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Monthly Archives: July, 2008
Remove remnants of Vista SP1 installation
Posted in IT Infrastructure
Facebook fends off clones
Posted in Advanced Web and 'Net
Facebook fends off attack of the clones
In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself.
Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
Posted in Advanced Web and 'Net
Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
PATRICK WALTERS - 7/27/2008 10:37:38 AM
With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you’ve got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.
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Facebook Takes Steps to Clean House
Posted in Advanced Web and 'Net
There will be two levels of validation of 3rd part apps, “Verified” and “Great”
Facebook Takes Steps to Clean House
At Facebook’s f8 developer conference, the company announced some initiatives to improve the quality of applications on its site… Facebook has struggled to control applications that use annoying or deceitful means to attract more users, like spamming people with unnecessary notifications or sharing information from people who have not given their permission to do so.
VMware to create free version of ESXi hypervisor
Posted in IT Infrastructure
VMware to create free version of ESXi hypervisorVMware is moving to create a free version of the VMware ESXi hypervisor. The company’s new CEO also plans to delve deeper into cloud computing and expand VMware’s virtualization technology reach.
The changes to VMware’s core business were announced after the virtualization company released … numbers [that] were below Wall Street’s expectations—VMware executives said the company now faces additional competition from Microsoft, which could impact future sales and revenue.
MS: Increased Threat for DNS Spoofing Vulnerability
Posted in Security
Microsoft Security Advisory (956187): Increased Threat for DNS Spoofing VulnerabilityMicrosoft released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-037 on July 8, 2008, offering security updates to protect customers against Windows Domain Name System (DNS) spoofing attacks. Microsoft released this update in coordination with other DNS vendors who were also similarly impacted. Since the coordinated release of these updates, the threat to DNS systems has increased due to a greater public understanding of the attacks, as well as detailed exploit code being published on the Internet.
Microsoft is not currently aware of active attacks utilizing this exploit code or of customer impact at this time. However, attacks are likely imminent due to the publicly posted proof of concept and Microsoft is actively monitoring this situation to keep customers informed and to provide customer guidance as necessary.
The Real Question: Should Oil Be Cheap?
Posted in IT Infrastructure
This is not about IT or IT security, but it is still an interesting perspective. From Business week…
The Real Question: Should Oil Be Cheap?
…Amite Foundry’s resurgence is just one of countless examples of a deeper truth: Expensive energy, in many ways, is good. Why? When the price of oil goes up, people will use less, find substitutes, and develop new supplies. Those effects are just basic economics. Things are so painful now, many economists say, because of the past two decades of cheap oil. Prices stayed low in part because they didn’t reflect the full cost of extras such as pollution, so there was little incentive to use energy more wisely. If those extras had been counted, the country would be better prepared for both today’s soaring prices and the day that global oil production begins to decline.
That’s why there is growing interest, from both the left and right, in a policy that uses taxes to put a floor under the price of oil. Above a certain level—say $90—there would be no tax. But if the world market price dropped below that, taxes would kick in to make U.S. users pay the target amount.