Meryl K. Evans

My company blocks the Skype Web site because it would open some of our company’s ports and giving hackers the chance to break in. According to this article, VoIP is a threat to wireless security. There’s a price to pay for using a free product. It’s possible to get secure VoIP, but it means subscribing [...]

The traditional approach to fight hacking is to ban it. In Barcelona however, the war against the hackers has taken a new turn.
Barcelona is home to an innovative new project designed to combat hacking.
The Hacker High School is at the University of La Salle, in the same department that churns out some of the best [...]

“Barnes & Noble Inc. has teamed with SBC Communications Inc. to make Wi-Fi service available at more than 600 of its bookstores nationwide. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“The company joins the likes of Starbucks and McDonald in offering wireless services. Through the agreement announced Tuesday, Barnes & Noble’s service will come from SBC’s FreedomLink. [ [...]

Think you got a bad case of spam? Try four million! That’s how much email big Bill gets on an average day according to Steve Ballmer, and most of it is spam.
“Ballmer did not name the second most-spammed e-mail account, but said he also ranks among the world’s top spam recipients because he hands out [...]

“This edition spotlights a variety of versatile gadgets due out in the coming months and some notable gadgets exclusive to Japan, such as the Sony two-way audio networked webcams, Sharp Mebius AV Center PC, and Sony Clie PEG-VZ90. But don’t fret; consumers in the States can look forward to an abundance of techie devices this [...]

Although Microsoft Corp. still dominates the Web browser market, its Internet Explorer product continues to lose share to open-source rival Mozilla.
Internet Explorer held more than 95% of the U.S. browser market for several years, but its share dropped to 94.7% in July and had declined further to 92.9% as of Oct. 29, Web metrics company [...]

Please note that posting this entry does in no way reflect the political opinions of Lockergnome, but rather letting its readers know about the movie.
You can download Michael Moore’s infamous Farenheit 9/11 free and it’s legal. However, the catch is the download will not be available after election day. If the 650 meg video is [...]

“US software maker Microsoft has announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005. Part of the Microsoft Office System, the Live Communications Server 2005 software enables organisations to deliver enterprise instant messaging and presence awareness to remote business partners, customers, co-workers and suppliers.”
My company has developed its own IM system [...]

“Mozilla will today launch the nearly-final version of Firefox, its open source web browser, ahead of the 1.0 product launch on 9 November. The organisation says it aiming for 10 million downloads in the 100 days after inauguration, sparking much discussion of a return to the days of the browser wars, when Microsoft, AOL and [...]

This month, three devices really stood out from the pack: the Motorola RAZR V3 cell phone, an ultra-thin cell phone that you’re sure to see celebrities toting around in public and in music videos because of its incredible good looks; the Pentax Optio X digital camera; and the SlingBox Personal Broadcaster. With regard to the [...]

Nintendo cuts price on Game Boy Advance so company can try to entrench its number one position in the handheld game market. “Beginning Wednesday, the flip-up, color screen Game Boy Advance SP will retail for $79, down $20 from its price since debuting in the United States in March 2003.”
Ooh, I feel sorry for anyone [...]

A Reuters article indicates that according to Entertainment Software Association, 39 percent of game players are women, and women purchase about half of all games. With numbers like that, we need more women game developers. WomenGamers.com has partnered with The Guildhall at SMU to offer a women-only scholarship for the 18-month certificate, a six-term program.

“America Online Inc. is acknowledging an ‘issue’ that allowed some of its members to gain access to online financial portfolios of other members. But the Internet service provider downplayed the incident, saying no personal identifying information such as usernames or credit card numbers was ever compromised.”

“Microsoft’s lack of multicultural savvy cost the Redmond behemoth millions of dollars, according to a company executive. The software giant has seen its products banned in some of the biggest markets on earth–and it’s all because of eight wrongly colored pixels, a dodgy choice of music and a bad English-to-Spanish dictionary.

“After more than five years in existence, Palm.Net, is ceasing operations. The wireless service which powered the Palm VII and i705 handhelds is shutting down permanently at the end of August. In a recent letter to current subscribers, palmOne has announced the Palm.net service is ceasing operation. The service will close and no longer be available [...]

ESD-Union has been “specifically created to ask the question - why are the ESD margins for these sites so high? In 1999, the typical ESD rate was 20% - one which I used to be signed up for. Now, it’s 2004 - the ESD margins are variable - but, the entry point is around [...]