Month: March 2003

The Register By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Online- Windows Root kits a stealthy threat. Hackers are using vastly more sophisticated techniques to secretly control the machines they've cracked, and experts say it's just the beginning, say SecurityFocus' Kevin Poulsen. [ … ] Mertens didn't know it at the time, but the university network had been compromised,… Continue reading Windows Root kits a stealthy threat

freshmeat.net: CryptoHeaven 2.2.3. CryptoHeaven offers secure email and online file sharing/storage. Its main features are secure and highly encrypted services such as group collaboration, file sharing, email, online storage, and instant messaging. It integrates multi-user based security into email, instant messaging, and file storage and sharing in one unique package. It provides real time communication… Continue reading CryptoHeaven 2.2.3

One Wireless App, Many Devices. Peter Mansour's current startup, Sproqit Technologies, Inc., is based on a very simple observation: Microsoft's e-mail server, Exchange, has a rotten relationship with wireless handheld computers. Mansour's company makes a platform that sits on a desktop or server computer and streams applications over the air to handhelds. [Smart Mobs]

PHP Architect: March issue and grants. The March issue of PHP Architect is out. 6 interesting articles and additional sections on PHP News and product reviews. These go into great detail, and are certainly of a much higher standard than the average article you read at most techie web-sites. For example, they have an article… Continue reading PHP Architect: March issue and grants

Dave: Don Box gave another speech last night to the .NET user group where he expanded his thoughts a bit. He said something like “look at Dave Winer. He wrote RSS, which is today being adopted faster than any other protocol.” He pointed out that Dave didn't see OASIS, or the W3C, or any other… Continue reading Dave

My friend Phil Weber, who works at Fawcette, tells me they just turned on an RSS Feed too. Cool. I wish Jim Fawcette had a weblog. I miss our early-morning coffee talks on the way to Peets. Maybe he doesn't want to risk having folks tell him his stuff stinks, though. Fair enough. The rewards… Continue reading Phil Weber

Paul Thurrott tears into the latest Windows Longhorn build that was leaked over the weekend.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Business 2.0 points out the return of the middle man is here. Major kudos go to CDW. CDW is definitely one of my favorite companies.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

New Office: I just got back from inspecting the new Fog Creek Office, a sunny loft in the shmatta district, with the architect. It's going to make a really nice office when we're finished building it out, with private offices, a living room area, kitchenette, and, budget permitting, a pool table and plasma TV. Here's… Continue reading New Office

MIT Technology Review: Untapped Networks. Q&A with Duncan Watts, Columbia University sociologist. Theories of networks have been around for a long time, so the science itself really isn't new. What is new is the synthesis of ideas from a variety of disciplines: math, computer science, sociology, biology. [Tomalak's Realm]