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In less than 24 Hours IE7 hole is found

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

 
Hard to believe.

Secunia Advisory:SA22477

Release Date:2006-10-19

Critical:Less critical

Impact:Exposure of sensitive information

Where:From remote

Solution Status:Unpatched

Software:Microsoft
Internet Explorer 7.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!- Companies
can be alerted when a patch is released!

Description:A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet
Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially
sensitive information.The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
handling of redirections [...]

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CardSpace Resources

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
More CardSpace links. Many of these are excellent. 

QuickstartÖ

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2006
Via Rajesh has this list of
links
from
MSDN that should help most people who want to find out more
about CardSpace: 

Introducing
Windows CardSpace   This article introduces the set of new
Windows capabilities called Windows CardSpace (formerly ìInfoCardî), which
provides a  standards-based solution for working with and managing diverse
digital identities.

A
Deeper [...]

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Hot Stuff Magazine–Hot Stuff!

October 19th, 2006 · Comments Off

 
I like the look of this, the battery in my phone just doesn’t last very long.
Good thinking? 

Juice yourself senseless with Motoís portable charger
Tue, 17 Oct 2006
04:53 PM

Motorolaís P790 portable power charger is the single biggest advancement in
tech since the personal computer. In fact, itís a bit like a remote control for
your TV remote in [...]

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Onerous Vista Activation–A grenade with the pin pulled

October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
In the early days of Novell, some bright engineering person at the bequest of Ray Noorda decided NetWare
needed a “keycard” for every version of NetWare. Each key card had to be burned
to match the NetWare serialization. Superset claimed it would be impossible for anyone to find the keycard info in the code. Then, a glob [...]

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Sexy Search

October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
What a gimmick, I liked trying it…once. 

Ms. Dewey is going to be a hit. Sheís
certainly sexier than Google, thatís for sure. My only suggestion is that they
have an option for those who are more inclined to stare at a dude. Iím not sure
Ponzi would approve of me referring to Ms.
Dewey more than necessary, either [...]

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Dr. Meta

October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

I drove past this office in town one day, I thought it was very funny. We should stop by next time you’re in town Kim!
“drmeta”

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RSS Isn’t Popular? Who Cares?

October 16th, 2006 · Comments Off

Who cares? RSS is RSS. Those who know it use it and love it. Those who
don’t…don’t.  Isn’t that good enough? 

Only geeks use RSS feeds. Is this true? Unfortunately yes. Why? well because
like most things in web technology and computers only geeks can understand that
nothing is one hundred percent all the time. There are probably 5 reasons [...]

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Distinguishing Security Threats

October 12th, 2006 · Comments Off

   
Good information on the distinction of security threats. 

A computer virus attaches itself to a program or file so it
can spread from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels. Much
like human viruses, computer viruses can range in severity: Some viruses cause
only mildly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware, software or
files. Almost all [...]

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Remembering Ray Noorda

October 10th, 2006 · Comments Off

Ray Noorda died Sunday.
Monday morning, early, I started getting email and phone calls telling me about his passing. Deni Conner from NetworkWorld called me and wanted some comments. Deni used to work for Judith at LAN Times in the 80s’
We talked alot about Novell and Ray and the history of things. I realized that [...]

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Yahoo Mail is Down

October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off

    Yahoo mail has been in accessable since about 7:30 this morning. Anybody else having this trouble?cb

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