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Cracklock (exe): Cracklock protects you from the 30th-day virus by allowing you to change the system date and time on a per-application basis. It can also be used to test conformity against the ever-threatening Y10K bug. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Conformity, William Blum, Cracklock, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; Software downloads 2008-02-27
Thank you for the blogging guidelines, but no thanks: Thank you for the blogging guidelines, but no thanksSomeone didn't read 1984...[i]"Trending toward conformity isn't the answer to social problems created by increasingly intimate technology. Read some history and philosophy, then think about your behavior for yourself."[/i]Trending toward conformity, in many areas, actually causes more problems than what it's...; Tags: blogging, IS IT, conformity; Discussion threads 2007-04-09
Daonity - Grid Security With Behaviour Conformity From Trusted Computing: A central security requirement for grid computing can be referred to as behaviour conformity. This is an assurance that ad hoc related principals (users, platforms or instruments) forming a grid Virtual Organisation VO must each act in conformity with the rules for the VO constitution. Existing grid security practice has...; Tags: Security, Conformity, Trusted Computing; White papers 2006-11-03
Enforcing conformity: I think that a lot of the trouble we cause for ourselves is from confusing reality with how we want things to be. One way of doing this is to over simplify. Vendors of IT solutions are the most guilty of this. Startups latch on to one idea and then...; Tags: conformity; Blog posts 2006-01-16

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I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux: I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of LinuxPlagiarism, Jason? :-)Exactly my thoughts, in a Talkback some time ago:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46338&messageID=858549&start=0Greeting, Pjotr.Planet DietsYou forgot to mean the lean but mean Mars Ubuntu, and of course the sweet Venus Ubuntu versions just to get back to the basic...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Super-Size, Ubuntu; Discussion threads 2008-07-10

NovaVision (exe): NovaVision is intended for viewing files of any type. Unlike other programs of similar type NovaVision abstracts from the information containing in concrete file. Data are displayed instead of the information . NovaVision instead of display of numerical values of codes represents them in the color scheme, thus to each...; Tags: Matrix, Information, File, NovaVision, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-12-21
Sitemap Writer Pro (exe): Sitemap Writer Pro is a professional XML sitemap generator program. With this program you can automatically generate XML sitemaps for websites, keep up-to-date, edit them, upload to web server and submit to all search engines that support sitemaps (Google, Yahoo, Ask.com MSN and Moreover). Program features and benefits: Ease of...; Tags: Google Inc., Parameter, Search Engine, Sitemap Writer Pro, Search, Servers, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-17
Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards: Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standardsThey're doing no such thing.Don't think for a minute they're doing this for us. Microsoft is under no obligation to pass Acid2.Message has been deleted.There are no such things as "community standards"The writer is clearly not informed as to what a...; Tags: Quality, Web browsers, Yes IE, Microsoft Internet Explorer, standards, Opera Software, Microsoft Corp., W3C; Discussion threads 2007-12-14
Red shift meets event horizon: I was amazed to read reports of a dinner last week at which top Sun executives sitting around the same table seem to have made statements that totally contradict one another. On the one hand, Greg Papadopoulos, Sun CTO and executive vice president of R&D, was telling...; Tags: Danger, Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Solar Energy, Power Generation, Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-12-13
Microsoft weighs options after EU defeat: Updated: Microsoft said Monday it will take the necessary steps to comply with a European Union ruling after an appeal court gave the software giant a stinging defeat. Now Microsoft will have to share code with rivals to ensure interoperability. Specifically, The EU's second highest court backed a European...; Tags: Interoperability, Brad Smith, European Commission, Commission, Microsoft Corp., Decision, Court, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Ever Wonder Why Upgrades Are So Damn Hard?: Ever Wonder Why Upgrades Are So Damn Hard?or...you could take an entirely different approach...Looking in the wrong place for the problemIt is interesting how easy it is to produce these statistics from a relational database. It is interesting to note that no statistics are stated for what is actually going...; Tags: Databases, database, Josh; Discussion threads 2007-08-17
