Thursday, October 07, 2004

Google introduces wireless service. Text messaging users can use Google SMS to get specific search information such as prices, definitions, area codes, ZIP codes and phone listings. [Computerworld News] 6:31:32 PM

Security UPDATE -- Strengthen Browser Security with Third-Party Solutions--October 6, 2004. InfoSec News (Oct 07 2004) [isn @ insecure.org] 2:34:11 PM

BBC reveals open-source video technology. The British Broadcasting Corp. hopes the new codec will one day give Windows Media Player a run for its money. [CNET News.com] 12:21:28 PM

Purdy Tapped as Cyber-Security Director. InfoSec News (Oct 07 2004) [isn @ insecure.org] 11:42:26 AM

Official's departure revives push for promoting DHS cyber chief. InfoSec News (Oct 06 2004) [isn @ insecure.org] 10:56:28 AM

When is secure FTP not secure? When it reaches your network. InfoSec News (Oct 06 2004) [isn @ insecure.org] 10:55:42 AM

Know your enemy. InfoSec News (Oct 06 2004) [isn @ insecure.org] 10:55:08 AM

Linux in Government: CORE.GOV. Taking a page from OSS for improving interagency collaboration. [Linux Journal] 10:54:22 AM

Grand Central Hosts SOA Developer Contest. Grand Central Communications is sponsoring the Golden Spike Developers contest which offers developers an opportunity to submit entries in three different categories. Multiple prizes will be awarded, and the grand-prize winner will win their "dream workstation" worth up to $10,000. The categories are: Best Business Process Best Use of SOAP APIs Best Use of Rich Client The contest starts October 18th in conjunction with the Early Access Program and continues to December 10, 2004, with the winners to be announced in January 2005. I've been asked to be one of the judges, along with Tim O'Reilly (O' Reilly Media), Jason Bloomberg (ZapThink), Ron Schmelzer (ZapThink), Bill Appleton (DreamFactory), Tony Hong (XMethods), Phil Wainewright (Loosely Coupled), and Halsey Minor (Grand Central Communications). If you're interested in SOAs and have a good idea for how they could be used in one of these categories, see Grand Central's Early Access Program page for more details. [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog] 10:50:43 AM

Tools, not standards, that help tie down wireless nets. Security standards aside, wireless gear vendors are peppering their products with other features that can help secure WLANs, including access controls, VPN technologies and tools to locate and lock out rogue users. [] 10:49:44 AM

Security picks. In this case, we focused entirely on security, and based on our testing, we drew some conclusions about which products would be the most secure additions to your network. [] 10:41:59 AM

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