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RSS sitesNaked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment While social networking sites can be fun for connecting with family and friends, they're no use when it comes to professional networking, says the Naked CIO. As the technologist within the room, I was asked how students... [04 Nov 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News When it's completed in November 2010, the integration lab will simulate every event in the Games and test the core technologies that make the Games possible, right up until the tech is deployed at event sites in June 2012. [27 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The revamped platform - along with a new 24-hour live betting service - went live in February and can be plugged into third party websites to provide them with the same gaming functionality which they can then tailor for their own... [23 Oct 2009]
Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability
White Paper Take a look at this important survey, which sought managers' and professionals' perspectives, both as external customers of e-business sites, as well as caretakers of their own online operations. These days, there is... [15 Oct 2009]
Rid your business of weak passwords and get collaborating
Comment Netcraft reports there were 231.5 million websites in operation as of April 2009 - an increase of 46 million in just three months, with the greatest growth coming from sites that encourage social collaboration and... [15 Oct 2009]
Web Application Security: Automated scanning versus manual penetration testing
White Paper Research has shown that a vast number of Web sites are vulnerable to application attacks, most occurring over HTTP/S protocols. There are two methods to detect Web vulnerability: using manual penetration testing and code... [12 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News Just as with social networking sites and individual web pages where employees participate as representatives of their employer, an avatar's behaviour and appearance are a reflection of the individual and the company they... [09 Oct 2009]
Barack Obama
AS Profile Obama's tech leanings became clear when he made extensive use of social media sites Twitter and Facebook during his presidential campaign and secured millions of donations online. US President Barack Obama entered the... [08 Oct 2009]
Mark Zuckerberg
AS Profile During the past 12 months, he has masterminded the launch of a new log-in system for non-Facebook sites (Facebook Connect), improved the site's search functionality and ushered in a new Twitter-like update system. [08 Oct 2009]
Beyond Disaster Recovery: Using Configuration Control to Develop an Effective BCP
White Paper Of the 131 technology sites affected, only two performed a successful "Failover" to a redundant system. Of the 129 sites that failed, 70% of data was recovered after 120 hours, but 30% was lost forever. [05 Oct 2009]
An Anatomy of a Web Hack: SQL Injection Explained
White Paper The nation of SQL injection isn't new, but is still widely misunderstood and many sites are still vulnerable to attack. This paper shows how easy it is to penetrate the average website and gain information about the... [05 Oct 2009]
Maximising Site Visitor Trust Using Extended Validation SSL
White Paper The certificates can facilitate online commerce in all its forms by increasing visitor confidence in legitimate sites and greatly reducing the effectiveness of phishing attacks. The new certificates are called Extended... [05 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Linking up with Barack Obama?
Comment For the most part I link up with them by email and social networking sites. Compiled at my hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, on a rainy autumn day and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection [05 Oct 2009]
FOAF+SSL: RESTful Authentication for the Social Web
White Paper This protocol can be used for one-click sign-on to web sites using existing browsers requiring the user to enter neither an identifier nor a password. The paper describes a simple protocol for RESTful authentication,... [04 Oct 2009]
Cryptographic Strength of SSL/TLS Servers: Current and Recent Practices
White Paper Some of the discouraging results show that most sites still support the insecure SSL 2.0, weak export-level grades of encryption ciphers, or weak RSA key strengths. The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and its variant,... [04 Oct 2009]
