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Posts Tagged ‘SMB’
Wi-Fi scare sees BBC slapped (and barcode me)
Another Monday, another IT Blogwatch: in which we return to last Monday’s story about Aunty Beeb’s Wi-Fi "radiation" fears. Not to mention how to barcode yourself… Glenn "WiFi News" Fleishman reminds us what this is all about: The BBC recently ran a terrible half-hour program on the risks from Wi-Fi to ‘the ...
Wi-Fi causes child cancer? (and fair-y tale use)
Won’t somebody think of the children? It’s Monday’s IT Blogwatch: in which Aunty Beeb scares us all over Wi-Fi "radiation". Not to mention a Disney parody explanation of copyright law and fair use… BBC TV’s Panorama series speaks of, "a Wi-Fi revolution…": …with offices, homes and classrooms going wireless - but there ...
Amazon antagonizes Apple with DRM-free music (and but is it art?)
Hey-la, day-la, it’s Thursday’s IT Blogwatch: in which Amazon.com announces that it’ll sell DRM-free music. Not to mention Bill Shackelford’s "spamtrap" art installation… Todd R. Weiss has the scoop: Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Apple Inc.’s iTunes music service and the rest of the digital music industry by starting up ...
My “Security Figurehead” friend sees a glimmer of hope
I wrote a couple of days ago about a very good friend of mine who was promoted to a security figurehead position within his company. Well, lo and behold, there is hope for my friend! My friend had talked to me about the company I work for doing some security assessment ...
Flies, maggots, and Russian brides
Symantec has its latest monthly "State of the Spam Union" report out. A couple of things caught my eye: [REDACTED] is America’s most disgusting hamburger restaurant … food is full of dead insects, such as flies and maggots — delightful little anti-brand spam this. Must be pretty low volume though, ‘cos ...
Computerworld TechCast: Botnets
In this episode, we explore botnets — networks of hijacked PCs connected to the Internet that do everything from displaying pop-up ads to sending spam. The episode includes a discussion of best practices to identify and fight botnet infestations. Duration: 6 minutes Related links: Four steps to battling botnets Read more at ...
North American BlackBerrys go dark (and IR solo)
Cave bucellarii, carpe Thursday’s IT Blogwatch: in which Research In Motion’s BlackBerry network goes down — hard. Not to mention decoding an infrared remote with an electric guitar… Nancy Weil reports: BlackBerry service was mostly restored by late morning Wednesday East Coast time, following a widespread North American outage that started Tuesday ...
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