OAU Alumni Awards for Advancing ICT in Nigeria

Quite coincidentally the ICT industry today is replete with past products of the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU. Chief among them is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr Ernest Ndukwe, whose NCC has been repeatedly regarded as the change agent in the telecommunications history of Nigeria.

Microsoft sparks photo race row

SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has sparked a race storm after editing a photo to change a black man’s head to that of a white man.

The picture — showing employees sitting around a desk — appeared unaltered on the firm’s US website. But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man’s head was replaced with a white face.

However the colour of his hands remained unchanged.

Report: Cisco wireless LAN at risk from ‘skyjack’ attack

Cisco Systems wireless local area network equipment used by many corporations around the world is at risk of being used in denial-of-service attacks and data theft, according to a company that offers protection for WLANs.

Researchers at AirMagnet, which makes intrusion-detection systems for WLANs, discovered the vulnerability, which affects all lightweight Cisco wireless access points, as well as the exploit that could be used against networks that have the Over-the-Air-Provisioning (OTAP) feature turned on.

“We found it in our labs,” Wade Williamson, director of product management at AirMagnet, said on Monday. “We don’t know about it being exploited in the wild.”

Windows 7 – First Look

Last time, we began a review of the new operating systems from the stable of Microsoft Inc.- Windows 7. Today, we will  continue in the same vein by presenting a first time opportunity for you to see the new OS in “action”.

Specifically, we have uploaded a couple of videos here (from pcwizkids), which will take you through the world of Windows 7.

In addition to this, you will have  the opportunity to download Windows 7 Reviewer Guide- a 119-page pdf file from Microsoft Press.