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Monday, July 26, 2010

Should you even bother looking at Windows Phone 7?

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Should you even bother looking at Windows Phone 7?
Windows Phone 7 is shaping up as the most innovative mobile UI since, well, since the iPhone introduction three years ago. Read More


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WPA2 vulnerability found
Perhaps it was only a matter of time. But wireless security researchers say they have uncovered a vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol, which is the strongest form of Wi-Fi encryption and authentication currently standardized and available. Read More

Cisco Content Delivery System open to attack
Cisco this week issued another security advisory, this time on its Content Delivery System. The product's Internet Streamer application has a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read files arbitrarily on the device.An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access password files and system logs, the advisory states. Read More

CTIA files suit to block cell phone radiation law
The CTIA, a group representing mobile operators, is trying to block a San Francisco ordinance that would require stores to disclose radiation levels for the phones they sell. Read More

Iran was prime target of SCADA worm
Computers in Iran have been hardest hit by a dangerous computer worm that tries to steal information from industrial control systems. Read More

Cisco may call home TelePresence 'UMI'
Cisco Systems may be planning to give its consumer TelePresence system the friendly sounding name "UMI," according to a trademark application made last year. Read More


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It's Time to Start Loving Tunnels
I wrote a blog two years ago about how I could fix anything with a tunnel. Yes, it was a tad tongue in cheek, but it also had some truth to it. Tunnels are a weapon to use when faced with a difficult network design issue. However, as with any weapon, there can be collateral damage. Read More

IPv6 Enabled Web Browsers
One way to get your browser to navigate to an IPv6-capable web site is to simply enter the IPv6 address of the web server into the browser's address bar. Read More

IT departments swamped by consumer devices
IT departments are losing their technological grip as employees increasingly dictate which devices and applications get bought and used by businesses, a new study has found. Read More

What Could You Do With a $35 Tablet?
India unveiled a prototype of a tablet PC it hopes to sell for $35 or less. Assuming India can find a partner to mass-produce the tablet and can get anywhere near its price target, what can you expect to accomplish with a practically-disposable tablet PC? Read More

Reliable Encryption for the Rest of Us
Though encryption is a strong way to safeguard passwords, personal information, and other sensitive data, it can be confusing due to the acronyms and technobabble that surround the topic. Read More


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Apple iPhone 4 Bumper Giveaway Timeline Doesn't Add Up
Apple launched the iPhone 4 Case Program app in the App Store a few days ago, and is expected to invest somewhere in the neighborhood of $175 million on the free bumper program aimed at reluctantly addressing reception issues with the iPhone 4. There is something that doesn't add up, though, about the timing that makes the program seem like a bait-and-switch designed to brush the problem under the rug. Read More

Tech worker testifies of 'blue screen of death' on oil rig's computer
A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a "blue screen of death" prior to the explosion that sank the oil rig last April, the chief electrician aboard testified Friday at a federal hearing. Read More

Microsoft sells 10 Windows 7 licenses per second
Microsoft sold nearly 10 copies of Windows 7 every second over the last month, according to numbers the company released Thursday. Read More

US awards $122M for new lab that will spin sunlight into fuel
Making clean fuel out of sunlight is the idea behind a $122 million US Department of Energy award to a team of California researchers. Read More

Four Ways IPv6 Will Save the Internet
The world is almost out of IP addresses--or at least it's almost out of the IPv4 addresses that IT admins and users are most familiar with. Fortunately, IPv6 has been developed to exponentially expand the pool of available IP addresses while also providing a few other benefits. Read More

 
 
 

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