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The IT Commandments: Thou shalt not use nonsecure protocols on thy network

The IT Commandments: Thou shalt not use nonsecure protocols on thy networkTurn of HTTP while you're at it!Funny, it seems to me that the VAST MAJORITY of severe virus/spyware/adware problems flowed over HTTP! How about this: dump the idiot Web-based applications, and enforce a strict "deny all" policy on the...

Tags: Web technology, NETWORKING, Badware, Funny IT, HTTP, Telnet, network, IT Commandment

Discussion threads 2006-04-02

Bush campaign site blocks traffic from abroad

Bush campaign site blocks traffic from abroadWell, ralphnader.com is probably internationalfree and open for business.Good news.The site www.georgewbush.org is working. ;-)No, I will not argue politics with anyone.Georgewbush.comI live in Japan and I have been blocked for some time from this site. If you look at the expats...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Outsourcing, Funny IT, distributed denial of service, Web site, Kerry

Discussion threads 2004-10-27

Resilient: Making processes into objects

Resilient: Making processes into objectsTypo?Funny it says Commentary on the top where I believe someone should have written Advertisement.Holy Grail ... Holy Merde?????"Pursuing the Holy Grail of enterprise software is much easier if you use Microsoft infrastructure and tools instead of building your own." A lazy, frightening, foolish...

Tags: Funny IT, Holy Grail

Discussion threads 2004-07-13

Additional Resources

Apple Store fails the Nordstrom test

Yet another Apple horror storyOnce again, an Apple horror story, trouble straight out of the box (forget "it just works").Most of the Apple afficionados I know have such horror stories. There's a massive one right now with the new iMacs. On the other hand, I know very little such stories...

Tags: Desktops, UNIX, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Nordstrom Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Apple Black Friday prices fizzle

What's up with Harry Fuller? 8 out of the 20 blogs right now?I count 20 blogs on this screen, and 8 of them are eco-farts from Harry Fuller. Non IT.Can someone remove his gaia-pollution from ZDNet please?(and my apologies for this off-topic post).Maybe he's taking advantage of everyone's 4 day...

Tags: Blogging, Black Friday, Apple Inc., massive price cut, rumour

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Microsoft: To spam or not to spam

I'm rather suspiciousLook at the date. December 2008?Show me the headersI would never bother reading the body without checking them first.False dichotomyAnd oh, by the way: just because it's genuine doesn't mean it's not spam.TrashntHumm . . .Humm . . . We really need to start adopting digital signatures.It usually...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, header, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

jalada Rail Madness 1.0.1 (Mac)

Rail Madness brings the classic wooden rail on your computer. In this amusing game, you will live a funny adventure and depending on your driving reflexes, you will advance to the next levels. You become a virtual driver of a little railway engine and your challenge is to create the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wagon, Games, Policies And Procedures, Personal Technology, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-11-27

East Anglia: some new angles, but no arrests for hacking

Investigation..."If the Republicans regain control of the Senate any time soon, you can expect a full-blown Inhofe-fuelled investigation."Horrors! Imagine that, someone actually wants to INVESTIGATE to see if the "science" of global warming holds water pardon the pun? You mean people actually want to KNOW if these drastic changes to...

Tags: Blogging, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Junkscience, East Anglia, e-mail, hacking

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m

Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Climate scientists saying global warming trend is worsening

Pardon me while I yawn. This is the same bunch (climate change chicken-littles) that brought the hockey stick graph and pimped out statistics. These folks have been exposed as corruptand fraudulent, driven by ideology and not science. By continuing to treat them as anything other than worthy...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP debuts iPAQ Glisten, 3G Windows Mobile 6.5 world phone on AT&T

FAIL!It's running Windows Mobile....FAIL! A phone is only as good as the OS that is on it. So long Windows Mobile...It has been replaced by Open_Source technologies and Android/Apple phones that work!;)Next up Google Chrome OS will take on Windows.It is going to be interesting.I agreeandroid and Linux is the...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, OPEN SOURCE, 3G, AT&T Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq iPAQ, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Linux, Microsoft Windows, phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup

I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe

Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...

Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Opera patches 'extremely severe' security hole

Let me know when it gets really reheheally 'extremely severe'.ntRE: Opera patches 'extremely severe' security holeStill using Opera 10.01, still no problems. I'll upgrade before I sign off.What comes after "extremely severe"? - just so gawd awful, really, must do or die, severe!Critical and importantThese bugs would be rated...

Tags: Web browsers, patch management, Lynx, Opera Software ASA, security, security hole, Opera patch

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Easy Photo Frame 6.59 (Windows)

Turn your images into photographically rich and artistic in just a few steps with our digital photo software - Easy Photo Frame, without the need for any technical knowledge. These 'one-click' photo effect options produce desired results effortlessly and each effect comes with the option to make simple adjustments. With...

Tags: Digital Photograph, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, EpcSoft, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-23

East Anglia: one hacked U.S. scientist is hacked off

I say then be pro-active...If it is out of context, pro-actively publish EVERYTHING and PROVE they are out of context. If the hacked scientists DO NOT provide context, publish everything they say vindicates them, then we know the truth. If they simply fall behind the mantra of "it's...

Tags: global warming, East Anglia, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-22