Monthly Archives: January 2007
links for 2007-01-04
Fedora Legacy shutting down
The project that set out to extend bugfix availability for the Fedora releases that Red Hat discards is ending, and ending...
Top 4 Reasons Windows Wins and Linux Loses
Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So why...
What Scares Me About Security in 2007
Im always annoyed when it comes to the end-of-year retrospectives and predictions, especially the predictions. "More of the same" is never an acceptable answer,...
New SpectraLink Wi-Fi Phones Work on A, B and G Networks
SpectraLink, a manufacturer of enterprise-class wireless phones, has introduced a new series of 802.11 wireless IP phones.
According to the company, the new NetLink 8000...
Cisco + IronPort = Done Deal
The rumor mill is buzzing tonight about an $825 million merger between Cisco and IronPort.
Programmer Myths and Realities
When I saw a Reuters article about David Platt's new book, Why Software Sucks, I thought it sounded familiar. Then I realized that I'd...
Finding the Real 25th Killer
So far as I can tell, just about nobody recognized the joker in the deck when I put dBase Mac on my list of...
Hands-Off Mustn’t Be Brains-Off
My engineering education was significantly shaped by my MIT faculty advisor, John Biggs, who thought it would be a good use of my time...
Flash Phishing, MySpace Passwords and Hacking PDFs
LINKS DU JOUR: Google's blacklisted URL database is chock-full of MySpace log-in credentials; Who knew Symantec had a full-fledged rock band?
VA Project Combines Electronic Health Records with Genetic Data
In an effort to advance genetic medicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a project that links a patients genetic information with the...