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Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habits

Mitnick: Security depends on workers' habitsOf course.I'm becoming more convinced that most security breaches come by the choice of the user, whether by authorizing an installation of software or by providing information.He makes another good point: a tight, rigorous security policy will be an entire failure. People resent...

Tags: worker, security, directive, Mitnick, password, gut, security policy

Discussion threads 2005-03-04

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Are more companies refusing to pay more for green IT?

There used to be a perception, not so many months ago, that your company would have to spend more to green-ify its IT infrastructure. But the flagging economy is apparently dashing any hopes that high-tech vendors might secretly have harbored that they could get customers to spend more dollars for...

Tags: Rackspace, Green Technology, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08

OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. Check...

Tags: Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Q9300, LGA775, AM2, DDR3, Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System, PSU, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Samsung T220, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Chipsets, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?

Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?VIA exposes open source limitsThis move exposes the logical limits of open source. You can't "open source" everything because it costs hundreds of millions to run a fabrication operation. The gesture of releasing the design either becomes:...

Tags: Notebooks, Semiconductors, CAD Design, open source, laptop computer, PCB, open sources laptop design, laptop design, chip company

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

RSnake picks on Google Health... yes, Google wants your medical records, too!

Interesting article from Robert "RSnake" Hansen yesterday on one of Google's new innovations, the Google Health application.  Yeah, imagine that, Google wants to own the content of your medical records, too!  You'd think that Google would want to avoid this due to HIPPA complications, as this is a true example of...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Medical Record, RSnake, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Regulatory Compliance, Security, Regulations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Adding up Sun's pieces

Adding up Sun's piecesFocus on the small businessIf Sun wants to monetize their strategy have a separate sales channel focus on the SMB's that don't have deep pockets and entrenched technology and are willing to listen when someone says there is a better cheaper way of doing things.Sun has too...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Servers, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock, server

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated)

Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple updatedNot backing up while working?That's insane. That's when I WANT my hourly backups. Too much dinosaur IT thinking (back up when the system isn't under load).POC?You might want lump all low-end PCs in this category as this is all the Psystar is. It benefits...

Tags: Notebooks, Rumor Mill, Apple Inc., Psystar

Discussion threads 2008-05-16

Exclusive: First look at the FastMac U-Charge (updated)

Here's an exclusive sneak peak of FastMac's newest product: U-Charge. U-Charge is a portable, standalone charger that connects directly to the battery's terminals to recharge the battery quickly and efficiently. It's compatible with over nine years of Apple laptop batteries as well as after-market/third party replacements like...

Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple MacBook, Battery, FastMac U-Charge, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?

Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?The Kindle isn't cool.These people just don't get it.Amazon have a few plays to come with KindleI interviewed Amazon CTO Werner Vogel in Amsterdam in April at The Next Web abiut one thing: The Kindle. Werner revealed some interesting information about The Kindle in...

Tags: iPod-ish

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

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ATThere will probably be......some kind of MD5 digest hashed to an iPhone private key which will be present on an update to the firmware. Yes?Yep - it's goneI tried at a Starbucks here in Colorado Springs and it asks for a user name, etc... vs just asking for you...

Tags: Wireless LANs, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move

Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good moveEC hating MIcrosoft?Nah, bureaucracies don't hate, they just use their system to grind people into compliance with their expectations. It's not their fault Microsoft chose to fight the system.Microsoft fails to embrace and extinguish Yahoo!.. now that's good news.Historic news?In the last...

Tags: Mainframes, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-03

Is your keyboard dirtier than a toilet seat?

According to research carried out by consumer group Which? some computer keyboards are home to more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat. Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning. Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four...

Tags: Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay home

Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay homeThat's What Locusts Do.They destroy one place and move on to the next one. Indians destroyed the job market in America and they are moving on to the next place to gut out and leave to die.RE: Indian techies snubbing US jobs...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, family network, Indian techy, job

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Our urine shows where we live

It's almost logical that our urine contains traces of what we eat and drink. But an international team of researchers decided to learn more and has analyzed frozen urine samples from 4,630 people. These samples have been collected between 1997 and 1999 in China, Japan, the UK and the...

Tags: China, Researcher, Japan, Bacteria, U.S. Here, Healthcare, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Nokia N95 (8GB, Unlocked)

Editor's note: Portions of Features section of this review were taken from our original evaluation of the unlocked Nokia N95 North American Edition, as both devices share many of the same features.It's no secret that the Nokia N95 has been quite popular here in the States, garnering rave reviews from...

Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, multimedia button, Nokia N95, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-17

Targeted spear phishing attacks

Targeted spear phishing attacksFederal Subpoena email spamIt is kind of a whaling attack targeting big fishes in corporate offices like CEO’s, top executives and managers.“This is one of the best phish e-mails I've seen in the past 6 years” quoted by Mr. Steve Kirsch, a well known Silicon Valley entrepreneurRemember,...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, e-mail, phishing, Abaca Email Protection Gateway, attack

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed

Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed...LOL... get too greedy and lose your focus. This is the eventual outcome, and Like IBM, Microsoft will have to pare down, rethink and take some serious blows. I don't think Microsoft will go away (too bad...) but they are sure...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Oops IT, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Could the Olympics spoil Back to School sales?

Supply chain blogs recently warned that the Chinese government may close down a number of manufacturing industries during the Olympic games this summer and other posters warn that shipping and production slowdowns could be felt around China. The site says games could disrupt the flow of technology hard-goods in the...

Tags: China, Olympic Games, Supply Chain, Apple Inc., Sales, Manufacturing, Games, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Zimbra's fate hangs in the balance as Microsoft gets hostile with Yahoo!

Will Microsoft embrace or kill Zimbra? Zimbra is putting on a brave face as rival Microsoft turns up the heat on its bid to buy Yahoo but fear-doubt-and uncertainty is in the air. Officially, neither Microsoft nor Zimbra would discuss...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Open Source, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concerns

Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concernsYahoo and investors just have to be patient.No reason for them to get in a hurry. Yes, MS is in a hurry, SO WHAT???MS is setting themselves up for further antitrust actions ...In the current political climate they are likely to get a...

Tags: Corporate law, Financial accounting, Investment, Microsoft Corp., Yang, antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, stock, antitrust concern

Discussion threads 2008-04-07