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Time Warner and AT&T among others have yet to upgrade their DNS servers. Now that there is some rouge code on the loose that is designed to target these DNS servers it is a VERY DANGEROUS time to be surfing the Internet using the default DNS services from one of these companies.
To follow up from Todd's mention on the Podcast today, officials have found the Spam King: Edward Davidson, his wife and daughter in a murder-suicide. Apparently the Spam King and family were found 25 miles out of Denver in an SUV. All three were shot with indication that Edward pulled the trigger. Here is where the story gets weird. There
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Clowns are supposed to make one laugh, they are not supposed to run companies. Twitter continues to be one screw up after the other. This morning I woke up to 300 less followers because these clowns don’t have the common sense to test their new anti-spam bot before they release it to production.
It's not really a Yahoo exec leaving, but it does signal a end to what I like to call "MicroYugo". Microsoft Exec Kevin Johnson is leaving his job to become CEO at Juniper Networks. So how is this tied into Yahoo? Well, Kevin was the head of Windows and Internet unit and helped spearhead the attempted Yahoo offering. He oversaw
Google has finally released to the public their Knol reference tool to the public after a 7 month development process. Intended to be a sort of internet encyclopedia, Knol will be filled with articles written by experts in every possible type of field. Sounds like Wikipedia, doesn't it? The major difference between Knol and Wikipedia is that Knol will require
Sony is pushing a software upgrade to its Sony Reader that will allow it to download books from other sources besides Sony. Now we're talking. One of the reasons I've not even looked hard at eBook readers is because of the proprietary nature of their content and delivery. If I buy Amazon's Kindle, then I can only download from Amazon.
When I was at Podcamp Ohio I did a one hour session to a packed house on the above topic. A number of people have asked me for the link to the recorded session.
I am beyond irritated with Google at this moment. I have all of my domains email utilizing Google Apps Service which includes Gmail functionality for any persons .com address.
A Significant DNS threat that is now on the loose on the Internet is set to really cause mayhem in a really bad way. So tonight I did a quick check of Road Runner Hawaii and the Time Warner system here and found that the system administrators here have not patched their DNS servers yet.
Last week SCO faced the day they had tried to avoid when a ruling was finally handed down in the SCO vs Novell case. While they did not lose as much money as they feared the ruling means that they do not own the rights they are claiming too in their case against IBM. I am sure that there will
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