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Wi-Fi Group Finalizes Latest Wireless Flavor

2008-04-01 08:22:21 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...quietly developed flavor of 802.11--one so quietly developed that its true implications weren't understood, and few impediments were put in its way, such as internecine squabbling over esoteric details. The new flavor, 802.11af, will be ratified as Wi-Fi Over Ethernet (WoE), an unfortunate acronym that shouldn't bode poorly for the standard's...
 
Tags: wi-fi, woe, wi-fi beats woe, wi-fi alliance, ethernet, ethernet network, woe-capable wi-fi systems, wi-fi signals, wi-fi signal
 
 
 
 
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Citibank antifraud move draws cashflow conspiracy chatter

2008-01-10 00:00:00 by HASH0x8966cdc in Network World on Security
 
...quietly reduce the daily ATM cash withdrawal limits of some of its customers had something to do with Citibank's cash-reserve position Gartner Webinar: WAN Optimization Scalability Advertisement Gartner distinguished analyst Mark Fabbi discusses key requirements for deploying WAN optimization
 
Tags: citibank, wan optimization, wan optimization scalability, citibank spokesman wednesday, gartner webinar, gartner, recent decision, quietly reduce, outright suggestions
 
 
 
 
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The ART of Event Processing: Agility, Reuse, Transparency

2008-01-18 09:49:13 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...quietly in the server room The nice auditors ask you, What does that application do? and you reply Well, it looks for evidence of insider trading, and they ask Do you mind if we ask how? and you respond Good question, do you mind to wait a moment while I get you the contactinfo for the vendor because we dont have access to the source code or...
 
Tags: simple laymans terms, laymans terms, event, terms, transparency, cep blog, blog, reuse, white box event
 
 
 
 
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Report: Google To Kill Off Domain Tasting

2008-01-24 19:56:15 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...quietly facilitating the tasting phenomenon for years now and profiting off of it, so they could see some revenue loss from such a move
 
Tags: domain, google, registration period, recent icann report, registration, stymie tasters, domains, day grace period, tasters
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Storm Details

2008-02-07 14:30:23 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...quietly attacked the very computers used to conduct the exercise. Perplexed organizers traced the incident to overzealous players and sent everyone an urgent e-mail marked "IMPORTANT!" reminding them not to probe or attack the game computers Any time you get a group of (information technology) experts together, there's always a desire, 'Let's...
 
Tags: cyber storm, oversaw cyber storm, game computers, computers, players, overzealous players, information technology, war game, urgent e-mail
 
 
 
 
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Lock-In

2008-02-12 06:08:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...quietly killing NGSCB -- we've gotten BitLocker, and we might get some other security features down the line -- despite the huge investment hardware manufacturers made when incorporating special security hardware into their motherboards In my last column , I talked about the security-versus-privacy debate, and how it's actually a debate about...
 
Tags: lock-in, software, software development kit, custom software, software company, security, hardware, special security hardware, security mechanism
 
 
 
 
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Report: Google to Kill Off Domain Tasting

2008-01-24 19:56:15 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...quietly facilitating the tasting phenomenon for years now and profiting off of it, so it could see some revenue loss from such a move
 
Tags: domain, google, five-day grace period, registration period, recent icann report, registration, stymie tasters, domains, tasters
 
 
 
 
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A false accusation of hacking

2008-04-02 17:03:46 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...quietly discarded it, because it contained a phishing URL. Everyone here assumed that the matter had been forgotten about, and nothing proactive was done to follow it up Unfortunately, at the other end of the conversation, it looked as if Cambridge wasnt responding, and perhaps the sysadmins were part of the criminal conspiracy . So, still...
 
Tags: paypal, paypal account, account, account holder, email, people, original email, gmail account, people receive
 
 
 
 
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U.S. carriers quietly developing IPv6 services

2008-04-02 00:00:00 by Carolyn Duffy Marsan in Network World on Security
 
For 10 years, there has been little North American demand for IPv6, so U.S. carriers haven't introduced IPv6 services. And without commercial IPv6 services available from carriers, U.S. government agencies and businesses can't migrate to the next-generation Internet technology. Now, that's all starting to change
 
Tags: ipv6 services, ipv6, commercial ipv6 services, carriers, north american demand, next-generation internet technology, government agencies, change, businesses
 
 
 
 
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Report: E-voting firms in hostile-takeover tussle

2008-04-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News