Government And Computer Manufacturers Caught Installing Keystroke Loggers Into All New Laptops

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Vista R.I.P.

October 6, 2008 - 1:45 P.M. Vista is awful. Everyone knows it, including Microsoft, and now Microsoft's actions have made it clear that Vista is on its way to the Microsoft junkyard with such similar failures as Windows ME and Microsoft Bob. You don't have to believe me.. » read more

Sanity check: Five reasons why Windows Vista failed

Oct. 6, 2008 With Windows Vista’s public perception in shambles and most IT departments stubbornly refusing to adopt it, has the time come for an early post-mortem on Vista? Here are the top five reasons why Vista has failed. Hint: Most of them aren’t technical. ——————————————————————————————————————- On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn’t impact enterprise IT — because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come — the move is another symbolic nail in Vista’s coffin.. » read more

The Market Loves Linux (That's Why It's Thriving)

Sept. 11, 2008 My wife often rolls her eyes at me, because once I find a new hobby I latch onto it as though life depended on it. The more arbitrary the nature of the hobby, the less she's impressed with it. So imagine her immense delight when, a year ago, the only thing I would talk about with her was Linux. From Ignorance to Bliss Yes, Linux.. » read more

IBM sees no alternative to Linux

August 12, 2008 Bob Sutor, Vice President of Standards and Open Source at IBM, has taken his company's commitment to promote free and open software over the past ten years as an opportunity to make predictions for the next ten years. He said that the use of the Linux operating system will continue to grow in his presentation at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. Sutor thinks that there will be no open source alternative to Linux in the next ten years, and that there will be less focus on Linux on x86 processors as Linux is used more on other processors. Linux is already available for many platforms today and Sutor predicted it will develop a stronger position in areas like Software as a Service and Cloud computing. However, the IBM executive thinks that open source software has reached a crossroads for certain types of corporate applications, calling it a "do or die decade", Sutor said that there will need to be significant progress in creating open source applications for the private sector's vertical industries.. » read more

Malware Destroyed a Man’s Life

June 17, 2008 Michael Fiola had been an investigator at the Department of Industrial Accidents in Massachusetts up until child pornography was found on his work laptop. Of course he was immediately fired from his job, and was criminally charged in August 2007. It was only recently that an IT forensic investigator that was hired by the man’s wife found that Fiola had been the victim of malware. The former state employee always said that he had no idea that his computer had stored child pornography all this time, but the court and the DIA never believed him. After the forensic investigator announced her findings, Fiola was cleared of all criminal charges.. » read more

Vista's So Bad No One Steals It

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Linux On Mars

June 6th, 2008 Read 1,723 times. When NASA needs an operating system for a Mars lander does it go knocking on Bill Gates’ door? The answer is no. The newly arrived on the planet Phoenix Lander is powered by a variation of Linux running on a specially hardened CPU and motherboard produced by IBM. The CPU may not sound very exciting, and certainly would not be of interest to the average computer gamer. The Rad6000 CPU is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set CPU) that has been hardened to withstand the ravages of radiation in space.. » read more

Windows Vista did not steal ideas from Mac OS X! (Micro-soft Scam)

Posted 6/2/08 http://AppleenEspañol.com For the New York Times, David Pogue reviews Windows Vista, trying to prove in his video that "Microsoft did not steal ideas from Mac OS X." TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM. » read more

Microsoft Device Extracts Forensic Data

Maly 2, 2008 Microsoft has reportedly developed a small plug-in device that can be used by investigators to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. The Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) is a USB "thumb drive" that Microsoft quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. The COFEE device contains 150 commands that dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computer's Internet activity and data stored in the computer.   COFEE lets the investigator scan for evidence on site, eliminating the necessity for physically seizing the computer and potentially losing data once it's disconnected from the network and powered down.. » read more

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