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A Friday Active Directory puzzler

A Friday Active Directory puzzlerSuggestions...Have you installed the required hotfixes and patches in the 2000 environment? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331161similar problemupgraded a larger AD domain from 2000 to 2003 by adding a 2003 server.Depending on the error, it could be a lot of things.I got a similar error.it came down to using the...

Tags: Friday Active Directory puzzler, Friday Active Directory, puzzler

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

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GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising

Morten Krakvik from the Norwegian Honeynet Project is reporting that MSN Norway is among the latest victims of malvertising, a practice where a bogus advertising provider tricks leading portals into accepting advertisements from its network, which often end up redirecting to live exploit URLs. The recent wave of malvertising that...

Tags: MSN, Advertisement, Portals, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-27

"Why do you hate Vista so much?"

"Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails

Online storage service MediaMax, also called The Linkup, went out of business following a system administration error that deleted active customer data. The defunct company raises questions about the reliability of cloud computing. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Data, Failure, Storage, Hardware, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Purebuds

Of almost all gadgets, earbuds have the least surface area to work with, which means external design innovations are often incremental and minute. Color and style are the most noticeable physical characteristics that manufacturers tweak, but neither has an effect on the performance of an earphone. So, what's a new...

Tags: Digital music, Purebuds, earbud, earphone

Product reviews 2008-08-26

LG 50PG20

The LG 50PG20 is the company's least expensive 50-inch plasma, competing against similar entry-level models from Samsung and Panasonic. It doesn't have the 1080p resolution of higher-priced plasmas, but we didn't really miss that extra detail. What we did miss with this LG, namely deep black levels and more accurate...

Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG 50PG20, plasma

Product reviews 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team CERT has issued a warning for what it calls "active attacks" against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to...

Tags: Linux, SSH, Attack, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing

In a tunnel under the Franco-Swiss border, the world's most powerful particle accelerator passed its final test run before its full-fledged attempt on September 10. Pre-initiation testing of the Large Hadron Collider has now been completed, ahead of the particle accelerator's official launch on September 10. ...

Tags: CERN, Tunnel, Particle, Beam, LHC, Team Management, Leadership, Management, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator

News items 2008-08-26

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawFixed.Looks like Facebook has fixed the bug. I just clicked the link and saw this text: The bug is fixed :)RE: Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawSuch as the fact that applications completely ignore any user privacy options and have the ability to...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Facebook, obvious security flaw, security, security flaw

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

A-PDF Password Security (exe)

A-PDF Password Security is a desktop utility program that lets you change password security of existing Acrobat PDF files. That means you can protect PDF files with 128 bit encryption or remove the password protection. It can handle either single or batch documents with a wizard. Another convenience feature is...

Tags: Password, Adobe PDF, A-PDF, A-PDF Password Security

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw

[ UPDATE:  Facebook has reversed itself and fixed this vulnerability ]  The Register's Dan Goodin has the scoop on an obvious security vulnerability that's being ignored by the powers at Facebook. The issue, as demonstrated by this proof-of-concept, shows...

Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers

In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move

Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and MoveWow, just wowSo, a party supposed to govern USA can be bought out by Microsoft to support a flash wannabe plugin.I am speechless. Will they make Windows only policy in Govt. agencies too? Perhaps they should use "OOXML" instead of PDF too?What???The liberals...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Office Open XML, Active-X, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacs

On Friday I posted a piece about a problem with vertical lines appearing on PowerBook G4 17-inch screens just as they got outside of their three-year AppleCare warranty. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there may be a similar problem with some third generation 17-inch Intel iMacs with serial...

Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple iMac, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Over my dead body

Over my dead bodyStick to what you know, Murph!Hmm, last week you were saying you had little experience with SMEs and were offering space on your blog to those who do, today you are making stunningly sweeping generalizations about their employees! Where's your data!?My business focus, since 1993, has been...

Tags: SMB/SME, PRODUCTIVITY, dead body, villain, small and medium enterprise

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

JiJi Active Directory Reports (msi)

JiJi Active Directory Reports ADR enables IT organizations to extract vital data from Active Directory in seconds after installation. ADR provides the best solution to meet Active Directory Reporting requirements. ADR has an extensive reports list with over 100 out of the box reports. Armed with thisinformation, organizations can quickly...

Tags: ADR, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-25

I'm a Wii Fit believer

I really thought Wii Fit was a gimmick. And those phys ed classes that used Dance Dance Revolution to get sedentary teenagers jumping around? Talk about a waste of taxpayer money. Then my kids bought Wii Fit this weekend and I was absolutely, instantly impressed. ...

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit, Games, Operational Planning, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-24

4G iPod nano rumored to have GPS (updated)

Is this the much-rumored fourth-generation iPod nano? On Friday Digg's Kevin Rose posted a rumor about a "revamp of the entire iPod" coming in the next 2-3 weeks. In addition to iTunes 8 and iPhone firmware 2.1 Rose predicts that the entire iPod family will receive "fairly...

Tags: 4G, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, GPS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-24