors, quad-core processors
Tags: AMD Phenom, Performance, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Phenom X3, Processors, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Hardware
Following my post yesterday on the AMD Phenom X3s, you asked for some performance numbers on the X3 8750. Below is a roundup of reviews that have been posted in the past 24 hours.
The verdict is mixed. The Phenom X3 is a nice upgrade for those who already have a system with a compatible AM2 motherboard, but it cant match the performance of similarly-priced Intel Core 2 Duo processors on most tests. And for an extra $30 you can now step up to the Core 2 Quad ...
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Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 7:05 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Half a terabyte for hi-def at home, from Iomega
Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 7:05 am
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Iomega Corp., Video, ScreenPlay, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
Dont multimedia lovers just love the T word? It evokes pictures of endless photos, video and music. Who doesnt want to house Led Zeppelins entire discography by their desk-side nevermind a career-spanning collection of video and high-res photography?
Iomega is releasing its ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive at a hefty 500 gigabytes, a big leap from the 60GB capacity of the previous generation. The new ScreenPlay is selling for around $200 isnt time a wonderful thing in technology? and it is designed to compete with a growing number of products for the home storage mar...
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Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:30 am Year:April 24th, 2008 Source Site:zdnet
April 24th, 2008
Twitters race for stability: VP Mighdoll out
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:30 am
Categories: General, Personal Technology, Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Mobile
Tags: Twitter, Silicon Alley Insider, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Leadership, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Larry Dignan
Twitters VP of engineering and operations Lee Mighdoll has reportedly left the company.
According to Silicon Alley Insider, which has been doing a bang-up job staying on top of the Twitter corporate shuffling, Mighdoll has left the company. Silicon Alley Insiders Peter Kafka reports that Mighdoll and Twitter decided the match was not perfect.
Twitters biggest mission right now is to find stability in its service if it wants to bec...
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