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- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Software's drive to become like television
- Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...
- Tags: TV, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Maybe I was wrong about Mac Servers
- After reading ZDNet storage majordomo Robin Harris' post this morning I couldn't help but ponder the implications of Macs having a native implementation of Sun's ZFS network scalable file system in the latest versions of Mac OS X Snow Leopard client and Snow Leopard Server. Finally, a compelling reason to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Storage, Server, ZFS, Parallels, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Psystar: Just how loud is it? (updated 2x)
- Today was my second day with my spankin' new Psystar Open Computer. Following are some observations. I don't have a wireless card in it yet and my desk is too far away from my router to string an Ethernet cable, so I'm offline for the...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Google set to make Google TV Ads public
- Google set to make Google TV Ads publicWill This Mean.......more of those obnoxious ads that obliterate the bottom of the screen while I'm watching a program? I suppose it will.
- Tags: Google Inc., Google TV ad, Google TV, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- The Open Source Commandments
- Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt...
- Tags: Industry, Microsoft Corp., Pharaoh Rameses, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Apple's U.S. sales skyrocket in February
- Apple's U.S. sales skyrocket in FebruaryEveryone is buying all the eltronics they can get their hands on before..the economy callapses and they cant get credit.And some new Macs are for iPhone DevelopemtThe iPhone SDK is now out in beta and 100,000 copies were downloaded in 4 days. If you...
- Tags: Desktops, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, iPhone SDK, Apple Inc., U.S. Sales
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Defeating the Same Origin Policy part 1
- Defeating the Same Origin Policy part 1ouh... That made my head hurt.Excellent post. I wasn't sure wither to laugh or scream. Worrisome, I will say that.And while this subject is, in fact, no laughing matter, the way you made it look so easy made me laugh anyway. ...
- Tags: Same Origin Policy, attack, applet, JavaScript
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- In-flight Internet cleared for take-off
- In-flight Internet cleared for take-offRe: No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks...That's because they priced them out of the market. If the airlines had not done so, they may have gotten much more use.The one cost cited in the article ($10 for many flights) is much more...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cellphone usage, In-flight Internet, phone, obnoxiousness, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- The Mac snobbery, arrogance, confidence debate
- In August 2007 I posted a piece asking if Mac users were smug and arrogant. Over 4,000 of you voted in the poll at then end of the story with 64 percent stating that Mac users are smug and arrogant. Then in October I asked if Apple, Inc. was arrogant....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Arrogance, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- Wither anti-virus software?
- Wither anti-virus software?Cute punbut it kind of telegraphs the thesis, don't you think?Did I learn anything new from this article?No.Why doesn't that logic apply?The article says, "The common argument: Anti-virus software can never keep up, is outdated and outgunned against rapidly evolving threats."Why haven't we stopped using vaccines for diseases?...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antivirus, anti-virus software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer conviction
- What do geeks hate more than free speech restrictions? Spammers! Thus, anti-spam laws are an interesting collision. Spamming is clearly speech -- albeit commercial speech. So are antispam laws constitutional? The Virginia Supreme Court took that matter up in the case of Jeremy Jaynes, a particularly obnoxious...
- Tags: Speech, Anti-spam, First Amendment, Spamming, Statute, Virginia, Jeremy Jaynes, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutrality
- New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutralityI think this should be handled through ICANNThey say.. if you try to impose restriction on websites that you do not host, we terminate your name associations and IP blocks.Problem solved.In its current form.. net neutraility does more harm than good. Any restrictions other than the ones blocking monopolies...
- Tags: Web site development, INTERNET, Net Neutrality, Web site, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Apple's Safari gets richer with HTML5 features
- Apple's Safari gets richer with HTML5 featuresCan't waitI can't wait for the browser-side SQL storage. It would be a perfect match for some of the planned features of one of my sites.Firefox will roll this one out soon too.I just hope that Apple rolls it out in the Safari for...
- Tags: Web browsers, Digital video, Cyberthreats, Apple Safari, Web browser, HTML5 feature, HTML5, WMV, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- If you don't like it, fork it
- One of the big concerns arising from the pending Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, and of proprietary open source in general, is the fear that a project's owner will abuse its power, even kill a worthwhile project. Well, fork that. (Picture from a YoLinux tutorial on the fork...
- Tags: Project, Fork, Eclipse, Foundation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++Probably
- Would+a+Microsoft%2FYahoo%21+deal+mean+more+junk+and+OS+bloat%3F++ProbablySAAS is EvilYou know where I lay the blame for this? Google. They made SaaS incredibly sexy and this has resulted in all of the big players wanting to cash in. As a result, the future of computing is moving toward online services and advertising. Call...
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Inc., SAAS, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Pidgin, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Torvalds: Linux ready to go green
- Torvalds: Linux ready to go greenTorvalds: Linux ready to go greenAnd no one cares what Linus has to say. He's proven himself to be an ineffective leader. He had to move out of silicon valley because he couldn't handle the pressure.[i]Torvalds said he is pleased that the kernel...
- Tags: UNIX, Digital rights management (DRM), OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux kernel, Linux, Torvalds, digital-rights management, Linux Ready, kernel, LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?
- Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?RE: Is Snopes pushing Adware? Urban legend or fact?Pop-ups are SO last year. Looks like I'm headed to www.truthorfiction.com from now on.Pop up blockerHence why I use a pop up blocker, and No script ^_^. Kinda of pitiful on...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, E-mail, SECURITY, Snopes, adware, Urban Legend
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- In-flight Internet: Grounded for life?
- In-flight Internet: Grounded for life?Of course, some idiot will connect a mike and fire up VOIPHELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME??? YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHERE I'M CALLING FROM. YES, I DID CATCH THE PLANE, AND WE'RE ENROUTE AT 30,000 FEET RIGHT NOW. I'M SITTING IN MY SEAT TALKING...
- Tags: In-flight Internet, flyer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
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