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BitTorrent Client ShootoutBitTorrent reigns supreme for distributing large files over the
internet, even after all this time. But have the clients improved? We take a close look.
Extremetech Wednesday, October 14, 2009Digital Media to Be Eligible for Awards as MagazinesWinners of digital National Magazine Awards will receive their honors at a separate, less swanky ceremony.
New York Times Wednesday, October 14, 2009Aussie inspired by Britt Lapthorne to design iPhone appThe tragic disappearance and death of Britt Lapthorne have inspired a Melbourne man to develop an iPhone app allowing people instantly to notify loved ones if they are in trouble anywhere in the world.
TheAge.com.au Wednesday, October 14, 2009Banks rule out anti-card skimming SMS alertsBig banks rule out ATM text message alerts, despite a warning that card skimming is rife here.
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Amazon Wednesday, October 14, 2009Explaining Corporate Culture Through ''The Office''Writing in the ribbonfarm.com blog, Venkatesh Rao uses The Office to explain and illustrate a theory of management he calls the Gervais Principle (after the TV series's creator). Taking off from Hugh MacLeod's cartoon laying out a corporate hierarchy in layers of Sociopaths, the Clueless, and Losers, Rao riffs on and updates the Peter Principle, in these terms: "Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into [clueless] middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves." Don't know about you, but this analysis suddenly makes sense of much that mystified me in my sojourn in corporate America.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Wednesday, October 14, 2009Google To Send Detailed Info About Hacked Web Sitesalphadogg
writes "In an effort to promote the 'general
health of the Web,' Google will send Webmasters snippets of malicious code in the hopes of
getting infected
web sites cleaned up faster. The new information will appear as part of Google's Webmaster Tools, a suite of tools that provide data about a Web site, such as site visits. 'We understand the frustration of Webmasters whose sites have been compromised without their knowledge and who discover that their site has been flagged,' wrote Lucas Ballard on Google's online security blog. To Webmasters who are registered with Google,
the company will send them an email notifying them of suspicious content along with a list of the affected pages. They'll also be able to see part of the malicious code." Another of the new Webmaster Tools is Fetch as Googlebot, which shows you a page as Google's crawler sees it. This
should allow Webmasters to see malicious code that bad guys have hidden on their sites via "cloaking," among other benefits.
Slashdot Wednesday, October 14, 2009Washington Post Says Use Linux To Avoid Bank Fraudchristian.einfeldt
writes "Washington Post Security Fix columnist Brian Krebs recommends that banking customers
consider using a Linux LiveCD, rather than Microsoft Windows, to access their on-line banking. He tells a story of two businesses that lost $100K and $447K, respectively, when thieves — armed with malware on
the company controller's PC — were able to intercept one of the controller's log-in codes, and then delay the controller from logging in. Krebs notes that he is not alone in recommending the use of non-Windows machines for banking; The
financial services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an
industry group supported by some of the world's largest banks, recently issued guidelines urging businesses to carry out all online banking activities from 'a stand-alone, hardened, and completely locked down computer system from where regular e-mail and Web browsing [are] not possible.' Krebs concludes his article with a link to an earlier column in which he steps r
Slashdot Wednesday, October 14, 2009Web 2.0 winners & losersThe
success of Web 2.0 means everyone can now publish - but at what costs, asks Nick Galvin.
TheAge.com.au Wednesday, October 14, 2009Yahoo Takes its Developer Show to BroadwayYahoo took its developer story to Broadway by hosting its Open Hack Day at the Hudson Theatre in New York City's historic theater district in Times Square. At the event, Yahoo pitched developers on the value of its broad consumer platform as a vehicle for developers to distribute and promote applications and build an audience. - Yahoo took its developer story to Broadway by hosting its Open Hack Day at the Hudson Theatre in New York City's historic theater district in Times Square. You might say
the company was putting on a continuation of its long-running show for developers on the Yahoo platform, as well as auditioning f...
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