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State Dept. sites in Russia hacked and distributing viruses

Two State Department websites based in Russia have been hacked and appear to be infecting visitors with malware, InfoWorld reports. Particularly compromised was the U.S. Consulate General for St. Petersburg. But by the time Sophos researchers checked the site, the infection had been irradicated. But a review of archived pages...more

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Enterprise Web 2.0Written by Dion Hinchcliffe RSS Feed | 3 comments
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A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2

A new survey of the personal use of Web 2.0 applications by CIOs emerged late last week and provided another interesting, if high-level, datapoint about the future of Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Carried out by CIO Insight, the survey reported the usual trends like high rates of use of...more

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IT Project FailuresWritten by Michael Krigsman RSS Feed
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SHORT QUOTE: SAP is "liquid concrete"

The Economist quotes fellow ZDNet blogger and Enterprise Irregular, Josh Greenbaum, on the subject of SAP's forthcoming software as a service (SaaS) product, known as A1S: A broader question is whether SAP can overcome its history. It grew up selling complicated software directly to big businesses. Now it will need...more

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Managing L'unixWritten by Paul Murphy RSS Feed
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Is using less energy actually green?

Helping a failing energy delivery system continue by reducing demand to meet its limits helps in the short term, but raises the barriers to be overcome before positive change can occur.more

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ChipLandWritten by John Spooner RSS Feed | 7 comments
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AMD fans the flames with Barcelona pricing

The drumbeat for Barcelona is getting louder and louder. Advanced Micro Devices is widely expected to launch the new processor on Sept. 10—next Tuesday—at speeds of up to 2GHz in a number of cities across the world, including San Francisco and Barcelona, of course (link: here). AMD has confirmed that...more

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Real World ITWritten by George Ou RSS Feed | 1 comment
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Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be Federal

The California legislature recently banned employers from mandating RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) implants for their employees.  While I'm glad I'm covered in my state, why isn't this ban being implemented at the Federal level to cover every citizen?  I'm not suggesting that we ban the devices; I'm suggesting that no one should...more

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Googling GoogleWritten by Garett Rogers RSS Feed
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Google paying scientists to shoot for the moon

Google put up big bucks today for the first person or company to develop a privately funded robot that will softly land on the moon and spend some time collecting data to be sent back to Earth. The grand prize for the Google sponsored Lunar X-Prize is $20 million, and...more

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Service OrientedWritten by Joe McKendrick RSS Feed
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Service-oriented problem solving

A couple of months back, the DSL at my house fizzled over a weekend, with service sporadic to none. On a Sunday, I called Verizon tech support, and the customer service technician walked me through the long process of elimination -- running through a list of procedures to see whether...more

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The Mobile GadgeteerWritten by Matthew Miller RSS Feed | 4 comments
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Palm officially announces Treo 500v

Leaks have been all over the internet, but Palm has now officially announced the Palm Treo 500v smartphone for Europe. You can check out the European Treo 500v site for more details on this new Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Smartphone) device. It will be available from Vodafone in October for...more

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ZDNet EducationWritten by Christopher Dawson RSS Feed | 2 comments
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Type 1? Type 3? How about just typed?

My 12-year old was finishing an essay tonight when he realized that he hadn't skipped lines, per his teacher's instructions. He had handwritten the essay because it was a "Type 3." Apparently there are 5 types of essays, corresponding to various levels of draft, where Type 1 is basically a...more

