The Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general believes that high-ranking officials abused their authority, misused their positions, engaged in prohibited personnel practices, improperly administered awards and engaged in nepotism while working in the department’s information technology office.
IG investigations of the conduct of people in the IT office substantiated the claims of ethical violations, according to two heavily redacted reports released Aug. 18.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word
* By Trudy Walsh
* Aug 12, 2009
"A federal court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word.
Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, ruled yesterday in favor of Toronto-based i4i, stating that Microsoft unlawfully infringed the Canadian company’s patent.
At a jury trial that began on May 11, representatives for i4i said that Microsoft’s use of Word 2007 for processing XML documents with custom XML elements “willfully” infringed i4i’s Patent 449.
The ruling prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the U.S. any Word products that have the capability of opening XML, .DOCX or DOCM files that contain custom XML.
The ruling is set to go into effect in 60 days. The judge has also granted an award and damages of $290 million to i4i."
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* Aug 12, 2009
"A federal court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word.
Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, ruled yesterday in favor of Toronto-based i4i, stating that Microsoft unlawfully infringed the Canadian company’s patent.
At a jury trial that began on May 11, representatives for i4i said that Microsoft’s use of Word 2007 for processing XML documents with custom XML elements “willfully” infringed i4i’s Patent 449.
The ruling prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the U.S. any Word products that have the capability of opening XML, .DOCX or DOCM files that contain custom XML.
The ruling is set to go into effect in 60 days. The judge has also granted an award and damages of $290 million to i4i."
More on FCW's
Monday, August 10, 2009
More attacks on Facebook, YouTube, adn Fotki
Massive attack on a Georgian blogger who goes by the name "Cyxymu" was identified per F-Secure.
The attack included at least these components:
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Twitter account (http://twitter.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Livejournal account (http://www.livejournal.com/cyxymu and http://cyxymu1.livejournal.com)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Fotki account (http://public.fotki.com/cyxymu/)
• An e-mail "Joe Job" campaign against Cyxymu
The effects of some of these attacks are still visible. For example, Livejournal and Facebook are still not accepting connections to Cyxymu's pages.
More on F-Secure..
The attack included at least these components:
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Twitter account (http://twitter.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Livejournal account (http://www.livejournal.com/cyxymu and http://cyxymu1.livejournal.com)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Fotki account (http://public.fotki.com/cyxymu/)
• An e-mail "Joe Job" campaign against Cyxymu
The effects of some of these attacks are still visible. For example, Livejournal and Facebook are still not accepting connections to Cyxymu's pages.
More on F-Secure..
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