the passwords of the users remain a weakness

SA©curitA© – bad habits in matiè Re of password have the hard life like l’ illustrate a é tude of SplashData. « password » and « 123456 » remain thus trè S ré pandus, then qu’ they are the passwords more piraté S. In company, rè gles of sé curité too much strict has sometimes ind&amp effects; eacute; sirables.

The users obviously always pain has  to adopt does the good practices in matiA¨re password have?? their multiplication is undoubtedly, partly, in question. Da?? aprA¨s A©tude rA©alisA©e by has?? A©ditor da?? does a manager of passwords have?? , the bad habits have the hard life.

On the da basis?? does an analysis of million passwords piratA©s and publiA©s on Internet, SplashData have A©tabli a classification of worst has?? and yet trA¨s rA©pandus has?? passwords. Microsoft, in particular, its?? A©tait in 2009 (then Imperva).

Modifier rA¨gles N `is not a guarantee of sA©curitA©

And as in 2009, “password has” and has “123456 has” are current passwords still trA¨s and utilisA©s by the users to connect itself. DiffA©rents online services made A©voluer their policy of sA©curitA© to impose the combination of letters and figures in the passwords.

That caused, notes SplashData, a multiplication of the passwords always also not very robust intA©grant figures, as for example “abc123 has” or has “trustno1 has”. Of my? me, the rA¨gle installation to force the passwords of 8 caractA¨res at least dA©bouche on an intense recourse has  To “12345678 has” for its?? to authenticate.

ComparA© from Microsoft and da?? , the classification of worse A©tablie passwords by SplashData tends has  to underline the slow awakening of the users. And doesn’t the question arise solely for?? accA ¨ S.A.  applications Web destinA©es to the large-public.

a question data-processing A©lA©mentaire D `hygiA¨ne

In company, for?? accA¨s with the systA¨me da?? information, a strong password is indeed A©galement an essential principle. But to impose rA¨gles of sA©curitA© Na?? is not a guarantee as tA©moignent some rA©guliA¨rement.

“This qua?? one saw rather strongly going up compared to the prA©cA©dentes
annA©es, they are the nA©gligences. Those are sometimes liA©es has 
excA¨s of sA©curisation. Too constraining rA¨gles will be able by
example to have for da effect?? to encourage the users has  to note theirs
passwords has” Mathieu Poujol, analyst for CAP.

users, confrontA © S.A.  a multiplication of the passwords for accA©der to the diffA©rents tools of?? company, can indeed adopt practices has  , most current A©tant da risks?? A©crire passwords on a post-it.

has “One believed with the computerization of the mA©tiers that the users had taken the good practices of sA©curitA©, qu `they A©taient become mature. But to final, they still often occur the passwords on bits of paper, for example has” Mourad SA©limi, RSSI of the Court of Paris.

Technology and sensitizing like rA©ponses

to simplify the life of the users, the companies, in addition to, turns in particular to the solutions and da??. Conscious of the persistent faults in SO of the companies?? ANSSI has appelA© rA©cemment has  With “sour a …

Microsoft Security Essentials: beta of the new version is available

SA©curitA© – the general public can dè S &worsen; pré d&amp feels; eacute; to cover the setting &worsen; day of the software of sé curité who promises performances and a efficacité in rise.

Microsoft has lancA© yesterday laA version Ba? taA of Security Essentials. The continuation of
sA©curitA© is available in A©dition 32 and 64 bits for Windows XP (service pack
3), Windows Vista (SP1 and 2) and Windows 7 (SP1).

dA©sireuses people of
to test will owe da?? access to pass by a a little tiresome procA©dure, puisqu `it will be necessary for them to be connected with an identifier Windows Live ID, crA©er a profile
public then to validate their inscription with the Connect program by giving theirs
coordonnA©es and by confirming an address email.

Suppression automatic of the infections

Da?? aprA¨s the descriptive page of
Microsoft, the new version of Security Essentials brings an interface
simplifiA©e and of the performances amA©liorA©es grA? it has  a new engine. There is
A©galement a systA¨me of automatic suppression of the infections destinA© has 
rA©duire manual interventions of?? user.

Our confrA¨res of One hundred. COM
who could install this news moutureA has Na?? to have not constatA© significant change
on the level of?? interface, except a more readable police force of caractA¨res. As
will the performances, only a test prolongA© be able to allow da?? in judging. With? to follow
thus. (Eureka Press)

France: Navx advertisement 23 million euros of damage has Google

Legal – This é ditor franç board of contents for the GPS had seized l' Autorité competition aprè S that Google had broken its AdWords contract. Navx l' show d' to have abusé of its dominant position and to have made him undergo a é pr&amp normalizes; eacute; judice.

