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- Make better Web pages by understanding the CSS box model
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS have gradually become the de facto standard for HTML layout and positioning. They're easy to use, don't require any special software, and work uniformly on most major browsers. However, in their very simplicity lies a danger: many novice Web developers use CSS positioning and layout directives...
- Tags: Web, Positioning, Directive, Web Page, CSS, Branding, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing
- Download resources 2006-08-15
- Gulp! Data retention now the law in EU
- The government's subpoena of Google has raised questions about online services' data retention programs. EFF has long been urging services to limit their data retention in order to protect users' privacy. "The only way Google can reasonably protect the privacy of its users from such legal demands...
- Tags: directive, data retention
- Blog posts 2006-02-22
- Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habits
- Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habitsOf course.I'm becoming more convinced that most security breaches come by the choice of the user, whether by authorizing an installation of software or by providing information.He makes another good point: a tight, rigorous security policy will be an entire failure. People resent...
- Tags: worker, security, directive, Mitnick, password, gut, security policy
- Discussion threads 2005-03-04
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- Start-up looks to extend battery life
- Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...
- Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery
- News items 2008-10-09
- Extract (zip)
- Extract is a ASCII file tailor. The program reads in the directive informations from script file and tailors extract file source to individual needs specified by directives. And prints out the result to output file. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Tailor, File, Pedro Wong
- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- Talkback of the day: Propeller heads unite
- Talkback of the day: Propeller heads uniteWOWWell stated and very true! Incidentally, this also holds true for any service or support functions, not only IT. Anything not directly involved with production or marketing seems to be considered as a cost "black hole" that drags down the profit margins. Been that...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, Propeller Heads
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wild
- DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wildMy W2k server and SuSE 10.2...server were easily patched through their respective automatic updates. The patching was so easy that anyone running a DNS server that hasn't patched already is an idiot.Is https still safe?I'm imagining that https connections are still safe. In...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Referral URL, Server-name, Whois, DNS, Whois Server, IP address, DNS cache poisoning attack, IP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Polk PSW111 Compact Powered Subwoofer - Black
- The Polk Audio PSW111 isn't just a very good compact subwoofer, it's a excellent match with the brand's RM and SurroundBar speaker systems. Not that the PSW111 wouldn't jell with other Polk speakers, or those of any other manufacturer, for that matter, but its prime directive is to fill in...
- Tags: Polk Audio PSW111, sub, SurroundBar 50
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product design
- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product designhuh?"Engadget points out another irony of the move: When asked for his reaction to the original Segway design Steve Jobs said “I think it sucks.” Funny how things change, isn’t it?"so? He probably still thinks it sucks. Just because he...
- Tags: Product marketing, Engineering, iCAR, product design, Segway, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Maybe I was wrong about Mac Servers
- Maybe I was wrong about Mac ServersSo ZFS is the sole criteria for a quality server OS or not?Has data loss due the underlying file system really been the problem Robin and you are making it out to be?RE: Maybe I was wrong about Mac Serversye: Veritas VxFS indeed has...
- Tags: Desktops, Servers, server, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- 6 reasons government IT projects fail
- 6 reasons government IT projects failContradictory demandsThe complexity of a government project can arise not only from the ordicary technical problems, but from frequently observed situations.The simplest example is a data item which has different definitions and neither can be eliminated because each comes from a higher level of government....
- Tags: Team management, team, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Disaster averted: But (sob) my next notebook might not be an Apple one
- I'm thinking I owe GreenTech Pastures readers an update on the state of my Apple PowerBook G4, which now is resting comfortably on the desk behind me, although it's in a bit of rehab with some applications that have disappeared. (Yes, I have two computers, so shoot me.) One of...
- Tags: Toshiba Tecra, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-17
- PHP delivers key patches
- PHP Group delivered release 5.2.6 to fix multiple security vulnerabilities. The open source PHP Group outlined all of the changes and Secunia rated these vulnerabilities "moderately critical." Here's Secunia's breakdown of the vulnerabilities: An unspecified error in the FastCGI SAPI can be exploited to cause a...
- Tags: PHP, Patch Management, Error, Scripting Languages, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- MSDict Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary (exe)
- The dictionary defines terms in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, as well as in all major medical and surgical specialties. Its coverage of psychology and psychiatry, public health medicine and dentistry is unusually comprehensive. This edition includes many new entries covering the latest developments in diagnostic radiology and radiotherapy, endocrinology,...
- Tags: Public Health, Mobile System, Entry, Healthcare
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Homeland Security secretary pushes cybersecurity 'Manhattan Project'
- At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff discusses a new directive focusing on an early warning system to identify cyberattacks before they start.
- Tags: Security
- Videos 2008-04-09
- Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project
- Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan ProjectSo What's The Rush?"Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously."And if they do as good a job as the Census Bureau has done with computers systems (http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=674)...we'll all be much safer for it...right?RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! ;-)Feds...
- Tags: Government, SECURITY, cybersecurity, White House, Chertoff, Manhattan Project
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- A slim API for OOXML
- A slim API for OOXMLNot surprisedI figured MS was going to go ahead with OOXML, regardless of what the ISO did. It's still an open question as to how much of it can be independently implemented (legally, as well as practically), but I expect that at least MS and...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, PRODUCTIVITY, Middleware, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, API, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., IBM SOM, XML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live ID
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI directed my mom to mail.live.com.I solved her problem very quickly.RE: Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI got this message all day long at the MS Office Download Center:"The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Windows Live outage, Live-ID, outage, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
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