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McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures: McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failuresI get slammed for pronouncing the name wrong, but McAfee is the bestMcAfee is the only true voice on security. I have never once seen a computer with their AV software installed that has be overrun with viruses. If this is...; Tags: SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
The redesigned iMac desktop range emerges: The redesigned iMac desktop range emergesI think it will be a hitI priced comparable desktops with dual core 2Ghz with average components and 20" screens at both Dell and HP, and they came up to $1069 and $1045 respectively. (Both the Dell and HP came with 2 gig ram...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple iMac, TripleII, newby, Apple iLife, Apple MacBook, desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.; Discussion threads 2007-08-07

Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder: Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...; Tags: Strategy, Torvalds, Linux, vision, Linux coder, open source, chef, picnic; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
Google needs to read the 'Hailstorm' history books: Google needs to read the 'Hailstorm' history booksOff-site storage needs to be "Advertised" better...Nobody has a real feel for how good and safe it really is. Take some of that excess cash and "evangelize" it to the public AND businesses on TV and YouTube and more.Most geeks know it's...; Tags: SMB/SME, E-mail providers, selling point, Internet, Microsoft Corp., accounting, Google Inc., Hailstorm, history book, Google Needs; Discussion threads 2007-02-22
Dell customers demand Linux on new customer feedback site: Dell customers demand Linux on new customer feedback siteThe Linux machine that I bought from Dell...... needed to have its drive repartitioned to put the /home directory on a separate filesystem. So I'm not falling over myself to buy a pre-installed Linux machine. An n-series Dell that is [b]cheaper[/b] (by...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Dell Computer Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-02-20

E-books, has your time come?: E-books, has your time come?TooToo big.Too heavy.Too expensive.Too restrictive.E-books, has your time come?They have been trying to push ebooks for years with no success. If they want this to be successful they will need to have better fonts and make sure the screen isn't too bright. You want...; Tags: E-books, e-book; Discussion threads 2006-04-05
Are you "certifiable," or what?: Are you "certifiable," or what?Experience matters. Paper doesn't always mean skill...I once had to interview 8 people for a rather intense support position. Of the 8, 6 were MCSE's.Every one of the MCSE's fell flat on their interviews for technical ability.They had paper but NO skill whatsoever.We ended...; Tags: Quality, Cisco AVVID, certification, education, Cisco Systems Inc., formal education; Discussion threads 2005-04-29

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