An Australian tech startup has filled a missing piece of the open source Mono .Net application environment by integrating it with Microsoft’s Active Directory server. When Sydney-based provider of enterprise social networking software HubOne looked at running its software on non-Windows platforms — particularly for Mac-wielding executives — it considered using the open source Mono [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Namebench Helps You Find the Fastest DNS Server for Your Computer
Windows/Mac/Linux: Last week Google announced a free DNS service designed to speed up your browsing, but just because Google wants to be fast doesn’t actually mean they’re the best option for you. Namebench finds the fastest DNS server for your connection. After you download and fire up namebench, just click the Start Benchmark button to [...]
Microsoft labs tests a Wikipedia of average Joes
The EntityCube listing for Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid. (Credit: CNET) Think of Microsoft’s latest labs effort as the software maker’s attempt to give everyone their own Wikipedia entry. Dubbed EntityCube and now live to try out, the research project pulls together biographical information on anyone found on the Web. Similar in some ways to [...]
Yahoo Will Divulge Pretty Much Anything for $60
On one hand, it’s reassuring to know that Yahoo will work with law enforcement to bust criminals, digging through their private messages to get the job done. On the other, $60 is a low price for our privacy. For $20, Yahoo will give subpoena-wielding authorities your basic user ID information. For $30-$40, that jumps to [...]
New cloud-based service steals Wi-Fi passwords
For $34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says. Launched today, the WPA Cracker service bills itself as a useful tool for security auditors and penetration testers who want to know if they could break into certain types of WPA networks. [...]
Uproar over E.T. hunter misplaced, SETI@home founder says
The school superintendent investigating a former employee who ran the SETI@home program on school computers doesn’t understand how the technology works or that the project is well-respected, experts in the technology field say. Some also say that her estimates for how much money this incident will cost the school district sound inflated. Superintendent Denise Birdwell [...]
Torrent giant mininova forced to go legit
Mininova, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing sites next to The Pirate Bay, has now removed most of its links to copyrighted content. The site complied with a Dutch court ruling from August. Mininova has said it is considering appealing that ruling. Netherlands-based Mininova has risen in recent months as one of the [...]