Another solution might be the notification system Growl (growl.info), which puts up a brief message on the screen with details such as the sender and subject line while the user is in other programs. Presently only available for Mac OS X, a version is being tested for Windows...
How do all of the other devices made by this company still work?
Um, they don't. I used one of their ATMs once. The machine debited my account then proceeded to give me a recipe saying that an error had occurred and the machine was out of cash.
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This generally means doing just enough work to make them compliant and as well all know, compliant != secure.
Or doing less than enough work and more than enough lying to the auditors to pass an audit, passed audit != complaint.
Paul Venezia has some of the best reporting and editorial comments about this whole case. His post in regards to the 'hidden' device: http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/018408.html
Another solution might be the notification system Growl (growl.info), which puts up a brief message on the screen with details such as the sender and subject line while the user is in other programs. Presently only available for Mac OS X, a version is being tested for Windows...
That functionality already exists in Outlook.
How do all of the other devices made by this company still work?
Um, they don't. I used one of their ATMs once. The machine debited my account then proceeded to give me a recipe saying that an error had occurred and the machine was out of cash.