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- Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop
- It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- SPAM and the free lunch
- SPAM and the free lunchSIMPLE SOLUTION: Mandatory email server registration!(1) Get rid of "Reply-to:" tags.(2) Mandatory email server registration using credit cards, at yearly rate $2~3 dollars.This will make spammers impossible to operate without being caught.What SPAM is that?During the height of the "bad old days" of spam, I got...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- News to know: Malware infects Google search; IT disaster; Macworld 08; Alienware review
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sunbelt Software: Google search results delivering massive malware attacks. Techmeme. Globes: In global precedent, Google to hand over blogger's IP address. The top 10 IT disasters of all time. Windows XP outshines Vista...
- Tags: Google Inc., Alienware, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows XP, Malware, Google Search, IBM Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Network Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Dan Egerstad's Tor exit nodes get him arrested and proves a point I made in July
- It's late at night and you're using the anonymity feature of the Tor "cloud" to mask the fact that your surfing porn. When you're done at 3am, you go to bed thinking "Ha! Fooled 'em again. No one has any idea." Think again. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Password, Tor, E-mail, Online Communications, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Undercover video: Why Apple only takes credit cards for iPhones & the legal questions raised
- Undercover video: Why Apple only takes credit cards for iPhones & the legal questions raisedI personally...have nothing wrong with what apple is doing - it seems to be a perfectly valid reason for asking for credit cards as consumers SIMPLY cannot be trusted... (im not too sure how sarcastic i...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, video, credit card, credit card number, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., digital signature
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- What's worse? The spam itself? Or how anti-spam solutions block legitimate mail?
- What's worse? The spam itself? Or how anti-spam solutions block legitimate mail?False positivesHmmm.I get more than 2,000 spam per day, and that's [b]after[/b] the DNSBL filtering weeds out most of it. The automated filters might flag an occasional false positive, but I know that I, personally, have been responsible...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, e-mail, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- What's worse? The spam itself? Or how anti-spam solutions block legitimate mail?
- After being in New York City last week and being busy almost the entire time, I spent a good part of the weekend catching up on e-mail. I have more inboxes than I care to admit and use more technologies than I should be using to see access them...
- Tags: Folder, Anti-spam, Gartner Inc., E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Twitterizing mainstream media 102: The Zude to Facebook/Twitter to ZDNet to Del.icio.us connection
- Back in August, I wrote about the Twitterization of mainstream media and how I'll bet that you'll see more of what I'm doing with Twitter from the mainstream media. Now, I'm taking it to the next level using Zude, Facebook and De.licio.us. Look to the...
- Tags: Facebook, Del.icio.us, Media, Twitter, Zude, Blogging, RSS, Internet, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- News to know: Yahoo; Enterprise mashups; Ubuntu; Intel; IBM
- Notable headlines: Dion Hinchcliffe: The 10 top challenges facing enterprise mashups. Dave Greenfield: Top 100 Enterprise 2.0 Links. Dan Farber: Coming up: Web 2.0 Summit Garett Rogers: Google Apps Gmail now uses the Gmail storage counter. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Looking forward to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, OSI, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Symbian Inc., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Mashup, Routers & Switches, Web 2.0, Networking, Internet
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- News to know: Hitachi drives; Windows Update; Digital media; Qwest Fusion
- Notable headlines: To advance drives, Hitachi changes the head. Ed Bott: When is it OK to copy digital media? Robin Harris: The paradise of infinite music. Mary Jo Foley: Windows Update automatically changing user settings again. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Has Microsoft goofed up Windows...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Digital Media, BEA Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Update, Oracle Corp., Qwest Communications Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- News to know: BEA bid, Green Friday, Windows Live events
- Notable headlines: Dana Gardner: Oracle makes its move to acquire BEA George Ou: Green IT will get zero traction until IT pays the electric bill Harry Fuller: Greening your datacenter, what’s it worth? New climate change report in November will...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, BEA Systems Inc., Dana Gardner, Green IT, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- News to know: Google's virtual worlds; Amazon S3; Forsee out; Aviary
- Notable headlines: Google tools to power virtual worlds. Gallery right. ReadWriteWeb: Here Comes the Money: YouTube Videos Coming to AdSense. Google: Introducing video units. Amazon S3 gets service level agreement. Larry Dignan: Forsee out at Sprint. Russell...
- Tags: Google Inc., S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Amazon.com Inc., Video, Sprint Communications, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Management
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- News to know: NTP is back; iUnlock; VMWorld; $50 DVD burner;
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: Build a $50 DVD burner. Larry Dignan: NTP: We sue the wireless world. George Ou: Sun shows 2U 16-core Barcelona server with FSB1600. David Berlind: Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Hypervisor, DVD Burner, Microsoft Corp., DVD, NTP
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- News to know: Email leaks; AMD; HP; VMware
- Notable headlines: HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles. IBM prints with molecules. Ryan Naraine: Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes. IM worm squirming through Skype. Dan Farber: AMD's Hector Ruiz facing down the unmentionable. David Berlind: AMD's...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Vonage Holdings Corp., Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Serena, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- News to know: High-def Flash; Watermarking; Vista whining
- Notable headlines:Adobe brings high-def to Flash videos. Techmeme.George Ou: Why watermarking is a bigger devil than DRM.The secret of Vizio's success.Robin Harris: Building an energy efficient home computer.Ed Bott: We need less whining, more complaining about Vista.Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Warsaw.Photos: Computers of yesteryear.A trip...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Get ready for the 'Twitterization' of mainstream media
- Back in 1991, when I first started as a tech journalist for PC Week now eWeek, there was no Web. There was print, TV, and radio. PC Week was a print book and, to the extent that any of the parent company Ziff Davis' publications were online, it...
- Tags: Blog, Blogging, CBS Interactive Inc., David Berlind, Information, Investor, Media, Media Company, Microsoft Windows, PC Week, Twitter, Web, Windows Sources, Ziff-Davis Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- News to know: Office service pack; Salesforce.com; IT woe; Ubuntu flaw
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: The first Office 2007 Service Pack 1 beta is out.Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com landing larger deployments. Dennis Howlett: The ERP mess we’re in.David Berlind: Tech Shakedown #5: Microsoft justifies Vista’s forcing of unwanted reboots. More Technology Shakedowns.Michael Krigsman: 10 ways implementation teams destroy IT projects.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Ubuntu, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, XenSource Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- News to know: Intel vs. AMD; Community Wi-Fi; Patch Tuesday; Vista DRM
- Notable headlines:George Ou: Intel turns up the efficiency and performance heat on AMD.Community Wi-Fi comes to San Francisco.Dennis Howlett: Show me the Web 2.0 money.Ryan Naraine: Critical IE update headlines bumper Patch Tuesday. Mary Jo Foley: Patch Tuesday: No Vista hotfixes via Windows Update. Richard Stiennon: Hacking tools don't hack,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- HP to safety official's e-mail regarding potentially dangerous laser printer emissions: 'Delete'
- HP to safety official's e-mail regarding potentially dangerous laser printer emissions: 'Delete'Shouldn't Tran, Tuan A's employment be deleted?n/tRe deletion without readingI am a webmaster of about 22 different websites. I get loads of spam with "generic" subject lines like "Thank you", etc. I don't normally read every email, I look...
- Tags: Spam, laser, laser printer, e-mail, Mr Tran, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
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