Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, the co-editor of the popular site boingboing.net, is a work of fiction for young adults (and even us adults) that was on the New York Times best-seller list for seven weeks. Although a fictional account of the events after an event similar to 9-11, the story relates to those interested in IT security very readily. Deeply embroiled as a political … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Flash 10.1, Patches Latest Zero-Day with Accelerated Release
Adobe has released version 10.1 of Adobe Flash in order to resolve about 21 vulnerabilities. Some of these vulnerabilities were making news less than a week ago when 0-Day attacks were making use of the vulnerabilities were found in the wild. Adobe has had a very quick turn around to accelerate their scheduled quarterly update from July 13th to today, June 10th, and I applaud … [Read more...]
How to Remove the Google Background Image
Google has added an image background to www.Google.com and people are not happy about it, judging by the quick climb of the query 'remove google background' in Google Trends. Google allows you to set the background to an image as announced on the Official Google Blog and if you don't set it to something, starting last night, Google sets it to random images for you with no … [Read more...]
OpenDNS’s 2010 SysAdmin of the Year Awards
Although SysAdmin Day isn't until July 30th, OpenDNS is getting a head start on appreciating the hard working System Administrators with their SysAdmin of the Year Awards which have a nomination deadline of June 29th. OpenDNS is awarding SysAdmins in six different categories. Winners will receive $50 and recognition with a grand prize (TBD) going to the best of the winners. … [Read more...]
Book Review: Got Sun? Go Solar
Got Sun? Go Solar by Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt (2nd ed.) doesn't exactly relate to IT like most topics here on 404 Tech Support but nor have we been strangers to talking about the saving energy and going green motives of the day. This book is an excellent source for that part where the "rubber meets the road" when discussing renewable energy. If you've been thinking about the … [Read more...]