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Understanding the Terms of Hacking
no responses - Posted 05.28.09
Let’s take a couple of minutes to be certain that bookyou understand what it means when we talk about a hacker. Many different terms are used to describe a hacker, many of which have different connotations depending on who is describing whom.Take a look at The Jargon File (http://info.astrian.net/jargon) to ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.28.09
Let’s take a couple of minutes to be certain that bookyou understand what it means when we talk about a hacker. Many different terms are used to describe a hacker, many of which have different connotations depending on who is describing whom.Take a look at The Jargon File (http://info.astrian.net/jargon) to ...continue
Introduction of Hacking Methodology
1 response - Posted 05.28.09
You are probably familiar with the attacks of February 2000 on eBay, Yahoo,Amazon, as well as other major e-commerce and non–e-commerce Web sites.Those attacks were all Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and all occurred at the server level.Those same attacks moved hacking to center stage in the IT community ...continue
1 response - Posted 05.28.09
You are probably familiar with the attacks of February 2000 on eBay, Yahoo,Amazon, as well as other major e-commerce and non–e-commerce Web sites.Those attacks were all Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, and all occurred at the server level.Those same attacks moved hacking to center stage in the IT community ...continue
RT: @Microsyntax Sets Out To Make Sense Of #twittergrammar
no responses - Posted 05.25.09
One of the side effects of Twitter’s 140-character limitation is that users are coming up with their own microsyntax and abbreviated Twitter grammar to make their Tweets more expressive. If your are merely retweeting someone else’s tweet, for example, you acknowledge that by placing a “RT” at the beginning ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.25.09
One of the side effects of Twitter’s 140-character limitation is that users are coming up with their own microsyntax and abbreviated Twitter grammar to make their Tweets more expressive. If your are merely retweeting someone else’s tweet, for example, you acknowledge that by placing a “RT” at the beginning ...continue
An Apple Mac Tablet Could Challenge Amazon.com’s Kindle
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Apple could be rolling out a Mac Tablet in the first half of 2010, according to widely circulated Wall Street analyst report. While Apple has publicly shot down suggestions that it would enter the mininotebook or netbook market, the existence of a multitouch tablet device could represent a potential threat ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Apple could be rolling out a Mac Tablet in the first half of 2010, according to widely circulated Wall Street analyst report. While Apple has publicly shot down suggestions that it would enter the mininotebook or netbook market, the existence of a multitouch tablet device could represent a potential threat ...continue
App Mapping War Casualties Debuts for Memorial Day Weekend
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Every age brings new wars, and every war brings public expressions of collective grief and respect for the dead. My parents' generation had the Vietnam Memorial, and their parents' generation now have the National World War II Memorial. Our generation has fought a very different, very difficult war in the ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Every age brings new wars, and every war brings public expressions of collective grief and respect for the dead. My parents' generation had the Vietnam Memorial, and their parents' generation now have the National World War II Memorial. Our generation has fought a very different, very difficult war in the ...continue
Google@Omgili Mashes Traditional Web Search With Social Buzz
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Omgili, which we reviewed in 2007 as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, anywhere you'd find purely or mostly subjective information. It's the polar opposite of Google search, which is practically a peer-reviewed ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Omgili, which we reviewed in 2007 as a top alt search engine, has focused on culling results from the weird corners of the web: Forums, boards, discussion groups - basically, anywhere you'd find purely or mostly subjective information. It's the polar opposite of Google search, which is practically a peer-reviewed ...continue
Nokia Mako Side-Slider and Oh-So-Shiny Thresher for AT&T [Leak]
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Rounding out the AT&T leaks is this batch from Nokia. Two are actually interesting: The odd-in-a-good-way Mako side-slider, which is an S60 phone with full QWERTY and somewhat snoozy specs. And the Thresher, which is probably the shiniest slider Nokia's ever pooped out. [Engadget] continue
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Rounding out the AT&T leaks is this batch from Nokia. Two are actually interesting: The odd-in-a-good-way Mako side-slider, which is an S60 phone with full QWERTY and somewhat snoozy specs. And the Thresher, which is probably the shiniest slider Nokia's ever pooped out. [Engadget] continue
AT&T First Android Phone HTC Lancaster Leaked [At&t]
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we've been waiting for). I've always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that's basically Lancaster. There is the ...continue
no responses - Posted 05.24.09
Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we've been waiting for). I've always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that's basically Lancaster. There is the ...continue
