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The Techie Hall of Shame

The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...

Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

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IT failures town hall: Aligning IT and business

IT failures town hall: Aligning IT and businessIT vs. Business is not the problemThe true problem is - trying to run IT as as business. Ambitious social climbing and political power plays have their place in business - but NOT in IT. Decisions are not based on technical merit -...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google’s second quarter: What to expect   Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-17

The Techie Hall of Shame

A SFGate story began this week with the all-too-familiar line--"A disgruntled computer engineer..." before going on to list the disgrace of the day, in this case virtually commandeering San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network and hacking it to deny access to top administrators. He's now locked up with a $5...

Tags: Network, Computer, Productivity, Networking, Security, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Singularity Summit 2007: How to be a Singular boy scout

It's day two at the Singularity Summit 2007 in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts. Today's topics include the risks of artificial general intelligence AGI and what preparations are necessary to stack the odds in favor of humans. Our extensive day one coverage from myself and guest poster...

Tags: Robot, Chris Matyszczyk, Thiel, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Dell servers most deliberated

Dell servers most deliberatedDell Servers!I wouldn't wish a Dell Server on Microsoft.Dells servers are great in overall valueThe make some great servers and decent prices.Most of the people who say they avoid Dell, is doing it only on the standpoint that it is Dell. Ive talked to numrous people...

Tags: Servers, Dell Computer Corp., server, Dell Server

Discussion threads 2005-08-26

Debian wins Munich Linux deal

Debian wins Munich Linux dealOne desktop at a time...the penguin marches on.Hah, in your face NovellDebiWin.Debian wins Munich Linux dealWoot woot, more linsux troubles in Munich. I'm looking forward to this disaster. Those who don't learn from history...Linux wins, Microsoft loosesEverybody is now realising how valuable, stable, secure...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Debian, distro, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2005-04-28