Today's XKCD comic is too true and it seems to be based on this research paper, The True Cost of Unusable Password Policies: Password Use in the Wild. Unfortunately, I now wonder how many people will set their password to 'correcthorsebatterystaple'. … [Read more...]
Amazon Spreads Kindle To Your Web Browser With Kindle Cloud Reader
This morning Amazon announced its new Kindle Cloud Reader. This allows you, like the Kindle or Kindle apps for other devices, to access your Kindle library from your web browser and read away. The website works with Chrome on Mac, PC, Linux, and Chromebook and Safari on the Mac, PC, and iPad. "We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can … [Read more...]
Part of August Patch Tuesday, Adobe Updates Flash, Shockwave, and Photoshop CS5
According to the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team Blog, five products were updated yesterday by Adobe. Those products include Shockwave Player, Flash Media Server, Flash Player, Photoshop CS5, and RoboHelp. With four critical severity ratings and one important severity, it is important to read the security bulletins for any products on your network. … [Read more...]
How The London Riots Are Shaping Sales
In the Sports and Leisure section of Amazon.co.uk, its Movers and Shakers in sales are showing a certain trend. It's hard to tell if people are arming themselves for the riots or preparing to defend themselves. "Movers and Shakers identifies the biggest gainers in sales rank compared to twenty-four hours previously." Batons, baseball bats, and keyring batons are climbing the … [Read more...]
IBM Drains Itself Out of University of Illinois ‘Blue Waters’ Supercomputer
I had the pleasure of touring the NCSA's 'Blue Waters', a national petascale supercomputing facility, on the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus so it is with some sadness that I read that the project has suffered a setback as IBM removes itself from the partnership. … [Read more...]