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- I'm in a nanny state state of mind
- Business can help ...if employees who smoke during the workday are not allowed "smoking breaks" to do so. Alternatively, if non-smoking employees demanded equal breaks with smokers, business might get the drift.Some businesses do helpThere are businesses that offer smoking cessation programs on their own dime, knowing the money they'll...
- Tags: Taxes, Financial Planning, Free trade, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance, TFB, agony, smoker, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces
- 3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream
- If you're a T-Mobile Sidekick user who put data, contacts and other items in the cloud we have some bad news for you: Your data is gone...probably forever. With cloud computing increasingly reaching the masses the average consumer will soon be enmeshed in the world of poor IT management. Welcome...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, T-Mobile, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Microsoft adds an 'Office Starter' edition to its distribution plans
- Consumer PreinstallsAs a preinstall on new consumer computers, it makes a lot more sense than Microsoft Works.Family packs, payment plans, unlimited downloadsI think if MS offered family pack bundles; partial payments over periods of time until the software is fully paid for; and unlimited downloads of the software to registered...
- Tags: Groupware, starter edition, ribbon menu, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter, distribution plan, Microsoft Outlook
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Google hijacks Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame
- IE is already up to the speed... and the plugin enabling it is SilverLight."Hello XAML, and byebye HTML garbage." So says M$.That's sarcasm, right?If not, you know very well that Idiot Exploiter is far more obsolete than any other actively maintained browser. Just like windows.Microsoft will send out and update.Microsoft...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Enterprise 2.0: what a crock
- I've been following the so-called Enterprise 2.0 meme for some time and you know what? It's a crock. Forget Dion Hinchcliffe's pretty failure pictures or Mike Krigsman's guest post of failure. Examine the basics and look back at history. Some years back I was a hack attending...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Coming in 2010: New Mac Office, and finally, Outlook
- NG - New Graphics... LOLYes we have new icons and more memory hogging resources!Run out now and purchase, in reality Open Officedoes everything for no cost.;)I have yet to find the perfect email clientBut Outlook seems to handle large amounts of email better than most. People save email for years...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Corporate SMTP Server 5.5 (Windows)
- Corporate SMTP Server is a high-performance SMTP server program that can be used by corporations and Internet Service Providers where having an ultra fast and reliable outgoing mail server is a necessity. It can be used along with virtually any mailer or email program including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora,...
- Tags: SMTP, Server, Microsoft Windows, SMTP Server, F Key Solutions, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Outlook, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2009-07-21
- Web 2.5: Is it time we elected an Internet government?
- As I watched the BBC News last night after getting in from London, I saw riots in China with death tolls surpassing those of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. Mobile phones have "stopped working" and Internet access is "limited" in the area, according to the news reports. ...
- Tags: China, Web, Nation, Agreement, Internet, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sites
- Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sitesRidiculous !!!People is US are exploiting laws to such an extend that everything is loosing its real purpose....I wonder one day they will sue each other because they r breathing air in each other's neighborhood. How about adding declaimer...
- Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Potential employer, firing, LinkedIn
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- IBM's latest campaign against paper
- You've got to love all the statistics that high-tech companies use to express the return on investment of their green IT offering du jour. Here is a new-ish one from IBM: the average office worker uses roughly 10,000 sheets of copy paper year. (Notice that does not mention printer output,...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Content Management, Web Technology, Outsourcing, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Are Windows stealth updates back again?
- Are Windows stealth updates back again?PersonallyI think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.Many if not ALL of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.Damned if you...
- Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Windows Stealth Updates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- CLEAR Airport Verified Identity Pass calls it Quits (UPDATED)
- In a brief email sent to customers at 10:45PM EST, Verified Identity Pass notified its 250,000 customers that the CLEAR service was no more click on photo to enlarge Well I can't say that it was unexpected, but it's definitely a...
- Tags: Clear, Identity, Steven Brill, Security, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- No penguins in Akihibara
- No penguins in Akihibarabest bet...would be to connect with the Tokyo Linux Users group and see what they recommend. You'd most likely get a list of used shops for parts and what-not but ... the mailing list seems to show only something from Dell...Did you try http://www.unixhonpo.jp/otherwise go with...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, windows software, window, Linux, kernel, Akihibara
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac
- I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddanceâ€...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- X1 Professional Client 6.2.4 (Windows)
- X1 searches e-mail, attachments & 400+ file types on local or networked drives. With support for popular e-mail clients including Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, and Thunderbird, X1 is the secure & robust desktop search tool of choice for companies of all sizes, across all industries. For IT, X1 also...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, X1 Technologies, Search, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-04-02
- 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipers
- 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipersSounds like more than just IT.Try working in other fields. Those attributes are alive and well in all trades. And they cause failure there too.RE: 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipersI am more on the technical side of things. I am usually the person...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems
- 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsCould we have a list as to what routers are affected?And maybe instructions or a link to instructions on how to tell if our router is infected with this junk?RE: 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsROTFLMAO!!!Oh yes, the linux only worm!...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Cyberthreats, Linksys Inc., modem, NetGear, router, Psyb0t, Linux, worm, home router
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Yelp's bad press lesson: Squash the allegation, not the reporter
- There are valuable business lessons about bad press that I hope Yelp is taking away this week, following a pretty scathing and really long report that accuses the popular reviews site of manipulating reviews for money. The first thing you should know is that the report appeared...
- Tags: Allegation, Yelp, Engineering, Blogging, Business Structures, Purchasing & Procurement, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
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- Icloud?So does this mean that I will be able to run my Access 97 databases from the 'cloud', what about all the 100mb photos I have in PSD format, or how about the music files I'm working on on my mac using Logic Express? Where is all the versions of...
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
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