Archive for: July, 2009

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

A quiet week it wasn’t, thanks largely to the long-anticipated consummation of a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. There were also yet more juicy rumors of an Apple tablet, rumblings of discontent over the iPhone Store’s decision to boot Google Voice apps, and even larger rumblings when one of the world’s biggest ISPs took on [...]

Firefox cracks 1 billion downloads

Firefox cracks 1 billion downloads

Less than five years after its initial release, Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser has hit its one billionth download.

Microsoft details how to upgrade between Windows 7 SKUs

Microsoft details how to upgrade between Windows 7 SKUs

Microsoft on Friday let users who want to upgrade from one version of Windows 7 to another know how they can do so.

Google promises simple e-store creation with Checkout gadget

Google promises simple e-store creation with Checkout gadget

People can create an online store in “a matter of minutes” with a new gadget application that uses Google’s Checkout electronic payment service and its Docs spreadsheet application, Google announced Friday.

Twitter, Linux, Red Hat, Microsoft “honored” with Pwnie Awards

Twitter, Linux, Red Hat, Microsoft “honored” with Pwnie Awards

Think of the annual Pwnie Awards delivered at the Black Hat conference as a geek version of the Oscars – if they were combined with the tongue-in-cheek Razzies that celebrate the worst of Hollywood.

Practicing safe surfing can derail attempts to cruise ‘Net anonymously

Practicing safe surfing can derail attempts to cruise ‘Net anonymously

A Google service that helps protect Internet surfers from malicious sites also gathers data about browsing activities that users are trying to keep secret, a researcher told Black Hat attendees.

Web 2.0 tools will change corporate content creation, analyst says

Web 2.0 tools will change corporate content creation, analyst says

Traditional productivity suites will continue to be a core part of content creation in the enterprise, but newer Web 2.0 and social networking tools will add unique options, says Craig Roth, Burton Group vice president and services director.

Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation

Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation

A talk at Black Hat had to be scaled back because it contained information about Conficker that might tip investigators’ hand and send the perpetrators further underground, says F-Secure’s chief research officer.

Black Hat: Free cloaking software may actually draw attention to traffic it’s supposed to protect

Black Hat: Free cloaking software may actually draw attention to traffic it’s supposed to protect

An Internet tool to shield Chinese dissidents from their government seems to do just the opposite and also probes military, financial and academic networks in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan, according to research presented at Black Hat.

Have you hugged your SysAdmin today?

Have you hugged your SysAdmin today?

When your e-mail works today or the application you depend upon responds quickly, don’t forget to thank your company’s system administrator – who probably played some part in ensuring you could remain productive and get your job done.

HP researchers say browser-based ‘Veiled’ make darknets a snap

HP researchers say browser-based ‘Veiled’ make darknets a snap

Darknets – private networks carved out of the Internet to allow peer-to-peer sharing – can be quickly and easily created among Web browsers making it possible for people to participate anonymously and for the darknet itself to vanish with barely a trace when all the participants close their browsers, researchers told Black Hat yesterday.

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UnboundID adds proxy server to directory lineup

UnboundID adds proxy server to directory lineup

Directory and identity start-up UnboundID completed its directory lineup with the release of a proxy server that provides users with load balancing, failover and extra security controls.

Cloud-based identity services taking on a different look as they grow

Cloud-based identity services taking on a different look as they grow

Cloud-based identity services are starting to gain a foothold among corporate users, but the evolving architecture looks nothing like the platforms companies have been building internally, according to Bob Blakley, vice president and research director at the Burton Group.

France Télécom revenue hit by recession, regulation

France Télécom revenue hit by recession, regulation

France Télécom’s revenue for the first half fell 0.5 percent year on year, even though customer numbers grew by 6.6 percent, it reported Thursday.

Open-source project aims to make secure DNS easier

Open-source project aims to make secure DNS easier

A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet’s addressing system less vulnerable to hackers.

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