Monthly Archives: July 2004

Update your Windows now.

Posted on 07/30/2004 by Paul

Microsoft releases security updates for their software on the second Tuesday of every month… unless something nasty warrants an early release. Well it’s happened with MS04-025. You can get the information and update from the Windows Security Updates for July … Continue reading →

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All That is Old is New Again

Posted on 07/29/2004 by Paul

DennyA over at the Quarter To Three Forums made me smile this morning. There’s a lot of talk about DOOM3 driving upgrades to PC hardware in order to fully experience the graphical glory that is Teh Carmack. This is for … Continue reading →

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Abandon All Hope…

Posted on 07/27/2004 by Paul

Come on folks… you’re giving humanity a bad name. If you can’t figure out how this big crazy Internet and email thing works out then maybe you don’t deserve it. Yesterday a “new” email worm classified as MYDOOM.M was released. … Continue reading →

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CryTek Partners with EA

Posted on 07/23/2004 by Paul

CryTek an unknown German dev house made the excellent Far Cry video game for the PC that was a sleeper hit of this year. Most of the PC gaming world is still waiting anxiously for Half Life 2 or Doom … Continue reading →

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Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines – Yahoo! Games Domain

Posted on 07/22/2004 by Paul

This one is especially for Dave. There is a ton of gameplay movies for the new RPG Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Yahoo! Games Domain has the movies and it looks pretty interesting if White Wolf vampires are your thing. Supposedly, … Continue reading →

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Italy, Tours, and Control

Posted on 07/21/2004 by Paul

For seven years of service to my employer I get a sabbatical which is four weeks paid vacation to better my life and come back to work refreshed and ready for another seven years. My wife and I decided to … Continue reading →

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Many-to-Many

Posted on 07/21/2004 by Paul

If you have interest in the larger realm of social software (where Livejournal, web logging, IM, and many other collarborative online communications and publishing concepts reside) I highly recommend following Many-to-Many a web log on social software from multiple authors … Continue reading →

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Primitive Drivers for Selling Security

Posted on 07/16/2004 by Paul

Security is often a new or not well understood concept for the individuals at a business or other environment that have the authority to acquire resources. In other words the executives often do not fully understand what the benefits of … Continue reading →

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Monthly MS Patches

Posted on 07/13/2004 by Paul

As the second Tuesday of the month, you get the latest batch of Microsoft Security Bulletins. If you don’t have Automatic Updates running on your Windows box, go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and get the new patches. Most of the more common … Continue reading →

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Intro to Identity

Posted on 07/13/2004 by Paul

I am excited about the slew of Information Security concepts that fall under the heading of Identity Management. Not only am I invloved in such projects for my work, but I think there’s a good chance to see some interesting … Continue reading →

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