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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Shakedown #4: Should Vista be able to force an unwanted reboot when it wants to?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=698]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many departments within many companies, today was a day when our department go together and did some online slide slidesharing.  We use Microsoft's NetMeeting but I don't use Internet Explorer and my one attempt at at getting the slides on my screen  (there's a way to view...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:18:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Firewall redux: Could a public, open software behavior registry squelch useless dialogs?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=697]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to yesterday's Tech Shakedown of McAfee's personal firewall product for issuing a useless dialog -- one that asks me to allow or block some behavior but that doesn't give me any idea, clues, or hints as to which of those two options to pick -- one ZDNet reader...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:44:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technology Shakedown: Windows Vista's 'blocked program' warning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.zdnet.com/2036-2_22-6200240.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A closer look at a Windows Vista nuisance.In ZDNet's Technology Shakedown, Executive Editor David Berlind uncovers a Windows Vista permission feature that he'd like to change. The feature warns users of a blocked program, but then it's difficult for users to identify which programs are being blocked.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Shakedown #3: McAfee's 'Block/Allow this change' dialog is a useless warning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=693]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As far as security solutions go, personal firewalls are probably the most problematic category for vendors to get right, let alone users to get working.  Not only are there differing philosophies about what belongs in a personal firewall and what doesn't (eg: whereas many personal firewalls can and will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:30:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proof that there are two types of computer users: Dumb and Dumber]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=696]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[First, the good news.Â  Our Technology Shakedown videos seem to be striking a nerve so expect more of them. The idea? We shouldn't have to accept mediocrity in our technology products. Period.Now, the bad news. Judging by the responses to these shakedowns (yesterday's in particular), there's a contingent of end-users...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:26:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technology Shakedown]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10741-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=36841&messageID=677212&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology ShakedownWhaaaaaaaat?  Another bunch of incompetants?That can't make anything work with Vista?When will they get their act together and bow to Microsoft? Can't they make anything according to Microsoft's specifications? And pay Microsoft for the privilege of fixing Vista's problems?Ole ManSame hereDavid,  I've been having the same issue...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technology Shakedown #2: 'Blocked program' warning in Vista leads to a dead end]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=692]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been less than 24 hours since I published ZDNet's first Technology Shakedown (regarding McAfee's antivirus software running amok on Vista's tray) and I was already itching to do another. So this time, I picked on a small problem that's driving me nuts in Windows Vista that has to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:25:14 -0700</pubDate>
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