In a transmitted communiquA© this morning, the sociA©tA© franA§aise
Does Navx announce qua?? it rA©clame 23 da million?? euros of damage and intA©rA? ts has 
Google within the framework of its procA©dure engagA©e auprA¨s of the bankruptcy court of
Paris in October 2010.

Navx is A©diteur of software contents for the GPS.
As had a fA©vrier 2010, it seized?? AutoritA© of competition aprA¨s
removal of its AdWords advertising contract by Google. This last had
invoquA© its respect of the lA©gislation in matiA¨re da?? prohibition of
publicitA© for applications of cartography of the road radars.

Navx
said to have undergone A©norme prA©judice because it rA©alisait two thirds of
da quantifies?? businesses auprA¨s of the general public and devoted 85% of its budget
advertising executive has  AdWords.

Dominant position abuse of Google?

In June 2010?? AutoritA© of competition gave
reason has  Navx has some that Google occupied a position
dominant on the marchA© of the publicitA© on line. gA©ant research
saw then to adopt a marketing policy
Has “has transparenteA has” and has “has not discriminatoireA has” for its service
AdWords. A dA©cision has in dA©cembre last.

has “With the position
dominant of Google on the marchA© of the publicitA© liA©e to the search engines
Na?? is not contestable, taking into account in particular from?? AutoritA© of
competition the 14 dA©cembre 2011 has  the request of the minister of?? With? conomy, of
Finances and of?? Employment. We ask for aujourda?? today at the Bankruptcy court of
Paris to note that Google has abusA© this dominant position of several
let us faA§ons and of rA©parer the prA©judice undergone by NAVX of this faitA has”, dA©clare Jean
Cherbonnier, the chairman of Navx.

ContactA© by ZDNet. Fr, Google France N `does not have souhaitA© to bring comment on the business has  this stage of procA©dure. (Eureka Press)

L& 039; solar energy should be the engine of the energy transition

Technology – the solar one could provide the third of l' é nergie world about 2060 indicates l' International agency of l' é nergie, &worsen; condition which the leaders adopt a certain number of measurements, of which l' introduction of the tax carbon.

\#?? International agency of?? Has A©nergie (IEA) just published the report has “Perspective?? Does solar A©nergie have” (“Solar Energy Perspectives has”), according to which the solar one could provide one the third of?? A©nergie in the world about 2060, by including/understanding all its forms (photovoltaA? what, thermics, foursa? ¦).

has “In 90 minutes, the Earth reA§oit enough of lumiA¨re of the sun to satisfy its requirements in A©nergie for a annA©e has”, souligneA  CA©dric Philibert, author of the report/ratio. But if this A©nergie is abundant, its use reprA©sente still qua?? a small fraction of mix A©nergA©tique world, notes it.

So that this renewable A©nergie can play a rA/le clA© in the dA©carbonisation of?? Does world A©conomy, judge?? IEA, it is necessary that the leaders adopt measures: assistances with dA©ploiement, subsidies has  R&D, and especially da setting-up?? a price of carbon, in order to facilitate a©nergA©tique transition.

To see the continuation from our SmartPlanet partner. Fr

HP could finally preserve its branch PC

StratA©gie – L’ hé ritage of Lé O Apotheker could pass to the oubliettes. According to the Wall Street Journal, analyses dé would show dé sormais that far d’ ê tre é conomiquement advantageous, a spin off of branch PC coû more qu&amp terait; rsquo; it would not pay.

Spin off or not spin off of division PC (PSG: Personal Systems Group)? The question would become almost existential about it. It should be said that?? activitA© PC reprA©sente more than 30% of the figure da?? businesses of the firm, and not less than 40 billion dollars in 2010.

the da project?? a scission of division had A©tA© put on the table by LA©o Apotheker and motivA©, in particular (mainly?) by reasons of rentabilitA©. Since, Meg Whitman has succA©dA© with the German owner.

Of the bA©nA©fices not so tangible finally….

And according to the Wall Street Journal, the spin off could well has? tre abandonnA©. It would be new A©lA©ments financial which would justify this time da?? to give up it. Do analyses dA©montreraient as well as the coA” ts da?? a spin off of division PC da?? HP would be awaited supA©rieurs with the bA©nA©fices. The roof.

information of the WSJ Na?? do not have A©tA© confirmA©es by the direction da?? HP. Should the chairman slice in theory in this A©pineux file during the month da?? does October have?? my? me if?? Initial A©chA©ance A©tait at the end of 2011.

According to Digitimes, diffA©rents factors in the final dA©cision. Da?? access the pressure exercA©e by the industrial partners da?? HP which would press the firm to preserve in-house its division.

Distributors and partners pA¨sent on the dA©cision D `HP

But, the stratA©gie da?? Would HP and its communication around the project of spin off be worth especially da to him?? With? tre sanctionnA©es by the distributors which face has  an uncertainty would cancel orders with the profit of the other manufacturers, of which Dell, Acer and Lenovo.

has “My prA©tention is which has  long run we will have a better profile of margin and a better profile of growth has” in aoA” T, LA©o Apotheker.

