Are the AntiVirus companies writing the Viruses?
Short answer: NO Long answer: a very good one provided by Randy Abrams Thanks for the great article, Randy !
Category: General
Passed the CompTIA Project+ (2009 Objectives)
I just finished the exam CompTIA Project+ (2009 Objectives). So, I am certified IT Project Manager 😉 Number of questions: 100 Length of test: 90 minutes Passing score: 710 on a scale of 100-900 Recommended experience: One year of managing, directing or participating in small- to medium-scale projects Language: English Exam code: PK0-003 I got […]
Linguistic relativity or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
From Wikipedia: The linguistic relativity principle, or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis[1] is the idea that differences in the way languages encode cultural and cognitive categories affect the way people think, so that speakers of different languages think and behave differently because of it. A strong version of the hypothesis holds that language determines thought that linguistic […]
When the whales fly (or Twitter hiccups)
From time to time, the users of Twitter are unable to login on the official website. Sometimes the screen below can be seen, sometimes just a timeout error. Interesting enough, after you refresh a couple of times, you are able to do whatever you were trying to do, and then never get this error until […]
Another Strange bundle or did Sun and Yahoo merge ?
I was prompted today to update the Java framework on my laptop. I said, yes, update it and then I’ve seen the picture below: So, I ask, what the hack has Yahoo to do with Sun ? Why a stupid, useless and nerving toolbar is being installed with the Java framework ? Did Sun buy […]
Facebook and Twitter Phishing (on first sight)
The source of the articles is in the Avira Techblog: Twitter Phishing (on first sight) Facebook Phishing (on first sight) Twitter Over the weekend our spam traps received a massive wave of emails looking like the one below: The emails seem to stem from “Twitter Support” (support@twitter.com) and are addressed each to exactly one unique […]
Are your tweets through Tweeterfeed and Ping.fm no longer published ?
Are you using Tweeterfeed and Ping.fm ? Are your tweets no longer published ? Then you didn’t read Twitter’s post here: http://dev.twitter.com/ June 30, 2010 The @twitterapi team will be shutting off basic authentication on the Twitter API. All applications, by this date, need to switch to using OAuth. Read more » So, the solution […]
Romania again in the news… again in the wrong way
Some subdomains of the Daily Telegraph were hacked by a group of Romanian hackers called R.N.S Read more here: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/subdomains-defaced-on-telegraph-website.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/apr/15/daily-telegraph-hacking
When Technical Support really sucks
No Words, just two screen shots 🙂 And their answer after the email above:
I.N.S.E.C.U.R.E
I am becoming more and more interested in the (ISC)2 Certification called CSSLP: Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional They have a whitepaper for this certification called “Code (In)Security” written by Mano Paul. I am not allowed to publish the direct link because they request registration before giving the link to the whitepaper. In order to […]
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