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- Google Calendar now supports iCal
- In a blog post by Engineering Director David Besbris Google announced its support for the CalDAV protocol. This means that you can now use iCal with Google Calendar, allowing you to work offline, sync almost instantly, respond to invitations from others and see the free/busy data of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Calendar, Productivity, Blogging, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts [video]
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. Once you've watched this IT...
- Tags: Disk, Information Technology, File System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit
- Are there any "telltale signs" that an organization is missing the governance boat when it comes to efforts to effectively deploy SOA methodologies? Todd Biske, enterprise architect extraordinaire and author of the recently published work on SOA Governance, observes that many organizations may have conflicting priorities that emerge when it...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Using TREES to save the forest
- Lots of green building news bouncing around in the past few weeks, which simultaneously disheartening and heartening because of the state of the real estate market. The biggest deal, perhaps, is the fact that the U.S. Green Building Council is updating its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design guidelines. (Here's...
- Tags: Software, Power Consumption, TREES, Tools & Techniques, Real Estate, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?
- Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...
- Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK
- News items 2008-12-01
- 'Dumbing down' the security profession
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis static and dynamic tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly relying on source code analysis tools to identify security-related vulnerabilities. The demand and reliance...
- Tags: Analysis Tool, Vulnerability, Analysis, Tool, Productivity, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.
- Lori Drew has been convicted of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud in the MySpace suicide of young Megan Meiers, 13 when she hung herself. A jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy but reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanors. Said Tina Meiers, Megan's mother:...
- Tags: Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Computer, Attorney, Lori Drew, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters
- Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...
- Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- New worm exploiting MS08-067 flaw spotted in the wild
- Microsoft's Security Response Center and McAfee are warning on increased network scanning activity during the last couple of days courtesy of the very latest W32/Conficker.worm exploiting the already patched MS08-067 vulnerability. What's particularly interesting in the latest wave of copycat worms is that W32/Conficker.worm is patching the infected host in...
- Tags: Flaw, Malware, Worm, Tool, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- If networking can be hip and cool, then so can storage
- In a blog post last month, I chimed in on how some tech companies - notably Dell and Cisco - were using video as a marketing tool to promote their technologies, not just their brand names. After all, if networking comes across as cool, then maybe you'll buy a Cisco...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Network, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Storage, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps
- Just about everyone seems to have either an iPhone or iPod touch these days and the companion App Store is chock full of over 5,000 great gift ideas. From powerful databases to file storage to music, this list has something for you. Can't decide? Give your special someone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- IT Dojo: Investigate RAM problems with Vista's Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool [video]
- Application failures, operating system faults, Stop errors: If you see any of these while running Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to investigate possible RAM problems with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, included in Vista. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, RAM, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Yes, Twitter really is worth the trouble
- Our resident student blogger, Zack Whittaker, asked a question this morning that caught my eye: "Twitter: is there any point?" My answer, as a growing devotee of Twitter and other bits of social media is, "Of course there's a point!" Even for Ed Tech, I maintain...
- Tags: Twitter, Chris Brogan, Education 2.0, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
- Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...
- Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- AppAsure: Good stuff but is it virtualization?
- Naj Husain, CEO, and Dan Soschin, Director of Marketing, both of AppAssure, brought me up to speed on Replay VRA, a tool that protects messaging-based environments that include BlackBerry Enterprise Server as well as Microsoft's Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint. While Reply VRA appears to work in virtualized environments and...
- Tags: Environment, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit
- "Committing cybercrime around the Christmas tree" has always been a tradition for malicious attackers introducing new ways to scam the millions of online shoppers during the holidays. This Christmas isn't going to be an exception, but what has changed compared last couple of years is the tone of the Xmas...
- Tags: Web, Infection, Malware, Exploit, Christmas, Web Malware Exploitation Kit, Exploitation Kit, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Text analytics helps find what you're searching for
- As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....
- Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-11-24
- The case for Scala
- Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....
- Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- IT resellers encouraged to spread the EPEAT green gospel
- If you're not interested in understanding the in's and out's of the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool rating systems, the Green Electronics Council has started training IT solutions and services providers about how to better-interpret the information for their clients. EPEAT uses 51 different criteria (such...
- Tags: Information Technology, Reseller, EPEAT, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
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