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DHTML “refers to web pages that use a combination of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to create features such as letting the user drag items around on the web page, some simple kinds of animation, and many more.” DHTML is very cool. The site http://dhteumeuleu.com/ by Gerard Ferrandez is a great example of what can be …
From IT World Canada: The average corporate IT user is being asked to remember an increasing number of passwords and is resorting to insecure ways to remember them, thus opening the IT infrastructure to risk and placing a heavy burden on help desks, according to a recent survey. Conducted for Bedford, Mass.-based authentication and encryption …
From TechRepublic: Even as Microsoft readies a host of new ad-supported online services to battle rivals, the software maker has been mulling a plan to offer free, ad-supported versions of some of its desktop products, CNET News.com has learned. Although no specific plans have been made, executives within Microsoft are examining whether it makes sense …
From USA Today: Sony BMG Music Entertainment said Monday it will pull some of its most popular CDs from stores in response to backlash over copy-protection software on the discs. Sony also said it will offer exchanges for consumers who purchased the discs, which contain hidden files that leave them vulnerable to computer viruses when …
From CNet News: Sony’s decision to include rootkit-like copy restrictions on some of its music CDs is prompting some companies to review whether they allow their staff to use personal CDs at work. Last week, Trojan horses emerged that avoid detection by using the digital rights management, or DRM, software used by Sony BMG Music …
I recently completed a review of Paragon Partition Manager 7: As Windows as evolved over the years, Microsoft has added new features/utilities to help manage the software and hardware on a computer. One are where it is still lacking is with partition management. Windows XP (and other NT-based systems) has a built-in Disk Management console …
From CRN: Prosecutors claim a Mac specialist on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: “neck snap break” and “hold” before she was killed. Robert Petrick, who is defending himself in Durham, N.C., cross examined a computer forensics expert this week. The expert testified about digital …
From TechRepublic: Imagine accessing the Internet over the same pipe that provides you with natural gas for cooking. It may sound nuts today, but a San Diego company called Nethercomm is developing a way to use ultra wideband wireless signals to transmit data at broadband speeds through natural-gas pipes. The company claims its technology will …
There has been a lot of discussion across the Internet over the last several days about the Sony DRM software that installs itself as a rootkit. One of the tools available to see if you have anything like a rootkit installed is Sysinternals RootkitRevealer. I downloaded it and ran it on my system. It only …
From TechRepublic: Capacitors are an inexpensive little component on a PC motherboard, but they can be a costly headache for manufacturers when a whole bunch of them go bad. Last week, Dell announced it was going to take a $300 million financial charge on its earnings to cover costs associated with the replacement of motherboards …