Master Diebold Key Copied From Web Site
Original post provide by Slashdot: ITHarrington writes “In another stunning blow to the security and integrity of Diebold’s electronic voting machines, someone has made a copy of the key which opens ALL Diebold e-voting machines from a picture on the company’s own website. ” Update: 02/06 17:40 GMT by Z : We previously discussed this story, early last year.
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Community News: Upgrade Your WordPress To 2.3.3 (Security Issue Found)
If you have a WordPress blog it would be worth your time to install this update to 2.3.3, or at least replace xmlrpc.php. This is being actively exploited. You can find out more about the exploit here on the WordPress website (including another issue with the WP_Forum plugin as well).
ProDevTips.com: Why PHP As A Templating Language Sucks
He suggests the opposite, however that PHP as a templating language (templating software written in PHP sitting on top of a PHP application) is a really bad idea. It only adds overhead that most developers, unless they're experienced with the technology enough to know how to use it, will only work around (like the {php}{/php} tags in Smarty).
FCC's Spectrum Auction Approaches $20B In Bids
Since the auction began on Jan. 24, both the FCC and wireless experts have expressed ongoing concerns about meeting those estimates. Once the auction was underway, those worries were compounded by a shaky economic forecast and the possibility of a looming recession."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
OPC DataHub Uses Streaming AJAX And New Java Applets To Create Dynamic Web Pages
The OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems now provides even more ways to visualize and interact with real-time data in a web browser. Its new streaming AJAX Web Data Browser displays immediate updates to data from a wide range of sources like databases, spreadsheets, and OPC servers.
Froglogic Releases Squish 3.3, The Automated GUI Testing Tool
froglogic GmbH announced version 3.3 of the leading, cross-platform automated GUI testing tool Squish. Squish supports creating and running automated GUI tests of applications based on a variety of user interface technologies including Trolltech's Qt toolkit, Java AWT/Swing/NetBeans, Java SWT/Eclipse RCP/JFaces, Web/HTML/AJAX and Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa.
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Users Worldwide Feel Internet Is 'Safer'
These folks also have a lot of faith in their corporate IT departments as 51 percent said their work computers are more secure than their personal PCs, and nearly half (45 percent) believe they are more vulnerable to malware and hacks when they're working outside their corporate perimeter.
Mac Hack Contest Redux
Well, the contest is back again this year, but with a twist, says Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of CanSecWest: 'We're thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first.""Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Microsoft Responds To 'Save XP' Petition
DaMassive writes "Computerworld Australia is running a story with a response from Microsoft to Infoworld's SAVE XP petition Web site, which has gathered over 75,000 signatures so far. Apparently Microsoft is aware of the petition, but says it is "listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs, that's what informed our decision to extend the availability of XP initially, and what will continue to guide us" — a somewhat strange response given that the vast majority of people signing the petition ARE Microsoft customers!
AJAX-Based Rich Internet Applications: Backbase Enterprise Ajax 4.1.2 Kicks Off 2008
Newly released in three editions - a free Community Edition for development and deployment up to one server and 2CPUs, a Client Edition, and a JSF Edition - Backbase Enterprise Ajax 4.1.2 is the latest version of San Mateo, CA-based Backbase's flagship AJAX framework for the Enterprise.
MySQL2JSON
Package: MySQL2JSON Summary: Generate JSON representation from MySQL queries Groups: Databases Author: Ellery Leung Description: This class can be used to generate a JSON representation of data returned by MySQL queries. It can execute given MySQL and traverse the result set to generate a JSON representation of the data in the result rows and columns.