Monthly Archives: April 2009
Twitter Hacker Abused Yahoo to Get Administrative Access
A French hacker reportedly used social engineering to get Twitter administrative access and posted screenshots of data belonging to several high-profile celebrities.The hacker, operating...
New Seagate Desktop Drive Plugs in, Backs Up
It's not enterprise-type storage by any means, but Seagate Technology's new Replica direct-attached desktop hard drive for desktops, laptops or netbook computers will probably...
Mandatory Shuttle Retirement Temporarily Postponed
Congress agreed April 29 to continue to keep the space shuttle flying until 2011. Originally the shuttle program was scheduled for a 2010 retirement,...
Disney to Join Fox, NBC in Hulu Stake
Disney will join News Corp., NBC Universal and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner and equity owner of Hulu, the streaming-video Website...
Sun Updates Solaris 10 with Focus on Virtualization, Security
Sun Microsystems, in the midst of getting bought by Oracle for $7.4 billion, is releasing the latest update to its Solaris 10 operating system,...
Researchers Warn of Nasty Trojan
Just as we're finally being allowed to stop saying the C word (no, don't make me say it!) experts are warning of a powerful...
HP Gets a Top-Flight Storage Exec in EMC’s Donatelli
We don't often report on personnel moves here at The Station, but Hewlett-Packard's April 29 announcement that it has recruited EMC Storage Division President...
Job References, Background Checks Demystified
Job hunters, take heed.CIO.com has a good little primer intended to uncover the truth behind myths about job references and background checks, some of...
Google Plumbs Government Files
Google has introduced a new search tool, Google Public Data, that allows users to plumb the depths of tough-to-navigate government sites like the Census...
How to Secure Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint. These are two words that conjure up both relief and fear. First, the relief: with over 85 million licenses sold and $1...