Google has introduced Google Currents, its latest app for Android and iOS devices. It is a mix between Google News and Google Reader or some might say a facsimile of Flipboard, an iPhone/iPad-exclusive app that delivered content like a social magazine. The big trick to both Flipboard and Google Currents is that it makes content look good on a variety of devices. Tablets and … [Read more...]
Amazon Pays You To Price Check in Stores December 10, Retailers Irked
Amazon's Price Check app is available for iPhone and Android devices. It allows you scan an item's barcode to simplify searching for it and it will then show you the item's price on Amazon. You can then buy the item directly from Amazon if you want to. Essentially, Amazon wants you to do your window shopping in brick-and-mortar stores but do your purchasing from Amazon. Amazon … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Bug Hunter’s Diary by Tobias Klein
As an IT Professional, I most often hear about vulnerabilities being found in software, hardware, or operating systems through patch change logs put out by the company. (Adobe kindly provided us an example with the Reader/Acrobat vulnerability announcement.) The company is able to present their bias in the write-up and also provide a patch at their convenience. The book A Bug … [Read more...]
Seeing ‘undefined’ on Nivo Slider after enabling Disqus Comments
I had a big wave of comment spam repeatedly hit a new WordPress site I'm developing yesterday, so I decided to switch the site over to the Disqus comment system. The site's theme utilizes the Nivo Slider on the home page to rotate pictures from featured posts. Unfortunately, I discovered this morning that enabling the Disqus WordPress plugin broke the Slider a bit. It added a … [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin targeted with Adobe Acrobat vulnerability? Adobe schedules patch
Adobe has announced a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that is actively being exploited in limited, targeted attacks. Adobe Reader X Protected Mode and Adobe Acrobat X Protected View prevent the exploit from being able to execute. Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9, however, are vulnerable to the exploit. For this reason, Adobe is preparing a patch for version 9 no later than … [Read more...]