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Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

August 7th, 2006

Privacy? - Does it exist online?

One of the items that’s definitely changed over the course of years on this earth is the concept of privacy. Used to be, the only way for personal news to spread about someone was if you shared a secret with someone that didn’t understand the concept of secrets.
Nowadays however it’s a whole different story isn’t […]

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July 9th, 2006

RFID: MasterCard PayPass

RFID is looming large in the media these days. From the ability for manufacturers and retailers to quickly track and identify merchandise, to customers being able to pay for that same merchandise or services without even showing their wallets to the public.
Dan Costa with PC Magazine, shares his personal experience in this article.
Last night I […]

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February 1st, 2006

My IE7 Review

I just posted a review of my initial experience with Microsoft’s IE7 last night on the Microsoft Weblog. If you’re interested, you can check it out. I’ll be providing ongoing experience thoughts and highlights as I use it more and more.
My IE7 Experience vs. Firefox on the Microsoft Weblog
Does anyone know if IE7 and/or Firefox […]

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January 30th, 2006

Who’s your daddy? Google?

Is Google’s new upgrade, Big Daddy, already live and underway? Such is the speculation in a recent article I just saw on Digg.com.
The article is from eWeek and discusses the release of a major upgrade that Google has been working on that addresses issues with network and hardware fixes. The article states that this is […]

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January 19th, 2006

Feds Analyze Open Source

The Department of Homeland Security is tossing its hat in the ring to finally get serious about one huge (and so far, unaddressed)threat to our homeland security - cyber terror. While the method employed is not comprehensive, it does offer a start. But I can only speak to the theory and not to the […]

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January 5th, 2006

Windows WMF Patch TODAY

This is a little out of the norm of Emerging Earth, but it is a highly CRITICAL announcement from Microsoft.
The recent WMF exploit that Microsoft has been taking a beating over the past few weeks will recieve a critical out-of-cycle patch today (MS06-001). Everyone running Windows MUST patch this vulnerability ASAP. Check Windows Update […]

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