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Between the LinesDan Farber & Larry Dignan
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Salesforce.com: It's all about the UI Salesforce.com on Friday announced a new offering dubbed Force.com, an on-demand platform that gives companies the backend infrastructure as well as the tools to design their applications. The Force.com platform, which is headlined by Visualforce, a user interface-as-a-service technology, is really designed to appeal to developers customers and independent...more
Berlind's TestbedDavid Berlind
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Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter video demos preview of upcoming version Using our "review-casting" rig designed to capture on video my interviews that involve WebEx demos, I had a chance to catch up with Yahoo director of engineering Joshua Schachter for a sneak-peek video of the preview version of his social bookmarking service del.icio.us. Schachter is the founder and inventor of...more
All About MicrosoftMary Jo Foley
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Microsoft to force Messenger users to upgrade Some time in the next few weeks, Microsoft is going to require all users of its Messenger instant-messaging service to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1, in the name of security.more 22 comments
Ryan Naraine's Zero DayRyan Naraine
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One-year-old QuickTime bug comes back to bite Firefox A year ago this month, security researcher Petko D. Petkov (left) released details on vulnerabilities in Apple's QuickTime media player to show how movie and MP3 files can be backdoored to hack into Firefox. Apple fixed one of the bugs but the second issue, which allows malicious manipulation of QuickTime...more 12 comments
The Apple CoreJason D. O'Grady
& David Morgenstern
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Free open-source iPhone unlock released (updated) Hot on the heels of yesterday's US$100 iPhone unlocking solution comes an open-source version that's completely free. Yes free. According to Engadget iUnlock isn't for the faint of heart and requires iUnlock + nor + the .fls file, which is available in ZIPs all over. There's a great list of...more 1 comment
Hardware 2.0Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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Microsoft responds to stealth update issue Last night I approached Microsoft for comment on the stealth updating issue. Here is the response I received from a Microsoft spokesperson ...more 35 comments
Linux and Open SourceDana Blankenhorn
& Paula Rooney
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MySQL to get dynamic load balancing in 2008 MySQL will introduce dynamic load balancing to its database platform and enterprise subscription in 2008. That news surfaced during a briefing Thursday with MySQL executives about the open source database company’s forthcoming 5.1 and 6.0 upgrades. Zack Urlocker, Executive Vice President of Products at MySQL, said the load balancing software...more
Googling GoogleGarett Rogers
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Google paying scientists to shoot for the moon Google put up big bucks today for the first person or company to develop a privately funded robot that will softly land on the moon and spend some time collecting data to be sent back to Earth. The grand prize for the Google sponsored Lunar X-Prize is $20 million, and...more
Real World ITGeorge Ou
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Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be Federal The California legislature recently banned employers from mandating RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) implants for their employees.  While I'm glad I'm covered in my state, why isn't this ban being implemented at the Federal level to cover every citizen?  I'm not suggesting that we ban the devices; I'm suggesting that no one should...more 1 comment
IT Project FailuresMichael Krigsman
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SHORT QUOTE: SAP is "liquid concrete" The Economist quotes fellow ZDNet blogger and Enterprise Irregular, Josh Greenbaum, on the subject of SAP's forthcoming software as a service (SaaS) product, known as A1S: A broader question is whether SAP can overcome its history. It grew up selling complicated software directly to big businesses. Now it will need...more
IP TelephonyRussell Shaw
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Packet8 CEO: in light of SunRocket's demise, we're hearing rumors of more VoIP market exits  As the CEO of the second-largest (after Vonage) "pure play" VoIP provider, Packet8's Bryan Martin is pretty much plugged in to the whole sector. At ITExpo I had an informal background conversation with Bryan. He feels that the SunRocket implosion cost all VoIP providers some credibility on Wall Street, and...more
Enterprise Web 2.0Dion Hinchcliffe
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A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2 A new survey of the personal use of Web 2.0 applications by CIOs emerged late last week and provided another interesting, if high-level, datapoint about the future of Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Carried out by CIO Insight, the survey reported the usual trends like high rates of use of...more 3 comments
Irregular EnterpriseDennis Howlett
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SAP's vox populi Marilyn Pratt who runs SAP's business process expert section on the SAP developer network sent me a link to a video initiative SAP is trying out for its upcoming TechEd event in Las Vegas: We know that our SAP Community Network has very passionate members.  Some see video as...more
ChipLandJohn Spooner
