Monthly Archives: February 2007
Flaw in Open-Source Snort Can Lead to Buffer Overflow
The open-source Snort intrusion detection and prevention system and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor IDS/IPS are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can result in...
TJX: Data Theft Began in 2005; Data Taken from 2003
The mountains of data apparently taken from $15 billion retailer TJX were taken a lot earlier than had previously been announced, with the intrusions...
Dell Gives Desktop Linux Its Full Attention
In an attempt to boost its sagging fortunes, Dell, one of the leading PC makers in America, recently launched the Dell Idea Storm Web...
Pentaho Adds AJAX to Its Open-Source BI Tools
Open-source business intelligence company Pentaho has announced the availability of Pentaho AJAX, a tool kit that gives developers capabilities to create scalable, visually rich...
CompTIA to Certify Printing, Document Imaging Technicians
The Computing Technology Industry Association announced Feb. 21 that it plans to develop a new certification of IT skills that focuses on the printing...
Traffic to Google Video and Blog Search up, Froogle down
Google Video and Google Blog Search have experienced triple digit percentage growth in traffic in the past year, while Froogle, Local, Directory, Alerts and...
Adobe, Photobucket Bring Video Tools to the Web
Adobe Systems announced Feb. 21 that it has formed a partnership with Photobucket to bring its Web-based video remix and editing technology to the...
Cisco Picks Up Reactivity for XML Acceleration
Cisco Systems Inc. on Feb. 21 signaled its plans to add acceleration for Web 2.0 applications when it announced its intent to acquire high...
Job Hunting Still Comes Down to Who You Know
Supporting the old adage that who you know often determines where you go, nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of managers said their company looked internally...
JetBlue Not Alone: 5 Other Critical IT Events
JetBlues problems in the past week, as cancellations left tens of thousands of passengers stranded and tarnished the carriers reputation, are still being tallied,...