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• Facebook's (futile) malware exorcism - can social networks fight back?

  Until the masses are educated perhaps through a Social Networking Security Consortium, the social networks will continue to fight an uphill battle to protect themselves and their users. by Jennifer ...

  Tags: jennifer leggio, site, network, advertising & promotion, online communications, kelly, marketing, malware, security, social networking

  Aug 08, 2008 12:06 PM PDT

• Do it Yourself Mojave

  As I mentioned in a previous post, circumstances have recently required that I buy a new desktop PC. It's not that I wasn't happy with my old PC -- it ...

  Tags: rachel, operating system, machine, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, jason perlow, graphics, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista, software

  Aug 08, 2008 11:57 AM PDT

• The Tech I.P.O. 2008, R.I.P.

  There was not a single fresh offering of stock in a technology company to the public in the quarter ended June 30. That kind of goose egg hasn't been laid ...

  Tags: tom steinert-threlkeld

  Aug 08, 2008 11:48 AM PDT

• Banking On The Internet Breaking

  So, on the day the Olympics open, the head of Tellabs – which helps telecommunications carriers deliver high-quality voice, video and data services around the world -- is talking about ...

  Tags: marketing, telecom & utilities, corporate communications, banking, telecommunications, tellabs, robert w. pullen, video, networking, internet

  Aug 08, 2008 10:48 AM PDT

• HP reincarnate old ink cartridges as key part for new printer

  Here's a fun use for discarded ink cartridges: turn them into the printhead of a new printer. That's what Hewlett-Packard has done with its HP Photosmart D5460. The printhead of ...

  Tags: hewlett-packard co., peripherals, printers, hardware, heather clancy, cartridge

  Aug 08, 2008 10:39 AM PDT

• Software to improve AIDS survival?

  As you all know, there are more than 33 million people living with AIDS worldwide. No cure or vaccine has been unveiled this week in Mexico during the International AIDS ...

  Tags: researcher, information, hiv virus, roland piquepaille, therapy, software

  Aug 08, 2008 10:37 AM PDT

• Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'

  It only took two-plus years, but Microsoft finally issued on August 8 its official comment about Fiji, a k a "Windows Media Center TV Pack." by Mary Jo Foley

  Tags: personal technology, microsoft windows media center, media center pc, oem, media center pcs, digital media, consumer electronics, fiji, microsoft windows, home entertainment

  Aug 08, 2008 10:35 AM PDT

• Rumor Mill: September event, iTunes streaming

  It's Friday, which means that it's time to round up the current crop of Apple rumors making the rounds. September iBook MacBook Updates – Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster published ...

  Tags: personal technology, apple inc., apple macbook, notebooks, hardware, apple itunes, notebooks & tablets, digital media, apple iphone, digital music

  Aug 08, 2008 10:32 AM PDT

• Weekend Gadget Guidance: Share, compare gas mileage

  New web app Fuelly tracks your car's mileage per gallon MPG, shares it with friends and compares it to the mileage of other Fuelly users. Sign up for Fuelly and ...

  Tags: andrew nusca, car

  Aug 08, 2008 10:27 AM PDT

• Linus Pauling's revenge

  Levine's study gave cancer to mice, then injected them with Vitamin C, and found tumor growth in the injected mice was cut 53%. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: drisko, c, dr., vitamin, linus pauling, dana blankenhorn, levine

  Aug 08, 2008 10:11 AM PDT

• Can VistA be saved?

  ClearHealth, as well as Medsphere, are giving VistA new life in the private sectore, and the WorldVistA project is giving it new adherents worldwide. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, dana blankenhorn, microsoft windows vista, software, microsoft windows

  Aug 08, 2008 9:27 AM PDT

• My Awesome IT Job: Developer, New York Times

  Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that ...

  Tags: management, apple mac os x, information technology, strategy, deb perelman, developer, apple mac os, scripting languages, operating systems, web development

  Aug 08, 2008 9:20 AM PDT

• Yahoo bolsters opt-out policy

  Yahoo said Friday that it will allow users to opt out of custom ads on its network. The move comes a day after Google provided a one-click opt-out as it ...

  Tags: advertisement, yahoo! inc., larry dignan

  Aug 08, 2008 9:17 AM PDT

• DVB-H and government overreach

  Germany is facing difficulties finding a workable business model for the mandatory DVB-H mobile video broadcasting standard. Perhaps the problem is that governments are trying to impose technology standards ahead ...

  Tags: management, government, strategy, dvb-h, langheinrich, business model, john carroll

  Aug 08, 2008 9:09 AM PDT

• Google says AOL is a lemon, regretting $1 billion investment

  According to Google's 10-Q filing, Google is regretting their $1 billion investment in AOL for 5% of the company. They have determined that AOL looks like a lemon, and they ...

  Tags: america online inc., finance, garett rogers, revenue, investment, google inc.

  Aug 08, 2008 8:46 AM PDT

• Qantas IT problems cause Sydney airport "chaos"

  Poor staff training on Qantas' new Altea Departure Control-Flight Management system led to delays on flights departing from Sydney, Australia. Given the airline's poor IT record, no one should be ...

  Tags: management, information technology, strategy, michael krigsman, qantas airways ltd., australian it

  Aug 08, 2008 8:33 AM PDT

• Gang of sniffers provided tech support with a smile

  Computerworld gets a kick out of the world of black tech support as opposed to the black market revealed in the indictment of an international band of online thieves who ...

  Tags: retail company, information technology, retail, richard koman, security, ftc

  Aug 08, 2008 8:21 AM PDT

• CBS Video: Cyber Threat In China?

  US intelligence officials warn that American visitors to the Olympics in China face a serious risk of having sensitive information stolen by cyber thieves. Bob Orr reports. by Larry Dignan

  Tags: management, cbs corp., china, larry dignan, video, strategy, marketing, corporate communications

  Aug 08, 2008 8:17 AM PDT

• Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking line

  Security--actually insecurity--is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list. See a site that's interesting--but is really just a phishing ...

  Tags: spam and phishing, defcon, web site development, network, larry dignan, myspace, internet, viruses and worms, security, facebook

  Aug 08, 2008 8:16 AM PDT

• Another day, another App removed: PhoneSabre

  If you've been following the drama at the App Store you're aware that Apple has removed three applications to date: NetShare – the 3G tethering application from NullRiver Box Office/Now ...

  Tags: 3g, personal technology, application, cellular phones, thq inc., star wars, digital media, digital music, consumer electronics, jason d. o\'grady

  Aug 08, 2008 8:10 AM PDT

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