Links for Oct 8, 2009

FBI finger 100 phishers in Operation Phish Phry

Phishers arrested and charged in Southern California, Las Vegas, Charlotte, N.C., and Egypt. First such joint investigation between Egyptian law enforcement and U.S. agencies, including FBI, USAO, and the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force.

• http://losangeles.fbi.gov/pressrel/2009/la100709.htm
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139093/Operation_Phish_Phry_hooks_100_in_U.S._and_Egypt

Ray Ozzie says Google is biting off more than it can chew with Wave

Trying to replace email, IM, with a new paradigm is too hard, says Ozzie, based on his experience with Notes and Groove. It's even more of a challenge because people don't understand what Google Wave is, he opines.

• http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/10/07/ozzie-on-the-realtime-wave/
• http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/10/08/the-power-of-clarity/

Links for Oct 7, 2009

Google testing ''Cloudboard'', a server-side clipboard

Allows users to copy/paste data between Google services, such as Docs and Gmail.

• http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-cloudboard.html
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/07/google_cloudboard/

Links for Oct 6, 2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 gets poor reviews

Increasingly, it seems the race for smartphone platform is between iPhone, Android, Palm, and BlackBerry.

• http://www.pcworld.com/article/173186/
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=2213

SlideShare Business announced

SlideShare experimenting with new revenue models

• http://blog.slideshare.net/2009/10/06/slideshare-business-a-new-way-to-connect-with-customers/
• http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/slideshare-for-business.html

Links for Oct 5, 2009

Amazon EC2/EBS DDoS drills hole in Bitbucket

Amazon's EC2/EBS cloud infrastructure isn't invincible against distributed denial of service attacks, it seems. Code hosting service Bitbucket blames its recent 19+ hours of downtime on an Amazon DDoS. Offers harsh feedback to Amazon's support organization.

• http://blog.bitbucket.org/2009/10/04/on-our-extended-downtime-amazon-and-whats-coming/
• http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45891

AVG fights back against Microsoft's free AV with version 9

AVG's free product is an important route to market for the company. Microsoft's Security Essentials is a threat. Version 9's enhanced link scanner and claimed performance improvements should help counter it.

• http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/05/avg-launches-newest-free-antivirus-suite-as-microsoft-crashes-its-party/
• http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/avg_9_faster_smarter_linkscanner_identify_theft_protection.php

Vonage app. for iPhone and BlackBerry

Important VoIP provider enables access from important smartphone platforms. Perhaps surprising that Apple allowed this, but FCC investigation into Google Voice refusal motivates Apple to be seen to play fair.

• http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/vonage-releases-calling-apps-for-iphone-and-blackberry/
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138954/Vonage_offers_iPhone_BlackBerry_app_for_making_Internet_calls

All major smartphone platforms to get full-featured Adobe Flash, except iPhone

Flash isn't just for video and silly games. It's also a serious cross-platform development tool. Apple would probably wait until hell froze over to allow it on its platform, as the App Store is a strategic control point.

• http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200910/100509AFPforMobileDevicesandPCs.html
• http://blogs.computerworld.com/14857/everyone_3_adobe_except_apple_no_flash_on_iphone