Scientists: New Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel From Sunlight - International Business Times

If this is accurate it is the “the answer” to the next century energy use in this country and around the world.

Don’t let this story die… share it, friend it, like it, whatever it. Don’t let some large power or oil company squash it.

Scientists: New Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel From Sunlight - International Business Times

WikiLeaks springs leak: Sources revealed

This is great… I mean it’s the BEST.

First you’ll need to understand that WikiLeaks justifies their quest to reveal government and business secrets as one of ‘open information’. Meaning that they believe that nothing should be secret, all knowledge belongs to everyone on the planet.

Now that their own systems have been cracked, I wonder what they will justify their actions with next.

Consider the fact that the files themselves (link below) were encrypted goes against the very principals by which they say they were founded.

Face it Julian Assange, you do WikiLeaks to make money from the Google Ad Space.

WikiLeaks springs leak: Sources revealed - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com

LDAP flaw opens major authentication security hole

I never have been a big fan of LDAP. A protocol who’s acronym starts with “Light Duty” is sure to raise eyebrows.

First, the functionality was never initially meant to be a security crutch for corporate IT departments, it was meant to be an easy way to provide lists and verify access to areas of a network, not the network itself.

In the latest release the Mac LDAP has such HUGE problems that one can access anything on a network by simply leaving the user name blank.

Yes, you read that correctly: BLANK

My primary concern with using LDAP for access to a corporation’s most sensitive information is not the technology itself, but the humans running it.

90 plus percent of all security breaches can be traced back to an internal corporate employee either not following instructions or purposefully giving away access to corporate security network.

With LDAP, you just make it easier for that kind of insider destruction.

The full story to the problem with MAC’s LDAP can be found at CNET via the link below.

LDAP flaw in OS X Lion opens major authentication security hole | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

Conference Keynote Announced

Lawtrac User Conference Keynote Announced

Exciting News! We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for the 2011 Lawtrac User Conference is Steven B. Levy, author of the bestselling Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity.

Mr. Levy previously headed the legal technology/operations team at Microsoft and he has more than a decade of experience training attorneys and legal professionals in project management.

He will speak to this year's theme: Streamlining Your Legal Department: Maximizing Output from Limited Resources.

Don't miss this outstanding opportunity to hear one of the leaders in legal operations and technology show how to use Legal Project Management techniques to increase efficiency and provide more value. We guarantee you will leave the conference with ideas you can immediately implement to benefit your law department and company.

The agenda can be reviewed here.

The Lawtrac User Conference will take place at the prestigious Marriott Sawgrass Resort near Jacksonville, Florida on October 13 and 14, with a welcome cocktail party on October 12 at 6pm. The registration fee is $975.

Ukraine: Most Dangerous Networks

According to CountryIPBlocks.net 99.99% of unwanted internet traffic comes from the Ukraine.

Unwanted traffic includes all that spam email you get and hackers scanning sites for email addresses or cracks in the website security.

If you would like to know how to block individuals from this or another country from your website let me know, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Country IP Blocks™ » Ukraine: Most Dangerous Networks

iPhone, Android apps store sensitive user info

This really should be a ‘standard’ but if we can get our friends, family and coworkers to follow this one simple rule then this ‘problem’ will be reduced greatly.

Don’t store user names and passwords on your mobile devices.

Sounds simple enough, but how many of you hit the ‘yes’ button every time you are prompted with the question “Do you want to save your log-in information"?”

Get in the habit of saying NO.

Here are the findings of a recent CNET study. The link to their findings is below.

Study: iPhone, Android apps store sensitive user info | iPhone Atlas - CNET Reviews

Garage Sales of America

OK... so I stepped in it again. A female friend used a 'service' to register and host a number of URLs, one of which is GarageSalesofAmerica.com.

When she first approached me to reprogram the site I did a look-up on Network Solutions WHOIS and found that she was not the registered owner of the URL and tried to explain to her that these "Dollar-A-Month" services retain ownership of the URL.

She differed and pleaded with me so I did my thing, programmed a complete application with the database, intergration with Google Maps - well, a lot of bells and whistles.

I did the programming over the fourth of July weekend.

She has yet to move the URL to the new DNS.

An just a month later (as of August 6th, last Saturday) she wants to move in another direction.

All that code and effort for nothing.

Looking For

I'm currently looking for an 'Air' developer who can create a plug-in for Blackberry or other handheld device that will execute an FTP function to move the email and any attachments to an FTP server.

If you or anyone you know feel you are up to the challenge please feel free to contact me at Development@LAWTRAC.com