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AMD fans the flames with Barcelona pricing The drumbeat for Barcelona is getting louder and louder. Advanced Micro Devices is widely expected to launch the new processor on Sept. 10—next Tuesday—at speeds of up to 2GHz in a number of cities across the world, including San Francisco and Barcelona, of course (link: here). AMD has confirmed that...more 7 comments
GreenTech PasturesHarry Fuller and
Heather Clancy
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Gee, surprising storm and record high oil prices Humberto hurricaned its way on shore after looking to be mild-mannered. That shut down some of the Gulf of Mexico oil refineries. Not to be miss a chance, that led oil traders into a gusher of price increase...topping $80 US per barrel for the first time. Isn't the marketplace a...more
Ed Bott's Microsoft ReportEd Bott
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More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage I've been reporting my experiences with Windows Vista and playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. Several commenters have expressed skepticism over my contention that Windows Vista's DRM didn't come into play at all, and I've also seen some raised eyebrows over my test results involving CPU usage. To put...more 31 comments
Software as ServicesPhil Wainewright
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Taleo beefs up with performance management Taleo, the third-biggest pureplay SaaS vendor, yesterday announced an expansion of its talent management product set to embrace a Web 2.0-inspired take on performance management.more
Dev ConnectionEd Burnette
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Sun to resell Windows as Linux, Solaris alternative Starting soon, you'll be able to buy Sun x64 servers with Windows Server 2003 pre-loaded. While the OS has long been certified to run on Sun hardware, this is the first time that Sun will actually sell and support Windows as an OEM.more 7 comments
Team ThinkDavid Greenfield
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Remembering 9/11 Signing off here and I just realized the date. Good gosh has it really been six years since 9/11? How easy it is to slide into my daily routine and forget about such a tragedy. Take a look here for this incredible memorial. May no one never experience anything like...more
Storage BitsRobin Harris
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Build a $50 DVD burner Tired of your slow notebook burner? Want to rip a lot of CDs - as I have in the last week? Or maybe you've decided that, really and truly, you are going to get serious about backing up important data? Adding an external burner - especially for notebooks - is...more 31 comments
Emerging TechRoland Piquepaille
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New nanomaterials able to cover large areas Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new nanomanufacturing technique which can be used to produce nanostructures measuring tens of square centimeters. This new technique, dubbed 'soft interference lithography' (SIL), can lead to nanomaterials with optical properties mimicking some metamaterials in the natural world such as peacock feathers and butterfly...more
The Social WebSteve O'Hear
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"Quarterlife" exclusive to MySpaceTV MySpace has bagged itself some more professionally-produced online video content, to "air" exclusively on the social networking site. "Quarterlife", a production developed by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, creators of the TV shows "My So-Called Life" and "Thirtysomething" will debut on MySpaceTV on November 11.more
The Mobile GadgeteerMatthew Miller
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Palm officially announces Treo 500v Leaks have been all over the internet, but Palm has now officially announced the Palm Treo 500v smartphone for Europe. You can check out the European Treo 500v site for more details on this new Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Smartphone) device. It will be available from Vodafone in October for...more 4 comments
The Universal DesktopRyan Stewart
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Brightcove launches Brightcove.tv Brightcove has rebranded part of their site from Brightcove.com to Brightcove.tv today. The email I got said the change was so that there could be a distinction between Brightcove partner content and Brightcove technology: With the switch to Brightcove.TV, we can provide a dedicated site where Brightcove partners can showcase...more 1 comment
Managing L'unixPaul Murphy
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Is using less energy actually green? Helping a failing energy delivery system continue by reducing demand to meet its limits helps in the short term, but raises the barriers to be overcome before positive change can occur.more
John CarrollJohn Carroll
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Richard Stallman the creationist I've taken issue with Stallman numerous times in the past (as an early example, care for a slice of cake). Stallman's latest musings merely add to the stack of ideological positions with which I differ. Some notable quotes from his latest musings:. Supporters of open source (which I am not)...more 37 comments
LawgarithmsDenise Howell
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Lawgarithms Links for 8/27/07 iPhone hacking meets the DMCA, new ways to owe money to the RIAA, bad music and its aftermath, and more — now playing in my Google Reader Starred Items: iPhone Unlocked; Legal Battle Looming?, from Ed Felten Unlocking the iPhone could invite a lawsuit, from Computerworld Breaking News Is Unlocking...more
Virtually SpeakingDan Kusnetzky
