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Small outage at Salesforce.com, not many upset

Small outage at Salesforce.com, not many upsetIt's The News that brought them downI wonder yesterday's romur about shopping themselves to Oracle is one reason for the downded service?If the news turns out to be true then the smaller crm vendors such as Salesboom.com, RightNow, Entellium, etc should be super happy!RE:...

Tags: Manufacturing, Sales force management, Small outage, outage, upset, Salesforce.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

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Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...

Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-24

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Attack code published for DNS flaw

Attack code published for DNS flawIrresponsible and evil"In an IM exchange, Moore told me his exploit takes about a minute or two to poison a DNS cache but said he is working to improve it in version 2.0."As far as i am concerened he is just an evil person to...

Tags: Domain names, Halvar, exploit, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city

"The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed network administrator, to Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a spur-of-the-minute jailhouse meeting, according to SF Chronicle...

Tags: City, Lawyer, Computer, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

My mother and I chat a lot about different alternative energy options, mainly because she is lucky enough to live in Hawaii where solar hot water has been mandated for future construction. But one thing that has been ultra controversial on the Big Island has been wind power for the...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-19

SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance charges

SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance chargesIncreased maintenance chargesOur company is unhappy with the ERP we kicked off 3 yrs ago. I had been taking another look at SAP. Guess not...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Mittelstand, maintenance charge, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest

Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance charges

Following on from yesterday's announcement of a hike in SAP maintenance charges, the German title Computerwoche implies that the powerful 'Mittelstand' group in the German SAP user group are far from happy. Under the title: "Higher maintenance costs upset SAP customers ," Computerwoche interviewed Gunther Rheinhart, executive member of  the...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Mittelstand, Gunther Rheinhart, Auto-renew, Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-17

In America money is life

In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...

Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)I don't know about the UK but refusing to give someone their mail in the US is actually a fairly serious offense. I think you had some good reasons to do what you did...

Tags: diary, mailbox

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger

iPhone 3G SMS charges bypassed using AOL Instant Messenger"AOL IM is not SMS"This is an important thing to note.One is not bypassing anything by using a "substitute". SMS message fees are outrageously high and highly profitable for phone companies. Just because people can use something else that provides...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Instant messaging, SMS Message, SMS, Apple Inc., AOL Instant Messenger, iPhone 3G SMS, Apple iPhone, AOL Instant, iPhone 3G, America Online Inc., instant messenger, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 software

Dude, now is not the day to upgrade to iPhone 2.0 softwareYeah, show Apple how upset you are!!Refuse to buy the iPhone for a week, and then buy it. That'll show Apple!And you wonder why Apple treats you all so poorly.Never be on the Internet with anything USB plugged inMy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0, iPhone Activation Server, iPhone Activation, Dude, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs

Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobsIT has been good to me.I may be in the minority, but as jobs go, my experience in IT has been good. Every job has its low points and mine have been no different. But the high points dwarf the low.Before IT...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT job, job

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Vodafone Portugal's iPhone 3G rates

Vodafone Portugal's iPhone 3G ratesIphone pricing in Portugal-robberyThis is a complete hijack! Worst pricing for the iphone until now! The prices on the other carier in Portugal (Optimus/Orange) are equally insane! High pricing for the phone and really high prices each month, with little included (100 min+100SMS+250 or 500Mb of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Pricing, Apple iPhone, Vodafone Portugal, 3G, iPhone 3G, iphone, Vodafone Group Plc., pricing strategy, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security.  Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...

Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversy

Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversyGates Next ACTWhat's surprising about this?Carl Icahn thinks he knows how to run Yahoo!.The medical community has a pretty set way of choosing to adopt generalized treatments, and a lot of consideration goes to cost vs benefit. Bill will have to...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic

Lack of RFID standards leads to media panicActive vs. Passive RFID DevicesIn addition to the comments above, it was not clear from the article I read whether the researchers were testing only active RFID or both active and passive RFID. The author of the article I read also implied...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Dana, RFID, RFID Standards, media

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

How does Apple get away with this badware behavior?

How does Apple get away with this badware behavior?Zombies?"Over the years Apple users are brainwashed into zombies that will take anything Apple give them."Hmmmm...Really? Just because they're using the best alternative OS available? I beg to differ. IMHO, there are far more 'Windows'-zombies out there , and just now (with...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Digital music, SECURITY, stink, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-24