Although some of you may think iPhones are as old as Adam and Eve, these modern era communication and computing devices have been with us for only about seven years. But much has happened (a lot of it in the U.S.) in those seven plus years – Apple sold nearly Read More
Ever since the Firefox people started talking about inserting ads in the browser, my agony has known no bounds. Is there no hope for ordinary folks to go about their daily online lives without being molested (tracked) by giant corporations like Microsoft (Internet Explorer), Google (Chrome) or Apple (Safari) or Read More
In penetration testing, as in life, there’s no substitute for reconnaissance. Simply put, the better prepared man has a much better chance of success. Reconnaissance a.k.a. information gathering or research is a crucial first step in the penetration testing process. Unlike other phases of penetration testing, there’s no clear, defined Read More
While you’re relaxing at the beach or barbecuing smoky kebabs over the weekend, unbeknownst to you nasty elements in Mumbai, Turkey, Ukraine, China, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, New York, Dallas etc are relentlessly plotting to do your business harm by hacking your web site, stealing customer credit card details, filching Social Read More
Google has acquired music streaming and recommendation service Songza for an undisclosed sum (but certainly not for a song). Songza has eschewed algorithm based recommendations in favor of contextual playlists curated by experts. Songza’s service is contextual in the sense that its playlists are based on the listener’s mood, activity Read More
Large corporations like Google, Amazon, Oracle and countless other businesses have long recognized the benefits of Linux and enthusiastically adopted the operating system as the core of their IT infrastructure and data centers. But average consumers (the ones reliant on Windows or OS X/Mac computers) have largely shied away from Read More
