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Postal Service Upgrades IT Infrastructure, Enhances Security and Improves Efficiency

Swiss Post is one of Switzerland's largest public service providers, and it has a complex IT infrastructure with more than 22,000 computers. The computers were running the Windows 2000 operating system, and Swiss Post was having difficulties with device compatibility, so the company upgraded to the Windows Vista operating system....

Tags: Security, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Swiss Post, Microsoft Windows 2000, Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management

Case studies 2009-07-21

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Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Quad-core CPU for $99 ... from AMD

The Athlon II X2 comes with 1MB...L2 per core. It's too bad they didn't use 1MB per core for the X4.2M divided by 4 is 512KNope, it comes with 2MB of L2, divided by 4 cores gives us 512K per core.Adrian has it right.BradDid you read his Post?He said "Too...

Tags: Network technology, money saving, quad-core CPU, Adrian, DDR3, motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, HyperTransport, DDR3 RAM, CPU

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Microsoft FTP in IIS vulnerability now under attack

They're attacking the space station?[i]It is not yet clear if a fix for this FTP in [b]ISS[/b] vulnerability will be included in this patch batch.[/i]Sorry, I couldn't resist.I fail to see the logicin your last post. Why would hackers wish to harm the station's occupents?:)That's easyThey want to be...

Tags: Microsoft IIS Server, FTP, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying a mobile phone?

They're all basically toysPhone cameras are handy for an occasional "grab" shot, but I sure wouldn't use one as my main camera on a vacation trip.RE: Poll: How important is the quality of the built-in camera when buying aAn onboard camera in a cellphone is of little importance to me....

Tags: mobile, camera, phone, cell phone, pic

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Hacker demos persistent Mac keyboard attack

Hacker demos persistent Mac keyboard attackHa ha, hah ah ahahahhah... Mac Security.God... is Apple still running smug "we are so secure" commercials?Doesn't this require physical access to the keyboard?In order to embed a firmware into the keyboard, wouldn't one need physical access to that keyboard? Or are we...

Tags: Keyboards, Physical Access, Apple Macintosh, keyboard, firmware

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

ThermalLabel SDK for .NET 2.0 (Windows)

Neodynamic ThermalLabel SDK for .NET is a lightweight class library DLL that lets you to design barcode labels and print them to Zebra Thermal Printers ZPL or EPL by writing just pure .NET code in VB.NET or C#. ThermalLabel SDK can be used for designing and printing from simple to...

Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft Windows, U.S. Postal Service, Neodynamic, PDF417, .Net, Application Servers, RSS, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Development Tools

Software downloads 2009-07-22

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill

Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey billEvidence for your assertions, pleaseWhile there is at least weak scientific evidence that man contributes to global warming (I do not trust it, but at least some studies try to make the point), there is none for climate change causing weather events like hurricanes. ...

Tags: Messiah, hurricane, global warming, Waxman-Markey, life saving, sea level, game, Katrina

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Tomorrow's World

By now you will probably have digested the initial information about Google Wave, strategically announced on the same day as Microsoft's Bing search engine last week. Two not quite ready for prime time products - one open source, the other arguably a partially walled garden -...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Yahoo Search Monkey, Channel Management, Wiki, Productivity, Marketing, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-31

Clash of the Touch Titans summary; which device is my favorite?

Clash of the Touch Titans summary; which device is my favorite?What does it mean exactly?The phrase "Virtually limitless functionality"? If that is your criteria then why did the Samsung which also had another benefit as a media creation power house I think not rate as the higher of the...

Tags: Bluetooth, TV-Out, Apple iPhone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Delivery Status Touch 2.3 (Mobile)

Delivery Status Touch is the package tracker widget for iPhone and iPod touch. Delivery Status Touch will let you track packages from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, TNT, Canada Post, City Link, DPD, GLS, Japan Post, Parcelforce, Aramex, Posten Norway, Posten Sweden, Swiss Post, Poste Italiane, Purolator, Royal Mail, Hermes HLG,...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Tap, Mobile, Junecloud, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-18

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

iPhone vs. Storm: I finally made my tough decision

iPhone vs. Storm: I finally made my tough decisionPretty much agree, Sam......there's clear cannibalisation between the iPod Touch and the iPhone.I'm not sure about the Storm though but I guess it's whatever floats your boat.RE: iPhone vs. Storm: I finally made my tough decisionHope you enjoy the bugberry with no...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

ASP.NET Barcode Professional 6.0 (Windows)

Barcode Professional can generate the most popular Linear, Postal and 2D Barcode Symbologies. Visual Studio, VB.NET, C#, Visual Web Developer. For ASP.NET 1.0 or Greater. Main Features: - Linear & 2D Barcodes - Renders barcode images on-fly in formats such as GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, WBMP, EPS and PNG -...

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Windows, U.S. Postal Service, Neodynamic, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-01-19

.NET Barcode Professional 6.0 (Windows)

Barcode Professional is a Windows control which generates barcode images for .NET Applications. Barcode Professional can generate the most popular Linear and 2D Barcode Symbologies. Features: - Linear & 2D Barcode Symbologies - Crystal Reports for .NET support - Save barcode images in image files as well as in stream...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, U.S. Postal Service, Neodynamic, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Visual Studio, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools

Software downloads 2009-01-19

MS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office

MS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, OfficeMS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, OfficeMicrosoft should be praised for catching this many flaws and fixing them in a timely manner. Think of all the time and research that went in to get 28 patches out. ...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, Zune Software, vulnerability, whopper, MS Patch Tuesday whopper, MS Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Zune, Windows IE, MS patch, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23

The 5 Stages of iPhone Acceptance

The Five Stages of the Kübler-Ross model The iPhone has become such a part of our collective consciousness that soon entire books are going to be written about the sociological impact of such a groundbreaking, Insanely Great device. Why, it's so dammed important,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Digital Music, Open Source, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Die Schweizerische Post Transforms Business With Expanded Market and Customer Insight

Die Schweizerische Post Swiss Post is the second largest employer in Switzerland. It provides the public and business community with postal, payment, and passenger transport services. Die Schweizerische Post Swiss Post wanted to implement strategic reorientation in the wake of the liberalization of the postal market in Switzerland. The challenge...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Opportunity, Switzerland, Siebel Systems Inc., Free Trade, Finance

Case studies 2008-07-01

Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered

Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4

Discussion threads 2008-06-19