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My Favorite
Buzzword:
Get ready for the
Wireless MAN, baby. Or short for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.
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All About The MAN
Spam Overload Dept:
According
to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes
or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get
100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source:
Symantec and Insightexpress
Tech
Essentials:
Ben Sullivan's
Tech Blog
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Beta News
| Gizmodo|
Alice & Bill.com|
Everything
Burns |
CNET
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News.com
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NY Times
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SiliconValley
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Slashdot
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The Register
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Tom's Hardware
|Walt Mossberg
Business Magazines:
Business 2.0
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Business Week
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CFO
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Economist
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Fast Company
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Forbes
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Fortune
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Inc.
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Newsweek
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Red Herring
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Smart Money
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Time
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US News
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Wired
 Syndicate
my Site
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Alice Hill's Technology
Watch
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Top 20 Computer Threats Unveiled
 The Sans Institute releases a list of the 20 biggest software vunerabilities every year to helop companies focus their IT resources most efficiently. The group is a non profit that combs though over 2,500 problems and then ranks the biggies in a massive report. Here is a summary. Source BBC.
Top 10 Windows
1. Web servers & services
2. Workstation service
3. Windows remote access services
4. Microsoft SQL server
5. Windows authentication
6. Web browsers
7. File-sharing applications
8. LSAS
9. E-mail programs
10. Instant messaging
Top 10 Unix/Linux
1. Bind domain name system
2. Web server
3. Authentication
4. Version control systems
5. Mail transport services
6. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
7. Open secure sockets layer (SSL)
8. Misconfiguration of enterprise services
9. Databases
10. Kernel
To read the entire Sans report including the details on what to fix, click here.
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