Mark debunks Steven Gibson's claims that WMF issue is a backdoor

Mark debunks Steven Gibson's claims that WMF issue is a backdoor. Over at SysInternals, Mark has debunked Steve Gibson's theory that Microsoft intentiionally placed a backdoor in WMF. His results conclude: In my opinion the backdoor is one caused by a security flaw and not one made for subterfuge. You can read Mark's analysis here.… Continue reading Mark debunks Steven Gibson's claims that WMF issue is a backdoor

Where are the .6 releases?

Where are the .6 releases?. I hope to have the long incubated Tasks Pro™ 1.6 and Tasks 2.6 releases out next week. The software has been ready for a while now, the hold up has been finding 2 days to do all the release related stuff: set up the demos, the free trials and upgrade… Continue reading Where are the .6 releases?

Liberty Increases Security

Liberty Increases Security. From the Scientific American essay “Murdercide: Science unravels the myth of suicide bombers“: Another method [of reducing terrorism], says Princeton University economist Alan B. Krueger, is to increase the civil liberties of the countries that breed terrorist groups. In an analysis of State Department data on terrorism, Krueger discovered that “countries like… Continue reading Liberty Increases Security

Career or a Job?

Career or a Job?. For those of you that are consultants… is this a career to you…. or just a job? If it's a job… all you will need to do is just 'act' like you know what you are doing and take on any jobs that come your way. If, however, this to you… Continue reading Career or a Job?

Do you have WIADD?

Do you have WIADD?. A research team from the University of California has published the results of a research study that shows that office workers work on average for only eleven minutes before being interrupted and that these interruptions consume approximately 2.1 hours of every working day. One expert is calling this “work-induced attention-deficit disorder”.… Continue reading Do you have WIADD?

Classifying Along the Other Axis

Classifying Along the Other Axis. Although I still think the blogging community should work together and create an optional controlled vocabulary for tagging, the real problem goes well beyond blogging and comes back to indexing the Web: We're classifying along the wrong axis. When used with some skill, good search engines like Google can tells… Continue reading Classifying Along the Other Axis