Technology Today

• Calling Mac users - Have you installed antivirus on your Mac?

  Apple now recommends that users install antivirus software on their Mac systems. Well, have you? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

  Tags: Antivirus, Apple Inc., Hardware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh

  Dec 01, 2008 8:14 AM PST

• AlertPay hit by a large scale DDoS attack

  Timing is everything. Millions of account holders at privately owned online payment gateway AlertPay.com weren't able to do business through the service yesterday, due to the fact that AlertPay was ...

  Tags: Dancho Danchev, Distributed Denial Of Service, AlertPay, Security

  Dec 01, 2008 8:07 AM PST

• The widget conundrum

  There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" ...

  Tags: Advertisement, Rich Internet Application, Widgets, AdAge, Ryan Stewart, Hardware, Microsoft Silverlight, Desktops, Mobile

  Dec 01, 2008 7:47 AM PST

• Google, open source and the need for governance

  Free competition is a good model for what we want, but competition almost always devolves to monopoly or shared monopoly. What the Bells want is the antitrust police to go ...

  Tags: Vertical Industries, Government, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Internet, Software, Enterprise Software, Google Inc.

  Dec 01, 2008 7:42 AM PST

• Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

  A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new ...

  Tags: Chris Duckett, Builder AU, port, hackers, kernel, iPhone, OS X, Apple iPhone, Builder AU, Apple, Linux

  Dec 01, 2008 7:39 AM PST

• Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

  Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, HDTV, TVs, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow, Tv & Home Theater, Cabinet

  Dec 01, 2008 7:33 AM PST

• Former inmate accused of hacking prison IT

  Federal authorities charged a former inmate with successfully breaking into prison computer systems and stealing identity information on prison personnel. It can happen to you too. by Michael Krigsman

  Tags: Access Control, Information Technology, Michael Krigsman, Hacking, Productivity, Security, Prison, Computer

  Dec 01, 2008 7:28 AM PST

• Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop'

  CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are ...

  Tags: Management, IT mangement, survey, Strategy, Role, IT systems, CIO

  Dec 01, 2008 7:16 AM PST

• Highlights from NetApplications data for November '08 - Firefox and Vista break 20% mark

  NetApplications has released data for November so it's time to dig through the trends ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

  Tags: Web Browsers, NetApplications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Usage, Microsoft Windows Vista, October, Internet, Software, Mozilla Firefox

  Dec 01, 2008 7:03 AM PST

• Waking up, calming down

  Fujitsu is working on a steering wheel-mounted drowsiness sensor that will detect subtle changes in the driver's heart rate and respond with various wake-up calls, including opening the windows, blasting ...

  Tags: Sensor, Window, Car, Ed Gottsman

  Dec 01, 2008 6:42 AM PST

• To CCHIT or not to CCHIT is the question

  No single vendor or certification process can build an IT infrastructure that both enables innovation and distributes it universally. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: Management, Healthcare, Health Care, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Strategy, CCHIT

  Dec 01, 2008 6:35 AM PST

• Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

  * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware ...

  Tags: Spyware, Adware & Malware, Virus, AutoRun, Microsoft Windows, USB, Ryan Naraine, Operating Systems, Microsoft Corp., Software, Viruses And Worms

  Dec 01, 2008 6:32 AM PST

• Canada not the solution either

  Canadians have access to less medical technology than patients in other countries, even though the computer networks handling back-office functions may be more effective. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: Human Resources, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Health Care, Dana Blankenhorn, Canada, Software, Benefits, Enterprise Software

  Dec 01, 2008 6:12 AM PST

• Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?

  Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus ...

  Tags: Special from ZDNet UK, Brazil, antivirus, Infection Rate, India, free, Microsoft, OneCare, ScanSafe, Mary Landesman

  Dec 01, 2008 5:58 AM PST

• Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1

  MySQL's founder has released version 5.1 of the open-source database software, but simultaneously warned of a number of bugs present in the new features that still need to be fixed. ...

  Tags: bugs, Databases, Sun, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Management, Software, Lana Kovacevic Builder AU, MySQL 5.1, MySQL

  Dec 01, 2008 5:48 AM PST

• Microsoft puts more muscle behind its potential 'Kumo' search brand

  After a weekend of "it's on-again/no it's not" rumors regarding Microsoft doing some kind of search deal with Yahoo, it's worth noting the Redmondians are still pushing ahead with their ...

  Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Kumo, Microsoft Live Search, Finance, Microsoft Corp., Domain, Brand, Mary Jo Foley, Investment

  Dec 01, 2008 5:13 AM PST

• Does Cyber Monday matter this year?

  The pressure's on for Cyber Monday, the online cousin of retail's Black Friday. Retailers and e-tailers had been forecasting doom and gloom for the holiday season but online sales on ...

  Tags: Sales, Sales Strategy, Sam Diaz, ComScore Networks Inc., Sales Force Management

  Dec 01, 2008 5:10 AM PST

• Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl

  Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on ...

  Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan, Online Communications, Marketing, Social Networking, Facebook

  Dec 01, 2008 4:26 AM PST

• Virtualization and Emulex

  Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. ...

  Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Hardware, Virtualization, Emulex Corp., Storage

  Dec 01, 2008 3:00 AM PST

• 'Dumbing down' the security profession

  * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis static and dynamic tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly ...

  Tags: Ryan Naraine, Tool, Analysis Tool, Productivity, Security, Vulnerability, Analysis

  Dec 01, 2008 2:02 AM PST

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