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'Dumb users' not to blame for data slip-ups

Security breaches that can be traced back to the actions of one individual are not the fault of one "stupid" employee but rather a failure to educate and engage the whole workforce around the importance of good security practice, according to a leading academic. Read more »

Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system. Read more »

Symantec products threatened by Active X flaw

Symantec is urging its customers to patch their security products after being warned about a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to execute code remotely. Read more »

JobWatch: What goes up is now coming down

The sharp rise in demand for IT skills throughout 2007 is well and truly in retreat according to the latest figures from the Olivier Job Index. Read more »

Ubuntu-maker launches Bazaar development tool

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has released a content-development tool designed to move development into the Internet age. Read more »

First Leopard update ships from Apple

The first major update to Mac OS X Leopard has arrived with fixes for issues in Time Machine and Finder, among other bugs that have occurred with the new Apple operating system. Read more »

PHP-based content management programs under threat

Popular free and open source blogging, wiki and content management programs face a security threat in the way PHP programs handle XML commands. Read more »

IE plus Firefox equals 'critical' security risk

Firefox combined with Internet Explorer on the same desktop opens up a zero day vulnerability that is highly critical, according to security researchers. Read more »

Leopard stumbles over file transfers

A flaw has been identified in the way Apple's operating system Leopard moves files between storage volumes which deletes the source file if the transfer is disrupted. Read more »

Solving Yahoo's identity crisis

The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past. Read more »

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Advantages of using the ADO Command object

The Command object offers several unique advantages over the ADO Recordset object for programmatic data updating. This article gives specific code examples that display the Command object's flexibility. Read more »

Securely delete files with shred

Most users are familiar with the rm command. Most of the time, this command is sufficient for routine deletion, but for files that contain sensitive data, you might need to scrub them so that they cannot be recovered later with other data retrieval tools. Read more »

Process the command line with CLI

The next time you need to examine command line arguments and things get a little complex, whip out your trusty open source Java toolkit, and use Command Line Interface (CLI). Read more »

Process the command line with CLI

Still writing code to parse command line arguments? In this article we look at using the Command Line Interface to get the job done. Read more »

Make your Linux command line work like DOS with shell scripting

You can take advantage of the flexibility inherent in the Linux command shell and create scripts that allow you to emulate DOS commands in a Linux environment. Here's how. Read more »

Linux hassle-free and enterprise-ready

Linux has come a long way with regard to ease of installation and use. In an interview, Robin Miller, author of Point & Click Linux, and chapter author Joe Barr, discuss Linux in the enterprise. Read more »

Bulk importing data into SQL Server

If you work with databases, at some point, you'll deal with inserting data into SQL Server from outside data files. This tutorial shows how to import data using the BULK INSERT command and explains how changing some of its options can make it easier and more efficient to insert data. Read more »

Dig for more data in the /proc directory

One of the most interesting directories on any Linux system is /proc, a virtual filesystem that provides a plethora of information on the hardware of the running system, and of the various processes running. Read more »

Deleting data from an ASP.NET DataGrid

Deleting data from the DataGrid takes some work. Find out how to create a delete button for the DataGrid and how to build a pop-up delete confirmation. Read more »

A primer on array-based and network-based replication

Replication helps protect your data and files by producing a duplicate copy at a second site, server, or storage array. I covered host-based replication in a previous blog. Read more »

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Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google already has customised some of its websites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software. Read more »

CodeGear ready Ruby release

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear have announced this week they will be releasing an integrated development environment(IDE) for Ruby on Rails developers in the second half of 2007. Read more »

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