WDDX.NET Tech BlogInternet and Tech Articles of InterestMore Websites defaced on Linux Servers than on Windows Servers- March 15, 2008 A curious article over at Slashdot:Zone-H have recently posted the statistical breakdown of the collected website defacements from the last few years Surprisingly in 2007 more Linux servers suffered a successful attack than all versions of Windows combined...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=123 iPhones to become Business Friendly- March 14, 2008 From DigitalArtsOnline: The features were unwrapped during a media conference at Apples San Francisco headquarters last week where the company announced that iPhone users would soon have access to Microsofts Exchange ActiveSync a licensed data synchronization...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=122 Google Sky joins Google Earth- March 13, 2008 You really do have to take a look at Google SkyFrom Information Week:Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on Thursday said that Google Sky previously a star-viewing option in the Google Earth desktop application can now be viewed on its own in a Web browser Sky in Google...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=115 TiVo to put bring YouTube videos to TV screens- March 12, 2008 From the Reuters News network:NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc said on Wednesday that it would deliver videos from Google Incs popular Web site YouTube directly to television screens via its digital video recordersTiVo said the service would be available...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=112 Microsoft patches 12 Office flaws with critical updates- March 11, 2008 From SearchSecurityCom:Microsoft released four critical security updates Tuesday to fix 12 vulnerabilities in various components of its widely used Office program including Excel and OutlookTim Rains communications chief for Microsoft Security Response...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=126 Google Finalizes $3.1 Billion DoubleClick Acquisition- March 11, 2008 Information Week covers Googles acquisition of DoubleClickGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG) on Tuesday received approval from the European Commission and quickly announced the completion of its acquisition of Internet advertising company DoubleClick The decision ends...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=121 Sun Microsystems To Sell 'Virtual' Windows PCs- March 7, 2008 Hosted Services and Virtualization are only going to get more and more popular in the years to comeFrom Information Week:BOSTON - Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA) plans to introduce software and hardware to create virtual Windows and Linux personal computers...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=117 Google Ad Words will now Punish Bloated Landing Pages- March 7, 2008 If you advertise with Google Ad Words youll want to read this story in Information WeekLater this month Google (NSDQ: GOOG) plans to begin weighing Web page load time as a factor in assigning search keyword Quality Scores which influence ad placement...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=116 Google Acquires Postini, Highlights Spam as Top Security Issue- March 7, 2008 People spend a lot more money on Hosted Messaging than our customers do From Infoweek:Having recently acquired messaging security company Postini Google (NSDQ: GOOG) now finds itself in the threat-prediction business And as is the case with just about...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=118 Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers Now Available- March 5, 2008 Dean Hachamovitch the General Manager for Internet Explorer reveals that the IE team has made Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers available for download on his blogWhile anyone can download it this is a developer beta We released it at MIX fora...http://www.wddx.net/blog.cfm?article=119 |