Author: Vince Kimball

Bruce Schneier: Beyond Fear: I just posted the audio and transcripts of a great interview with security guru, Bruce Schneier. If you only listen to one IT Conversations program, make it this one. Source: Web Services Strategies * [Archipelago]

Why 'Sasser' does not affect Win2003. Michael had a quick blurb on his blog on the fact that with the latest 'Sasser' worm, Windows Server 2003 was not infected. Why? As he says, “Because the RPC interface, which is accessible to anyone (ie; anonymous) on Windows XP and Win2000, was changed in Win2003 so that… Continue reading Why 'Sasser' does not affect Win2003

Sasser effects.  Sasser effects: A third of the post offices in Taiwan have been shut down, and a Finnish bank has shut down all its 130 offices. There's now a second, more infectious Sasser variant, and both can attack new machines without user intervention… it's more pernicious than a “don't accept attachments” kind of vector.… Continue reading Sasser effects

Zombies for sale.  Zombies for sale: The Register describes growing knowledge of the networks which cultivate, sell, and exploit networks of infected computers. The article focuses on the profit angle in spam, but there definitely seems to be a profit angle in selling warfare against the information structure too… just turning on a network to… Continue reading Zombies for sale

Fun With Hierarchical Controled Vocabularies.  …What is interesting to me is the things we can do on the site when we have a hierarchy like this… [Designweenie]

Useit.Com: Change the Color of Visited Links. Even people who believe in usability sometimes question the need for changing link colors. I think this is because they don't pick up on the problems caused by unchanging links when they conduct their own user testing. Unfortunately, the symptoms of these problems are among the most difficult… Continue reading Change the Color of Visited Links

Queen Mary 2/Queen Elizabeth 2 Tandem Crossing Complete.  Yesterday the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth 2 arrived in Southampton, England after making an unprecedented tandem journey across the Atlantic from New York (here are photos of the QM 2 departing out of the Hudson River last week). For the Cunard Line, which has… Continue reading Queen Mary 2/Queen Elizabeth 2 Tandem Crossing Complete

Novell SUSE Linux has landed. SUSE Linux 9.1 – the first version of the distribution to come out after Novell bought the company late last year – will be available in Australia from May 1. SUSE has the second biggest marketshare among commercial distributions of the open source operating system. SUSE is the first commercial… Continue reading Novell SUSE Linux has landed

Novell touts Linux as force for innovation. Open-source technology will force software vendors to create better products, but will not be its downfall, according to a Novell executive. Matt Asay, Novell's director of Linux business office, said Tuesday at the LinuxUser &Developer Expo in London that Linux threatened the proprietary software industry with innovation, rather… Continue reading Novell touts Linux as force for innovation

eBay platform.  eBay platform: USA Today carries an article profiling people who have started their own businesses, based upon the software services eBay offers. “While these companies mostly view themselves as savvy marketers, it might seem as if eBay executives would be put off by them, considering them to be bloodsuckers. Not at all. In… Continue reading eBay platform