Pirated Windows 7 software part of criminal botnet Microsoft Windows 7 pirated versions have been found with hard-to-detect trojans intended for cybercrime purposes, according to a security firm. Virtual desktops cut costs at Denver transportation agency Thin clients and desktop hypervisor help Denver-area transportation agency roll out new desktops faster and for less money. Microsoft's identity cloud platform enters Beta 2 Microsoft Monday released the Beta 2 of Geneva, its identity platform for the cloud, adding single sign-on capabilities across server applications and cloud-based services,... Too much experience could be hurting your IT job search Beyond.com research shows that while more IT professionals with between five to 10 years experience are looking for work now, employers this year are hoping to fill open... Patch Tuesday: One critical patch for PowerPoint Microsoft patched all Windows versions of Powerpoint today to address a client-side, zero-day flaw and 13 other privately reported security vulnerabilities, says Eric Schultze, Chief Technology Officer, Shavlik Technologies. The zero-day vulnerability enabled attackers to take over client machines if a user opened a malformed powerpoint document or visited an evil website. The attacker would be able to execute code on the user's machine with the same level of permissions afforded to the logged on u State court upholds police use of secret GPS tracking; rules warrants not needed A Wisconsin state appeals court has ruled that police can secretly attach a GPS tracker to someone's car, even if the person is not a criminal suspect, and do so without a warrant. Yet the police investigation that prompted the case focused on a man suspected of stalking a woman, and the police sought and obtained a warrant before attaching the GPS tracker. The full story is reported by Associated Press Reporter Ryan Foley. Hey Google, did you just feel the floor shake? I've already gone on record saying that I think Twitter has the potential to unseat Google in search. I believe this precisely because they're not trying to. Nobody will win against Google head-to-head, but perhaps, just perhaps, an upstart will create a fun new game in a new arena where people like to play, and the next thing you know Google's wondering where all the traffic's gone. Old School Hacks: War Dialing with WarVox The more things change the more they seem to stay the same. I have been working on a few Bluetooth 2.1 hacks for the past couple of days and in the end I thought that while they worked they weren't very interesting. The time-effort::benefit ratio was more slanted towards the time-effort side of the house. Kinda like finding a security hole in Token Ring today. |
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