Tim Said What?

The QuickTime bug revealed at CanSecWest last week turns out to affect everything that’s Java-enabled and that has QuickTime installed, including IE 6 and IE 7 on Vista, browsers that were originally thought to be safe due to sandboxing techniques. Researchers are urging all users of QuickTime–and that means you, if you have iTunes installed–to […]

Read Full Post »

Google Inc., No. 2 in China’s Web search market, is giving its local managers more autonomy and investing more in China in an effort to make up for its late entry and take the lead in the industry, CEO Eric Schmidt said Friday.
“We are catching up. Our investment is working and we will eventually be […]

Read Full Post »

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will build on existing efforts to bridge the digital divide worldwide and announced several new ventures, including a $3 software package for governments that subsidize student computers.
The software maker said it will sell a Student Innovation Suite, which includes Windows XP Starter Edition and Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, […]

Read Full Post »

OK… I’m testing out a plugin, to see how it works…. so let me know what you think of it. I’m crossing my fingers right now.

How is it? In case you are wondering which plug-in it is, I am using Thumbnail Viewer 1.1.
Share This

Read Full Post »

High-flying computer vendor Dell Incorporated has today announced that it is to introduce a new SanDisk 1.8 flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) to its existing Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG semi-rugged notebook hardware.
The move to integrate the 32GB SanDisk SSD into its mobile line-up marks Dell as one of the very first computer manufacturers to […]

Read Full Post »

The security flaw used to breach a MacBook in a hack-a-Mac competition last week also affects Internet Explorer on Windows PCs, according to TippingPoint.
Initially, the flaw was thought to be exploitable only through Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox Web browsers on both Macs and Windows PCs. Researchers at TippingPoint have now determined that the bug, […]

Read Full Post »

Adobe Systems plans to open-source Flex, its development framework for building Flash and Apollo-based applications.
The company on Wednesday is expected to announce the move, which will start when it releases a beta of the next version of Flex, code-named Moxie, in June.
By the time Adobe releases the final version of Moxie, which will be called […]

Read Full Post »

IBM has released beta software to let applications written for Linux on servers with x86 processors run in Big Blue’s System p machines built with its own Power processors.
The software, called System p Application Virtual Environment (AVE) and announced Monday, is based on the QuickTransit software from start-up Transitive, which translates the software instructions for […]

Read Full Post »

Tim OReilly graciously bestowed a Bloggers Code of Conduct upon the blogosphere earlier this month. In 2004, he christened Web 2.0 for the world.
Tim OReilly has helped publish many a tech how-to manual. But, has he really written the definitive book on Web 2.0?
OReilly Media touts many a claim to fame:
Creator of the first commercial […]

Read Full Post »

I was watching some videos tonight, and I found a great YOUNG guitarist. It just reminded me of when I was young and in a band (played the bass and keyboard).
While I heard him playing I thought he was teriffic; and at the same time I started to laugh… man did we stink when we […]

Read Full Post »

Microsoft on Thursday night added to its Malicious Software Encyclopedia four new malicious programs attempting to exploit the unpatched Domain Name System flaw in a broad array of its software. The company also added a new port to the list of ports that should be blocked for its Firewall and IPSec workarounds.
The MSRC’s Christopher Budd […]

Read Full Post »

Back by popular demand: Windows XP.
PC maker Dell Inc. said on its Web site Thursday that it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.’s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines.
Dell, like many computer makers, stopped offering XP on most home desktops and laptops soon after […]

Read Full Post »

Research In Motion has announced that it plans to offer a virtual BlackBerry for Windows Mobile 6 devices later this year that will run almost all BlackBerry applications alongside native software.
Once installed, users will have access to BlackBerry email, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging and other applications developed for the BlackBerry […]

Read Full Post »

The well-known security researcher had just spent the morning testing out an exploit designed to take advantage of a vulnerability in Apple’s Safari browser. He set down his MacBook, connected to the network and started up a Web server from which he would host the attack. A conference staff member entered a URL into the […]

Read Full Post »

Facing worries about its tracking Web surfers’ every move, Google Inc. is now offering a feature to track Web surfers’ every move.
Its free Web History service is strictly voluntary Google users can sign up to have the Internet giant keep detailed records of every website they visit so they can easily find them again later.
The […]

Read Full Post »