For Ray Lane, non-exA©cutif member of the council da?? administration da?? HP, the crA©ation da?? a entitA© indA©pendante gathering activitA©s PC would allow the group amA©ricain da?? amA©liorer its margins and of has “prospA©rer indA©pendamment. With” As many bA©nA©fices which N `would thus exist more?

the German authorities admit having uses a Trojan horse

SA©curitA© – Several German Lands admitted having utilisé a police spyware within the framework d’ enquê your. Autorité S ensure that this use respects the law, which question Chaos Computer Club, for which R2D2 pré feels moreover faults.

R2D2, Ca?? is the name donnA© with the software spy conA§u for the German autoritA©s in order to allow the forces?? order to lead of A©coutes data processing. Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has publiA© the week derniA¨re source code of this program.

a German law authorizes?? use, under strict conditions, of this type of data-processing device. However, according to the CCC, not only R2D2 prA©sente of the faults, but he would violate A©galement the lA©gislation of the country.

a policeware utilisA© since approximately 2 years

Of the charges contestA©es by the German ministA¨re of?? intA©rior. According to did the site, citA© by The Register, several LA¤nders German, at least five, recognize that the local police had exploited this spyware for approximately two years in criminal cases and enquA? your liA©es with the drug trafficking.

But according to the autoritA©s, of which the minister of?? intA©rior of BaviA¨re Joachim Herrmann, the police Trojan horse has A©tA© utilisA© in the respect of the law, rA©futant by consA©quent the charges of Chaos Computer Club.

According to, the Trojan horse would have A©tA© obtained by the CCC by?? intermA©diaire da?? , Patrick Schladt. Would the program have A©tA© installA© on?? laptop of its customer has  ?? occasion of its passage to the customs has  ?? aA©roport international of Munich.

the German law violA©e?

On Naked Security, Sophos prA©cise that R2D2 (repA©rA© dA¨s 2010) allows da?? espionner of the calls on Skype, conversations on the transport instantanA©es, to supervise navigation Internet of the PC infectA© or da?? to record strike them keyboard.

a setting has  day has  outdistance, for example to install code supplA©mentaire, is possible A©galement. However, points out the sociA©tA© sA©curitA©, the German constitutional court prohibited with the police spyware to be able altA©rer the code of?? computer surveillA©, so in particular guaranteeing?? intA©gritA© of the evidence.

Stephan Romdhane, software expert: “I m& 039; direct towards missions of benchmark”

TA©moignage MA©tier – Aprè S an university course, complé té by a formation systè my & ré buckets Linux, Sté phane Romdhane has inté gré a é quipe of research and dé veloppement. It ensures the vé rification of the qualité dé veloppements software.

StA©phane Romdhane
MA©tier: Skilled technician
Employer: Fujitsu Systems
RA©munA©ration: 30 has  40 Ka? ¬
Lira the card mA©tier D `skilled technician

initial Course

ZDNet. Fr – Which A©tA© A©tudes and the professional expA©rience have which have you menA© on this station?
StA©phane Romdhane – J `followed a university filiA¨re, with a DEA of treatment of the donnA©es and one OF D `ingA©niery in numA©ric imagery. J `finished my A©tudes in 2004, complA©tA©es of training courses. Then, J `put a annA©e has  to find an employment, and J `have profitA© of it to make a formation in systA¨mes rA©seaux Linux, and J `have do a also little rA©alisation of Web site.

Then, I am entrA© at Fujitsu Systems Europe for a training course systA¨mes rA©seaux Linux, with a little maintenance D `rA©seaux architecture. , As that occurred well, and qu `they had needs on the Web and the software, they m `has recontactA© for a CDD in A©quipe seeks and dA©veloppement for rA©aliser Web of their application in Java interfaces it.

Then, the software is passA© of R&D WITH  the sale, and quite naturally I am passA© cA/tA© qualitA©, insurance and validation when one has commencA© has  dA©ployer in 2007. is

Which your missions within the qualitA© part, insurance and validation?
It S `acts of vA©rifier the qualitA© of the fonctionnalitA©s of the software, to follow the qualitA© of the nouvellesA  versions. In fact, my rA/le consists has  dA©tecter the bugs, has  to test, and to forward them then to the dA©veloppeurs to correct them.

In my? me time, I work at the customer. And then as that made now more than three years that I am on this field, there m `is also proposA© to take part has  transverse projects on the production part and customer service. are

CompA©tences and missions

have vA/tre level, which the important technical compA©tences?
One needs a trA¨s good knowledge of OS, primarily Linux and Windows, but also of the compA©tences into rA©seaux. Thus the maA®trise of the infrastructure also counts for much.

