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User perceptions and student jobs: User perceptions and student jobsSummer ChallengesThe biggest challenge for summer interns is that of utter boredom. Usually the company has a policy of hiring summer interns, while the departments have NO policy on what to do with them. I remember well my first summer intern job, where I worked at...; Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, IT Student, summer intern, information technology, student job; Discussion threads 2008-04-03

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Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Another student hacks another police website: Another student hacks another police websiteRE: Another student hacks another police websitethey should probably code their site correctly with decent form validatation and revalidation, so that SQL injection attacks like this don't work. It's not that hard!; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, police website, Web site; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog: Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...; Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Deals abound for back to school: I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound students. The good news is that for $700 you can pick...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?: I really love coffee. Not Folgers or Maxwell House, but the good stuff. My current favorite is Dean's Beans' "Ahab's Revenge" (with "the highest caffeine content of any organic coffee!"), but there are few things that make me happier than a really good cup of coffee. ...; Tags: Coffee, Scout Hunt, Marketing Research, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date: Over the last week or two, I've been inundated with an email. On a serious note, there have been a few questions asked; not that they need clarification as I've already covered these things, I'll answer these anyway. Q. [Email] Open Source ERP5 is now used to...; Tags: Mobile, E-mail, Public Relations, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Peanut Butter Pointer (exe): Peanut Butter Pointer enables groups of children to use multiple mice on a single PC, giving students a new way to learn together and have more computer time than ever before. Peanut Butter Pointer also offers an affordable way to manage student-to-PC ratios by increasing the reach of each existing...; Tags: PC, Peanut Butter Software, Peanut Butter Pointer, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-07-21
Average US household credit card debt is $8,565: Americans carry $2.56 trln in consumer debt, up 22% since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household’s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15% from 2000. ?verage US student emerges from college carrying $20,000 in educational debt. Household debt, including mortgages and credit cards, represents...; Tags: Credit Card, Debt, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.: Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...; Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air; Discussion threads 2008-07-19
Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions: Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictionsProxies"By using a proxy, you can bypass any filtering software on the network"Only if they're incompetent. I work for a company that has hardware that a proxy wouldn't get around the rules, even if it's SSL.Your statement about proxies is wrong.If the university simply sets a...; Tags: INTERNET, Workforce management, Untrustworthy student, Untrustworthy; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Spelling Depot (exe): Spelling Depot is the student and educator's one-stop solution for the practice, assessment, and mastery of spelling lists. Lists can be generated within the program or imported from a text document. Each word can include its definition. After taking a spelling test within the program, words missed by the student...; Tags: Student, Spelling Depot, Tools & Techniques, Games, Financial Services, Management, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-07-17
How good is open source support?: How good is open source support?This why I do not want open source.I can never get help when I need it, and those that try to help have a very snobbish attitude, and like to say you are not learning because you do not want to learn.Well I can only...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Yahoo! SearchMonkey Developer Challenge illustrates diversity: Back in May Yahoo! opened up their SearchMonkey platform, and kicked off a competition in which developers could put SearchMonkey through its paces. The whole Yahoo! open platform initiative continues to grow apace and largely unchallenged by Google and Microsoft, with BOSS rolling out earlier this month,...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., StumbleUpon, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2): As you know from my previous post, it has been an absolute battle to try and get broadband connectivity to my new house in Canterbury. All the other seemingly complicated "hardware based" products like electricity, gas and water supplies have been easy to set up and continue flowing. So why...; Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-11