Lawmakers working to ban hacked RFID door cards
February 28, 2007
InfoWorld - There’s already an RFID security brouhaha brewing in Washington, and if some people have their way, it won’t be the last legal fight waged in the nation’s capital over use of the wireless technology.
Tim Cook Speaks on Apple, iPhone, iPod
February 28, 2007
Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, at a Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium today. The audio portion is available in Quicktime from Apple.com.
Cook fields questions about Apple, iPhone and more.
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Tim Cook Speaks on Apple, iPhone, Apple TV
February 28, 2007
Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, spoke at a Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium today. The audio portion is available in Quicktime from Apple.com.
Cook fields questions about Apple, iPhone and more.
Microsoft: Why the ODF vs. OOXML battle matters
February 28, 2007
I had a chance to ask Tom Robertson, General Manager of Interoperability and Standards for Microsoft — someone who has a lot invested in the ODF vs. OOXML contest — a few questions regarding why folks should care about the never-ending file-format wars.
Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked
February 28, 2007
ACTRAiSER writes “A recent Post on Bugtraq claims the hack of the Xbox 360 Security Protection Hypervisor. It includes sample code as well.” From Bugtraq “We have discovered a vulnerability in the Xbox 360 hypervisor that allows privilege escalation into hypervisor mode. Together with a method to inject data into non-privileged memory areas, this vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to an Xbox 360 to run arbitrary code such as alternative operating systems with full privileges and full hardware access.”
Twitter integrates with Google Talk
February 28, 2007
Although I can't get it to work, Bill Kee announces on the Google Talkabout blog that Twitter can now be used through GTalk. Simply send your "twitter contact" the message you would like to post. I am getting stuck at the "add the twitter@twitter.com to your contact list" step — my invitation doesn't get accepted.
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Recording industry urges students to stop downloads
February 28, 2007
Reuters - The U.S. recording industry on
Wednesday stepped up efforts to stop college students from
downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to
settle the disputes out of court.
Intel To Upgrade Workstation Chipset, Up Clock Speed Of Quad-Core Processor
February 28, 2007
TechWeb - The chipmaker’s long-term roadmap includes a new micro-architecture for desktops, servers, workstations and mobile devices, code-named Nehalem
Apps not ‘certified’ for Vista may still work on the OS
February 28, 2007
InfoWorld - Although some widely used applications from top software vendors haven't been certified for use with Windows Vista, they may nonetheless work with the Microsoft OS.
U.S.-CERT Warns Of Rogue Code For Firefox Flaw
February 28, 2007
TechWeb - A new proof-of-concept code is circulating for a Firefox vulnerability that was fixed in Mozilla’s security update that was released last week.
