In the past few days, a lot of fear mongering was abounding from the New York Times to Internet hotspots stemming from discussions Google and Verizon were having together and how it might be the first death knell for net neutrality. On Thursday, Verizon posted a short reply on their Policy Blog to the New York Times story stating the speculation was incorrect. Today, both … [Read more...]
Former SF NetAdmin Terry Childs Gets 4-Year Sentence
Terry Childs, the former network admin for San Francisco, was sentenced on Friday to 4 years in prison. A City of San Francisco administrator who refused to hand over administrative passwords to the city's network was sentenced to four years in state prison Friday. Terry Childs was convicted in April of violating California's hacking laws after he refused to hand over … [Read more...]
HP CEO Mark Hurd Forced to Resign, or Keep It In Your Pants At the C-Level
HP's Chairman, CEO, and President Mark Hurd tendered his resignation today according to a news release on the HP site. Hurd’s decision was made following an investigation by outside legal counsel and the General Counsel’s Office, overseen by the Board, of the facts and circumstances surrounding a claim of sexual harassment against Hurd and HP by a former contractor to HP. … [Read more...]
Google Wave Fades Into The Dusk
Google has announced that it will no longer be developing the Google Wave platform and they'll at least maintain the site through the end of the year. Google stands by the product and says they learned a lot from it but puts it nicely when they say it "has not seen the user adoption we would have liked." I think part of the problem has been that Google Wave was buggy and … [Read more...]
Microsoft Reframes ‘Responsible Disclosure’ into Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
The Microsoft Security Response Center announced earlier today via their TechNet blog a change in the practice of disclosing vulnerabilities. Responsible disclosure being the hot topic for last month shows its cause-effect relationship with today's announcement being the 'effect' part. Microsoft is sticking to its guns and holds fast "that coordination and collaboration are … [Read more...]