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How to secure your Windows computer and protect your privacy with free software

This guide from Howard Fosdick explains many of the threats to your security and privacy you may encounter when you use Microsoft Windows. It describes these concerns in simple, non-technical terms. The goal is to provide information anyone can understand. Fosdick also offers solutions, safe practices you can follow, and...

Tags: Goal, Privacy, Computer, Howard Fosdick, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-03-14

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Is your keyboard dirtier than a toilet seat?

Is your keyboard dirtier than a toilet seat?As my microbiology prof saidat the beginning of the semester:Two weeks into this class and you'll want to be like Howard Hughes, trying to sequester yourself from the little critters crawling everywhere.After two months, you'll get over it and realize that there's not...

Tags: Keyboards, keyboard, toilet seat

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Update: T-Mobile 3G voice and data launches in NY

I was getting all excited today after reading the rumors that T-Mobile was going to start rolling out its 3G network in New York tomorrow. I contacted my T-Mobile PR person to try to get some confirmation, but never heard anything back except for the continued party line that T-Mobile...

Tags: Network, Voice, T-Mobile, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business

Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessIt's not your job to question.It is your job to feed Penelope and Rupert.RE: Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessYeah, remember that Alar stuff that was so bad? Oh, wait, it wasn't. Well, what about that really bad stuff, DDT? What do you mean I...

Tags: Oops IT, green tech blog, bad stuff, green technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?

A few days ago, my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow offered some suggestions on how he would design Windows 7 for maximum backward compatibility. One of his key proposals involved using virtualization to solve application compatibility problems: What if Microsoft were to build a "Personal" Hyper-V...

Tags: Desktop, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, VM, Linux Integration Component, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Saying goodbye to ZDNet

ZDNet blogs has been my online home since 2004.  With the help and a lot of guidance from David Berlind, Stephen Howard-Sarin, and David Grober, I was brought in to the world of blogging and journalism.  I enjoyed my work and all the conversations here and...

Tags: Goodbye, Corporate Law, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Google Health is Tom Sawyer work

Anyone who wants to know how Google will build its Google Health portal needs to get themselves a copy of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. (This particular Tom Sawyer picture is by Barb Cox, from Linn Grove, Iowa.) The idea is to let everyone...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Google Health, Tom Sawyer, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Subscription iTunes? It can't come soon enough

Apple may be finally getting a clue about music subscriptions. We can only hope that Apple gets on the subscription bandwagon. The Financial Times reports: Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party run

Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party runNon-issueThis church stuff is a politics of racial fear-mongering. I don't see it as more than a one-day story. Any impact was diluted by Ferraro's racist statements. And note -- (via News for Real -- In 1988, she said: "If Jesse Jackson were...

Tags: Ferraro, Obama, third-party run, Net-driven, nomination, Hillary nomination

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss you

Rest in peace Russell Shaw; We'll miss youThis is truly very sadThis is truly very sad. It is a great loss to his family and to our family here at ZDNet blogs. My heart goes out to Russell Shaw’s family. We will all miss you Russell.Sincerely,George OuRE:...

Tags: Vertical industries, Blogging, VOIP, Russell, Shaw

Discussion threads 2008-03-16

MobiTV: failed security opens gaping hole

Update 3/7/08 7:45pm EST: CNET news reports MobiTV has withdrawn the threats, backpeddled on its original legal intentions, and is fixing the security problems. What were those guys smoking in starting all this nonsense? Cell phone television supplier, MobiTV, issued a cease and...

Tags: MobiTV, Security, News, HowardForums, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-07

MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLs

MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLsIf there really is an issueThey should be going after the user posting them. Be if the URLs are unprotected, then its not his problem.However, i do believe, in this country, posting links to copyrighted material, is illegal.For...

Tags: Howard Forums, MobiTV

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLs

One of my absolute favorite places to visit to find deals on unlocked phones, get help with technical issues, and provide help to people regarding mobile device issues is Howard Forums. I know Howard Chui personally from years of Mobius events and he is a great guy who gives a...

Tags: MobiTV, Irony, News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Practice Fusion - an RIA targeted at doctors in the field

The New York Times has a piece today about Practice Fusion, a San Francisco startup that's using Flex and the concept of rich Internet applications to make a splash in the medical world by providing doctors a free EMR, or electronic medical records application. There are a couple of things...

Tags: User Interface, Problem, Doctor, New York Times Co., Rich Internet Application, EMR System, Channel Management, Web 2.0, E-health, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Healthcare, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-03-03

What price disclosures deliver is transparency

A new think tank study dismisses a proposal from Iowa Republican Charles Grassley to require disclosure of medical device pricing. (Picture from the PiperReport.) The hit piece was commissioned by AdvaMed, the device industry trade group, and claimed that there is little market competition, that search costs are...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-29

iPhone update 1.1.4 available, better reception and device speed?

It is nearing the end of February when many of us iPhone owners were hoping that the SDK release would occur. That still hasn't happened yet, but iPhone update 1.1.4 is available and TUAW is writing about it as they go through checking out all the details. At this time,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Update, Apple Inc., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Report: sales of carrier-grade routers and switches up 16% in 2007

That's the carrier-strength Cisco 12000 Series Router and its configuration. Suitable intro to a new report from Infonetics Research that says that worldwide sales of service provider routers and switches totaled $11.2 billion in 2007, up 16%  from 2006. The...

Tags: Router, Sales, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?

Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor?clarificationPlatespin was founded in 2000 and the technology was created by an innovative group of six people, myself, Mark Verdun, David Richards, Bruno Baloi, Simon Howard and Dave Campbell.Be ware, the innovative spirit left Platespin long ago in 2002 just after...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Capacity Planner, Novell Inc., VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

News to know: Adobe launches AIR 1.0; Private IE 8 beta; Apple IIc; Jeremy Allison

Notable headlines: Adobe to launch AIR 1.0 Techmeme. Putting terabytes of memory into servers, the cheap way Mary Jo Foley: Private IE 8 beta 1 test build coming soon Richard Stiennon: Pakistan removed...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Jeremy Allison, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, Internet, Wireless LANs, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Microsoft's Michael Howard: Sure we have security problems, but we're fixing em

Microsoft's Michael Howard: Sure we have security problems, but we're fixing emWorst in IT historyMicrosoft is the worst kid in class and should be ashamed of what they've accomplished. No other platform comes even close to the abysmal security in Windows, to even try to compare it with the alternatives...

Tags: Operating systems, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Michael Howard

Discussion threads 2008-02-22