Monthly Archives: July 2011
Washington Post Jobs Board Hack Compromises 1.27 Million E-Mail Addresses
Security experts have long warned that all organizations are vulnerable to cyber-attack and that these days there is no such thing as being "not...
Small Business Employment, Compensation Rise: Intuit Report
Small business jobs rose slightly in June as employers added 45,000 positions to their payrolls. Hours worked and compensation also both increased by 0.2...
North Korea Behind DDoS Attacks on South Korean Websites: McAfee
North Korea or its sympathizers were behind the cyber-attacks that paralyzed a handful of South Korean Websites, including a United States military site earlier...
Microsoft Plans Fixes for 22 Bugs in July Patch Tuesday Update
Microsoft plans to fix 22 bugs across four vulnerabilities in July's Patch Update release next week.One bulletin has a maximum severity rating of "critical"...
Facebook Closing In on 1 Billion Members
Facebook Closing In on 1 Billion Members
Facebook announced that it has surpassed the 750 million-member mark, and it is setting its sights on hitting...
Personal Health Records to Thrive Despite the Demise of Google Health: Report
Despite the exit of Google from the personal health record market, the consumer version of electronic health records may have a future as part...
Cisco Rolls Out Video Distribution Platform
Cisco Systems is rolling out a set of appliances designed to help businesses manage and optimize the rapidly growing amount of video network traffic.Cisco...
Microsoft’s Best Answer to Google+ Might be Facebook
The announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on July 6 that Facebook will be launching a newvideo chat capability using Skype was interesting on...
Apple Will Patch Mobile Safari’s PDF Flaw in ‘Forthcoming’ Update
Apple is working on a fix for the security vulnerability that could potentially allow attackers to remotely takeover iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.The security...
Revisiting Some Thoughts on Mac OS X Lion and Apple’s Thunderbolt Cable
I want to get caught up on a couple of topics I've discussed recently; it's been a busy week here at Chez Peej, despite...