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Faking government documents getting easier

Faking goverment issued documents has always been a problem but with sophisticated scanning and printing technology, it has become particularly difficult to circumvent, reports the Washington Post. In November 2005, a cook at a naval facility, Wenceslao Ramos-Andrade, sold fake documents to unauthorized immigrants but was caught by detectives in...

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Blog posts 2006-01-04

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Netflix distribution grab continues: Hooks up with Tivo

Netflix distribution grab continues: Hooks up with TivoGreat option for meGood question on customer overlap, but I have 2Tivos & a netflix subscription - so this is great news for me!I have never been able to get my laptop to stream the netflix movies properly. Just sound with a green...

Tags: INTERNET, DSL, NetFlix Inc., TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just 'Hailstorm' revisited?

Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just 'Hailstorm' revisited?Yes... in theoryAlright, to ansswer your question, I believe Microsoft has an answer, in theory. We need to see it work in the real world.This will work, if for example, I am user A, and I own Data A. And User B is...

Tags: RSS, Ozzie, User B, Hailstorm, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Azure

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

A question about web server volume failures

A question about web server volume failuresWrite heavy loadI don't think you can compare a write-heavy do-not-call registry to a mostly static wordpress site.It wouldn't hard to mock-up a simple registry site and test it.The question you seem to be askig is.. how do i make my site scalable.Lets start...

Tags: Web servers, Firewalls, Storage, Web server, server, database, router, firewall, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarter

Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarterIt's broke.http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/12/poor-iphone-3g-service-revealedI read the headline and thought......"That'll be Munster then".And, yea, it was so.RE: Analyst: Apple will sell at least 4.47 million iPhones this quarterNotice RIMM stock has been trending down the last few day while Apple stock has be...

Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., stock, Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds

From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two secondsFaking Presidential Press Passes is Cool?I don't really get the whole context of this story, but it seems to me that you are actively engaged in developing fake press passes for presidential events. Isn't that a crime? Could it place...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, stunned outrage, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-07-12

Breaking the dialogues of the deaf

How do you talk to people who just don't want to hear it? Every time I get into a conversation comparing Windows to any Unix option I discover the same thing: the people who will listen to rational argument already know the right answers,...

Tags: Belief, Believer, Festinger, Dissonance, Security, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Linux Users: no MSDN downloads for you!

Linux Users: no MSDN downloads for you!Firefox? No.On the other hand, the last time I encountered an IE-only site (admittedly several years ago; they're a dying breed) I had no trouble faking it out using Konqueror.just a note:I tried downloading IE8 beta.Works in Safari without spoofing, tho I didn't...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, MSDN Downloads, Linux User, Microsoft Developer Network, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a ThiefApple should market is as an anti-theft systemThey have something similar for an iPhone where you can wipe it completely once lost or stolen. I can't believe they haven't came out with anything similar for laptops.Generally, IP Address would be more usefulIn most cases, it probably would...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, PRODUCTIVITY, Handhelds, laptop computer, data wipe, data encryption

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

At last, AMD ships quad-core Opterons

At last, AMD ships quad-core OpteronsPaging George Ou...ntLooking forward to the PhenomI'm looking forward to the "fixed" Phenoms. I'm ready to build a new PC and don't want to buy anything from Intel.Also, I want a TRUE 64 bit chip, not the 32 bit faking 64 of a Core2.Like...

Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, quad-core, register, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., processor

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

A 16 GB DIMM

Metaram's announcement of a chipset that enables vendors to build 16 GB DRAM DIMMs may have you wondering: who needs it? It probably isn't you. Stacking DRAM chips several deep gets the capacity, but the secret sauce resides in interface chips that performs several key...

Tags: Database, DRAM, Disk, RAM, Chip, Metaram, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam bots

Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam botsI'll second that...They, or someone, has also figured how to do the same with Yahoo accounts. One of my email accounts, not Hotmail or Yahoo, gets 5 - 10 spams a day from Hotmail, Yahoo US, Yahoo UK, Yahoo Taiwan,...

Tags: Operating systems, CAPTCHA, CAPTCHA defense, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, spam bot, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, WLM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

CPS Profiler (zip)

Pre-employment personality profiling software for employers, recruiters, HR professionals and team builders. The CPS PROFILER is a computer based method of obtaining a personality profile of a job applicant. The candidate does not need to be present at the analysis and does not need to know that the analysis is...

Tags: Job, Team, Analysis, CPS PROFILER, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-02-05

Naked IT: Seesmic CEO Loic Le Meur (with podcast)

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. In this segment, French serial entrepreneur, Loic Le Meur, discusses Seesmic, his fifth startup, which is building a community of personal videographers. Many Seesmic users embrace a casual, "come as you...

Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, Twitter, Tool, Enterprise, Loic Le Meur, Seesmic, Productivity, Product Development, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-01-02

Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate Protocols

Windows, Linux, and the Kyoto Climate ProtocolsAh the zombiesNice report from Bali:http://nzclimatescience.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=178&Itemid=1]Fortnight%20of%20the%20undeadHmm, Windows v. Linux AND Global Warming?All in one post? You must really need hits :)Parallel world?Obviously a dimensional rift has opened up and swallowed you Rudy. A world where MS client server doesn't work and Unix...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, God, Kyoto Climate, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

The computer orgasm. Is it real or is everyone just faking it?

The computer orgasm. Is it real or is everyone just faking it?of course...people are more prepared to lie online. because it is divorced from reality.Are you Nuts!!!!I'm 37 and I'd sell my name for that because I can turn that money over and retire by 45. Just as long...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Zen, IS IT, computer

Discussion threads 2007-11-03

The computer orgasm. Is it real or is everyone just faking it?

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk finds it odd that nearly a third of single Americans feel that the Internet is "sufficient companionship" and about the same percentage of young Americans would sell their name for a piffling $100,000. Research shows that there are basically only two types of...

Tags: Men, Survey, Computer, Chris, Gender And Diversity, Internet, Marketing Research, E-mail, Human Resources, Marketing, Online Communications, Chris Matyszczyk

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Windows Vista: More than 88 million copies sold

Windows Vista: More than 88 million copies soldThe name of the gameIt's called "creative accounting" in legal circles, and hyped as "big business" by the liberal press all owned by corporate America.Street language has many more colorful, easy to understand descriptors for what Microsoft and other predatory corporations are doing.Blowing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., sales

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Dell to expand ink distribution, launch IT management services

Dell to expand ink distribution, launch IT management servicesDell Consulting *snicker*One of my contracts paid them to do an enterprise architecture outline. They actually cut and pasted diagrams from Microsoft. It was really funny when I put up sections of their reports side-by-side with Microsoft literature. D'oh! For...

Tags: Strategy, IT Management Services, Dell Computer Corp., IT administration, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionism

John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionismTunnel vision...because I work for Microsoft, everything I do MUST be done to justify their existence.It couldn't be that I have argued consistently for the past 10 years in favor of free markets.Read Your US History! Oh Multi-National Corporate EmployeeFirst, thanks for taking on the elephant...

Tags: Free trade, American-made product, Lincoln, black slave, American Party, Microsoft Corp., NAFTA, John Edwards, slave

Discussion threads 2007-08-07