First, let’s define corporate grade authentication. This type of authentication typically employs devices such as hardware tokens (key fobs), smart cards, encrypted USB devices, or some type of out of band authentication (think SMS code to your mobile phone), used to layer onto the typical username and password. This type of authentication is [...]

Wait a sec, who’s this guy? As Vidoop’s newly tapped blogger and technical writer, I suppose it’s probably prudent to begin with an introduction, if for no other reason than to give you an idea of who I am and where to toss rocks should the need arise. Just make sure they are labeled correctly. [...]

In 1770, Wolfgang von Kempelen created what was perhaps the world’s earliest innovation in the field of artificial intelligence: an automaton known as the Mechanical Turk that was capable of defeating all but the most skilled of chess players of the time. It was a mechanical marvel, and Kempelen would give demonstrations for some of [...]

So here’s a question. How can Vidoop claim to be resistant to hacking when there’s this really obvious man-in-the-middle attack that can be executed on it? (After all, I believe it’s been suggested that we’ve all been “viduped”) First, it’s important (though I would have thought unnecessary) to bring up the word “resistant.” We say [...]

Another part of what I’m doing here is to be a sort of blogo-liaison, if you’ll forgive the neologism. This means that I’ve been reading quite a bit, and it’s exciting that so many people are blogging about Vidoop. So far the reactions I’ve seen have been encouraging, entertaining, and engaging, for the most part.
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The what? The dupe? Oh, I get it. Vidoop. And what am I doing? Oh, uh…
Is this thing on?
Well, okay, so I’m George, and if I heard right when I got hired five minutes ago (not true, but it feels like it), it looks like I’m the technical communications intern here (my unemployed friends call [...]