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- Transparent Failure
- Transparent FailureA point to consider365 must run a very "clean" operation. Money is spent on getting it right, quality equipment used, etc. How do I know this? I don't.But....The only time a company is as open as this is when it KNOWS it has done everything right and on...
- Tags: transparent failure, valueweb, migration
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
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- iPhone 3G boot failure complaints pile up
- Updated: The iPhone 3G appears to be having a few software issues that are leaving a few disgruntled customers in its wake. We were tipped off by a reader who outlined the following: This happened while running iPhone version 2.0. Visited App Store using iPhone -...
- Tags: apple iphone, apple iphone 3g, 3g, cellular phones, wireless, consumer electronics, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktop
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktopIt's GainingI think Ubuntu and Wubi have made big strides in putting Linux on the desktop. My first encounter with Linux was back in the early(?)/mid 90s. I installed an early Slackware version of Linux on my 486 (along with OS/2, PC/DOS, Win 3.1...
- Tags: operating systems, unix, open source, intel corp., ubuntu, wubi, newbie, linux, microsoft windows, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Don't trust Google with your data
- Don't trust Google with your dataNo, I don't trust Google BUT...I trust Google more than I trust me. There is a bigger chance that I'll lose my own data than Google will. I don't have the energy nor do I choose to spend the money to constantly backup all of...
- Tags: backups, cloud computing, google inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- News to know: LinuxWorld; Cisco; Microsoft; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with 'Fiji'? Sam Diaz: LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest. Larry Dignan: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista A new data center?...
- Tags: apple iphone, linuxworld, larry dignan, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., cisco systems inc., cloud computing, help desk, data centers, corporate communications, it operations, storage, hardware, data management, marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- What are you using for a helpdesk application?
- One of my first jobs as tech director is to create a helpdesk for users across the district to submit support tickets, check the status of the tickets, and for me to aggregate data on support needs (i.e., what's going wrong generally and what do we need to do to...
- Tags: help desk, call centers, it operations, christopher dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?The good old HDWhich is emulating a drum machine is my favorite and only means of failure I've ever encountered..Nearly all hardware failures...I come across could have been prevented by a quality UPS. I venture to say most failures...
- Tags: bios, desktops, cheap power supplies, last pc failure, pc failure, pc, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- What was the cause of the last PC failure you came across?
- Quick poll inspired by a Hardware 2.0 JaneB reader who wanted to know what is the most common kind of PC failure. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: pc, failure, desktops, hardware, adrian kingsley-hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Should colleges really teach hacking?
- Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...
- Tags: food & beverage, security, cyberthreats, tools & techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failure
- Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failureMobilMe... maybe notBack in 2005, I gave up all of my other sources of email, etc. in favor of .Mac. Without warning or notification, they switched to this "less than" lovely system. It wasn't broke, so why fix it... especially in the way that they did. It's...
- Tags: e-mail, cloud computing, job, mobileme, mobileme failure, steve jobs, apple inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing movehave to say it's goodSomebody finally gets it about actual security development in a shared mode.I Agree. Good Move, finally.This will allow the mfrs of network perimeter appliances and IPS to solidify their signatures beforehand.I'm not sure daring is the word...They should have been doing...
- Tags: microsoft corp., security, oh god, vulnerability, open source, oss
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failure
- Steve Jobs admitted that Apple launched its MobileMe web service prematurely. Apple should now deploy a status reporting system. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: apple iphone, job, steve jobs, web service, apple inc., cloud computing, web services, e-mail, 3g, enterprise software, software, online communications, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, michael krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Who's responsible?
- The rational explanation for the apparent irrationality required for Wintel expense to be a Giffen good is simple: the sellers are the buyers - senior management's failure to get involved leaves the wolves in the charge of the chickens. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: meat, bread, stomach, giffen, food & beverage, manufacturing, paul murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murder
- Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murderRe: Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murderI can't even imagine what is wrong in this kid's head. For once the kid may actually be a nutball, and his parents may have indeed raised him well.I still wouldn't blame the game,...
- Tags: games, sales strategy, game, grand theft, grand theft auto, parental unit, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?
- Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?Not unlike AppleLook at the iPod/iTunes combination, the Mac/OSX combination.The only difference is where they obtain their revenue from, Apple hardware, Microsoft from software.Both want to lock you into their products, one way or another.I would say MS is a platform companyjust not necessarily that they...
- Tags: microsoft windows, strategy, microsoft corp., does windows, apple inc., business model
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Should Microsoft become more Apple-like?
- About a week and a half ago, Mary Jo Foley wrote a piece where she argued that Microsoft was planning to get more "Apple-like" in the PC and phone space, based on various statements from Microsoft executives. I intended to write a response that following Monday, but work intervened, which...
- Tags: microsoft zune, apple inc., microsoft corp., digital music, digital media, personal technology, consumer electronics, john carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health privacy breach
- Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health privacy breachRegulation neededI agree that regulation is needed. But until consumers really start pitching serious fits, and/or the courts start implementing some punitive damages with teeth, it's not going to happen. http://whistlersear.wordpress.comRE: Failed IT causes major Georgia Blue Cross health...
- Tags: regulations, health care, information technology, blue cross blue shield, georgia blue cross health privacy breach, georgia blue cross health, failed it cause, privacy breach, regulation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid
- Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...
- Tags: social media, dennis
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a science
- Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a scienceI once thought that wayThats until I stop taking what I learned for granted. That happened when I started working with more CIS and MIS people that could whip up a quick VB app for show but brought down servers under load....
- Tags: service-oriented architecture (soa), development tools, service system, goodbye, ide
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2P
- No penalties for colleges that don't enforce anti-P2PSlippery Slope argumentationYep, once they have the monitoring laws in place, next they will want to monitor a whole lot more. It is a trojan horse, but then Joe McCarthy isn't too far away in US history.Of course, Good ol' Joe needed a...
- Tags: anti-p2p, monitoring
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
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