Friday, November 10th, 2006
On November 14th, Microsoft will release a important bulletin with a “critical” fix for a security hole in its XML Core Services software, the company stated on its Web site Thursday morning. This particular vulnerability is a zero-day flaw that’s already being exploited for attacks. This fix is part of their monthly security patch strategy [...]
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Great article on CNET regarding the effect the Democrats’ win will have for the tech industry. For instance a GOP committee recently failed to approve rules that all Internet traffic be treated the same no matter what its “source” or “destination” might be. This is an important item for the tech industry and the [...]
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
If you experience any issues or irregularities in voting today…dont hesitate, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE, the hotline for the National Campaign for Fair Elections. EFF lawyers and many others are standing by across the country to take legal action to remove malfunctioning voting machines, keep polls open, etc.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
As a avid Blackberry user, I really appreciate any article like this one from Robb Dunewood on RIMarkable that provides insight into applications that can help me and the million of other crackberry users be more productive. His review of what he considers the five must have applications is close to being my top [...]
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
The patent trolls over at NTP are back and after more money from another legitimate company Palm. Once again they are using broad patents that were never meant to provide the IP protection they are claiming. In fact two of their other patents have been rejected in preliminary findings by US Patent and Trademark office. [...]
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Their are reports of a vulnerability in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control for Windows. This control is part of Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0. Microsoft reports that it is aware of limited attacks that are attempting to use the reported vulnerability. See link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927892.mspx
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Quantum computer use state to determine connectivity intervals thereby minimizing the opportunities for threats to occur. Read about it in this story from Security Focus. Although quantum computers are still in their infancy..they possibilities are endless. These computers have the potential to help us meet some of mankind’s greatest technology challenges in medicine, science and [...]
