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You've Been Hacked! Today's CIO Nightmares

"The malware game today is so virulent and spreads so fast and so well that all it takes is one malicious program slipping by and you're toast," said Jason Williams, chief technology officer at messaging security company DigiTar. "As the defenses get better, so do the viruses. The better our defenses get, the more one virus getting through matters."

You've Been Hacked! Today's CIO Nightmares

"The malware game today is so virulent and spreads so fast and so well that all it takes is one malicious program slipping by and you're toast," said Jason Williams, chief technology officer at messaging security company DigiTar. "As the defenses get better, so do the viruses. The better our defenses get, the more one virus getting through matters."

Sony apologizes for lackluster year

I like Sony, as a game company at least (uh oh). Know why? They're a company that doesn't binge itself so much on marketing and PR that they won't admit their weaknesses. Too many interviews feature journalists asking the same tired questions and the company president or developer or whatever answering with the same tired answers. If we're lucky, we see the journalist asking actually honest questions, like, 'why is your system sucking so bad? How will you make it not suck so bad?' (I'm paraphrasing). But typically at this point we just get tired answers anyway, marketing psychobabble the company owner or whoever was told to say if any 'tough questions' came up. So that's why I like Sony. This isn't to say they're completely devoid of marketing psychobabble, cause I've seen it, but the fact they can admit where they've gone wrong and where

Citrix Virtualization CTO Disputes Red Hat Hypervisor Strategy

My recent blog post "Red Hat Takes Hypervisor Control Back From Citrix" appears to have elicited a response from Simon Crosby, CTO Virtualization, at Citrix. I say appears because the comment isn't verified so I can't attest for sure it was posted by Simon, so keep that in mind as you read this blog post. (Too bad NWW doesn't use Intense Debate so comments could be authenticated. I guess that's for another upcoming blog post.) I take away three main points Simon is making in his comments: 1) oVirt (a.k.a. Linux KVM) isn't really a hypervisor per se, 2) Red Hat's still involved in Xen so they still support it, 3) oVirt/KVM have some maturing to do, but Simon's already declaring VMware, Xen and Hyper-V the viable hypervisor choices. Lets take a further look at the comment left by Simon.

Orchestra takes on 'Boheme' at Mann

Opera, staged or in concert, has been an intermittent and not especially well-adjusted visitor to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. No mystery why: Operatic needs are numerous and specific in ways that don't sit well in an all-purpose venue. And opera in any setting has so many components that budgets go up and prospects of total success down. So respect and gratitude are in order for the Philadelphia Orchestra's coming so far out of its comfort zone to present a concert performance of La Boheme on Tuesday under Rossen Milanov, even if amid so many compromises you wondered if the effort was worth it.

Blockbuster Drops Circuit City Bid: So Toxic that Nobody Wants It?

Is there such a thing as a bride so ugly that no one will marry her? Apparently there is such a thing as a business so toxic that everyone steps away from buying it.

Wanna try shopping groceries online? If so lets take a quick pitstop at D'Agostino ...

Wanna try shopping groceries online? If so lets take a quick pitstop at D’Agostino Supermarkets I have been shopping at D’Agostino Supermarkets for about a month now and I feel very exicted to share my experience shopping groceries online. The stores are small, but they stock a wide variety of high quality groceries, produce, meat, poultry, and seafood as well as deli items. The chain may be small by food industry standards, but D'Agostino enjoys a big reputation both in the city and nationally. With teenagers in the house, they cook for themselves, but they aren't so great about writing what they used up on the shopping list. I can't tell you how many times I've turned to the cabinet to make something, and it's just all gone. I thought, 'How easy is this?' Before you throw it in the garbage, you scan it, and then it shows up on my shoppi

Illinois man designs beer can coffin

So much so that he's already had his coffin specially made, and it's designed to look like a can of the trendy brew. Bramanti isn't sick, so he doesn't plan on needing it just yet. For now he plans to use it as a cooler.

Sony KDL-40W4000

The fact that it’s so good and so new also explains why it’s so expensive. Sony’s price on its website (rarely the place to go for a bargain) is £1,299 – one you’ll struggle to better from any reputable dealer. This could change over the next few months as other rival models (perhaps even those from Sony, such is the turbulent state of the big-screen arena) try to knock it from its pedestal.

9 Great Moments in GTA IV

We're having a blast with GTA IV, just like you are. Now we're curious to find out how much fun you've had with the game so far. We compiled a list of our nine current favorite moments so far, so take a look, then tell us yours!

Trees' Leaves Grow At a Cool 70° All Over the World

biogeochick writes "Ever turn on the air conditioner on a hot day? How about a heater when it gets cold? OK, so we all know that humans act to keep themselves cool, but what about trees? A recent article on tree core isotopic evidence has shown that trees from tropical to boreal forests all grow at 70 degrees. The study, published in Nature by some fantastic researchers (so one of them is my adviser, so sue me) and covered by NPR on All Things Considered, has shed some light on the convergent temperature at which trees perform photosynthesis." Update: 06/19 21:31 GMT by T : I give, I give -- that's 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Big problems for PS3 update 2.40

Here’s the theory: Sony creates a firmware update designed to enhance the PS3’s functionality and, more to the point, your gaming pleasure. The process of doing so should, in theory again, involve thoroughly testing the update in order to wheedle out every last nasty bug so that the update is 100% stable when it’s finally released. So that’s the theory. Can you see where we’re going with this yet...?

