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Notebook: Google Toolbar flaw; Gmail issues; Microsoft assessment tool

Notebook: Google Toolbar flaw; Gmail issues; Microsoft assessment toolSafe Surfing Best PracticesKeep your browser 'lean and mean'. o Don't add extraneous tool bars and pluginso Do add Firefox plugins NoScript and AdBlocko If at all possible run your browser in a VM snapshot or sandboxo Use a decent Email...

Tags: E-mail providers, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Google Gmail, Gmail Issues, XSS, Google Toolbar, tool, Google Inc., notebook, toolbar

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

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Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon

Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....

Tags: Google Inc., developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor

buble bust...anyone learns from 2000 and so IT burst?Current interest in private cloudsHi Joean interesting piece, and thanks for the link to my post? This current enthusiasm for private Clouds is also interesting? and I am left wondering how long it will continue.It's presumably a mix of security concerns (real...

Tags: Marketing research, cloud computing, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Cloud storage vs. flash storage: Security vs. simplicity

disagree on a pointi do like the ease of use that the cloud gives me, also the ability to access it anywhere ie Gmail, but personally I'd rather have a flashdrive (besides Gmail, I avoid the cloud like the plague, but maybe I'm just a security/privacy freak =p)[i]"Flash drives also...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Flash memory, storage, security, USB flash drive, Web site, Google Inc., malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?

Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...

Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Revisiting RIM: Are the enterprise storm clouds brewing?

In the context of the scenario...it could very well come down to iPhone v. RIM. If, as posited, businesses adopt a BYOP model. That kind of thing doesn't matter what wireless network your using, if they'll open exchange up for you to hook your iPhone to. Which may - and...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, data plan, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., BIS, RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Microsoft vs. Google: An e-mail showdown at L.A. City Hall

The city of Los Angeles has a decision to make. You see, the city's old school e-mail system is pretty outdated and in need of a major overhaul. But like most other municipal governments, the budget for new tech systems is pretty tight these days. And so, city officials have...

Tags: Google Inc., Los Angeles, City, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels

If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Why you should be glad about Gmail failures

A future that will never happen."But the way I look at it, every Gmail outage is a small investment I?m willing to make towards a future when I?ll be able to take its reliability utterly for granted."Keep dreaming.They are machines created by humans, maintained by humans, running software created by...

Tags: Manufacturing, E-mail providers, Perfection, outage, Google Inc., Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Unrealistic expections and the latest Gmail outage

Gmail is down again? And you are giving them a free pass because they are Google? That is crazy talk. What you should be asking is "Why am I using this service that is constantly going down?" With an in-house solution you can have total control of your Microsoft...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, IT IS, expection, Google Gmail, latest Gmail outage, Gmail outage, Unrealistic expection, Google Inc., outage

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?

Establish Down-Time Procedures. Move on.Google Apps is a GREAT resource.Whining for something you get for freeNTyes you areand on top of it you give the M$ shills something to hang on.I've never looked into it, but does Google Gears help......when / if Google Apps is down?Teachers are hardly unique...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail providers, Google Inc., big whiner, Google Gmail, whiner, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Google explains massive Gmail outage

Only idiots use ....Gmail is privacy and security risk. It's big brother systems. If you send or receive from Gmail, someone may read you email texts.RE: Google explains massive Gmail outageAnybody that's in IT knows... this kind of thing happens once in a while. No matter how redundant or resiliant...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail, massive Gmail outage, Gmail outage, Google Inc., outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Is it fair to criticize Google for the Gmail outage? [video]

Yes it is fair to criticizeThis was a preventable mistake, and all preventable mistakes are worth criticizing.However I think the more important question is whether we are overreacting to what happened. And I think we are. A two hour outage actually less than that is not worth the amount of...

Tags: Manufacturing, E-mail providers, cloud computing, Linux, video, Google Inc., outage, Google Gmail, Gmail outage, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down

RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

An odd Yahoo Mail search bug that requires escalation pronto

Switch to GoogleIt's the only way Yahoo will respond appropriately.Searching email?Searching email?Well, I guess you ZDNet guys get enough volume of it.Personally, I don't get that amount volume.YHOO E-MAIL SEARCH HAS BEEN SCREWED UP FOR MONTHSYHOO E-MAIL SEARCH HAS BEEN SCREWED UP FOR MONTHS causing much consternation in a YHOO...

Tags: E-mail providers, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, odd Yahoo Mail, Yahoo! Mail

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Microsoft: No IE 8 tab-hang fix in the works

Back to IE7...Me too. I wanted to like IE8 and installed it right after release. But a month later I was frustrated at all of the performance issues. Back to IE7. I'm satisfied. At least until MS turns IE7 off and forces me to upgrade.One other note, despite the fact...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, tab-hang, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Microsoft to replace Entourage with Outlook. Nice idea but kind of too late

exactly!Entourage is a really bad program compared to Apple Mail; Microsoft shot itself in the foot by forcing me to use Entourage and my response will be "see ya later!" when Snow Leopard comes out.In general, I think Office is essentially a dead program since people consumers buy it...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Groupware, Entourage, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Google Wave too complicated? I don't think so

"Solution" looking for a problem?That's how it looks to me.RE: Google Wave too complicated? I don't think soToo Complicated? It will make everything easier. All of my communication in one spot!people have said the same thingabout a number of the major technological advances in the last hundred years.And they...

Tags: Right Now IT, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Google Wave too complicated? I don't think so

There is quite a bit of discussion about Google Wave, and how it's potential for success is severely diminished by complexity. True, the concept behind the entire solution is more difficult to grasp than email, but I wouldn't count Google out yet. I don't think it's...

Tags: Google Inc., E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Internet, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-08-08