| Hackers Attack Twitter and Facebook |
| Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. |
8/11/2009 security, hacking,
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| Carnegie Mellon Researchers Claim to Crack Social Security Codes |
| For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there?s a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of Americans? Social Security numbers. |
7/10/2009 security,social security,hack
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| Cyber Assault Lays Waste to U.S. Gov't Websites, North Korea Suspected |
| Attack knocked out the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other U.S. government agency sites |
7/10/2009 Security,hacking,attack
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| Google Unveils Linux-based Chrome OS |
| Google finally ends long-term speculation, announcing a new Chrome OS |
7/10/2009 Google, OS, Open Source
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| More Cyber Attacks Target U.S., South Korean Networks |
| South Korean, U.S. networks still being targeted days after massive attacks |
7/10/2009 security, hacking, attacks
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| UC Berkeley computers hacked, 160,000 at risk |
| Hackers broke into the University of California at Berkeley's health services center computer and potentially stole the personal information of more than 160,000 students, alumni, and others, the university announced Friday. |
5/19/2009 security, leaks, hackers
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| Are Your "Secret Questions" Too Easily Answered? |
| Research finds that the answers to secret questions used to retrieve forgotten passwords are easily guessed. |
5/19/2009 security, password recovery
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| Card Skimmers Yield Over $2M to Thieves in NY |
| We've been hearing more about card skimmers on ATMs throughout America. Reports now say that it has gotten to the point that $2M has already been stolen via card-skimming in New York alone. |
5/19/2009 security, credit cards, skimming
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| Five Best Free Data Recovery Tools |
| The best way to recover from unexpected data loss is to be properly prepared. With one of the following tools on hand, you'll always be ready to save your data from the Reaper. |
5/12/2009 data recovery, utilities
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| Top 10 Tiny & Awesome Windows Utilities |
| It's the little things that make a Windows system great?like utilities that use less than 10MB of memory to make your life easier... |
5/12/2009 windows, xp, utilities
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| XP Definitive Performance Tweaking guide |
| Tweak Windows XP to get every ounce of performance possible... |
5/12/2009 xp, windows, operating system, performance, tuning
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| Nefarious Conficker worm racks up $9.1 billion bill |
| Chicago (IL) - Researchers at the Cyber Secure Institute estimate that the nefarious Conficker worm has racked up a staggering $9.1 billion bill. |
5/11/2009 worm, security, cost
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| 15 things you need to know about Windows 7 |
| Secrets, hidden tech and unadvertised features |
5/11/2009 microsoft, windows 7, operating system, features
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| Training Leads to Promotion, Employee Retention |
| NEWS Study: Training Leads to Promotion, Employee Retention. There's a bright future ahead for those taking training courses... |
5/11/2009 certification, value, promotion
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| ADO Performance Best Practices |
| The word "performance" has several diverse and subtle implications. When people talk about how well something performs, one thing they might mean is how much... |
5/11/2009 ado, application, performance
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| The Future of the DBA: Where do you want to take your career? |
| January is the perfect time to take stock of your career. Strains of Auld Lang Syne are echoing in your ears, and the ink is still drying on your New Year's resolutions list, which includes plans for developing your SQL Server career... |
5/11/2009 dba, career, sql server
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| 10 of the most annoying Vista irritations solved |
| How to remedy the most problematic niggles in the OS |
5/11/2009 microsoft, vista, operating system, tips
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| Visual Studio .NET Features |
| Visual Studio .NET, the latest evolutionary step of Microsoft's premier application-development platform, includes more database-integration tools than earlier versions of Visual Studio... |
5/11/2009 visual studio,.NET, programming, microsoft
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| VB .NET or C# |
| VB has a reputation as a toy language among "real" developers, and in some cases, that reputation is deserved... |
5/11/2009 programming languages, vb.net, c#
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| Certification Bashing ? Myths & Realities |
| Myth: Certification didn't help me get a job. What a rip-off. Reality: Some of the problems with cynicism-based bashing come... |
5/11/2009 certification, value, myths
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| Learning for Life: Resources for Advancing Your SQL Server Career |
| SQL Server can seem like a daunting task, even for people who have experience working with other databases. Because ANSI has defined standard requirements for SQL, after you... |
5/11/2009 sql server, career, resources
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