Incapsula is calling on the InfoSec community to band together to help solve some of the most common problems we all face on the Web. We believe that, as a community, we can crowd source a solution to fight back to defeat the worst bots and also recognize and reap the often-overlooked benefits of the good bots. Their first tool to help in the fight is called Botopedia, a … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Book Review: The Social Media Handbook by Nancy Flynn
It is difficult to review a book that does so well that which it sets out to accomplish. The Social Media Handbook is a thorough text that clearly illustrates the topics it will cover along with what it won't cover. "Mastering social media" like SEO is a phrase thrown around very frequently these days as companies hope their commercials will go viral on YouTube, they'll get … [Read more...]
Illinois Gigabit Challenge applicants published
Google and Kansas City are living pretty large right now with their gigabit Internet offerings recently announced. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the Illinois Gigabit Challenge in his State of the State announcement this year to provide $4 million to the best proposal to build out a gigabit fiber network by the end of 2013. The applicants of the Illinois Gigabit … [Read more...]
Avast! false positive causes havoc for Steam gamers
Steam users were put in a world of hurt yesterday morning when an antivirus definitions update to Avast Antivirus moved Steam .dll files to the quarantine directory and caused Steam to crash. Depending on how you responded to the false positive, it could result in having to reinstall Steam and any of the games in your library you want access to. Shortly after the bad update, … [Read more...]
Product Review: Neato XV-11 Robotic Vacuum
I had a Roomba for a while but it stopped working properly, now preferring to jitter around in circles than clean an entire room. I took it apart several times, tried clearing sensors, reseating components, and blowing out all the dust that a vacuum encounters. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to repair it. Shortly after getting the Roomba, I read about the Neato. It was described … [Read more...]