WDDX.NET Tech BlogInternet and Tech Articles of InterestMac Hacked through Safari, Windows through Flash- March 31, 2008 Jennifer LeClaire from NewsFactorCom reports on the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest:Microsofts Vista Ultimate SP1 and Apple Incs MacBook Air have been hacked through applications with only Ubuntu unbreached in the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=135 Microsoft Better than Apple at Keeping up With Security Risks- March 31, 2008 In todays Information Week Thomas Claburn cites the recent study by Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyIn 0-Day Patch Exposing Vendors (In)security Performance presented last week at the Black Hat conference in Amsterdam Stefan Frei Bernhard Tellenbach...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=133 Sharepoint "Juggernaut" the next "Must Have" technology- March 27, 2008 From John Fontana over at NetworkWorld:Microsoft SharePoint taking business by stormVersatile Microsoft server may not be perfect but it is attracting interest as tool to address anything from collaboration to process managementMicrosofts SharePointServer...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=132 Adobe Photoshop: the Free Web Version- March 27, 2008 Adobe announced today that their long-awaited free web-version of Photoshop dubbed Adobe Photoshop Express is now available as a BetaMembers can edit and store up to 2 GB of images in their accountFrom InfoWorld:Photoshop Express allows users to store...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=131 Is Motorola putting lipstick on a pig- March 26, 2008 Thats the question the cnet blog over at newscom is asking about todays announcement that Motorolla is going to split into two companies: one for its mobile-devices business and the other for its broadband and mobility-solutions businessMotorola said...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=130 Chrysler Plans In-Car Web Access This Year- March 25, 2008 Chrysler wants to make the car stereo a WiFi port Perhaps now you can see why Microsoft and Google are so interested in the opportunities WhiteSpace offersThe Washington Post reports:Chrysler the third-largest US automaker says it will be the first...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=128 Windows XP Milestones: Service Pack Three, No Longer Retailed, then No Longer Available- March 25, 2008 According to InfoWorld we can expect to see Windows Service Pack 3 pretty soonTechARPcom a Malaysian Web site that nailed Vista SP1s release-to-manufacturing (RTM) date last month as well as its release to Windows Update last week said that Microsoft...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=129 Google, like Microsoft, yearns to use White Space- March 24, 2008 Microsoft isnt the only company who has already started staking out White Space as a bandwidth arena ripe for developmentFrom the Star Tribune:As Google has pointed out previously the vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=127 Verizon: Supporting Any Device, Any App- March 20, 2008 The Proof is in the Pudding they say still this is the direction consumers want to go They dont want to be limited to a specific list of phones They want to be able to buy whatever phone they want and then choose any service they wantConsumer: Can...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=124 Safari 3.1 supports HTML 5, CSS Web Fonts- March 18, 2008 From Information Week:Safari 31 which is available at no charge for Mac and Windows PCs through Apples Web site supports additional Web standards It also loads Web pages and runs JavaScript faster than previous versions On the standards front the upgrade...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=125 |