From the monthly archives: October 2008

Cloud Computing – Made Simple and Affordable

By On October 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Depending on how many people you ask to define the meaning of “Cloud Computing“, you are very likely to get the same numbers of answers.

Cloud Computing builds on decades of research in a number of computer science fields including grid computing, distributed computing, utility computing and more recently networking, [...]

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FTC’s Red Flag Rule – Identity Theft

By On October 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Last year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and several Federal Banking agencies issued a new regulation named the Red Flag Rule, which is intended to reduce the risk of identity theft.

Background on Red Flags Rule

The FTC issued the Red Flags Rule under sections 114 and 315 of the Fair and Accurate [...]

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Scientists Erase Mice Memories

By On October 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

In the like of “Total Recall“, “Johnny Mnemonic” and most recently “Paycheck“, scientist have been able to erase specific memories from mice, without damaging the brain.

By manipulating important levels of protein in the brain, certain memories can be erased according to a group of scientist lead by Joe [...]

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Worm Takes Advantage Of Microsoft Flaw

By On October 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Just as I had predicted it would happen, there are already reports that a worm exploiting the hole in the “Server Service” has been seen in the wild. Microsoft released yesterday a critical “out-of-band” patch (MS08-067) release having known about the issue for a while.

Milw0rm, an exploit tracking Internet [...]

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