Monday, October 29, 2007

Attack code out for critical Kodak bug in Windows (Network World)

A hacker has released attack code that could be used to exploit a critical bug in some versions of the Windows operating system.

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Comcast to employees: talking about blocking P2P can get you fired (Ars Technica)

As Comcast is peppered with questions from its customers over its practice of blocking some P2P traffic, the company is giving customer service reps a script to work from. Deviating from that script is grounds for termination, Comcast employees tell Ars.

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Virtualization: Agility More Significant Than Cost Cutting (Baseline)

Although much of the excitement about virtualization has focused on the cost-cutting it enables, the real value comes from business agility, according to participants at the Ziff Davis Enterprise 2007 Virtualization Summit.

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Creating power out of thin air (CNET News.com)

Imagine a material that can suck in heat from the environment and power a notebook. A New Jersey company is aiming to do just that.

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Photos: On board the Airbus A380 (ZDNet)

Singapore Airlines, the first carrier to take ownership of the world's largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, has flown its inaugural commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney. A crew from ZDNet Australia visited Sydney Airport to see what customers can expect from what's been dubbed the "big fella" by air traffic controllers.

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GPS to go against radar in speeding ticket case (TG Daily)

The son of a former sheriff's deputy will fight against a speeding ticket he received, after noticing his GPS log disputed the alleged speeding offense.

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