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Malicious Flash ads attack, spread via clipboard

04 Sep 2010

Chris Thornton, who created the “ClipMate” clipboard extender for Windows, gave an interesting description of the situation on his Clipboard Extender Dot Com blog:

A new type of Internet-based attack is spreading in which Flash-based ads seize control of a Web surfer’s clipboard and paste in a link to a malicious site in the [...]

Opportunity for disaster recovery in the cloud

29 Aug 2010

According to the latest disaster recovery research report from Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), based on surveys of 1,000 IT managers in large organizations worldwide, 35 percent of an organization’s virtual servers are not included in its disaster recovery plans.

If you are using AT&T bandwidth, and you can tap into its data centers for data recovery, you’ve [...]

Starbucks wants you to help them charge you more

24 Aug 2010

The new MyStarbucksIdea site reminds me of Dell’s Ideastorm, which was in part the impetus for Dell to start offering laptops preloaded with Ubuntu.
Probably the most interesting part of this whole thing is that Starbucks is using Salesforce.com Force platform for the interaction with consumers.

Now the company is now trying crowdsourcing as its way [...]

AT&T Wireless is gouging customers on internationa

23 Aug 2010

I’ve written before about AT&T Wireless’ terrible international roaming rates for the iPhone. Well, imagine my surprise to discover that its roaming rates for its wireless cards is even worse. How much worse? Consider the bill I received from AT&T today:
Given that my calling plan covers the US and Canada, I assumed my data plan [...]

Burn CDs, DVDs, and labels with Samsung LightScrib

23 Aug 2010

(Credit:
Newegg)
Find more deals, coupon codes, and bargains on CNET’s Shopper.com.
If you’ve never done it before, swapping out an optical drive is a piece of cake. Unplug the power and interface connectors, slide out the old drive, then slide in the replacement. Reconnect the cables and you’re pretty much good to go. You’ll need a system [...]

The largest and smallest Mac clones around

23 Aug 2010

Engadget also found video of the Oqo handheld computer running Mac OS X Leopard, the result of a project undertaken by a forum member at Oqo Talk. I wouldn’t call the Oqo Leopard model ideal, as it takes a full 2 minutes and 30 seconds for the system to boot. But if you wanted a [...]

Eee PC with Windows launches in Japan, U.S. is nex

23 Aug 2010

Asus originally promised we’d have the Windows version of the tiny Asus Eee PC in December. The Taiwan-based company now says we can expect it in late February or early March. Though the original date came and went, it certainly hasn’t stopped customers from ordering the Linux-based version: the company reportedly moved 350,000 units in [...]

MySpace partners with NBC, MSNBC for political con

23 Aug 2010

Part of the Decision ‘08 initiative between MySpace and NBC News, it’s a competition to choose MySpace’s “citizen journalist” correspondents at the major parties’ national conventions later this summer.
Convention reports, both text and video, from the two winning “journalists,” will then be featured in MySpace and MSNBC’s campaign coverage.
Contest judges will be MSNBC personalities Joe [...]

Apple, CBS sued over ‘Mighty Mouse’ device

23 Aug 2010

Note: CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks, publisher of News.com. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.

Man & Machine is asking for monetary damages and for a court to issue an injunction to prevent Apple from selling any more of its Mighty Mouse devices.

(Credit:
Apple)

A computer peripheral maker filed [...]

Linspire + Xandros = Anything of value

23 Aug 2010

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In math, two negatives make a positive. In the fledgling world of desktop Linux, unfortunately, this is unlikely to be the case.
Learn what? Well, perhaps we could learn from this that “partnering” with Microsoft on patent immunity is no excuse for a good business. Xandros’ deal with Microsoft didn’t do it any favors. Ditto for [...]