http://www.dimeperclick.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:54:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's video of a wrap-up of Day One of the competition, which shows Armadillo's successful flight. The contest, in its third year, was held at the Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico over the weekend. On Saturday, Mesquite, Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace successfully won Level One of the challenge, which requires ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/09/04/doom-creator-wins-first-stage-of-lunar-challenge/ The malware appears to affect Mac, Windows, and Linux machines and Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari browsers, according to ZD Net's Zero Day blog. A new type of Internet-based attack is spreading in which Flash-based ads seize control of a Web surfer's clipboard and paste in a link to a malicious site ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/29/malicious-flash-ads-attack-spread-via-clipboard/ Listen now: Download today's podcast A few weeks ago, the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit identified and arrested a 19-year-old Dutch man who allegedly was operating a botnet known as Shadow. This botnet, unlike more recent examples, used IRC, meaning its traffic was easier to trace than the ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/24/security-bites-112-out-of-the-shadows/ Just the sort of company with which I'd want to do business. You? Microsoft will gain more by enabling more people to use MSN than it will by squeezing quarters out of startups. Connecting its IM service with Yahoo!'s was a step in the right direction. This attempt to extort money ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/microsoft-tries-to-close-off-the-web-one-msn-cont/ The Ballot Blog page on SequoiaVote.com had contained information from Sequoia regarding the Super Tuesday New Jersey election, but as of Thursday afternoon the blog site was available only on and off. The defacement and subsequent takedown occurred Thursday morning on the company's Ballot Blog page. Sequoia is one of a ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/sequoia-voting-systems-site-hacked/ Skype has been extremely secretive about the technical details of their encryption technologies. They paid a few security consultants to conduct a review of the system, which, not surprisngly, was rewarded with rave reviews. However, some crypto geeks have been able to reverse engineer Skype, and have determined that by ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/the-day-the-wiretaps-go-dead/ In May 2007, the Baltic nation of Estonia was attacked online and its Internet infrastructure crippled. On Tuesday, Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks offered in a blog more information on the strength and duration of the attacks. "Compared to the May 2007 Estonian attacks, these are more intense but have lasted ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/kids-not-russian-government-attacking-georgias/ My experience (albeit limited - I can't stand Wal-Mart) with Wal-Mart is generally that cost is king for its customers, and that volume is king for Wal-Mart. I can understand Wal-Mart dropping Linux for the latter reason (though early reports suggest that the machine repeatedly sold out), but I'm surprised ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/wal-mart-dumps-linux-much-ado-aboutmicrosoft/ NBC Local Media announced today that it will launch Web sites that target "locals only" by providing news, entertainment, and information from around the community. The sites will feature content from print and online publications in the area, as well as local bloggers and TV stations to provide visitors with ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/nbc-to-launch-locals-only-web-sites/ Barack Obama has become the Prince Caspian of the iPhone hordes. They honor him with videos and posters that combine aesthetic mastery with unabashed hero-worship. People in the 1950s used to earnestly debate the role of the intellectual in modern politics. But the Lionel Trilling authority-figure has been displaced by the ... http://www.dimeperclick.com/2010/08/23/so-much-for-the-myth-of-the-alpha-geek/