Monday, May 19, 2003

New Microsoft e-mail worm Let's review the rules again, folks: Never ever EVER run a program from an untrusted source. There are no trusted sources. Questions? Worm dupes with fake Microsoft address. A new e-mail worm, which feigns a Microsoft.com origin, is spreading rapidly. Antivirus vendors say it can also spread via a LAN and can install spyware on a victim's PC. [CNET News.com] 1:23:50 PM    comment []

Is the wiki a business tool? Well, duh... I've been using several wikis as indispensable toolboxes and sources of knowledge for years. Now the NYT picks up on the thread... NY Times: "The wiki, a quirky software technology that has been kicking around the Web since the mid-90's, is starting to gain respectability." [Scripting News] 10:36:59 AM    comment []

Microsoft to license Unix code As the plot ever thickens,... Microsoft announces a plan to license Unix code from SCO in this article: http://rss.com.com/2100-1016_3-1007528.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news 10:17:57 AM    comment []

Your Passport may not be in order... "Gartner advises its clients to pull the plug on Passport implementations in the wake of a recently discovered security flaw" according to this article in Information Week. 8:17:45 AM    comment []