An iPhone Review: Spectacular: An iPhone Review: SpectacularWhat is Apple Paying You?Here is why you should wait up to six months to buy an iPhone: 1. Apple rushes products out the door without proper testing. The first buyers are beta testers that are paying to test the product. 2. A...; Tags: PDAs, Telecom & Utilities, Apple Inc., Newton, Apple iPhone, phone; Discussion threads 2007-06-30
CodeSMART 2007 for VS.NET (exe): CodeSMART 2007 for VS.NET is an add-in for Visual Studio 2005 / Orcas and Visual Studio .NET 2002/2003 packing more than 30 professional tools and assistants, supporting VB.NET, C# and C++. Advanced explorers (Code Explorer, Designer Explorer, Code Flow Explorer) display a highly refined solution/designer/code representation, and the AutoText and...; Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Tool, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Productivity, XML, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2007-06-29
Alignment of Information Security Assessment Best Practices: The Federal Information Security Management Act places obligations upon Federal agencies and their contractors, effected through National Institute of Standards and Technology standards and guidelines. FISMA compliance has, however, limited recognition beyond the Federal domain, whereas there is an increasing move in the private sector towards the international standard ISO/IEC...; Tags: Information Security, FISMA, Best Practice, FISMA Compliance, Security; White papers 2007-06-07
Zigger nation: Business 2.0 dedicates its May 2007 issue to purveyors of unconventional business wisdom. Rip up the rules of management, we are told. Its the principle of permanent revolution applied to the free market. Be unconventional. Think differently. Be a contrarian. And then, youll acquire business immortality. Thus, Business 2.0 invites...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-05-01
Thank you for the blogging guidelines, but no thanks: Im glad people are, at least, thinking about the fallout from the Kathy Sierra mess. But crafting guidelines for polite blogging and Web publishing is the furthest thing from what we need. In a pluralistic society we have to rely on the reflection of the individual rather than rules to...; Tags: Business &, Technology; Blog posts 2007-04-09
Tim O'Reilly's code of (mis)conduct: So Tim OReilly, Web 2.0s philosopher-king apologist, has an excuse for the rampant and uncontrollable misogyny of the blogosphere. In response to the Kathy Sierra outrage, OReilly told the BBC: "The fact that theres all these really messed-up people on the internet is not a statement about the internet....; Tags: Blogging, Tim O'Reilly, OReilly, blogosphere, Internet; Blog posts 2007-03-29
Valencia Speeds Healthcare With Connected Imaging Solution: Valencia Health Ministry wanted to provide wide-area access to radiological and other specialised medical imaging types and create Electronic Patient Records EPR with access to diagnostic images and medical history. The challenge was to ensure conformity with EU regulatory requirements on patient confidentiality. ARTERIAS - an end-to-end network covering entire...; Tags: Imaging, Health Care, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Document Management, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Case studies 2007-01-01
Top Ten Threats for 2007: Top Ten Threats for 2007RE:Top Ten Threats for 2007I would include...Privacy, Proxy caching, Ajax valnarabilities, Securing RSS feedsTop threat for 2K7... (dramatic pause...)[b]AT&T[/b]The recent FCC approval allowing AT&T to assimilate BellSouth brings the reality of Mutha Bell being handed control of the Internet one step closer, with the government being...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Smart phones, Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, PC, malware, mobile, phone, smart phone; Discussion threads 2006-12-27
O'Reilly: Redefining the elusive Web 2.0: O'Reilly: Redefining the elusive Web 2.0"collective intelligence"?Doesn't this run contrary to the well established notion that one should never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups?I think if you follow "collective intelligence" then you end up with numbing conformity. Most new ideas have come from mavericks more prepared to...; Tags: Web 2.0, O'Reilly, Web; Discussion threads 2006-12-11