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Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adware: Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adwareRe: Aim wormhttp://www.analogstereo.com/ferrari_328_owners_manual.htmRE: Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adwarehttp://www.analogstereo.com/ferrari_328_owners_manual.htm; Tags: Rootkits, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, AIM worm, Trick-or-Treat, worm, rootkit, AOL Instant Messenger, adware; Discussion threads 2008-05-04

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Where is the money going in health care, and why?: I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James Brennan (right), managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Nyko Kama Wireless Nunchuk (Wii): Even though the Nintendo Wii makes use of wireless technology, you still need a wire to attach the nunchuk accessory to the Wii remote for selected games that require it. While many gamers agree the cord length is ample, there are a few situations where you may feel constrained. ...; Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Kama Wireless Nunchuk, nunchuk, Nyko, Wii Remote, wireless; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere: The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says. It's essentially the same bill that failed in 2006. The bill is intended to "promote competition,...; Tags: Bill, Comcast Corp., U.S. Congress, Net Neutrality, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Health care debate is a neverending story: Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Minimizing XP SP3 woes: Minimizing XP SP3 woesWhat did you expect......it to be as easy as apt-get ? ;]:)RE: Minimizing XP SP3 woesThats a lot of work to install a service packThemes are a problem.If your theme has replaced the logon screen (the one with the animated vertical bars) you have to remove...; Tags: Firewalls, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3, Minimizing XP SP3 woe, Minimizing XP SP3, firewall; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Statin era over?: The era of statins, drugs like Zocor and Lipitor which lower cholesterol levels, may be ending. The FDA's decisions over the last week to reject Merck's Cordaptive and Isis' Mipomersen, coupled with a demand that the makers prove the drugs improve heart outcomes, looks like a turning...; Tags: Gram, Blood Pressure, Merck & Co. Inc., Lipitor, Healthcare, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-07
MouseTwitcher (zip): MouseTwitcher is a small utility that will move your mouse a tiny bit every 10 seconds whenever mouse inactivity is detected. This will trick a Remote Desktop or any thin client session into thinking you are still connected so that it does not timeout on you and hang your application....; Tags: Mouse, Thin Client, MouseTwitcher, Mice, Thin Clients, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools: Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My...; Tags: Performance, PC, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, Tool, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-06
The changing SAP culture: The changing SAP cultureHow will SAP attract developer talent?The #1 issue I see with SAP, as an outsider, is that it is a closed, proprietary system with which it is impossible to get experience. People who implement SAP scream and scream for developer talent who can make it sing and...; Tags: Programming languages, Enterprise software, SAP AG, ABAP; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
Sometimes it takes a thousand words: Sometimes it takes a thousand wordsA lot more often than "sometimes". (NT).Oh, so true......but you need the diagrams...too many people get lost in the words. That being said, adhering too closely to any standard or methodology is a self defeating exercise.BLUE!I can't believe that you were allowed to do...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, parallel, software, real world, Bookkeeper; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
How do I... Wrap text around an image in Scribus?: For many businesses the creation of various printed materials is a must. Especially when outsourcing is not an option, you are going to have to create you own professional looking print media. And within your creation you are going to need to know some of the tricks of the trade....; Tags: Trick, Creation, Jack Wallen, Scribus, Desktop Publishing, Outsourcing, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; Download resources 2008-05-06
The changing SAP culture: As Henning Kagermann, SAP's co-CEO prepares for what will probably be his swansong keynote speech at SAPPHIRE 2008 and Leo Apotheker, CEO-in-waiting prepares for the transfer in power, still a year away, a group of the Enterprise Irregulars were able to contrast the different styles of these two industry leaders....; Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Sales Strategy, Leadership, Biotechnology, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Purrfect Pet Shop (exe): Purrfect Pet Shop puts you in charge of an animal adoption center, caring for strays as they arrive and matching them with the perfect owner. Nurse your own customizable dog or cat back to health, choosing from thousands of possible combinations. Earn the animal's trust with toys, careful grooming and...; Tags: Adoption, GameFools, Purrfect Pet Shop, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-05-05
Can You See What I See? (exe): Help an unfortunate shop owner save his collectibles shop in this original take on hidden object fun! Meet poor Clyde Curfuffle. He's suffered a fire, a flood, and a nasty fall that's left him in the hospital. This horrible string of bad luck means there's no one to run his...; Tags: Fun, SpinTop Games, Healthcare; Software downloads 2008-05-05
10 reasons for IT failure: 10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...; Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Internet addiction: threat or menace?: An editorial in a recent issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry presents the case for "Internet addiction" as a legitimate disorder deserving of inclusion in the DSM. (The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders--the official compendium of the conditions and syndromes that afflict humanity. If...; Tags: Internet, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Safari 3.1 adoption spikes for Windows: Safari 3.1 adoption spikes for WindowsScaled growth...It's easy to "triple" your market share when your starting point is almost nil!So, according to this report, Apple's Safari 3.1 is now used by a whopping .21% of all Internet users? (Please note the "." in ".21%")I think this easily falls within...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Safari, Safari 3.1 adoption, Safari 3.1, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC: The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. If you find it annoying, you might be tempted to turn it off. According to Microsoft research, somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of all Windows Vista users do...; Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Dialog Box, OK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-29