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George Ou, a former ZDNet blogger, is an IT consultant specializing in Servers, Microsoft, Cisco, Switches, Routers, Firewalls, IDS, VPN, Wireless LAN, Security, and IT infrastructure and architecture.- more about George Ou »
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- Saying goodbye to ZDNet
- ZDNet blogs has been my online home since 2004. With the help and a lot of guidance from David Berlind, Stephen Howard-Sarin, and David Grober, I was brought in to the world of blogging and journalism. I enjoyed my work and all the conversations here and...
- Tags: Goodbye, Corporate Law, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- 55W PC power supply powering the dual-core computer
- Most computer builders in the world think I'm nuts for endorsing the use of 330 watt power supplies for a high-end performance computer. Conventional "wisdom" says that anything under 500 watts is inadequate for an enthusiast PC. "My power supply is bigger than your power supply" seems to be a...
- Tags: Dual-core, PC, Power Supply, Computer, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control
- Bob Briscoe Chief researcher at the BT Network Research Centre is on a mission to tackle one of the biggest problems facing the Internet. He wants the world to know that TCP Transmission Control Protocol congestion control is fundamentally broken and he has a proposal for the IETF to fix...
- Tags: Algorithm, Application, Bandwidth, Network, P2P, TCP, Bob Briscoe, Van Jacobson, Jacobson, AIMD, ECN, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- HDMI survival guide for home theater
- There's a lot of money to be made in the HDMI cabling and switch aftermarket and unfortunately that means a lot of consumers are getting tricked in to paying outrageous prices. I've spent quite a bit of time helping my friends set up their home theaters recently and I thought...
- Tags: Home Theater, HDMI, Cable, HDMI Splitter, DVI, HDCP, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- The cheapest way to do VoIP is still analog
- What happens when you want to just want a bunch of phones in your business, hotel, or organization and you don't need a bunch of fancy and complicated features on the phone? It's simple, just get a bunch of cheap analog phones. But how do you build a phone system...
- Tags: Phone, T1, PBX, USB, FXS, FXO, Telephony, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Fraunhofer IIS shows audio technology at VON.x 2008
- In the world where chip technology improves exponentially, acoustic engineering isn't so simple and it presents a huge hurdle to overcome to the world of telephony and video conferencing. Fraunhofer IIS (inventors of MPEG-1 Layer 3 AKA MP3) seeks to tackle this challenge and showed off some of its research...
- Tags: Microphone, Speaker, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft IIS Server, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Zone-H web defacement data shows platforms don't matter
- Web defacement archive Zone-H.org has produced a comprehensive three-year report on Web Server defacements for 2005 to 2007. What makes the Zone-H archive unique is that the data is gathered from the hackers/defacers themselves and every defaced website is confirmed and mirrored on Zone-H permanently. Contrary to...
- Tags: Web, Defacement, Web Site, News, Microsoft IIS Server, Zone-H, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Japan's ISPs agree to ban P2P pirates
- Four of Japan's largest Internet provider organizations have come to an agreement with copyright holders on how to tackle the illegal file trading on P2P Peer to Peer networks. Comprised of about 1000 major and smaller Japanese Internet providers, the four organizations agreed to target flagrant copyright violators by first...
- Tags: Internet Provider, Japan, File-trading, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Piracy, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- AMD Shanghai won't get HyperTransport 3
- HyperTransport 3 which was once slated for AMD's Barcelona server processors seem to be delayed again on Shanghai until some time in 2009 when it finally arrives for the "Montreal" quad- and octal-core CPUs. According to page 21 of Mario Rivas' slides, the roadmap clearly indicates AMD's first 45nm processor...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HyperTransport, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Building the 200 inch 1080p HDTV
- Yesterday I helped my friend build his 200 inch 1080p HDTV for his entertainment room and it was a beast of a task. But when it was all said and done, I think he was quite happy. Pictured above and below is me standing in front...
- Tags: Projector, HDTV, 1080p, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs
- With wireless penetration tools like KARMA and the new FreeRADIUS-WPE, users who are using urban legend security and enterprise wireless LANs are more vulnerable than ever. One of the biggest threats facing wireless LAN users is SSID probing which is forced by the reckless usage of SSID broadcast suppression....
- Tags: Security, LAN, SSID, PCI, WLAN, Security Standard, PCI Security Standard, Wi-Fi, Wireless, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU
- Credit: Fuad Abazovic, Fudzilla Photos of CPU-Z highlighting AMD's 45nm Shanghai quad-core processor appeared on Fudzilla last week. It confirms that AMD's latest processor will have a total of 2 megabytes L2 cache (512 KB...
- Tags: Shanghai, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Asus' 8.9" Eee draws crowds at CeBIT
- Here in CeBIT 2008, crowds descended on Hannover Germany to see the latest technologies. Germany is certainly a lovely country but there's nothing lovable about the 5.60 Euro per gallon gas prices. CeBIT is certainly one of the more unique conventions I've been to since everything...
- Tags: ASUS, Webcam, CeBit, Bottom Line, Flash Memory, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- New tool cracks most enterprise wireless LANs
- If your company or organization runs an enterprise wireless LAN network, I have some troubling news for you. Odds are high that your current "enterprise-class" wireless LAN deployment is vulnerable to authentication leakage which not only exposes your internal network but all of your server access controls. ...
- Tags: Security, Funk Software, WLAN, Server, Tool, Odds, Wireless Client, Certificate Authority, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wireless, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- AT&T's degrading service and my landlord's ban on Comcast
- With all the negative attention headed towards Comcast lately, AT&T's problems seem to be slipping below the radar. Unfortunately for me, those problems are first hand for me as I'm personally suffering degradations in speed. As if getting 1200 Kbps downstream on a so-called 1500 Kbps service and all those...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Service, Cable, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Government, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Interesting report on OLPC mesh networking
- Computerworld Australia is featuring a discussion of the mesh networking in use on OLPC's XO laptop. In particular, one of the key developers and testers of the technology provides insight into its functionality, limitations, and innovative ways to extend its capabilities. While ZDNet's George Ou has...
- Tags: Network, One Laptop Per Child Project, Computerworld Australia, George Ou, Mesh Networking, Networking, Wireless, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Japan, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Mr., Video, DOCSIS, Geek, Wireless Network, Presentation, Network Management, Richard Bennett, Cable, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Intel christens Silverthorne as "Atom"
- Intel has officially announced its new branding for the "Silverthorne" processor and the "Menlow" platform. The Silverthorne processor will be called the "Intel Atom". The Menlow platform will be called "Intel Centrino Atom". The Intel Atom processor will be used in the Intel Centrino Atom platform. The new Atom logos...
- Tags: Anandtech, Intel Corp., Silverthorne, Atom Logo, Intel D201GLY2, Processors, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Microsoft's free enterprise search is a must try
- At the Heroes Happens {here} event in LA yesterday which saw the launch* of Windows Server 2008, one of the relatively hidden gems of the event in my opinion was Microsoft's free** Search Server 2008 Express. It's is a streamline install of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with almost all the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Search Engine, Enterprise Search Engine, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Search Result, Microsoft Windows, Search, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Secunia: It's not a flaw if it's a feature
- When I reported on the Vocera certificate security bypass flaw, SecurityFocus picked up on it and created Bugtraq ID 27935 to warn their customers about the vulnerability. I dropped a note to Secunia about the flaw but they seem to believe that a flaw is only a flaw if it...
- Tags: Vocera Communications, Secunia, Flaw, Security, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
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