Anyone who ever really wrote software knew Microsoft couldn’t develop a Web browser to save its ass. It took a long time but Microsoft has finally admitted to the world it lost the browser wars. Microsoft had to tightly couple and commit blatant crimes to force their worthless Internet Explorer with it never ending massive security holes on the world. Now, they have basically created a stripped down Opera. Just like Opera they are using … Microsoft Finally Admits to the World It Never Could Make a Web BrowserRead more
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That Annoying Seagate Clunking
If you own a Seagate Backup Plus Hub you know what I’m talking about. That continuous and annoying clicking clunking sound while idle. This is really annoying. If you have the drive running on a nice solid desk shell the sound becomes amplified enough to keep you awake at night from two rooms away. There have been many a post on this subject. Seagate appears to be hiring Keller MBAs who cut costs without any … That Annoying Seagate ClunkingRead more
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Breaching TLS/SSL
In some large part this essay is a follow-on to the You Are the Security Breach essay. It’s a result of a knock-down drag-out I got into on a technology mailing list. True I have quite a discussion about security in my upcoming “The Minimum You Need to Know About the Phallus of AGILE” book, but this particular discussion needed to be had in a more general context. Each and everyone of you is being … Breaching TLS/SSLRead more
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You Are the Security Breach
If you are using XML, JSON, or the other trendy free text data transmission formats loved by script kiddies, you are the security breach. It’s possible your company doesn’t know it yet, but they will. Seriously people, I’ve seen XML doing this: <ssn>123-45-6789</ssn> How about JSON doing this? { “firstName”: “John”, “lastName”: “Smith”, “ssn”: “123-45-6789”, Laugh all you want, script kiddies code systems up like this all the time. They never went to school for … You Are the Security BreachRead more
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This Labor Day We Can Thank United Steelworkers
Congress has been too busy taking bribes to do anything about the H-1B loop hole or the mass replacement of U.S. IT workers with much lower paid H-1B visa workers. Worse yet how this oppression helps turn otherwise good people into people with terrorist sympathies. They work each day making $60K or less right beside people who are making $160K or more doing the same job. The visa workers who are salaried also end up … This Labor Day We Can Thank United SteelworkersRead more