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Time Warner and AT&T among others have yet to upgrade their DNS servers. Now that there is some rouge code on the loose that is designed to target these DNS servers it is a VERY DANGEROUS time to be surfing the Internet using the default DNS services from one of these companies.

I strongly urge you for at least the short term utilize OpenDNS as your DNS host. If you do not know what DNS is you need to get over to OpenDNS and find out now. This is not a complicated change  but if you are on a network that has yet to upgrade their DNS servers, (Check Here) you are at EXTREME RISK!

ZK is an AJAX toolkit designed to make creating user interfaces that run in a Web browser as simple as creating event-driven interfaces for desktop applications. The interfaces created with ZK use an XML markup language to define the user interface and Java code to implement the Web application’s functionality. ZK includes support for data-bound controls so that you do not have to worry about updating the user interface forms when you change your Java objects.

Sensor technology may make parking a little bit easier in San Francisco. The city is going install small sensors in 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces that will inform drivers when these spots are available. These alerts can be displayed on special street signs or on smart-phones. They could also potentially offer other services as well.

According to the NYTimes, the sensor, called a “bump,” is a small 4-by-4 rectangular device that’s glued onto the pavement. It has a small battery that’s capable of lasting 5 to 10 years without being serviced. Furthermore, the technology was developed […]

Migrating from one messaging server platform to another is not for the faint of heart, particularly for large organizations that store tens or hundreds of terabytes of messaging data on their servers and support thousands of users. The process is difficult, time-consuming and often results in data loss, conversion problems, lots of weekends spent by IT personnel on problem resolution and the like.

Doubt we’ll have any company wide meetings in a virtual world anytime soon, but hey, it’s a nice thought.

About time, right? Netgear made a good choice here, I’ll probably snap up one of these routers in a couple weeks just for fun. I think more and more products are going to start following this business model, for example cell phones. Google’s software stack for mobile devices “Android” will open the doors for cell phone makers to try and make the most compatible phone for this platform, in my opinion.

This is pretty disturbing. Personally I filter most of all my traffic through an encrypted VPN, just because I am paranoid, but I can imagine that most people don’t do this, or are unable to do this. Admins, you should try and remember “The System Administrators’ Code of Ethics”

I also have to confess, I often get bored and crack my neighbors wifi WEP keys, and utilize their bandwidth. It only seems natural to exploit the ignorant.