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- 419 scammers using Dilbert.com
- 419 scammers using Dilbert.comYou know, you'd think 419 schemes would be famous by nowWhy do people *still* fall for them? Quite aside from the cynicism factor this has been going on for years. Surely everybody's heard about it by now???Sometimes they're nearly believableI'm as suspicious about these spam letters as...
- Tags: INTERNET, Spam, Dilbert.com, scammer, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
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- Phishing experiment sneaks through all anti-spam filters
- A recently conducted ethical phishing New study details the dynamics of successful phishing experiment impersonating LinkedIn by mailing invitations coming from Bill Gates, has achieved a 100% success rate in bypassing the anti-spam filters it was tested against. The experiment emphasizes on how small-scale spear phishing campaigns...
- Tags: Anti-spam, LinkedIn, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
- Viewers watch Family Guy because they want tonot because it's forced in to their cubicles at work.That doesn't fit with the Windows brand, indeed.MSFT tried to alter the content of the show"Microsoft sent MacFarlane and Fox several notes expressing their concern over the show's content but ultimately decided just to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Family Guy, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Will Microsoft always be seen as open source Astroturf?
- Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., publically-traded company, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Bing: Decision engine = shopping engine
- Bing is also better at medical searchesTry searching for "sciatica" on Google vs Bing. The Bing results are better laid out and categorized:http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=sciatica It's also great for weather and maps......although I still like Google Maps UI a little better with being able to change the course for directions by dragging...
- Tags: Thurrott, MS marketing, Bing, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- 419 scammers using Dilbert.com
- Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...
- Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Are you ready for a wrist-mounted computer?
- Are you ready for a wrist-mounted computer?You're discounting the "dork" factor ...... that killed the Segway. That thing might be great for doing warehouse inventory, but walking around with it on, you'd look like a complete tool.It would look good with X-Men costume.......Seriously, I mean it.It needs a killer appHaving...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Engineering, Handhelds, Adrian, wrist-mounted computer, computer, wrist
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Does your cellphone baffle you?
- Does your cellphone baffle you?Not enough thought in designsThere's so much that could be improved with an extra week's toil on careful initial design and studying usage. My graphics professor once pointed out how silly doors are designed throughout the older buildings on the university (push, or pull, or...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Will e-voting machines tilt the election?
- Will e-voting machines tilt the election?RE: Will e-voting machines tilt the election?First the reported problems are far more widespread than Tennessee and West Virginia. The e-voting systems are being reported as having the similar issues nationwide and even with different manufactures.See http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6616The behavior being reported is hardly the type of...
- Tags: Keyboards, e-voting system, e-voting, e-voting machine, touch screen
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeUnderpaying the budget analystLess than $40,000? Is this a trainee?Gotcha momentWith the profusion of detail unconnected to any conclusion, strange to compain about missing information. Still, a sentence like this:In addition, the requirements shown for the project manager position contain...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, COBOL/VSE, IBM Corp., IBM mainframe, data-processing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- From BIT Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe This is the 2nd excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: T Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction The IBM mainframe or data...
- Tags: IBM Mainframe, Data Center, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- GetDilbert 1.8 (Mac)
- Feed your addiction! GetDilbert simply grabs and displays the latest Dilbert comic from Dilbert.com.
- Tags: Comic, Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- The end of software...
- The end of software...Mike Krigman's words made me gasp - sorta...Do you have any idea of how many times I have heard "But he's [i]just[/i] technical." when I tried to convince somebody in the "decision-making culture of the business" to do something better - or at least not do something...
- Tags: Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft SharePoint, information technology, software, Web 2.0, ConnectBeam, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Netsuite nightmares: part deux
- Netsuite nightmares: part deuxRE: Netsuite nightmares: part deuxI was really surprised when I saw netsuite was raising big money through their IPO. We have a client who signed up through netsuite and it has been nothing but crap support from them. You email their support and wait for...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, NetSuite Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Anand Daily Dilbert 2 (Windows)
- Anand Daily Dilbert is a gadget that will show on your desktop the daily Dilbert comic strip from the Dilbert Web site. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Gadget, Anand, Anand Daily Dilbert, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-12-17
- Office nomads: co-working gaining ground
- Office nomads: co-working gaining groundI am none of the aboveSince we actually run a bonafide coworking space RIGHT DOWN THE STREET from ZDNet...Citizen Space which has been open for almost a year and full - one of two spaces in San Francisco that receive coworkers plus another two are opening.You...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, nomad
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- 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
- "Fact-Free Planning"
- "Fact-Free Planning"The definitive source on the subjectis, of course, [url=http://www.dilbert.com]Dilbert[/url].Nothing like having three layers of Management come to you to ask, "how long will this take," to which you reply, "nine months." After several rounds of, "what if we back-burner all of your other tasks [1]," "what if we...
- Tags: Fact-Free Planning
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- 5 Day Dilbert Daily 1.2 (Windows)
- 5 Day Dilbert Daily includes the following features: optional actions when doubled clicked; scaling to better suit different resolutions; and the abiltiy to run hidden until a new comic is available and then reappears. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Comic, Greg Bielleman, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-06
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