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• DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality

  Why isn't the Linux kernel group doing what the BSD people did with respect to DTrace: seeing a better idea and grabbing it with both hands? My guess is personal ...

  Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Paul Murphy, Software, DTrace, UNIX

  Jul 24, 2008 12:15 AM PDT

• |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

  [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released ...

  Tags: Exploit, Nathan McFeters, Domain, Entry, Networking, Internet, NS, Server, DNS, NS Record

  Jul 23, 2008 10:59 PM PDT

• What is the "product transition" Apple alluded to?

  During Apple's Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts, Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO and Tim Cooke COO both mentioned a "product transition" that Apple is preparing for that will cut ...

  Tags: Apple Inc., iTablet, Apple MacBook, Product Transition, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

  Jul 23, 2008 10:15 PM PDT

• Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

  I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a ...

  Tags: Financing Startups, Mr., Finance, Venture Capital, Tom Foremski, Investment

  Jul 23, 2008 9:41 PM PDT

• COPA suffers another blow

  InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent ...

  Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Government, Christopher Dawson

  Jul 23, 2008 9:29 PM PDT

• Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

  There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Advertisement, Identifier, Apple Inc., Digital Media, Apple iPhone, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady, Developer

  Jul 23, 2008 9:00 PM PDT

• Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog

  Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional ...

  Tags: Management, Blog, Christopher Dawson, Strategy, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Trader

  Jul 23, 2008 8:55 PM PDT

• Microsoft splits its Platforms & Services unit in two

  Microsoft announced on July 23 that it is cleaving its Platforms & Services Division in half and the head of the formerly combined unit is leaving the company. by Mary ...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Mary Jo Foley, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Jul 23, 2008 4:44 PM PDT

• Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game

  Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a ...

  Tags: Data Center, Green IT, Game, Accenture Ltd., Hardware, Heather Clancy, Data Centers, Data Management, Storage

  Jul 23, 2008 4:12 PM PDT

• F8: Zuckerberg's keynote takeaways

  I've just finished watching live stream of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote speech at this year's developer conference. Here are a few of the major takeaways, some of which will ...

  Tags: Steve O\'Hear, Internet, Blogging, Productivity, Facebook

  Jul 23, 2008 3:12 PM PDT

• Attack code published for DNS flaw

  The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into ...

  Tags: Ryan Naraine

  Jul 23, 2008 2:55 PM PDT

• Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail

  Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key ...

  Tags: Bail, Prosecutor, Network, Richard Koman, Networking, Sheriff, Administrator

  Jul 23, 2008 2:03 PM PDT

• 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison

  Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as ...

  Tags: Ryan Naraine, Federal Prison Camp, Online Communications, E-mail, Security, Internal Revenue Service, Restitution

  Jul 23, 2008 2:03 PM PDT

• No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings

  Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of ...

  Tags: Sales, Finance, Sales Strategy, Larry Dignan, Earnings, Amazon.com Inc., E-business, Sales Force Management, Jeff Bezos, Quarter

  Jul 23, 2008 1:15 PM PDT

• Bausch & Lomb puts new CIO in charge of customer service

  Eye care company Bausch & Lomb has given its CIO the customer service reins. On Wednesday, the company named Alan Farnsworth, senior vice president of customer service and information technology ...

  Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, Larry Dignan, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Product Marketing, Bausch & Lomb Inc., CIO, Software, Enterprise Software

  Jul 23, 2008 12:02 PM PDT

• iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws

  Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an ...

  Tags: Spam, Ryan Naraine, Apple Safari, Spam And Phishing, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Spamming, Security, Apple iPhone, Phishing

  Jul 23, 2008 11:58 AM PDT

• Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

  Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way ...

  Tags: Google PageRank, Ryan Naraine, Attacker, Network, DShield, Internet, Networking, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Security

  Jul 23, 2008 11:21 AM PDT

• Executive 'sleepers'

  Strong executive sponsorship is a practical necessity for achieving successful IT projects. But what about those so-called sponsors who fail to engage and follow through on the responsibilities of their ...

  Tags: Management, Executive Sponsorship, Information Technology, Strategy, Michael Krigsman, CIO, Laurie

  Jul 23, 2008 11:12 AM PDT

• Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"

  The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m ...

  Tags: Human Resources, Unemployment, Workforce Management, Intuit Inc., Tom Foremski, Job, Recruitment & Selection

  Jul 23, 2008 10:05 AM PDT

• How sick is Steve Jobs?

  Apple Inc.'s stonewalling over this material corporate event says something very bad about the company. It says they're totally dependent on Jobs, that no one can tell him no on ...

  Tags: Human Resources, Cancer, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Steve Jobs, Dana Blankenhorn, Software, Benefits, Enterprise Software

  Jul 23, 2008 10:02 AM PDT

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