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Mailbag pits Modeller vs Modeller

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Andrew’s Mailbag “El Reg, it is very disappointing tthta you blatantly run a denialist agenda, then do not allow debate. I wouldnt piss on Orlowski if he was on fire.” Register reader Dave 14…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

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Mozilla unfurls first mobile Firefox

administrator @ January 30, 2010 # No Comment Yet

‘Fennec’ on Maemo
Mozilla has officially released the first mobile Firefox, a condensed version of the popular open-source browser that runs on Nokia’s Maemo platform.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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Adobe heats up iPad Flash bash

administrator @ January 30, 2010 # No Comment Yet

The web without pr0n? Unthinkable!
The Flash mob over at Adobe has escalated its attack on Apple for Cupertino’s refusal to allow Flash on the iPad. If one picture is worth a thousand words, one Flasher has just launched a 12,000-word volley of derision.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Mozilla’s Firefox syncer Weaves out of beta

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Separate machines, same settings
Mozilla has released the first official non-beta version of Weave, the open source “sync everything, everywhere” add-on for Firefox.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Firefox-based attack wreaks havoc on IRC users

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World’s first inter-protocol exploit, but not the last
Underscoring a little-known web vulnerability, hackers are exploiting a weakness in the Mozilla Firefox browser to wreak havoc on Freenode and other networks that cater to users of internet relay chat.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Google moves to extend DNS protocol

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More speed. More ads
Google has teamed with DNS maven Neustar to propose an extension to the web’s existing Domain Name System, hoping to improve the way the protocol maps net users to particular data centers.…The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Apple video shows Flashed iPad

administrator @ January 29, 2010 # No Comment Yet

Which is it, Steve?
Will Apple’s new iPad support Adobe Flash when it ships in March? Not if you trust Steve Jobs’ much-picked-over presentation in San Francisco on Wednesday - or the current EULA attached to the device’s beta SDK. But for some reason, the marketing materials on the Apple website tell a different story.…The power [...]

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PHP fluffed to suck data from Microsoft’s cloud

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Azure spit and polish
Zend Technologies has updated its developer framework to improve the way PHP applications float on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.…The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Woman sues rail line for ‘exploding’ toilet

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Crap maintenance alleged
ROTM A woman is suing Chicago’s regional rail system for injuries sustained when a toilet she used “exploded” underneath her.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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CIA, PayPal under bizarre SSL assault

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Plus hundreds of others
The Central Intelligence Agency, PayPal, and hundreds of other organizations are under an unexplained assault that’s bombarding their websites with millions of compute-intensive requests.…The power of collaboration within unified communications

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