E-Z Life

They have got a copy of the user database. That is, your username and passwords.

“Steve Souders of Yahoo’s “Exceptional Performance Team” gave an insanely great presentation at Web 2.0 about optimizing website performance by focusing on front end issues. [...] the Web 2.0 talks have just been put up and the ppt is fascinating and absolutely a must-read for anyone involved in web products.”

Russia has refused to sign a new player transfer agreement with the NHL, opening the door to years of legal disputes and chaos. Without an agreement the NHL could try to block Russian players under contract to league teams from competing in international competitions, including the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and future World Championships.

It’s an interesting question, I feel, and one that seems to split both the IT security business and, well, business, asunder.

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Guest: Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security

Marc talks about Windows and Mac security, the coming threat from web applications, and eEye’s free, all-in-one protection program, Blink Personal Edition.

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve’s site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Running time: 1:21:42