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Is Executive Hubris Ruining Companies? 94

Posted by Cliff from the leave-it-to-the-PHBs dept.
Crash McBang wonders: "In a recent IndustryWeek article, Mathew Hayward, assistant professor at the University of Colorado, does a Q&A on his new book, "Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris Is Wrecking Companies And Careers And How To Avoid The Trap", which shows how executives' inflated egos can impact what they choose to produce, the manufacturing decisions they make and how they market their products. What failures (colossal or otherwise) have you been involved in that could be attributed to Executive Hubris?"
Security

Mac Developer Mulls Zero-day Security Response 94

Posted by CowboyNeal from the in-the-nick-of-time dept.
1.6 Beta writes "Landon Fuller, the Mac programmer/Darwin developer behind the 'month of Apple fixes' project, plans to expand the initiative to roll out zero-day patches for issues that put Mac OS X users at risk of code execution attacks. The former engineer in Apple's BSD Technology Group has already shipped a fix for a nasty flaw in Java's GIF image decoder and hints an an auto-updating mechanism for the third-party patches. The article quotes him as saying, 'Perhaps [it could be] the Mac OS equivalent to ZERT,' referring to the Zero-day Emergency Response Team."
Windows

Vista Family Discount Keys Found Not Compatible 394

Posted by CowboyNeal from the fits-a-different-lock dept.
acousticiris writes "Many (if not all) users who took advantage of Microsoft's Vista Family Discount have been issued invalid installation keys and cannot install Windows Vista Home Premium. Microsoft says, 'There is no expected time period for a fix at this time.' According to the article, the keys are valid for something, just not Windows Vista. Perhaps it's just too simple to issue these folks new keys and send them on their way."
Security

Bruce Schneier Talks Brain Heuristics and Security 83

Posted by CowboyNeal from the just-because-you're-paranoid dept.
ancientribe writes "Bruce Schneier is at it again: the security icon shares his latest research and insight on the interplay between psychology and security in this article in Dark Reading. The focus of Schneier's latest research is on brain heuristics and perceptions of security, which may be the basis for the best-selling author's next book. His goal for the topic, which he'll be presenting at the RSA Conference next week, is to focus on how people think, and feel, about security, and how neuroscience can help explain how our perception of risk doesn't always match reality."
Republicans

Submission + - New Florida Governor Wants E-Voting Paper Trail

Submitted by flanksteak
flanksteak writes: New Florida governor Charlie Crist held a press conference today in which he offered up $32 million to make sure all Florida votes are backed by paper trails by the 2008 election. Election supervisors have the option to retrofit paperless machines if they already have them, but a paper trail will be a requirement.
PHP

Submission + - Use Ajax with PHP and object-oriented Xajax

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: More than 40% of Web applications today use PHP as their scripting language. Various PHP class libraries are available for using Ajax with PHP, among them Xajax, an open source, object-oriented, PHP class library. In this article, learn how to implement PHP, Ajax, and Xajax to develop a dynamic Web application solution accessing IBM DB2 9 for Linux and UNIX.
Microsoft

Vista Indicates A Shift in Microsoft's Priorities 499

Posted by Zonk from the end-users-at-the-end dept.
jcatcw writes "After hundreds of hours of testing Vista, Scot Finnie is supremely tired of it. And of Microsoft. Although 80% of the changes in Windows Vista are positive, there is nothing about Vista that is truly innovative or compelling; there's no transformational, gotta-have-it feature in Vista. But the real problem isn't with Vista. It's with Microsoft itself. His opinion is that Microsoft has stopped focusing on end users. They 'now seemingly make many decisions based on these two things: 1. Avoiding negative publicity (especially about security and software quality) 2. Making sure the largest enterprise customers are happy.'"
Security

Submission + - Mac Developer Mulls Zero-day Security Response

Submitted by 1.6 Beta
1.6 Beta writes: Landon Fuller, the Mac programmer/Darwin developer behind the 'month of Apple fixes' project, plans to expand the initiative to roll out zero-day patches for issues that put Mac OS X users at risk of code execution attacks. The former engineer in Apple's BSD Technology Group has already shipped a fix for a nasty flaw in Java's GIF image decoder and hints an an auto-updating mechanism for the third-party patches. From the article: "Perhaps [it could be] the Mac OS equivalent to ZERT," Fuller said, referring to the Zero-day Emergency Response Team, a group of respected security pros that offer unofficial patches during malware crises."
Windows

Submission + - Gates: Vista so secure it could run life support

Submitted by
een625
een625 writes: "Journalist: Let's imagine a hospital where life support systems are running Vista. Would you trust it with your life? Bill Gates: Security has been the top priority for Microsoft for quite some time ... The answer to your question is that, absolutely, Vista is the most secure operating system we've ever done, and if it's administered properly, absolutely, it can be used to run a hospital or any kind of mission crytical thing. Full interview here"
Businesses

Making Your Company More Visible at a Job Fair? 86

Posted by Cliff from the improve-your-visibility dept.
moszern asks: "The startup I work for is growing to the point where we are need to do some serious hiring. We are toying with the idea of setting up a booth at a upcoming local college job fair. For the most part it seems these events are all the same with nothing much distinguishing each company from the next. Have you ever been to a job fair where a company had a very unorthodox booth or way of attracting potential employees? What would you want to see at a job fair to grab your attention?"
Intel by OSTG

Vendor Intel focuses on improving energy efficiency 5

Submitted by OSTG Marketing Dept.
Intel has plans to enhance the energy efficiency of its products to help meet the environmental challenges posed by climate change. "Speaking at a workshop with HP and Sun Micrcosystems about the sector's contribution to the global energy situation, Intel's Don Whiteside said the company is focusing on : greenhouse gas emissions, energy usage in its operations and the energy efficiency of its products. Intel says it has a goal to
Data Storage

Submission + - Reduce Your Linux Memory Footprint

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A lack of physical memory can severely hamper Linux performance. In this article, learn how to accurately measure the amount of memory your Linux system uses. You also get practical advice on reducing your memory requirements using an Ubuntu system as an example.

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Google

Submission + - Google Muscles Tax Breaks, Secrecy in N.C.

Submitted by rlinkbass
rlinkbass writes: The News and Observer reports that Google used strongarm tactics and threats to get over $100 million in tax breaks and ensure secret negotiations in its plans to build a new computer center in Lenoir, NC.
From the article:

"I sort of had to work in the dark," said Sen. Jim Jacumin, a Republican who represents Caldwell County. "That bothered me. They need to respect the laws of the land, even if they're business."

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