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- Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server
- Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer
- With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Magellan RoadMate 1470
- Design The RoadMate 1470 doesn't deviate from the tried and true portable navigation device form factor. Measuring 3.3 inches by 5.2 inches by 7 inches, the RoadMate's thinness easily makes this unit one of the most pocketable devices in its class. Like nearly all PNDs, the majority of the RoadMate's...
- Tags: Magellan RoadMate, charger, suction-cup, mini-USB
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?
- Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...
- Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development
- You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Nook Clarified: Really solid progress for e-readers
- Yesterday, I posted a long analysis of what I thought was right and strangely wrong about the Barnes & Noble Nook. Matt Miller today got a clarification about my main concern, which was that Barnes & Noble seemed to have said, according to several published reports, that Wi-Fi would work...
- Tags: E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Are today's new iMacs and Minis game-changers?
- It's been a logn time since Apple was ...... competitive at these retail price points but that day may finally have come! Good for Apple and good for the rest of us. Still, EdTech has always enjoyed extremely aggressive enterprise-level discounts from the top tier of PC vendors...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Apple Inc., keyboard, mouse, Apple iMac
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- What makes Microsoft's SharePoint tick?
- Make a post explaining what SharePoint is...As you said, it is a complex product. I remember when Lotus Notes came out, it was difficult to pin it to a traditional category - what IS it? SharePoint may have some of the same issues of perception.What is SharePoint:There are 2 SharePoint?s,...
- Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- "Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered
- Well this is going to be interesting...So they had a catastrophic screw up and it looks like they worked their tales off to get it fixed.So that got a big black eye but at the same time it looks like they got it fixed. Whoever fixed this just got...
- Tags: Backups, backup
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Monster Patch Tuesday on tap: 13 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities
- Wow, FTP and SMBv2 vulnerabilities sound serious!!!I presume that by default, both of these services are on, accepting connections, and that the firewall is configured to let all of this traffic through?Not that serious -- 1. ftp is not on by default one must enable it2. smbv2 is on by...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Monster, SMBv2, patch management, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Apple deletes the US Chamber
- the liberals are sabotaging USASuccombing to Green Peace like echo terrorists can doom this country in a few years.We must throw out all these polar bear hugging liberals ASAP.omg..(-.-)always the first to troll the government-related blogs, eh?What is it with ZDNet. Recent Liberal money pouring in?I mean, suddenly we have...
- Tags: Blogging, Apple Inc., Chamber, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network
- Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Why on ZDnet?
- Tech has a huge role to play in combating global warming, and, in just using energy more efficiently. Harry is doing a great job keeping us informed, and I really do like his blogs. And, it is just a style thing as to how much or even if the bloggers...
- Tags: Blogging, blog, talkback
- Discussion threads 2009-10-04
- Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises
- The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market. The reports...
- Tags: Application Development, Information Technology, Outsource, Service Provider, IT Organization, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Software Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Can you upgrade an old XP PC to Windows 7? Should you?
- You answered the first questionYou can make the upgrade, with significant headaches.You left the second question completely unanswered.If you take the Microsoft guidelines seriously(which I never do, because they seem to be written by someone who is into flagellation) many Windows XP machines should be able to be upgraded successfully...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, old XP PC, XP PC, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services bet
- ASCII/xerox allianceASCII group the worlds oldest group of solution providers has teamed with xerox in print managed services in the smb spaceRE: Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services betI work for ACS. I was a bit surprised to get this news this morning.What Makes This Deal Different Larry ?...
- Tags: Document management, Outsourcing, Xerox Corp., ACS, big service
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?
- Stop coddling wireless companiesThey are no longer fledgling upstarts but the new normal. It is simply mind-boggling why they get away with a much looser regulatory framework than landlines. Why is it, for instance, that you do not have a choice of carrier for international calls the way you do...
- Tags: NETWORKING, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, VOIP, FCC, wireless access, network, wireless, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- How to save the PC: A petition to Microsoft and Apple
- IndeedThat's the point. Let's not leave this to the user to have to figure out, when a change to the default installation could make system recovery a lot easier for both IT and end users.Yes, two drives would be idealBut it's also a little more expensive and it would depend...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., operating system, PC, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
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