Comment Who's next? (Score 1) 85
So RSA, Symantec and Verisign have all been hacked. Who's next? Kaspersky? Fortinet? Check Point?
Submission + - Chief WebOS Evangelist Rubinstein Leaves HP (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: CRN reports that Jon Rubenstien, the chief evangalist for WebOS and one of Silicon Valley's most renowned engineers, has left HP. Rubenstien, who helped design the iPod while at Apple, became expendable after HP made the mobile OS an open source project.
CRN spoke with new HP CEO Meg Whitman recently, who addressed Rubenstein's departure.
"I've got a lot of respect for Jon. But as you know, Palm didn't work out the way he had hoped. Obviously, the [TouchPad] tablets didn’t work out the way he had hoped. That team has been through a lot, as you might imagine," Whitman said.
CRN spoke with new HP CEO Meg Whitman recently, who addressed Rubenstein's departure.
"I've got a lot of respect for Jon. But as you know, Palm didn't work out the way he had hoped. Obviously, the [TouchPad] tablets didn’t work out the way he had hoped. That team has been through a lot, as you might imagine," Whitman said.
Submission + - Zynga accused of cloning hit indie iPhone game Tin (gamasutra.com) 1
FrankPoole writes: Indie iPhone game developer Nimblebit is accusing social games giant Zynga of ripping off its popular mobile title Tiny Tower. Nimblebit's Ian Marsh got word out about the similarities between Dream Heights and Tiny Tower with an image that's still making the Twitter rounds. The image is made up of screenshots showing how Dream Heights' interface and gameplay mechanics appear strikingly similar to Tiny Tower's.
Comment Re:Hold on... (Score 1) 591
Don't you know that taking a copy of something isn't stealing?
Serious point: I've always wondered why more people simply don't walk right out of restaurants without paying. Food at a lot of big chain restaurants and trendy, expensive spots are way overpriced -- so why do people pay? It's not like there are doormen or video cameras. Why not just walk out the front the front door?
Submission + - 10 Tools To Speed Windows 7 (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: CRN's Test Center takes a look at 10 tools that speed up Windows 7. There are some usual suspects here, such Microsoft's own ReadyBoost and the ultra-obvious but effective Windows 7 defragmenter. But there's also some interesting offerings from Intel, AMD and Trend Micro, that will help the OS run significantly faster.
Submission + - Alleged Plot to Bomb IBM Facility Foiled (huffingtonpost.com)
FrankPoole writes: According to the Huffington Post, Swiss police recently arrested three people and charged them allegedly plotting to bomb an IBM facility near Zurich. Two men and a woman were pulled over near the facility by police, who reportedly discovered an explosive device in the vehicle. Why would these people want to blow up an IBM office? Apparently, this IBM location is a nanotechnology development facility, and the trio arrested have been linked to eco-terrorism.
Comment Re:Journalistic privilege (Score 1) 1204
I find it ironic that Nick Denton and the Gawker crew seem to constantly demean the mainstream press and term themselves as "bloggers" instead of "professional journalists" whenever they pull a stunt that's, well, unprofessional (see Gizmodo's CES remote control prank a few years back). So now Gawker's legal team will undoubtedly cry foul and try to hide behind the journalism protection laws? That's funny, Gawker. Truly funny.
Submission + - HP Moscow Offices Raided In Bribery Probe (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: HP's Moscow offices were raided Wednesday as part of a bribery investigation by Russian and German authorities. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which wrote that HP is suspected of allegedly paying out nearly $11 million in bribes to secure a major Russian government contract several years ago via a German subsidiary. Ironically, the contract was with the Prosecutor General's office of the Russian Federation, which will now play a role in investigating HP. While HP knew of the investigation as far back as December, the company did not disclose the information in any SEC filings. Instead, in its most recent quarterly report, HP states that in foreign nations "it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws and regulations."
Submission + - HP Moscow Offices Raided in Bribery Probe (wsj.com)
FrankPoole writes: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP's offices in Moscow were raided by Russian authorities on Wednesday as part of a joint bribery probe with German prosecutors who suspect the technology company used nearly $11 million in bribes to secure a major contract with the Russian government aganecy several years ago. The agency in question? The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to the report, HP alledgedly used a German subsidiary to secure the contract and funneled millions of dollars in bribe money through shell companies around the globe. HP knew of the investigation as far back as December but failed to disclose the matter in their SEC filings. Instead, HP made a note in its most recent quarterly report that summed it up well: "In many foreign countries, particularly in those with developing economies, it is common to engage in business practices that are prohibited by laws."
Comment Re: Randall C. Kennedy who got fired by InfoWorld? (Score 2, Funny) 205
WTF. Seriously? Slashdot is sourcing these jokers? This article is written by the same guy who was pretending to be the CTO of Devil Mountain Software and then got fired by InfoWorld after he was outed. What a tragedy....
Submission + - Microsoft Kills Virtualization Policy (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: CRN reports that Microsoft has changed its much-maligned virtualization policy, removing the cumbersome licensing restrictions for its desktop virtualization. But some are questioning whether this change will help Microsoft make up ground in the virtualization space, especially since customers will still have to contend with Microsoft's dreaded Software Assurance. Meanwhile, Microsoft also relented on its bizarre and confusing hardware requirements for Windows 7's XP Mode, allowing users with older PCs that lack newer virtualization technology to run legacy applications.
Submission + - 10 Notable Cloud Outages and What Caused Them (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: CRN looks at 10 high profile and somewhat embarrassing cloud computing outages, which have affected everyone from Google and Microsoft to Salesforce.com and Amazon. And for the most part, the outages were triggered by routine upgrades or scheduled maintenance that led to not-so-routine problems with the cloud infrastructure. In others words, cloud computing issues are't a result of genius hackers or sinister malware but architecture flaws, human error, and occasionally bad luck.
Comment Re:Is it any different than a Pen Name? (Score 1) 194
Yeah, it's a lot different. He was using his forum at InfoWorld to shill his site/company/product without disclosing his conflict of interest.
It would be like a politician criticizing healthcare reform in a column and then not disclosing that he was on the board of directors for a Big Pharma company.
Oh wait....
Comment What a piece of work (Score 4, Interesting) 194
This guy drags journalism through the mud, celebrates it like a pig rooting in his own feces, and then has the nerve to blame the media for blowing everything out of proportion and now is trying to claim his 15 minutes of fame like he's a GD Survivor villain. What a jerk.
Oh, and by the way, XPNet's Windows 7 data is flat-out wrong and anyone who knows anything about Windows and memory will tell you the same thing.
Submission + - Haitian Tech Firm Recounts Earthquake Experience (crn.com)
FrankPoole writes: CRN has a story about a computer reseller owner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who gives a first-hand account of last month's devastating earthquake and the loss of an employee. Ralph Pereira of CompHaiti describes the reliefs efforts in his country and details the difficulties of re-opening his business and his attempts to help Haiti's government get its IT infrastructure up and running again. Pereira also explains how he found a way to bring in $100,000 worth of inventory to Port-au-Prince despite Haiti's airports and shipping ports being nearly completely closed in the aftermath of the quake.