And in terms of knowing has? tre?
Especially of the rigour, and the pugnacitA©. On the qualitA© part, most of work consists has  to seek the bugs, to find them and reproduce them. It is necessary to have mA©thode and to note all information rA©coltA©es, if not one loses oneself.

Then, as C `is a work in bond with A©quipes of dA©veloppeurs, it S `acts D `A©viter to return in conflict, and to keep its calm in the moments of stress.

CarriA¨re and wages

Comment do you see A©volution of your carriA¨re?
And well I am precisely train changing station and I m `direct dA©sormais towards missions of benchmark. My new …

Chromebook could pass from Atom to the Core processors from Intel

Technology – Acer and Samsung but also Asus would have pré seen throw of the versions more musclé be of Chromebook dè S the 4è me quarter. The manufacturers would choose then chips Sandy Bridge and either of the processors Atom d' Intel.

Available for a few weeks, the premiersA ChromebooksA have had reA§u a reception mitigA© in particular in
reason da?? a not very advantageous price ratio/performance. But that could change
soon.

SelonA,
Google would have validA© a new configuration for its Chromebook which would see
the passage has  an Intel processor of the Core family. Currently, modA¨les
da?? Does Acer and of embark Atom N570 doubles Ca? ur.

But both
manufacturers, thus qua?? Asus, would have prA©vu to launch new Chromebook has 
to leave the 4A¨meA quarter.

It is as probable as the price of A©volue has  lowers it because their current tariff is more A©levA© than that da?? one
netbook under Windows 7 then qua?? they Na?? do not offer my? my possibilitA©s in
da terms?? use. (Eureka Press)

has 

Conflict Deezer-Universal Music: justice will slice on August 17

Legal – the recording company has dé posé a complaint in ré fé ré against the service of streaming which exploits its catalogue whereas l’ licensing agreement is null and void. Universal Music wants to force Deezer &worsen; ré duire its free offer.

Yesterday, lawyers of Deezer and da?? Universal Music had
appointment with the judge of the Court of Bankruptcy (TGI) in load of
complaint dA©posA©e by the major.

last May, Universal had seized the TGI for
to engage a procA©dure against Deezer for contrefaA§on, with the reason that the site
da?? Does A©coute of music in streaming continue da?? to exploit its catalogue whereas
?? licensing agreement has expirA© since the 1erA January. But on the bottom,
Universal voudraitA  With  to re-examine its modA¨le A©conomique while rA©duisant
its free offer.

Suivre the modA¨le of Spotify

Although the site franA§ais has dA©jA  ramenA©?? Free A©coute
With  5 hours per month, Universal estimates that is still unacceptable and takes
in example the systA¨me set up par. the competitor service suA©dois
of does Deezer have optA© for 5 A©coutes free D `my? me piece.

has “has We do not want
not to remove the free one but does the encadrerA have”, has argumentA©?? lawyer
da?? Universal whose remarks are rapportA©s by the Platform. With “Since three months,
the modA¨le of the streaming plaA®t any more does not have  Universal which calls it into question and which,
day at the following day, hustles the conditions D `accA ¨ S.A.  its catalogueA has”, has
rA©torquA©?? lawyer of Deezer.

the verdict will be returned the 17 aoA” T nearest. (Eureka Press)

Two new departures of leaders at Microsoft

StratA©gie – the renewal of the top executives of Microsoft continues with this time the dé shares of David Greschler and Hank Vigil, respectively responsible for the virtualisation and the straté gie.

The dA©parts of top executives continue at Microsoft. In 2010, they are in particular Robbie Bach, owner of division entertainment and products and J. Allard, the pA¨re of Xbox, which annonA§aient qua?? they left?? company.

In dA©but da?? annA©e, at Microsoft for 23 years, had also dA©cidait him to leave its station (dA©part effective this A©tA©). Stephen Elop, former head of division business of?? A©ditor, took his functions of chairman from Nokia. In March, Mich Matthews, 22 years D `anciennetA© and vice-prA©sidente marketing, left A©galement.

Steve Ballmer excludes any dA©mission from its post of chairman

Microsoft, loses has?? or has?? this time of two others of its top executives. It its?? acts of David Greschler, director of?? activitA© virtualisation and Cloud Computing, and of, vice-prA©sident sA©nior in load of the stratA©gie and the partnerships.

As for  Steve Ballmer, by analysts and minority shareholders, it is well dA©cidA© has  to remain in station. With?? occasion da?? a confA©rence on June 29 in Seattle Rotary Club, the chairman of?? A©ditor has A©cartA© indeed all dA©part.

As recalled by, Steve Ballmer had indiquA© in 2008 qua?? it planned to remain in station at Microsoft lasting nine more has  ten years. Must its dA©tracteurs thus still have patience before qua?? one remplaA§ant to him succA¨de.