Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Welcome Back!
Well, I gave up on posting some time ago; when a technical issue with blogger updates and my web browser prevented me from posting or editing or approving content.
It looks like google fixed that issue sometime in the past year; so we will try to fire up the ol' blog engine and get back to it.
Welcome back!
It looks like google fixed that issue sometime in the past year; so we will try to fire up the ol' blog engine and get back to it.
Welcome back!
Monday, May 01, 2006
Aaron Stebner's WebLog : How to uninstall an application when it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs
Aaron Stebner's WebLog : How to uninstall an application when it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs: "One of the questions I commonly receive from customers is how to uninstall a product when there is no entry created for that product in the Add/Remove Programs control panel."
This is good info for the daily sysadm grind.
This is good info for the daily sysadm grind.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Surf's Up�and Legal�on Company Time
Surf's Up�and Legal�on Company Time: "The Websense report found that Internet misuse in the workplace costs American corporations more than $178 billion annually in lost productivity, or more than $5,000 per employee per year."
So the ruling is that employees were unfairly treated since other consessions are made, like the morning paper... but the numbers say that it does cost real money, not just in lost time, but in bandwidth costs, etc. This will be one the HR and legal folks should pay attention to.
So the ruling is that employees were unfairly treated since other consessions are made, like the morning paper... but the numbers say that it does cost real money, not just in lost time, but in bandwidth costs, etc. This will be one the HR and legal folks should pay attention to.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Warnings over USB memory sticks
BBC NEWS | Technology | Warnings over USB memory sticks: "Now security firms are developing ways to help firms control access to the confidential data held on the gadgets.
They are also working on ways to stop the devices being used by viruses as a way to bypass other digital defences."
They are also working on ways to stop the devices being used by viruses as a way to bypass other digital defences."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
RSS Dashboard | KlipFolio 3 Beta
RSS Dashboard | KlipFolio 3 Beta: "KlipFolio 3.0 Beta C is here. It's the smallest, smartest and most configurable RSS Dashboard on the planet. KlipFolio can be used to monitor anything you want online--like weather, stocks, Hotmail, news, RSS feeds and even auctions--right on your desktop."
Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech
Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech: "“Instead of relying on an in built calendar they count seconds from the notional date the system was conceived, at GMT 00:00:00, on Thursday, January 1st, 1970, and like a car’s odometer going round the clock, on bug day it will run out of digits and the counter will roll over and probably reset to January 1st 1901 or another equally invalid date."
Malware For Linux Doubled In 2005 (Linux)
Malware For Linux Doubled In 2005 (Linux): "As more and more people use Linux, the number of malicious threats against it grows as well. On Friday Kaspersky Labs released the results of its database analysis for 2005, and has reported that the number of malware targeting Linux has doubled to 863 pieces compared with 422 in 2004."
Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning
Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning: "Barely two weeks after shipping an Internet Explorer security makeover to cover a wave of drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft is scrambling to address the public disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability that could be used in code execution attacks. "
Microsoft Express Tools Take Off, Target New Developers
Microsoft Express Tools Take Off, Target New Developers "Initially Microsoft said it would offer the Express tools free as a promotion for one year, "but we're announcing that Visual Studio Express will now be free forever. One big reason we're doing this is adoption has been huge," said Dan Fernandez, lead product manager for Visual Studio Express."
Visual Studio and SQL 2005 Express editions... Have I mentioned they are free? Want to learn at home on your own time... guess what - they are free. free they are free blah blah free.
Visual Studio and SQL 2005 Express editions... Have I mentioned they are free? Want to learn at home on your own time... guess what - they are free. free they are free blah blah free.
Microsoft Readies Storage Service to Rival Google's 'Gdrive'
Microsoft Readies Storage Service to Rival Google's 'Gdrive': "'Microsoft is planning to use its server farms to offer anyone huge amounts of online storage of digital data,' according to Fortune."
Microsoft Readies Storage Service to Rival Google's 'Gdrive'
Microsoft Readies Storage Service to Rival Google's 'Gdrive': "'Microsoft is planning to use its server farms to offer anyone huge amounts of online storage of digital data,' according to Fortune."
Friday, April 21, 2006
Introducing the Triple Boot Mac
Introducing the Triple Boot Mac "You know what's coming next, right?
Yes, now Nederkoorn and friends have blazed a trail for adventuresome Mac owners to boot not only OS X and XP on their systems, but Linux as well.
This Triple Boot method is not for the faint of heart. "
Yes, now Nederkoorn and friends have blazed a trail for adventuresome Mac owners to boot not only OS X and XP on their systems, but Linux as well.
This Triple Boot method is not for the faint of heart. "
Microsoft to Reissue Problem Patch to Fix Lockup Glitches
Microsoft to Reissue Problem Patch to Fix Lockup Glitches: "'What the new [re-engineered] update essentially does is simply add the affected third-party software to an 'exception list' so that the problem does not occur. The revised update automates the manual registry key fix,' Toulouse explained, referring to a workaround released in a knowledge base article earlier this week."
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Microsoft Express Tools Take Off, Target New Developers
Microsoft Express Tools Take Off, Target New Developers: "By making the Visual Studio 2005 Express editions available free of charge, we're putting the power of code into the hands of an exploding community of recreational programmers. This community has asked for it, and we are excited to provide it.'"
Microsoft Patches: When Silence Isn't Golden
Microsoft Patches: When Silence Isn't Golden: "News Analysis: The software maker admits to withholding details on security vulnerabilities to protect customers from bad guys, but critics say that policy increases the risk for everyone."
Chinese Partner Censors Skype Text Messages
Chinese Partner Censors Skype Text Messages: "For Skype, it means that its partner, Tom Online, a subsidiary of leading Chinese language media company TOM Group Limited of Hong Kong, can pluck out certain words from text chats to comply with local laws."
This article has a lot of very interesting stuff... Forget the VoIP segment for a second and just pay attention to what on earth is going on with your data.
This article has a lot of very interesting stuff... Forget the VoIP segment for a second and just pay attention to what on earth is going on with your data.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Mozilla users warned--upgrade now
Mozilla users warned--upgrade now: "The Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) warned on Monday that earlier versions of Firefox, and other Mozilla software based on Firefox code, contain a clutch of vulnerabilities that expose users to attack."
