CNBC premieres an investigation into the place where cyber warfare and corporate espionage meet. Cyber spies hacking into U.S. corporations' computer networks are stealing valuable trade secrets, intellectual property data and confidential business strategies. The biggest aggressor? China. This new wave of espionage amounts to the largest transfer of wealth ever seen, experts … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Two more examples of people being dumb online
TMI, or Too Much Information, describes what far too many people are posting online. Not even taking advantage of privacy options on the social networks, many are posting a scary amount of information without a second thought. Here's one example from Twitter and another from Facebook. … [Read more...]
Understanding ODBC connections in a Windows 7 32bit and 64bit world
ODBC connections in Windows (found as "Data Sources (ODBC)" in the Control Panel, under Administrative tools) are required for connecting an application to a database through a database driver. When configured, they can hum along just fine and work splendidly as long as they don't change and the connection details on the database-side do not change. They can be complicated … [Read more...]
With Google shuttering iGoogle next Fall, here are some alternatives
Google's spring cleaning continues. Shutting down projects that few people use or have been replaced with alternatives has been on Google's hit list for quite a while as the company trims the fat and focuses on its core products. In this latest round of closures, Google announced that Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback widget, Google Video, iGoogle, and the Symbian Search app … [Read more...]
On this Independence Day, celebrate Internet freedom
4th of July with its fireworks, hotdogs and hamburgers, and celebrating the birth of a free nation, gets everybody feeling pretty patriotic. That pride in our independence is making a strong push this year to defend the Free Internet. With SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, and other proposed laws under our belts, we must remain vigilant against others that wish to overstep and legislate the … [Read more...]