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Glasnost: Test if your ISP is shaping your traffic
Southern writes "The goal of the Glasnost project is to make ISPs' traffic shaping policies transparent to their customers. To this end, we designed Glasnost tests that enable you to check whether traffic from your applications is being rate-limited (i.e., throttled) or blocked.
Glasnost tests work by measuring and comparing the performance of different application flows between your host and our measurement servers. The tests can detect traffic shaping in both upstream and downstream directions separately. The tests can also detect whether application flows are shaped based on their port numbers or their packets' payload.
more: Glasnost"
Posted by Palbin on Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 19:23:41 EDT (75 reads) ( | Score: 0)
What enterprise still uses IE 6? Try Intel
Internet Explorer 6 is a relic, but corporations continue to cling to it. At this point, IE 6 in the enterprise is common, but it’s nonetheless surprising when Intel—Microsoft’s long-time partner—is still using the ancient browser.
In a blog post walking through its implementation of Windows 7, Intel talked a lot about the “heavy lifting” involved with moving from XP to Windows 7.
Turns out the browser is part of the heavy lifting.
Posted by Raven on Tuesday, March 02, 2010 @ 01:22:18 EST (578 reads) ( | Score: 0)
Expose: Why we don't trust Devil Mountain Software (and neither should you)
From InfoWorld Editor in Chief Eric Knorr:
"On Friday, Feb. 19, we discovered that one of our contributors, Randall C. Kennedy, had been misrepresenting himself to other media organizations as Craig Barth, CTO of Devil Mountain Software (aka exo.performance.network), in interviews for a number of stories regarding Windows and other Microsoft software topics. Devil Mountain Software is a business Kennedy established that specializes in the analysis of Windows performance data. There is no Craig Barth, and Kennedy has stated that this fabrication was a misguided effort to separate himself (or more accurately, his InfoWorld blogger persona) from his Devil Mountain Software business.
Integrity and honesty are core to InfoWorld’s mission of service to IT professionals, and we view Kennedy’s actions as a serious breach of trust. As a result, he will no longer be a contributor to InfoWorld, and we have removed his blog from this site.
Over the past 10 years, Kennedy has contributed valuable information on Windows performance and other technical issues to InfoWorld and its readers — insight and analysis we still believe to be accurate and reliable. Based on our discovery, however, we cannot continue our relationship with Kennedy. Questions about this matter may be directed to Kennedy at rck@xpnet.com. We apologize to our readers."
Posted by Raven on Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:39:22 EST (493 reads) ( | Score: 0)
An Easy Way to Protect Your Intellectual Property
The following article is taken from ZDNET and was Posted by Doc @ 1:23 pm on February 3rd.
"One question I get on a regular basis is from companies wondering how to get the maximum exposure for their white papers and other material but not loose complete control over their intellectual property. In this free-wheeling time, if you place too many restrictions on your Web-based material, no one will quote from it or pick it up in various blogs and other sites (which is often the point).
So Doc is a big fan of the nonprofit Creative Commons folks, who provide an open and cost-free way to establish copyright and clearly define what others can do with your material.
Creative Commons is dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. They provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry so that others can share it, remix it, use it commercially, or any combination thereof.
The following describes each of the six main licenses offered when you choose to publish your work with a Creative Commons license. They items are listed starting with the most accommodating license type you can choose and ending with the most restrictive license type you can choose:"
Posted by Raven on Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 11:39:24 EST (474 reads) ( | Score: 0)
Google to drop support for IE6, RN next?
kguske writes "Google announced today that it will "phase out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers."
Posted by Raven on Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 00:27:36 EST (547 reads) (Read More... | 1574 bytes more | Score: 0)
New ransomware attack blocks Internet access
Security researchers have stumbled upon a new piece of ransomware that blocks an infected computer from accessing the Internet until a fee is paid via SMS (text message).
According CA researcher Zarestel Ferrer, the ransomware file is bundled with a program called uFast Download Manager. Once a machine is infected, a message is posted in Russian (see image above) demanding a ransom under the guise of activating the uFast Download Manager application.
Here is a rough English translation:
Internet access is blocked due to violation of the
license agreement schedules of uFast Download Manager
You must activate your copy
Get a registration code by sending an SMS with the following
code fw0004199 to number 7122
In response you will receive an activation message.
Enter the activation message received from the SMS response ________
CA is offering an activation code generator for this particular ransomware variant.
Posted by Raven on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 @ 00:47:52 EST (866 reads) ( | Score: 0)
"As web designers and developers, we have all come to learn many css tricks and techniques that help us achieve our layout goals. The list of these techniques is an ever expanding one, however, there are certain tricks that are essential to achieve your goal. Today, we will review 20 excellent css techniques to keep in mind when developing your theme."
Posted by Raven on Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:51:12 EDT (588 reads) ( | Score: 0)
ie6 no more
Southern writes "Why?
Enough is enough. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released in late 2001. For its time, it was a decent browser, but in 2009, it is still in use by a significant portion of the web population, and its time is now up.
As any web developer will tell you, working with IE 6 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things they have to deal with on a daily basis, taking up a disproportionate amount of their time. Beyond that, IE 6's support for modern web standards is very lacking, restricting what developers can create and holding the web back.
What can small companies and start-ups without huge audience numbers do to earn money from their Web sites? At the Revenue Bootcamp Conference in Mountain View, Calif., panelists discuss pay-per-click ads, and why they might not be the best model for small companies. Rather, they say, finding a single sponsor or targeting a more specific audience could be a better strategy. Panelists include: Neil Chase, vice president of Author Services at Federated Media; Samir Arora, chairman and CEO of Glam Media; and David Kopp, senior director of North American ads at Yahoo. Moderator: Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures.
Posted by Raven on Friday, July 31, 2009 @ 10:08:08 EDT (1134 reads) (Read More... | 8830 bytes more | Score: 0)
Firefox 3.0.9 crashes when I *View Page Source*
Definitely the 'Buzzz' around here, first reported by Susann. For the problem description and the work-around until it gets officially fixed, see the full forum topic Firefox 3.0.9 crashes when I *View Page Source*.
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