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Data Centers

Outrage! RIM stays mum on BlackBerry outage

In what I personally can only describe as OUTRAGEOUS, Research In Motion has refused to disclose any details on the subject of this week’s major North American BlackBerry service outage. Canadian reports published today say that the company is not returning media e-mails or phone calls about the outage. According to a Reuters article on WashingtonPost.com, ...

Mobility

The BlackBerry network goes DOWN!

The vast BlackBerry network is malfunctioning in North America, and the cause is not clear at this time. The outage may be due to software failure or malicious action, but what is important at this time is that everyone — from press to politicians to IT managers — is currently without e-mail service. Here are some details: ...

Collaboration

The Internet is broken: Is it time for a hard reboot?

I remember when the Internet got started; my former college roommate worked for a little place called BBN, and actually, to be really honest, I’m old enough that I recall when DARPANET started. Back then, the “Net” was not only limited to academics and a few in the government, it was actually considered experimental in ...

Microsoft

Microsoft releases six security bulletins for April

For April's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released five security bulletins, rating four of them as critical -- and that's in addition to the critical security bulletin it released a week earlier. John McCormick tells you what you need to know about all of April's security bulletins.

Security

An unintended consequence of the fixed patch cycle

Although many of us cheered when Microsoft designated a Patch Tuesday regimen for releasing most security patches, hackers quietly cheered also, and we are now beginning to see the unintended consequences of trying to make IT managers’ lives easier by having regularly scheduled patch days. Stop the patching madness by having a designated day each ...

Microsoft

Windows DNS server remote code execution threat

A newly released Microsoft Security Advisory warns that the Redmond-based company is investigating reports of attacks taking place against Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 as well as Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Server 2003 SP2. The Mitre CVE reference for this is CVE-2007-1748. Details are few at this time, but Microsoft’s report confirms ...

Security

Yahoo! IM, Kerberos, Firefox, and Kaspersky AV vulnerabilities

This week, we will see five or more Microsoft security bulletins, which I will cover in my monthly IT Locksmith column as well as the newsletter. There is no real word yet as to the content except that there will be one or more security patches and some non-security patches. But, while we are waiting ...

Enterprise Software

Is Firefox ALSO affected by the Microsoft ANI vulnerability?

A report on ZDNet (UK) suggests that the animated cursor vulnerability just patched in yesterday’s Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 can also make Firefox browsers running in a Windows environment vulnerable to the threat. The individual who initially reported the ANI vulnerability privately to Microsoft, Alexander Sotirov of Determina, has told ZDNet.uk.co, “Firefox uses a Windows ...

Microsoft

MS07-017: “Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution”

Microsoft today released a patch for the critical-rated vulnerability in animated cursors that has been widely reported by me in this blog and elsewhere. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 is a patch for a remote execution vulnerability that is already being exploited. But, in addition to that .ani file vulnerability, this security bulletin addresses a total ...

Project Management

ICANN Nixes .XXX’s

According to a report in Australian IT ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ), the governing body which sanctions Internet addresses has rejected the suggestion that they permit the creation of .XXX URLs for adult content Web sites. See http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21488365%5E16123%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html for details. This, in my opinion, is a mistake. Having a separate designation ...

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Knowing the terminology associated with Web 3.0 is going to be vital to every IT administrator, developer, network engineer, manager and decision maker in business. This quick glossary will introduce and explain concepts and terms vital to understanding Web 3.0 and the technology that drives and supports it.

While the perfect color palette or the most sublime button shading or myriad of other design features play an important role in any product’s success, user interface design is not enough. Customer engagement and retention requires a strategic plan that attempts to measure, quantify and ultimately create a complete satisfying user experience on both an ...

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Outrage! RIM stays mum on BlackBerry outage

The BlackBerry network goes DOWN!

The Internet is broken: Is it time for a hard reboot?

Microsoft releases six security bulletins for April

An unintended consequence of the fixed patch cycle

Windows DNS server remote code execution threat

Yahoo! IM, Kerberos, Firefox, and Kaspersky AV vulnerabilities

Is Firefox ALSO affected by the Microsoft ANI vulnerability?

MS07-017: “Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution”

ICANN Nixes .XXX’s

How to recruit and hire a Scrum Master

Web 3.0 quick glossary

How to recruit and hire a User Experience Designer

Industrial Internet of Things: Software comparison tool