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Monthly Archives: January 2007

My first thoughts on the iPhone

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

“iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device — which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the […]

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Cracking HD-DVD: Round 1

Sunday, January 14, 2007

“Okay, congrats to those who have won round one and yes–the keys are on the disk, but they are encrypted keys on the disk. We still need an (unrevoked) player to decrypt new keys for us or even play old encrypted disks. If your player is revoked, it’s end of round one; you won’t even […]

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Beansec 5!

Friday, January 12, 2007

true to our word we are hosting the next Beansec at the Enormous Room this coming wednesday from 6-9pm. In case you forgot what Beansec is all about let me fill in the gaps! BeanSec! is an informal meetup of information security professionals and academics in the Cambridge/Boston area. Unlike other meetings, you will not […]

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Most unhelpful security advisory ever written

Saturday, January 6, 2007

“A vulnerability has been reported in WordPress, which has unknown impacts. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error. No more information is currently available. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.0.6.” The vulnerability is rated as ” Highly critical” http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/

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Analysis of Microsoft’s Suicide Note (part 2)

Friday, January 5, 2007

“Some argue that the consumer gets little or negative ‘benefit’ from this increase, this is false. The consumer gets premium content on their PC” Pete Levinthal Software Engineering ATI Technologies, Inc This is a fair statement. Playing HD content from a Blueray or HD DVD disk is clearly an advantage that end users would appreciate. […]