Thursday, August 23, 2007

Dr. Evil Buys RSA Security?

Tech giant EMC acquires security company RSA security.

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RSA SecurID Tokens vs. Entrust IdentityGuard calculator

Check this sh#t out... man, why are those poor souls paying so much for a 50 cent token? Duh!

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Google Says Stephan Colbert Is No Longer The Greatest Living American

Colbert's victory in being named the greatest living American according to Google's search results was short lived. Less than a month later, he's dropped out of the top listings. Some suspect Google did a manual change to make this happen.

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School District Fires Network Manager For Recommending Linux

The technology audit and firing come as the district attempts to transition many of its computers from the Windows ME operating system to a Linux operating system.

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No more MySpace or YouTube for soldiers in Iraq.

The Defense Department will begin blocking access "worldwide" to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent last week.

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Stealing IS a crime, right?

One of the web's greatest photographers, the Icelandic _rebekka, is having her photos ripped off and sold on ebay and elsewhere by http://www.only-dreemin.com . Companies need to know that posting a photo to the internet DOES NOT make it public domain! Let's shut them down!

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Gonzales proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright infringement

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy."To meet the global challenges of IP crime, our criminal laws must be kept updated," Gonzales said during a speech

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Google's 10 Commandments

Great tips that summarize Google's basic philosophy. I've never seen this list before so some people might not have seen it either. Enjoy.

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Wall Street Journal Called Out On Ridiculous IT Security Article

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article looking at security on network systems and, more precisely, how to get around it so that the average employee can do the things they want that the network idoesn't allow. Is the tabloid ethos of Murdoch and News Corp. already rubbing off?

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50 Cent promises to quit if Kanye outsells him

“Let’s raise the stakes,” the 31-year-old rapper told hip-hop Web site SOHH.com in an interview posted Friday. “If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t put out anymore solo albums.”

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One of the worlds most puzzling mysteries: the moving rocks of Death Valley

These rocks, some as heavy as 700 pounds, are inexplicably transported across a virtually flat desert plain, leaving erratic trails in the hard mud behind them, some hundreds of yards long. They move by some mysterious force, and in the nine decades since we have known about them, no one has ever seen them move.

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Wall Street Journal Called Out On Ridiculous IT Security Article

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article looking at security on network systems and, more precisely, how to get around it so that the average employee can do the things they want that the network idoesn't allow. Is the tabloid ethos of Murdoch and News Corp. already rubbing off?

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Entrust moves into hardware encryption with US$5 token

Entrust has added a US$5 security token to its arsenal of e-security software and services, creating an instant rivalry with vendors such as Ottawa-based CryptoCard.

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Mozilla Says “Ten Fucking Days”

At the Blackhat conference in Las Vegas, Mozilla lays down the gauntlet and claims that they can fix any critical vulnerabilities within 10 days. Wow.

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Entrust Beats Voltage to Legal Encryption Deal

This is a pretty cool story about a Top 50 law firm being able to use email communication now that they have an email security solution in place... check it out!

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Email Security: Entrust Deploys E-mail Encryption for Top-50 U.K. Law Firm

Pretty cool stuff... .

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Entrust Secures Online Indian Music Retailer, Implements EV SSL Certificate

EV SSL is really taking off... first one in India!

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If you've every wondered what a PKI is... check this article out!

Public Key Infrastructure defined on this useful site...

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Entrust moves into hardware encryption with US$5 token

Entrust has added a US$5 security token to its arsenal of e-security software and services, creating an instant rivalry with vendors such as Ottawa-based CryptoCard.

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End of high price RSA SecurID tokens? $5 token available from Entrust

Why pay so much for RSA tokens? See this great savings calculator from Entrust...

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Buy Cheaper (and Better) SSL Certificates Here

Who says you need to pay a premium to get a quality SSL certificate? Check out this momentum SSL certificate vendor...

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Green URL Address Bars Coming... and the world is a safer place

Have you seen the new EV SSL certificates that turn the URL of your browser's address bar green? They're pretty cool and give a whole lot more info that the traditional yellow lock. That thing was clearly broken when Geotrust (now part of Verisign) issued an SSL certificate to a phishing site. Nice move... for the criminals, that is. Check it out!

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Are Search Ads a Waste of Money?

"NEW YORK New research by Microsoft suggests a big chunk of search ad spending is wasted because advertisers pay top dollar for high ad placements clicked by consumers who are en route to their sites anyway. Listings tied to such 'branded' keywords, typically a company's name or products, eat up about half of search budgets, Atlas estimates."
Are Search Ads a Waste of Money?