HIGHLIGHTS
News: Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
News: Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
News: Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
News: Ballmer translates 'software and service'
News: E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
News: FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
News: Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
News: Developer Day shows Google's software side
News: Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
News: Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Go Figure: IM attacks jump 73 percent
ITWhirled: Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
NEWS UPDATES
Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google Inc.'s Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop.
Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, the miCard (Multiple Interface card) designed to work in smaller consumer gadgets such as digital cameras, mobile phones as well as any device with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug, which are common on PCs.
Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
Software AG will adopt the webMethods name for its Crossvision range of SOA (services oriented architecture) products, executives said Friday, outlining how they will integrate staff and products following the company's acquisition of webMethods Inc.
Ballmer translates 'software and service'
Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service."
E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
If you get an e-mail telling you that you're under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, take a breath before calling your lawyer. It's a scam.
FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
The Free Software Foundation has released the fourth or "last-call" draft of the third version of its GNU general public license, set a date for its official publication, and laid out reasons why the free and open-source software community should adopt GPLv3 sooner rather than later.
Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
Microsoft Corp. continues to test updates to its Windows Live online services, including a service launched last year that allows users to submit blog posts simultaneously to more than one blogging platform.
Developer Day shows Google's software side
Google Inc. is hosting events for software developers in 10 cities around the world on Thursday, promoting the use of its tools and services to build Web-based applications.
Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
Debate over upcoming auctions of wireless spectrum in the U.S. has reached new heights -- the U.S. presidential campaign.
Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. will announce a partnership on Tuesday, a source close to the company in Europe said Thursday.
GO FIGURE
170
The number of instant messaging threats detected so far this year, according to security vendor Akonix Systems; that adds up to a 73 percent increase over the same period last year.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
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Top ten books not to read on the subway ... Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
Friday, June 01, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
HIGHLIGHTS
News: TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
News: Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
News: Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
News: Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
News: F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
News: Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
News: Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
NEWS UPDATES
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
The TurboLinux Wizpy, a multimedia media player that contains a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system, will go on sale worldwide in June.
Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
Makers of some of the most popular extension software used by the Firefox browser are not doing enough to secure their software, a security researcher said Wednesday.
Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
Despite consumers' cool reaction to ultramobile PCs Palm Inc. will launch a handheld computer called Foleo with a full keyboard and 10-inch screen.
Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Google Inc. will tackle offline access, one of the thorniest problems facing Web-hosted applications, when it releases an early-stage browser extension called Gears to developers worldwide on Wednesday.
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
Google Inc.'s acquisition of security company GreenBorder Technologies Inc. is a sign the search giant wants to bolster confidence in its browser-delivered applications amid growing threats from malicious software on the Internet.
F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
F-Secure Corp. has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
Putting new restrictions on H-1B visas in the U.S. would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.
Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
Cell phones in Japan could soon provide a vital warning seconds ahead of a major earthquake.
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
Imagine a man bitten by a radioactive ... man, who gains the proportionate strength and other powers of a man! Follow his adventures with his fellow inhabitants of Man-Mansion, sidekick Paul and butler Frenchie (who's actually Belgian).
News: TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
News: Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
News: Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
News: Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
News: F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
News: Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
News: Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
NEWS UPDATES
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
The TurboLinux Wizpy, a multimedia media player that contains a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system, will go on sale worldwide in June.
Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
Makers of some of the most popular extension software used by the Firefox browser are not doing enough to secure their software, a security researcher said Wednesday.
Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
Despite consumers' cool reaction to ultramobile PCs Palm Inc. will launch a handheld computer called Foleo with a full keyboard and 10-inch screen.
Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Google Inc. will tackle offline access, one of the thorniest problems facing Web-hosted applications, when it releases an early-stage browser extension called Gears to developers worldwide on Wednesday.
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
Google Inc.'s acquisition of security company GreenBorder Technologies Inc. is a sign the search giant wants to bolster confidence in its browser-delivered applications amid growing threats from malicious software on the Internet.
F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
F-Secure Corp. has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
Putting new restrictions on H-1B visas in the U.S. would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.
Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
Cell phones in Japan could soon provide a vital warning seconds ahead of a major earthquake.
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
Imagine a man bitten by a radioactive ... man, who gains the proportionate strength and other powers of a man! Follow his adventures with his fellow inhabitants of Man-Mansion, sidekick Paul and butler Frenchie (who's actually Belgian).
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
News: More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
News: Symantec mobile security client delayed
News: Palm to launch new mobile device
News: Extremely small firewall to repel malware
News: GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
News: Engineer discovers new security technology
Go Figure: IT admins read private e-mail
ITWhirled: Finger length predicts SAT performance
NEWS UPDATES
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors -- a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display -- as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.
More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
A little more detail is known about the new laptops from Toshiba Corp. that will use processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Symantec mobile security client delayed
Symantec Corp. has delayed the release of its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices.
Palm to launch new mobile device
Palm Inc. plans to announce a new type of mobile device on Wednesday, as it continues its product-line transition from simple personal digital assistants (PDAs) to more advanced smartphones.
Extremely small firewall to repel malware
Israeli startup Yoggie Security Systems has announced the is allegedly the world's smallest hardware firewall, fitting a suite of firewall applications on a tiny USB stick device.
GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com Inc. will take over more than 850,000 domain names from RegisterFly, a company involved in a dispute regarding its rights to register names.
Engineer discovers new security technology
A U.S. engineer has devised a seemingly foolproof and cheap way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.
GO FIGURE
1 in 3
The share of IT administrators who routinely read your personal email, peek at your HR files and rifle through other confidential documents, according to a survey by Cyber-Ark Software.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Finger length predicts SAT performance
Forget those expensive SAT prep course: the key to your scores on that life-defining standardized test lie in your fingers -- or, really, what your fingers say about the amount of testosterone and estrogen you were exposed to in utero. Kids whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers tend to do better on the math test than the verbal test, and vice versa.
