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Firefox 3.5.6 patches critical security holes
Mozilla has updated its Firefox browser to patch three critical security holes. Read more »
IE6 and 7 hit by zero-day bug
A zero-day exploit that targets a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 has been published. Read more »
RailCorp wrestles with Conficker
RailCorp has confirmed that some of its workstations had been infected with the Conficker virus, although it insisted that the virus had caused no operational impact. Read more »
Windows Home Server update delayed
Microsoft said problems discovered during testing are prompting it to delay a planned Power Pack 3 update to the Windows Home Server product. Read more »
Microsoft warns of hole in Video ActiveX control
Microsoft on Monday warned of a vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control that could allow an attacker to take control of a PC if the user visits a malicious Web site. Read more »
Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities
Mozilla released an update to Firefox 3 on Tuesday that patches 12 security vulnerabilities, four of which it rated as critical. Read more »
NSW Police to get hacking powers
The New South Wales Government has unveiled plans to give state police the power to hack into computers remotely, with owners potentially remaining in the dark about the searches for up to three years. Read more »
Firefox 3.0.7 targets security issues
Mozilla on Wednesday released an update to the Firefox Web browser that its developers said fixes eight security issues found in Firefox 3.0.6, six of which were rated critical. Read more »
Opera belts out critical security update
Opera on Tuesday released a critical security update, designed to fix vulnerabilities in its browser that could allow malicious attackers to use an altered JPEG to take control of a user's system. Read more »
Massive quantum network unveiled
The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future. Read more »
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10 handy Firefox about:config hacks
If you really want to fine-tune your Firefox functionality, you have to roll up your sleeves and tinker with the about:config page. This article shares some simple hacks to make Firefox work the way you want. Read more »
10 tech mistakes small businesses make
Small businesses must concentrate their time and energy on knowing their own industry -- and that often means that effective technology practices get overlooked. This article explains the most common tech missteps encountered, along with preventive measures IT consultants can take to assist in correcting these problems. Read more »
Turning over the desktop: VDI, Terminals and more
This article talks about some of the reasons you might consider VDI. Here, he'll go over some of the ways by which a VDI implementation takes form. Read more »
Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »
A Beginners Guide to Threading
The golden age for programmers is over. For a decade we have been able to get away with writing slow code, knowing that the hardware would pick up the slack. Not so any more, hardware developers have decided that software developers need to raise their game, and get ready for a generation of multi-core processors. Read more »
What's new in SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 will be released in 2nd quarter of 2008. SQL Server 2008 will also be part of a joint launch with Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on February 27, 2008. Read more »
The server crash that wasn't
The first sign of trouble was the paging and the frantic calls to my extension. "Tim, the server is down. Help!" Those are dreaded words that a network administrator never wants to hear. Read more »
Four major Windows Server 2008 storage improvements
With the release of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft is making a number of improvements to the server's underlying storage mechanisms. I'll talk about four of these improvements and explain what they mean for the typical IT organisation. Read more »
Fix Linux when it won't start
No OS is 100 percent foolproof. Eventually, even Linux may not boot one day when you want it to. Read more »
How do you do your back-ups?
In the past, tape was the solution. The problem is that this still tends to be the answer. Either backup admins are complacent and don't want to change, or decision makers are unwilling to look at new ways to do backups. Read more »
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Sysadmin hijacks San Francisco while Torvalds attacks security circus
-- This edition of the Weekly Roundup looks at how one man has taken over the network of the city of San Francisco, take a glance at a local news start-up and Linus Torvalds calls out the IT security sector. Read more »
Apple shipping the Mark Webber of hard drives
-- The hard drives within Apple computers seem to pull mechnical failure and random incidents into play whenever you think things are fine -- just like our man in F1: M. Webber. Read more »
Anti-social Web 2.0 to save your bacon
-- Even if you don't buy into the whole "social" part of Web 2.0, it's still useful if you are an endemic procrastinator. Read more »
Anti-Virus software hit with 6 critical vulnerabilities
-- Kaspersky Labs announced over easter that their latest maintenance pack fixes six critical security vulnerabilities in their anti-virus software. The security flaws affect the Anti-Virus 6.0 and Internet Security products, including both the workstation and server editions. Read more »
Application Threat Modeling v2
-- Threat Modeling has become one of the most important ways to increase the security of your application development projects. It allows you to understand the threats you will face, and implement countermeasure in a consistent, reliable way. If you only do one thing to improve yoru development processes, Threat Modeling should be it. Now with the new ACE Threat Modeling methodology and tools, it's easy to do as well! Read more »
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