All Things Gibbs

All Things Gibbs This newsletter is sponsored by Secure Computing PCI DSS: Discover how to easily comply Tune in to this live webcast to hear industry experts discuss the PCI DSS specification and how real-world companies are complying today. You will hear advice on how to establish a comprehensive strategy to achieve this goal. Don't miss out. Network World's All Things Gibbs Newsletter, 11/13/07 All Things Gibbs By Mark Gibbs Gearhead: A remote control for iTunes Before you ask, I am no further along in solving the deferred procedure call (DPC) mystery that has been plaguing me for the last few weeks. The DPC problem has simply vanished, and despite my desire to get to the bottom of it, nothing I do will bring it back. So, until something noteworthy in the system performance department happens, DPCs will not be mentioned again. This week I have a cool gadget for you. If you, like me, prefer to work with music playing, then there’s a good chance you might be using iTunes. To read this week's Gearhead, click here. Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn, in this webcast, how to shop for these products and the best and worst applications to accelerate. View this Webcast now. Backspin: Wiretapping, whistleblowing and IT ethics Recently a retired AT&T employee named Mark Klein announced at a Capitol Hill press conference that he had evidence that "An exact copy of all Internet traffic that flowed through critical AT&T cables … was being diverted to equipment inside the secret room." To read this week's Backspin, click here. Gibbsblog: The past 7 days CyberJihad It's high noon in Texas, 11/11. Seems my Internet connection is still working. F-Secure has been watching the Iraqi server allegedly responsible for starting the attack, but so far it's been pretty quiet. Prince of Gripes Why is it that some recording artists, such as Radiohead, understand that the media world is changing because of the Internet and that fighting that change is not only pointless but self-destructive while others, such as Prince, apparently don't get the issue? Getting to Grips With Bayes ‘Splaining real math is always tricky because it is almost always counterintuitive. So, short of quantum physics and multi-dimensional tensor calculus what math topic is remarkably tricky to understand? Try Bayes theorem. Flight Patterns Flight Patterns is a visual art piece by Aaron Koblin. A description from an earlier Web site: The Flight Patterns visualizations are the result of experiments leading to the project Celestial Mechanics by Scott Hessels and Gabriel Dunne. FAA data was parsed and plotted using the Processing programming environment. The frames were composited with Adobe After Effects and/or Maya. Anti-Phishing Phil Carnegie Mellon has created an educational game called Anti-Phishing Phil. From their Web site: Our user studies have found that user education can help prevent people from falling for phishing attacks. However, it is hard to get users to read security tutorials, and many of the available online training materials make users aware of the phishing threat but do not provide them with enough information to protect themselves. Our studies demonstrate that Anti-Phishing Phil is an effective approach to user education. Athlete of the Future JPL engineers built a futuristic robot that may one day go to the moon. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements to the layout that will provide you with easier and clearer access to a wider range of resources at Network World. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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Contact the author: Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog. Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here This newsletter is sponsored by Secure Computing PCI DSS: Discover how to easily comply Tune in to this live webcast to hear industry experts discuss the PCI DSS specification and how real-world companies are complying today. You will hear advice on how to establish a comprehensive strategy to achieve this goal. Don't miss out. BONUS FEATURE 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount) PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007