Monthly Archives: January 2008
In Juniper’s Enterprise Switching Bid, Channels are Key
One of the big factors that could make or break Juniper's efforts to become a solid competitor in the enterprise LAN switching market is...
Beware of Flat-Packed Firefox Add-ons
Mozilla has slapped a "high severity" rating on an unpatched Firefox vulnerability that could let hackers steal session cookies -- and sensitive user information...
Census: Even 2-Year Computer Degrees Pay Off
Most people in this day and age agree that going to college is a good thing, but the practical, fiscal value of a college...
Exploit Released for ‘Unexploitable’ Windows Worm Hole
Remember that MS08-001 worm hole that Microsoft claimed was "difficult and unlikely" to be exploited in real-world conditions?Well, a private pen-testing and vulnerability research...
Recognizing Speech Recognition
Speech recognition technology has made advances in the past few years, but has that growth been enough to call it a success?Early last year...
More Database Vendors Enter the Cloud
EnterpriseDB has become the latest database provider to place a bet on software as a service.The Edison, N.J.-based company announced plans Jan. 29 to...
Sun’s Best Buy Ever: MySQL
If you believe my long-time colleague John C. Dvorak, Sun purchasing open-source database power MySQL was "perhaps the worst single event I have ever...
Intel, Sun to Detail Chip Plans at ISSCC
Intel is looking to offer details about its new microprocessors for portable Internet devices at the 2008 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco,...
Welcome to my iTunes Privacy Mountain
How did the Apple store get my e-mail address when all I bought was a case for my iPhone? Several readers of this blog...
Bush Urges Telco Immunity
President Bush used his last State of the Union speech Jan. 28 to urge lawmakers to grant telecommunications carriers retroactive immunity for cooperating with...