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Microsoft PowerShell isn't Vista-ready, either: Microsoft PowerShell isn't Vista-ready, eitherHold on therePowershell has been in the works just as long as Riska has. I remember reading this exact same stuff a few years back. At least PS will make it into Riska, WinFS was not as lucky.You must be mistakenMSVista is completely backwards-compatible.mentioned on the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSVista, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, RiskA; Discussion threads 2006-11-15
Microsoft Deja Review: Microsoft Deja Reviewagreedi also think MS focusing on the OS and fighting wars with it are over. they are moving into new directions.that said, the windows desktop will be with us for a very very long time. selling a linux desktop solution to the technically indifferent enterprise desktop market is...; Tags: .NET, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., XAML, Microsoft .NET, RPC, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, RiskA, Microsoft Corp., Murph, Microsoft .NET Framework, Linux; Discussion threads 2006-06-12

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Questioning IT: Questioning ITThick vs Thin.The essence of what you're saying here is that thin client is better than thick client. You don't exactly use those terms and you throw in a bit of anti-Microsoft rhetoric, but focusing on the underlying principals as you correctly recommend, this is a thick vs thin...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Thin clients, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, thin client, security; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
The state of IT risk management: Symantec issued its second annual report on IT risk management. Key findings from "IT Risk Management Report" that surveyed 405 IT professionals include: IT professionals are adopting a more balanced, less security-centric view of IT risk—more of them now see availability risk as critical or...; Tags: Information Technology, IT Professional, Risk Management, IT Risk Management, Strategy, Security, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-31
Attack of the PDFs: Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-10-23

Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround: Adobe has fessed up to a dangerous code execution vulnerability affecting software programs installed on millions of Windows machines. The flaw, publicly disclosed more than three weeks ago, could allow hackers to use rigged PDF files to take control of Window XP computers with Internet Explorer 7...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Workaround, Adobe PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Bug, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-10-07
Code execution hole in Yahoo Widgets: A serious security flaw in an ActiveX control that ships with the Yahoo Widgets could put users at risk of PC takeover attacks.The vulnerability, rated "highly critical" by Secunia, is caused due to a boundary error within the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (YDPCTL.dll) ActiveX control when handling the "GetComponentVersion" method. This can be...; Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets; Blog posts 2007-07-27
ATI / AMD Grief: ATI / AMD GriefYour own faultHa Ha to bad, you shouldn't have upgraded to Vista. At this point Vista practically has very little to offer over XP, and you end up losing big time as you have already found out!Look for more of thisThe simple fact is that the vast...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-04-19
Is Vista really slow to start up?: Is Vista really slow to start up?Its easy they have their own agendaits the same people who constantly claim that Windows is unstable, always crashes, and is highly insecure.as you've clearly shown, someone with even a small amount of computer skills can get windows working without a hitch, ive been...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Diskeeper Corp., Computerworld, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system; Discussion threads 2007-04-12
Microsoft's penultimates: Microsoft's penultimatesThere is only one problem with your theory MurphVista doesn't appear to be a penultimate. I believe Microsoft has stated that they plan on releasing another NT based OS in a few years.Furthermore, Vista to ME is not a fair comparison. ME added the Win2k interface, system restore,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, copy cat, Microsoft Corp., DOS 1.0, penultimate, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, DOS; Discussion threads 2007-03-29
Resolved: Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunity: Resolved: Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunityErrr...[i]"tell people facing Vista decisions that they owe it to themselves to try Linux ..."[/i]Fair enough - if you have a PC you don't mind trashing first! (I assuming that "try" doesn't mean a Live CD)[i]"... or MacOS X first."[/i]And what do they do if...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Live CD, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, software; Discussion threads 2007-03-20
More Productized Services from IBM: IBM is really pushing the packaged services. Here is information from CXOtoday.com:Information Lifecycle Management ILM Service Product: It is designed to classify data according to age and relevance to a company's business. It applies best practices conforming to regulatory guidelines. It enables clients strategically adopt storage optimization, virtualization and archiving...; Tags: Vendor relationships, Packaged Services; Blog posts 2006-10-25
Why Microsoft's future OS could be open source: Why Microsoft's future OS could be open sourcedont talk about what you dont know"Windoze is a great visual GUI attached to a mediocre OS, while Linux is a great OS with a crappy GUI."Maybe you should do some programming (system programming, device driver programming) to know more about Windows. Its...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, operating system, Microsoft Windows, GUI, great OS, visual GUI, mediocre OS, great visual GUI, crappy GUI, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-10-11
Prototyping: PrototypingWhy this doesn't make senseConsider systems designed for situations where life might be endangered by their failure. The normal procedure is to write a specification and give this specification to three different teams. All the resulting software is used in the final product. If any of the systems disagree as...; Tags: Blogging, Tools & Techniques, specification, software, blog; Discussion threads 2006-09-19
Rocks, Light, and SunOS 3.1: Rocks, Light, and SunOS 3.1Piggie Pirates!will ruin your dream by spreading MUD much uncertainty and doubt all over it.What has ever become of the Sun and M$ "partnership"? M$ had a golden opportunity to use Solaris in the Xbox360 while "stitching in" their desktop (similar to OS/X and the mac...; Tags: Sun Solaris, Operating systems, UNIX, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Intel x86, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-09-06
WinFS: Returned to its womb?: WinFS: Returned to its womb?It's the APIs, StupidI think you could get a clearer picture on this from John Carroll, but the best I can tell is that what's going back to MSSQLServer country is going to be the cleaned-up APIs that were shopped out for MSVista.[i]Apparently[/i] the metadata organization...; Tags: Operating systems, WinFS, Microsoft Corp., file system, BeOS; Discussion threads 2006-06-26
Why Microsoft should put user data in a separate volume: Why Microsoft should put user data in a separate volumeExactly! kudos to youI partition out our servers to OS+Apps on one partition sometimes OS and apps on seperate partitions and the user data in a partition all on it's own.This has worked extremely well.Built in to 2000, XP...; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-06-06
Crossed Wires: Another government project to talk about. This time around its a $1.7 billion telecommunications project designed to modernize the FAAs air traffic control infrastructure. Linda Rosencrance reported this in Computerworld magazine, describing the various problems. The article is based on a report issued by the Department of Transportation Office of...; Tags: Project failures, Government projects; Blog posts 2006-05-08
RSA: Microsoft to shelve token support in Vista: RSA: Microsoft to shelve token support in VistaFootnote[i]Vista will finally come out in early 2008. It will consist of XP SP2 in a fancy new box.[/i]Of course, by then XP SP3 will have come out on schedule. This will enable Microsoft to issue MSVista SP1 immediately. Since corporate...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-05-02
Using Vista to get Linux in: Using Vista to get Linux inMoney talksI would think that the best time to make a move to Linux is when Riska comes out and the management are faced with thousands of PC replacements. Show them that Linux will run on the old equipment, and make the case that you...; Tags: Workstations, Operating systems, AutoFS, Unix, Unix workstation, Murph, Using Vista, Microsoft Windows, workstation, Linux; Discussion threads 2006-04-06