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Poo-Poo on Poo – Cyberattack arrest highlights risk
WASHINGTON — How did a hacker in Malaysia manage to penetrate a computer network operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland? And what was the same accused cybercriminal doing this summer when he allegedly tapped into the secure computers of a large...
We are living in exponential times
‘LO’ Message Sent 40 Years Ago Today
Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today , and life hasn't been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on...
Happy SysAdmin’s Day!
Since Ted Kekatos, a SysAdmin in the Chicago area suggested the day, to the first celebration on July 28, 2000. System Administrator Appreciation Day has become the one day a year set aside to show your appreciation for those people who keep all your...
A 1969 perspective on computers in the future
A 1969 perspective on computers in the future | Classics Rock | TechRepublic.com
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck...unless it's a PITMA.
I had the opportunity (and pleasure) to attend a Roundtable Discussion this morning with some of the most well known Domain Name System (DNS) Experts in the world, including Dr. Paul Mockapetris (inventor of DNS), Cricket Liu (author of many DNS books...