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I explained in my last post that we had to rebuild servers over the weekend, this was due to a security exploit in the VoteCasterPro Comdevweb application. One thing that upsets me about this is I subscribe to a lot of security mailing list and I also do not install applications in their default locations. A message to the company
A application I had on this box that I have not used in months apparently had a security issue and you guessed it the busy bees got into the box, GoDaddy was worried that the box was compromised and wanted to re-provision. Well I have been thinking for a while that this domain needed some more horses under the hood
I have to pull the server down in the next 24 hours for maintenance as we have run into a problem that needs to be resolved. I hope to have the box only down for about 12-18 hours Todd
A reader of this website pointed me to the referenced article on Boing Boing. Before I get into a lengthy rant let me say this first and foremost. Any company that stands behind consumer rights and fair use gets my "Attention". Neuros is one of those companies and has produced a device that could very well be one of the
On Tuesday Dec 6th and possibly Wed Dec 7th at 5:40pm GMT or 7:40am (-10 GMT) I will be on the BBC program Drive for a segment on Podcasting and Mobile media. I look forward to chatting with Nikki Beddi host of Drive. On a side note if you have a DVR, I would love it if someone recorded and
Late start and I take a little time to talk about podcasting quality of content and longevity of shows that are creating podcast. I also cover the surprise my wife had for me tonight and a huge number of news stories. Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page Show us where you listen to
Oh this is a juicy development, and up to this point I did not know that Kevin Marks had done a demo at Bloggercon in 2003 this is what Kevin is accusing Adam of removing. "At the BloggerCon Conference in October 2003, [[Kevin Marks]] demonstrated a script to download RSS enclosures to iTunes and synchronize them onto an iPod" See
Why is Microsoft all of a sudden worried about issuing an emergency patch to fix a gaping hole in Internet Explorer. The reason they are worried now is that a "0" day exploit has shown up in the wild and is destroying computers. Microsoft needs to have a more aggressive stance in being pro-active in finding these problems before hackers
Some of you love Dave, some of you hate Dave but I will tell you one thing he at least does not sugar coat stuff. I like that in a person, because when people always sugar coat a discussion and play politically correct or suck up to someone just because they think that is the only way to get their
Running short on time this morning and wanted to point you all at this, the question I have to ask myself even before loading it is this. I have Norton Antivirus, a firewall, a spyware sweeper and a host of other tools to keep the bugs out why would a geek need these prevention tools. The average consumer who is
From the EFF Today is the last day to submit proposals (by 5p EST) to the Copyright Office seeking a 3-year DMCA exemption for noninfringing activities that are otherwise squelched by "digital rights management" (DRM) restrictions [EFF]
While I really love Skype and use it daily, I am not so sure I am that big of a fan of video calls. Do we really need to see the person on the other end. Most of the people that we would use the Skype video feature with live in a part of the US that has no broadband.
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