Poll: Which Web editor do you use?

I was asked today what editors people use and while I have an old poll asking the question, it's over 2 years old and doesn't include such popular editors as FrontPage. So I decided to ask again. There are hundreds if not thousands of Web editors available. So it's quite possible that I didn't include your favorite on the list. If so, you can reply in the comments with the editor your prefer.

Kolkata: 204-4 Hyderabad: 181-7 After a couple of losses, Kolkata have come back to win their second consecutive match. Despair for Hyderabad. It was a case of so close yet so far for the hosts yet again.

Yes, watching Shoaib Akhtar play will be a great treat for IPL fans. The The Knight Riders need him too!

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu)

This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server based that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I will also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

Whitehouse Emails Were Lost Due to "Upgrade"

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "We now know how the Whitehouse managed to lose about five million emails. It seems that they 'upgraded' their Lotus Notes system, which had an automatic retention and backup system, for Microsoft Exchange, which did not support the automatic system. So they changed it to a manual process, where aides would manually sort emails one by one into individual PST files, which they call a 'journaling' archive system. They're still building a replacement for the retention system. Right when they had one finished, the White House CIO complained that it made Microsoft Exchange too slow, so they hired yet another contractor to build another one, causing a senior IT official to quit in protest. So they still haven't completed the project after almost eight years, and rely on humans to sort millions of ema

The IBM-Linux Love Affair

IBM loves Linux. If this statement is a revelation to you, then you must be really new to the business. Either that, or you have just awakened from a slumber that would make Rip van Winkle's seem like an afternoon nap. IBM has the upstart OS running on every hardware platform that it makes—from the industry-standard xSeries to its massive zSeries—so it's patently evident that they are into the Penguin in a serious way. The question is, why does IBM find Linux so attractive? IBM has some mature and extremely powerful operating systems of its own (i5/OS probably being the favored pick amongst the readership of this Web site), so why would it embrace an OS that it doesn't own? Moreover, is Tux (the Linux mascot) likely to become a spurned lover in the future? In this article, I'll cover what, in my opinion, is the likely path that has br

What to Seek in an Older Subnotebook?

cyclomedia writes "I'm looking to buy a subnotebook. For those who think that this form factor was created by the Asus EEE (as, seemingly, does Wikipedia) it might interest you that the current forerunner in my search is a 190MHz,64MB,640x480 256 colour beastie known as the Psion Netbook, circa 2001-ish. Basically, I have a desktop, a server and an Xbox and so truly only want it for surfing, email and the odd bit of SSHing home on weekends away. The aforementioned Psion is, however, of the StrongArm processor variety, which nudges it down on the desireability meter, but the fact that there exist Wi-Fi cards for its 16-bit PCMCIA slot does score it extra points. So, anyone here got any suggestions of what to look out for on ebay? So long as I can play Doom II on it too, that is.

Apple On iPhone Plan Pricing: What's So Complicated?

So Apple called today, a little annoyed with my portrayal yesterday of AT&T’s iPhone pricing. The main difference on plans for the new iPhone versus the old are simple: The data plan is $10 more a month, mainly because the faster connection will mean higher data usage; And text messaging is charged separately.

So Much Moore: Cavuto, Kevin, Oprah, Transcripts, & Forum

I like to keep the focus of this blog on the subject of low-carb and healthy living, but it is a blog written by a real person sitting behind a computer screen typing on a keyboard. So it's impossible for me to separate Jimmy Moore the guy who blogs about low-carb and Jimmy Moore the actual guy who does the blogging. We are as inseparable as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. :D

So what is science?

Robert Matthews's examination of Karl Popper's criterion that scientific hypotheses are defined by their falsifiability, and of alternatives like Bayesian probability, provides an illuminating view for modern physics (10 May, p 44). Particularly at very large and very small scales, physics sometimes lacks the comfortingly straightforward Newtonian cause and effect that is so easily verified experimentally.

Googles not so anonymous complaint

Google’s not so anonymous complaint It appears that a recent objection sent to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission regarding eBay's planned changes to eBay Australia - where PayPal would be the only accepted payment option, in addition to cash on collection/delivery - may not be as anonymous as it should

Robot Finds Mars Dry So Far

Scientists have found no indications so far of water in the first soil sample delivered to NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, they announced on Monday.

Atari Is So Done With Big Single-Player Games [Atari]

Atari's recent woes are common knowledge, and out of sympathy, don't bear repeating. Suffice to say, they're in their current pickle thanks to a trail of shitty releases over the past five years or so.

The System in So Many Words

This article will show you how to talk to a client so that you are both on the same page when designing a system and understanding what it will be required to do. It is excerpted from Prefactoring, Written by Ken Pugh (O'Reilly; ISBN: 596008740). Copyright © 2007 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

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