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- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- News to know: Pixie; Google Books; Time Warner-YouTube; PayPal; iLike
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Next Palm webOS-ready phone, Eos 'Pixie', to arrive Oct. 2010 Richard Koman: Lawyer files a full-throated attack...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., PayPal, Canon Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Word, Blogging, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I've been saying this for a while.[i]When it comes to trade-offs between security and convenience, convenience always wins.[/i]security = 1 / convenienceRE: Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I can't believe that you're endorsing having the police in any country "wardriving" around to detect...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, LANs, Wi-Fi, WLAN, router, Wi-Fi connection
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...
- Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows 7, public beta, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn Someone will come up with...Microsoft doesn't supply patches for pirated software even though they do.True[i]If you run another OS then you will not get the Gumbar problem.[/i]And if you are talking about Linux then I say that's good. Moving to OS X to...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Now Let, Gumblar, Gumbar, Conficker, attack, Gumblar attack, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of Communications
- Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of CommunicationsSocial MediaNever been to one and don't intend to start now. That is not to say that they are bad, and I am sure business and social cases can be made for using them in many circumstances.When you do look at the level of...
- Tags: E-mail, Splittering, Adult Attention Disorder, Only Fools, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Is Twitter the new business card?
- Is Twitter the new business card?Twitter is the Rich Man's business cardHi Jennifer,I think that Twitter has a very high potential of becoming a business card, but a lot of people are web-savvy, but are not rich enough to afford a web-enabled mobile device yet. Connecting asynchronously should also be...
- Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, Twitter, business card, new business card
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didn't revoke server privileges
- A former Fannie Mae IT contractor has been indicted for planting a virus that would have nuked the mortgage agency's computers, caused millions of dollars in damages and even shut down operations. How'd this happen? The contractor was terminated, but his server privileges were not. Rajendrasinh Makwana...
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Information Technology, Malware, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Fighting the battle against identity theft
- Fighting the battle against identity theftMy mail and DL from Tx. and some checksThese items were taken. My apartment mail key was also snatched. Luckily the complex had old mail units and they were replaced shortly after id discovered what was going on. My license came up missing from...
- Tags: Jason Ellis, bank, identity theft
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- The New Adventures of Christine's Old PC
- Windows XP virtualized within Vista SP1 using VMWare Player. Some of you may be aware that I have another identity besides professional technologist and tech/computer industry blogger -- I'm also passionate about restaurants, cooking, and eating (albeit with a healthier focus these...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, VMware Inc., Computer, Christine Nunn, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting
- A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday picked apart behavioral Web advertising as executives from the likes of Google, NebuAd and Facebook touted their privacy controls and even went as far as noting that ads are good for you. The hearing before the Senate Committee on Senate Committee...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Internet Service Provider, Behavioral Targeting, Service Provider, U.S. Senate, Online Advertising, Internet Service, NebuAd, Privacy Law, Tom, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen ID leads to lawsuits
- Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was? I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone. Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Advertisement, LifeLock, Identity Theft, Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Can health care make voice interfaces viable?
- Can health care make voice interfaces viable?Sure I have, I even own one :-)So in your situation, your customers are on the phone and you are talking to them. So how in the world are you also talking to your computer? And how is your customer supposed to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, headset, SRS, voice interface, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins
- In my previous piece discussing the first four Open Source Commandments I talked a bit about the traditions of Passover, where Jewish families gather together to eat a festive meal and discuss our liberation from slavery in Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh (while the one in the...
- Tags: Console, OSS, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Targeted spear phishing attacks
- A colleague of mine, Dave Wong, from Ernst & Young's Advanced Security Center in New York, pointed me to a really interesting article on targeted spear phishing attacks by John Markoff of the New York Times.  Phishing has been really interesting to me lately, as I've seen a wave of discussions,...
- Tags: E-mail, Attack, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live ID
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI directed my mom to mail.live.com.I solved her problem very quickly.RE: Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI got this message all day long at the MS Office Download Center:"The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Windows Live outage, Live-ID, outage, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center
- Citrix Systems, Inc. has announced a restructuring and rebranding of its key virtualization products, as well as the introduction of a new orchestration technology. My question is when will the cloud computing, virtualization, SaaS and advertising combined synergies bubble up to show Citrix' substantial strategic worth? Who...
- Tags: Merger, Citrix Systems Inc., Workflow Studio, Citrix XenServer 4.1, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- NYC prosecutors back ban on sex predators
- NYC prosecutors back ban on sex predatorsI'm torn on this issueBeing the father of an 11yo daughter who uses facebook & myspace, I want her to be protected. She is not allowed to talk to anyone online who she doesn't know in real life. I monitor her usage, and she...
- Tags: sex predator, sexual offender, sex offender, offender
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- So long ActiveX. Will I miss you?
- So long ActiveX. Will I miss you?Done. Thanks Larry!ntYour screenshots are inaccurateThe shown settings actually do *not* disable ActiveX, if those are the only changes you've made. It's the "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" option that needs to be set to "Disabled". Or use the "High" security...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Web browsers, ActiveX, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
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