News: Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
News: More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
News: Symantec mobile security client delayed
News: Palm to launch new mobile device
News: Extremely small firewall to repel malware
News: GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
News: Engineer discovers new security technology
Go Figure: IT admins read private e-mail
ITWhirled: Finger length predicts SAT performance
NEWS UPDATES
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors -- a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display -- as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.
More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
A little more detail is known about the new laptops from Toshiba Corp. that will use processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Symantec mobile security client delayed
Symantec Corp. has delayed the release of its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices.
Palm to launch new mobile device
Palm Inc. plans to announce a new type of mobile device on Wednesday, as it continues its product-line transition from simple personal digital assistants (PDAs) to more advanced smartphones.
Extremely small firewall to repel malware
Israeli startup Yoggie Security Systems has announced the is allegedly the world's smallest hardware firewall, fitting a suite of firewall applications on a tiny USB stick device.
GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com Inc. will take over more than 850,000 domain names from RegisterFly, a company involved in a dispute regarding its rights to register names.
Engineer discovers new security technology
A U.S. engineer has devised a seemingly foolproof and cheap way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.
GO FIGURE
1 in 3
The share of IT administrators who routinely read your personal email, peek at your HR files and rifle through other confidential documents, according to a survey by Cyber-Ark Software.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Finger length predicts SAT performance
Forget those expensive SAT prep course: the key to your scores on that life-defining standardized test lie in your fingers -- or, really, what your fingers say about the amount of testosterone and estrogen you were exposed to in utero. Kids whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers tend to do better on the math test than the verbal test, and vice versa.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
News: Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
News: Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
News: Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
Feature: Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Feature: IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
ITWhirled: Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
NEWS UPDATES
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin said Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits, according to a column penned May 25 in BusinessWeek.
Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
Microsoft Corp. has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.
Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google Inc.'s proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., according to news reports Tuesday.
FEATURES
Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.
IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
IBM was the first company in the world to present a magnetic disk for storing data. That was in 1956, and the capacity of the RAMAC 350 was about 5 Mbytes. That was enough to store all William Shakespeare's works.
ITWHIRLED
Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
It's not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, but maybe you can feel sorry for the guy: someone stole a Wyoming woman's credit card and used it to buy a laptop and a subscription to an Internet dating service.
News: Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
News: Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
News: Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
News: Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
Feature: Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Feature: IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
ITWhirled: Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
NEWS UPDATES
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin said Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits, according to a column penned May 25 in BusinessWeek.
Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
Microsoft Corp. has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.
Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google Inc.'s proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., according to news reports Tuesday.
FEATURES
Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.
IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
IBM was the first company in the world to present a magnetic disk for storing data. That was in 1956, and the capacity of the RAMAC 350 was about 5 Mbytes. That was enough to store all William Shakespeare's works.
ITWHIRLED
Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
It's not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, but maybe you can feel sorry for the guy: someone stole a Wyoming woman's credit card and used it to buy a laptop and a subscription to an Internet dating service.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
News: Users upset over Google Analytics outage
News: Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
News: IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
News: Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Q&A: Google hearts IT managers
ITWhirled: Download this free virus!
Happy Memorial Day!
NEWS UPDATES
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
Users upset over Google Analytics outage
The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google Inc.'s part.
Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
An antispyware bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week earned praise from cybersecurity groups, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
IBM said Thursday that it plans to build a blade server system for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB). For IBM, that means customers with fewer than 1,000 employees.
Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Fifty-four organizations, including Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and TiVO Inc., have called on the U.S. government to create a national broadband policy, saying there's no plan now in place focused on providing affordable access for all residents.
Q&A
Google hearts IT managers
With the launch of the Google Apps suite last year, Google Inc. became a provider of hosted collaboration and communication software for small and medium-size organizations, and it made clear its aspirations to lure large-company IT managers and CIOs with the suite's Premier Edition, introduced in February. This move, which puts it in direct competition with software heavyweights like Microsoft Corp., builds on Google's first steps as an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its first enterprise search product.
ITWHIRLED
Download this free virus!
Would you willingly download a virus to your computer? Well, what if it were free? A researcher bought a Google AdWords ad urging Web surfers to do just that, and 409 did just that. "Some must have been curious or stupid," said one security expert.
News: Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
News: Users upset over Google Analytics outage
News: Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
News: IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
News: Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Q&A: Google hearts IT managers
ITWhirled: Download this free virus!
Happy Memorial Day!
NEWS UPDATES
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
Users upset over Google Analytics outage
The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google Inc.'s part.
Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
An antispyware bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week earned praise from cybersecurity groups, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
IBM said Thursday that it plans to build a blade server system for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB). For IBM, that means customers with fewer than 1,000 employees.
Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Fifty-four organizations, including Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and TiVO Inc., have called on the U.S. government to create a national broadband policy, saying there's no plan now in place focused on providing affordable access for all residents.
Q&A
Google hearts IT managers
With the launch of the Google Apps suite last year, Google Inc. became a provider of hosted collaboration and communication software for small and medium-size organizations, and it made clear its aspirations to lure large-company IT managers and CIOs with the suite's Premier Edition, introduced in February. This move, which puts it in direct competition with software heavyweights like Microsoft Corp., builds on Google's first steps as an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its first enterprise search product.
ITWHIRLED
Download this free virus!
Would you willingly download a virus to your computer? Well, what if it were free? A researcher bought a Google AdWords ad urging Web surfers to do just that, and 409 did just that. "Some must have been curious or stupid," said one security expert.
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