Jason Meserve

Multimedia Editor

Jason Meserve is Network World's Multimedia Editor and writes about streaming media, search engines and IP Multicast. Check out his Multimedia Exchange Weblog.

Check out Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's weekly podcast "Twisted Pair"

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Recent articles by Meserve

The universe is soooo boring
Aug. 29, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the latest iPhone issues and bugs, try to see if they can guess each other's passwords, and argue whether they'd play World of Warcraft on the International Space Station.

A new Perspective on Firefox security
Aug. 28, 2008
Skimming the security headlines this week, one might think Carnegie Mellon University researchers release of the Perspectives Add-on for Firefox came in reaction to news of Firefox 3.0's handling of certain SSL ...

Phishers getting smarter
Aug. 25, 2008
Phishing systems always seem a little...fishy. The login or rejected credentials page isn't quite right. There's always something to tip you off. A new fish for the Habbo Hotel site steals your info then logs you on to ...

Routers, fat trees, algorithms, oh my!
Aug. 22, 2008
Jason Meserve and guest-host Denise Dubie go deep into some new router technologoies, dicuss the latest woes from Apple over its iPhone 3G and wonder why it took Microsoft so long to to get a celebrity pitchman.

Hackers get tricky with clipboard attack
Aug. 21, 2008
Most attack vectors used by hackers and spammers would not be called "cunning" by researchers, but a new clipboard attack being launched against both PC and Mac users is being described as just that, cunning. Using some ...

Cisco patches WebEx Meeting Manager
Aug. 18, 2008
With Microsoft's monster Patch Tuesday now behind us, today's alerts seem light by comparison. WebEx power users will want to make sure they're using the latest update of WebEx Meeting Manager as previous versions ...

No fake fireworks or lip-synching in this episode
Aug. 15, 2008
Keith and guest co-host Jonathan Summey talk about Olympic shenanigans, the MIT hackers who just want a free subway ride, and the pros and cons of being invisible.

Patch Tuesday haul nets 11 fixes
Aug. 14, 2008
Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday brought the largest haul of patches in quite some time and included another fix for the company's WSUS patch management tool for businesses. A previous fix in July didn't fix the ...

10 Firefox add-ons for better browsing
Aug. 26, 2008

Oracle emergency patch and a Microsoft Dozen
Aug. 11, 2008
If the Black Hat/Defcon news over the weekend is not enough for you, Microsoft is delivering a dozen new updates tomorrow to keep your plate full. The updates cover most of Microsoft's major products, including critical ...

Adobe warns of fake Flash installers
Aug. 07, 2008
With many security folks converging in Las Vegas for Black Hat, alerts have been a little slow this week. But there should be a ton of new patches and warnings coming over the next few days as more presenters at the ...

Apple finally releases DNS patch
Aug. 04, 2008
Apple has gotten off the sidelines and patched its version of DNS, nearly a month after a researcher disclosed major issues with the naming system. The DNS update for Mac OS X is part of a broader security update from ...

We'll pay $20 for Jason to stay retired
Aug. 01, 2008
Jason and Keith discuss whether anyone will ever understand data security, why 60 years in prison for the 'UFO hacker' is a good idea, and whether we'd shoot our DNA up into space.

Oracle looking at emergency patch for WebLogic
Jul. 31, 2008
Oracle is departing from its regular quarterly patch schedule to fix a severe vulnerability in its popular WebLogic application servers. The problem lies in an Apache plug-in for WebLogic and is rated a 10 in severity. ...

Reliving the '80s and the Cold War with WarGames
Jul. 30, 2008
Denise and Jason blow the dust off the 1983 classic WarGames with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. Does it stand the test of time?

Dog Days of Summer
Jul. 28, 2008
Hackers and cybercriminals must have taken the weekend off as things are slow today, or they're just gearing up for next week's Black Hat conference. If you're a Thunderbird user, a new update is avaialble that fixes ...

Moving to that dee-luxe studio in the sky
Jul. 25, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the DNS attack code unleashed on the Internet, the Brocade-Foundry deal and celebrate the last recording from the Twisted Lair studio.

Not all perfect with iPhone 2.0
Jul. 24, 2008
Last month's iPhone 2.0 software upgrade, in addition to adding new features, fixed a number of security problems in previous generations of the sofware. Looks like it didn't fix enough. Security researcher Aviv Raff is ...

MP3 worm and BlackBerry server patch
Jul. 21, 2008
A new worm is targeting Windows-based audio by inserting links to malicious Web sites inside the file. The worm targets MP3 files on an infected machine and coverts them to Windows ASF files, which can contain embedded ...

One bad apple in IT, 1M good Apple iPhones
Jul. 18, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the San Francisco IT guy holding the city "hostage", how cybercrime is becoming like the Mafia, and of course our thoughts on the iPhone 3G now that we've touched one (sort of).

The Dark Knight lives up to the hype
Jul. 18, 2008
Our reviewers, Denise and Jason, take in the much anticipated Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" and come away very impressed with the acting, stories and effects. Should be box-office gold for the Caped Crusader.

San Francisco case demonstrates insider threat
Jul. 17, 2008
It's an IT shops worst nightmare: All your systems are patched, intrusions are monitored and quarantined, virus-ladden e-mails are turned away before they hit the mail server, but an insider wreaks havoc on your systems ...

iPhone 2.0 upgrade with a side of security updates
Jul. 14, 2008
While everyone was getting hot and bothered over the new iPhone 2.0 launch, Apple quietly slipped in some security updates for the first generation of iPhones. Turns out, some browser bugs in the original phone could be ...

Our plan for world domination
Jul. 11, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about how they can try to exploit the DNS flaw to get everyone to come to their Web site, and get ready for iPhone 3G madness.

DNS patches continue to pour in
Jul. 10, 2008
Early this weeek, Microsoft said during its Patch Tuesday updates that the DNS fix was only "important," not critical. Turns out, it might be critical based on the widespread nature of the vulnerability. Most major ...