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SWsoft Virtuozzo's Version 4 beta SWsoft is a company that I've been tracking for quite some time. They have a strong presense in the hosting market and a growing presence in large organizations. They offer operating system virtualization/partitioning, desktop virtualization, management for those environments and an increasing number of other things offering a high performance,...more 2 comments
Service OrientedJoe McKendrick
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Service-oriented problem solving A couple of months back, the DSL at my house fizzled over a weekend, with service sporadic to none. On a Sunday, I called Verizon tech support, and the customer service technician walked me through the long process of elimination -- running through a list of procedures to see whether...more
The BlackBerry BeatRussell Shaw
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Built for BlackBerry software download site debuts   BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion has just debuted a Built for BlackBerry website. The site offers six sections with trial downloads and purchase options for News, Sports, Travel & Weather, Games & Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Navigation & Mapping mostly third-party BlackBerry compliant software. That's the Games & Entertaimment landing page.more
Newton's TheoryJohn Newton
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REST-style architecture in the real world A couple of weeks ago, I presented REST to the IT staff in the London division of a major US investment bank. Out of something like 100 people, only a small number of people had ever heard of REST. Yet this bank had invested in a REST to SOAP bridge...more 1 comment
BriefingsDirectDana Gardner
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BEA, Adobe flex their muscles in pushing toward RIAs on the enterprise desktop The goal of Genesis is to allow businesses to adapt to changing market conditions without the constraint of old IT models, allowing the enterprise to assemble, change, and deploy dynamic business applications. Look for BEA to unveil the roadmap for Genesis at BEAWorld in Shanghai in December.more
Threat ChaosRichard Stiennon
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First hacking tools, now key words are outlawed Reading this Reuters report is a trip to the Twilight Zone. Or, maybe, it is an Onion-esque spoof on reality. The EU is going to force search engines to block access to bomb-making sites? Huh? What are these guys thinking? EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said in an...more 4 comments
Rational RantsMitch Ratcliffe
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We're all swimming in media now William Gibson, "Father of Cyberpunk," long known for his prescience, has put his finger on a fundamental truth about the world we live in today. His new book, Spook Country, contains a couple passages everyone concerned with media business models should read and consider (along with the rest of the...more
Enterprise Anti-matterJoshua Greenbaum
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Cap'n Google: Blind Leading the Blind, or a New Vision for Google Apps? It's clear despite various denials that Google is trying to target Microsoft Office with its Apps strategy, and it's clear from many early looks at Google's functionality, and terms of service, that this strategy has a long way to go before it offers a genuine challenge to the Office monopoly....more 1 comment
E-Communications & CommunityMaurene Caplan Grey
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Microsoft and Open Source: Kissing cousins In early 1994, the World Wide Web opened the gates of Internet travel for the average person -- the same year that the Netscape Navigator browser was released. By mid-1994, millions of PC users were riding the "information highway." On December 7, 1995, Microsoft announced its plans for the quantum leap to...more 7 comments
Tom Foremski: IMHOTom Foremski
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A way to measure the value of journalism: 1 news story = $55m The conventional wisdom, as promoted by aggregators and search engines, is that there is little to no value in news except in the aggregate, as Google News, Digg, etc. That's why these are tough times for newspapers and news organizations, because individual news stories are valued at nearly nothing in...more 1 comment
ZDNet EducationChristopher Dawson
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Type 1? Type 3? How about just typed? My 12-year old was finishing an essay tonight when he realized that he hadn't skipped lines, per his teacher's instructions. He had handwritten the essay because it was a "Type 3." Apparently there are 5 types of essays, corresponding to various levels of draft, where Type 1 is basically a...more 2 comments
ZDNet GovernmentZDNet Editor
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State Dept. sites in Russia hacked and distributing viruses Two State Department websites based in Russia have been hacked and appear to be infecting visitors with malware, InfoWorld reports. Particularly compromised was the U.S. Consulate General for St. Petersburg. But by the time Sophos researchers checked the site, the infection had been irradicated. But a review of archived pages...more
ZDNet HealthcareDana Blankenhorn
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Today's Debate: Is HIPAA killing medical automation? The last time I mentioned HIPAA here, we had a nice little debate. I asked whether HIPAA should be scrapped. Most of you believed that it should be amended instead. Fair enough. But with the first HIPAA audits now going down (starting at the hospital where my kids were born)...more 1 comment
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