Weekend Reading
Microsoft accused of hijacking the web
Awde singled out XAML as an example of Microsoft's dire schemes. "Vista is the first step in Microsoft's strategy to extend its market dominance to the Internet," he said. "For example, Microsoft's 'XAML' markup language, positioned to replace HTML (the current industry standard for publishing language on the Internet), is designed from the ground up to be dependent on Windows, and thus is not cross-platform by nature."
Read the article HERE.
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One quarter of all computers part of a botnet
The World Economic Forum takes place this week in Davos, Switzerland, and leaders around the world gather to discuss issues like the Iraq war, global climate change, and globalization—along with the incredible prevalence of botnets.
Read the article HERE.
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Inside the Windows Vista Kernel
This is the first part of a series on what's new in the Windows Vista kernel. In this issue, I'll look at changes in the areas of processes and threads, and in I/O. Future installments will cover memory management, startup and shutdown, reliability and recovery, and security.
Read the article HERE.
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Banks Report Fraud
Banking industry officials in Massachusetts are reporting that a string of local companies have already observed fraudulent activity related to the massive data breach reported by retail chain TJX Companies on Jan. 17.
Read the article HERE.
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Poor Man's Greylisting
What is it?
Nolisting fights spam by specifying a primary MX that is always unavailable.
Read the article HERE.
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The Problems With E-Mail
As e-mails multiply, so do the problems, from the unabated increases in spam to increasing scrutiny by regulators. A business user in the United States sends and receives, on average, 171 e-mails a day, and that volume is expected to double by 2010, according to the Radicati Group, a research firm. As e-mail proliferates, so does the number of ways for it to be misused and mismanaged. Out-of-control e-mail isn't only a cost burden and a time suck; it's also a legal and regula- tory liability.
[171 emails a day? That's over 20 an hour, every hour, in an 8 hour working day. Yep!]
Read the article HERE.
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Quebec police cybercrime squad
Con artists, terrorists, pedophiles as well as 14-year-old hackers recruited by eastern European mobsters fill Frederick Gaudreau's day. "It's really important that when someone goes on the Internet and sees something related to hate crimes or terrorism, for example, he has to call the police," he said. "Even it's anonymous, we'll accept it and try to investigate it."
Sexual predators, for instance, can be reported at www.cybertip.ca
Take a look HERE.
Awde singled out XAML as an example of Microsoft's dire schemes. "Vista is the first step in Microsoft's strategy to extend its market dominance to the Internet," he said. "For example, Microsoft's 'XAML' markup language, positioned to replace HTML (the current industry standard for publishing language on the Internet), is designed from the ground up to be dependent on Windows, and thus is not cross-platform by nature."
Read the article HERE.
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One quarter of all computers part of a botnet
The World Economic Forum takes place this week in Davos, Switzerland, and leaders around the world gather to discuss issues like the Iraq war, global climate change, and globalization—along with the incredible prevalence of botnets.
Read the article HERE.
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Inside the Windows Vista Kernel
This is the first part of a series on what's new in the Windows Vista kernel. In this issue, I'll look at changes in the areas of processes and threads, and in I/O. Future installments will cover memory management, startup and shutdown, reliability and recovery, and security.
Read the article HERE.
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Banks Report Fraud
Banking industry officials in Massachusetts are reporting that a string of local companies have already observed fraudulent activity related to the massive data breach reported by retail chain TJX Companies on Jan. 17.
Read the article HERE.
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Poor Man's Greylisting
What is it?
Nolisting fights spam by specifying a primary MX that is always unavailable.
Read the article HERE.
==================================================================
The Problems With E-Mail
As e-mails multiply, so do the problems, from the unabated increases in spam to increasing scrutiny by regulators. A business user in the United States sends and receives, on average, 171 e-mails a day, and that volume is expected to double by 2010, according to the Radicati Group, a research firm. As e-mail proliferates, so does the number of ways for it to be misused and mismanaged. Out-of-control e-mail isn't only a cost burden and a time suck; it's also a legal and regula- tory liability.
[171 emails a day? That's over 20 an hour, every hour, in an 8 hour working day. Yep!]
Read the article HERE.
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Quebec police cybercrime squad
Con artists, terrorists, pedophiles as well as 14-year-old hackers recruited by eastern European mobsters fill Frederick Gaudreau's day. "It's really important that when someone goes on the Internet and sees something related to hate crimes or terrorism, for example, he has to call the police," he said. "Even it's anonymous, we'll accept it and try to investigate it."
Sexual predators, for instance, can be reported at www.cybertip.ca
Take a look HERE.
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