Author Archives: Michael Koby

What’s the Point of Protecting Twitter Updates?

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Michael Koby

I was randomly searching for people to follow on Twitter. Decided I would type in “Houston, TX” since I live in the Houston area so I could follow some local folks. Start looking through the 21 pages of results and … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-02-23

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Michael Koby

Software Development : Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition (tags: tools microsoft msdn) A BULL’s view of LIFE and TECHNOLOGY : BizTalk Server Operations Guide released! (tags: microsoft biztalk msdn)

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Microsoft is a Flip-Flopper

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Michael Koby

Yesterday, Microsoft announced a new strategy in relation to “openness” and made basic proclamations with regards to interoperability. The press release entitled, “Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability” really just served as a general plan of what Microsoft intends to do with making themselves interoperate better with other projects, specifically in the open source arena. Continue reading →

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links for 2008-02-22

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Michael Koby

RSSMeme: Successor to Techmeme? (tags: mashup techmeme rss aggregator) Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability: New interoperability principles and actions will increase openness of key products. (tags: opensource standards Microsoft) Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux … Continue reading →

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Security Flaw in Popular Disk Encryption Programs Found

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Michael Koby

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published an article about a research paper that shows how popular disk encryption software can be defeated. The article (found here) explains that popular disk encryption programs like BitLocker (Windows Vista’s disk encryption program) and open source favorite, TrueCrypt, are not invulnerable to the suggested attacks. Continue reading →

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