Latest From Mark McDonnell
Chrome Is Like Teflon in Browser-Hacking Contest
The Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference aims to unearth browser flaws. This year, “white-hat” hackers at Pwn2Own took down Safari on Mac OS X, IE8 and Firefox. Only Google’s Chrome ...
Social Networking Linked To ‘Infantilized Lifestyle’
A neuroscientist has told the House of Lords that social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may change the way brains function and lead to a more “infantilized lifestyle.” The baroness said her ...
Researchers Show ‘Secure’ Sites May Not Be Safe
U.S. and European researchers have demonstrated that digital certificates using the MD5 algorithm can be faked. While some https sites are moving away from MD5, virtually all browsers still accept those “secure” ...
Google Still Dominates Ad-Serving Market
A new report shows just how dominant Google is in the ad-serving market. Google owns 57 percent of the ad-server market; Microsoft and Yahoo combined have only 15 percent. But in the ...
Hasta La Vista, Microsoft Vista
For smaller organizations with only a few machines and no centralized administration control, Microsoft’s Windows Vista does make sense. It does have better security than Windows XP, although a robust antivirus solution ...
Hasta La Vista, Microsoft Vista
For smaller organizations with only a few machines and no centralized administration control, Microsoft’s Windows Vista does make sense. It does have better security than Windows XP, although a robust antivirus solution ...
Pew Says Internet, Cell Phones Bring Families Together
A national survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that the Internet and cell phones have become central to modern family life. Rather than hurt families, Pew said, ...
DVRs Are Essential To Households, Study Finds
September 3, 2008 10:22AM Digital video recorders like TiVo have become the second most essential technology in a home, behind mobile phones, a new NDS Group survey says. DVRs were ranked more ...
Seagate Claims SSD Maker Violates Patents
Seagate, the market leader in traditional hard drives, claims that solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturer STEC has violated four of its patents covering the interface between storage and computer. STEC believes that Seagate ...
Apple Updates iPhone SDK Amid Complaints
Apple’s new iPhone software development kit version includes the Interface Builder, which some iPhone developers had been waiting for. Other would-be iPhone developers are still unhappy with the level of access Apple ...