Joy Blake

Joy's InfoWorld Watch

RSS for PR - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Nooked Just another reminder on why RSS is useful for PR: Jon Udell wrote this in 2003: "Yesterday I spoke with two acquaintances, both of whom have decades-long track records in the high-tech biz, and neither of whom has ever used an RSS newsreader. When I mentioned RSS as an alternative to mailing lists, both said the same thing: "But I don't have time to visit 30 different websites in order to find things out." Of course, that is exactly the problem that RSS solves. And has been solving, for.
http://www.nooked.com/news/page/nooked#RSS_for_PR

Security Worries - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Responsible Nanotechnology Two scary articles on security came across my desktop recently. The first, "Home computer land security" from InfoWorld, says that almost 80% of PCs are infected with adwarespyware. This despite the fact that 77% of users felt fairly confident they were safe. We worry that nanotech-built weapons and spies will have a similar impact -- but in the real world. It's been argued that people are lax about computer security because it doesn't physically threaten them, and...
http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/2004/10/security_worrie.html

Udell Gmail Api - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Bill Seitz' WebSeitzwikilog Jon Udell looks at the GMail implicit API. Because Gmail's behavior is embedded in the UI engine, all subsequent interaction between the browser and the Gmail service is just an exchange of data. What Johnvey Hwang calls the Data Pack format is not XML, though; it's Java Script... Almost five years ago, a company called Half Brain (which was acquired by Alpha Blox, which was acquired by IBM) made DHTML do things nobody thought it could - like implement a spreadsheet..
http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/z2004-10-27-UdellGmailApi

Location-based hardware - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Trends Exec says Pentium M may add location-based services in 2006. "These include the ability for computers to switch default printers and automatically connect to a wireless network based on the specific location of the computer. In addition, users will be able to get directions and search for services offered by nearby shops."
http://www.byz.org/~rbanks/movableType/webLog/trends/archives/001975.html

Nieuwe versies Bagle-worm gesignaleerd - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Roel's Weblog "Volgens een artikel van InfoWorld hebben verschillende antivirusbedrijven gewaarschuwd voor nieuwe Bagle-versies. Er zijn drie nieuwe versies gespot die allemaal gelijkenissen vertonen met de originele Bagle-worm, die zich in januari op het web verspreidde. Twee van de drie verse uitwassen van de worm zijn door McAfee als 'medium' gevaarlijk bestempeld. De drie nieuwe Bagle-versies zijn genaamd Bagle.bb, Bagle.bc en Bagle.bd en verspreiden zich zoals het origineel via...
http://weblog.roelonline.net/archives/002472.php

Source code analysis breaks new ground - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Java Competence Network Large-scale software systems are staggeringly complex works of engineering. Bugs inevitably come with the territory and for decades, the software profession has looked for ways to fight them. We may not see perfect source code in our lifetime, but we are seeing much better analysis tools and promising new approaches to remedy the problem.
http://jcn.it4us.nl/archives/000447.html

Google plugs hole exposing Gmail mail-boxes - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Iggy Uncensored Looks as if the GMail security hole Gmail accounts wide open to exploit may have now been patched. There are reports that in less than one day Google has applied a fix to this latest security issue. Google plugs hole exposing Gmail mail-boxes Gmail vulnerability announced, then fixed.
http://iggy.gnomeblog.com/blog/_archives/2004/10/31/171641.html

Google email security flaw - (Found July 5, 2008 )

P2Pnet.net A major security hole in Google's mail service allows full access to user accounts - without the need of a password, states Israel's Nana NetLife Magazine. "Everything could get publicly exposed - your received mails might be readable, as well as all of your sent mail, and furthermore - anyone could send and receive mail under your name, it quotes hacker Nir Goldshlagger as saying. "Even more alarming", he told Nana, "is the fact that the hack itself is quite simple. All that is...
http://p2pnet.net/story/2864

Gmail vulnerability announced, then fixed - (Found July 5, 2008 )

The Office Weblog This is the fastest response to an announced security vulnerability Ive seen in a long time (maybe ever). Yesterday, news broke on a number of blogs and tech web sites that a vulnerability in Googles Gmail service provided a way for a hijacker to gain control of users accounts. Also yesterday, InfoWorld has a story quoting Google saying that the vulnerability has been fixed. In yesterdays story, a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying that Google "will stop at nothing" to.
http://office.weblogsinc.com/entry/6289743542918387/

Open source or outsource - (Found July 5, 2008 )

Ike's World Chad Dickersons article really resonated with me in recent decisions Ive been having to make with regard to the internal IT service offerings Im having to provide to our marketing organizations. Of the 4 systems Ive implemented over the last 6 months, two we outsourced (email and video streaming), and two were developing in house using open source.
http://www.isenhower.net/blog/index.php?p=5