Category Archives: Critique

Companies on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Daniel Pistelli

This is basically a continuation of the previous post about the biggest software delusions of the last decade. In hindsight I would have set rather a different tone for what I wrote, less rant and more technical, but the problem … Continue reading →

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The biggest software delusions of the last decade

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Daniel Pistelli

… or how Microsoft is trying to lose its dominant position. It’s not only about Microsoft of course. Other big companies have made mistakes, but Microsoft is surely the company which has made most of them in the last ten … Continue reading →

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Small Devices & RCE

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Daniel Pistelli

I wanted to comment and add some thoughts about the IDA-on-IPhone news I read on woodmann. Good news for real iPhone fans: we ported IDA to iPhone! It can handle any application and provides the same analysis as on other … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Visual C++

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Daniel Pistelli

Seems the new CFF Explorer will be compiled with GCC. More than one reason for that. Visual Studio 2008 doesn’t support anymore Windows 98 and NT4 without giving an explanation. The incompatibility is due to a major operating system version … Continue reading →

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The Windows Vista Issue

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Daniel Pistelli

Windows XP brought a lot of enthusiasm to most programmers and common users loved it too. XP officially introduced the NT kernel for everyone, not just for servers. It was a great step forward, and most people who earlier disliked … Continue reading →

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