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Mac mini to go Intel in January

Mac mini to go Intel in JanuaryWicked coOL..Well this answers a lot of Video iPod questions...Content being a key issue now is becoming a bit more clear.Pagan jimCan TiVo survive?With both Microsoft and Apple putting so much effort into the home entertainment area and producing much more functional paradigms, can...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Wintel computer, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, 64-bit, Apple Inc., AMD Sempron, Apple iPod, Apple Intel Macintosh

Discussion threads 2005-11-30

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Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea

Being at a university and working for a government department allows me to understand this concept well. There are shared resources here, there and everywhere, provided by different people and providers, all open to a "certain type" of person - employees or students. By having a single sign-on SSO point...

Tags: Software, Password Management, Mozilla Firefox, Password, Single Sign-on, RoboForm Enterprise, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has answered claims that the company's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Liam Tung ZDNet Australia, rootkit, hypervisor, Joanna Rutkowska, security

News items 2008-09-05

End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Welcome Adam O'Donnell, Sean Portnoy

We have a few new faces on the blog network--Adam O'Donnell has been added to Zero Day and Sean Portnoy, who is taking over the SoHo networking blog. Adam rounds out the coverage of Ryan Naraine and Dancho Danchev on Zero Day, our security hub. ...

Tags: Blog, Adam O'Donnell, Sean, Blogging, Productivity, Research & Development, Security, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Microsoft Student Technology Day UK

Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-04

What can we do better?

I'm collecting data from teachers across my district (using a Google Form, of course), trying to get a handle on issues we still haven't addressed, ways we can use technology more effectively, and what their wishlists might be for the coming year. Here's the questionnaire that went...

Tags: Classroom, Teacher, Notebooks, Productivity, Telephony, Projectors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-04

How plants grow under the ground

An intercontinental team of 30 researchers composed of mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists and plant sciences researchers has developed new explanations about how root plants grow and develop. As roots provide the crops we eat with water and nutrients, it is essential to learn how they grow -- laterally. 'Lateral roots,...

Tags: Root, Soil, Roots, Auxin, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Wireless Access: What Price Speed

Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License

News items 2008-09-04

GSA L-Backup (zip)

This backup software will guarantee that you never lose any of your important data. With its user friendly interface, the software is easy to use, yet its complexity in data handling gives it very sophisticated functionality. For added reliability, the software has a wizard which verifies each part of the...

Tags: Software, U.S. General Services Administration, German Sales Agency, Backups, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04

CPUOff Lite (zip)

CPUOff Lite monitors average CPU load and initiates computer power off if the CPU load has been below 15% for 60 seconds. It can be started manually or automatically via the windows task scheduler. The program parameters are not configurable. The program normally runs in the system tray. Requires a...

Tags: CPU, JSutils, Program Parameter, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Certero PCMigrator (zip)

Certero PCMigrator is a Personal, PC File Migration and Backup Tool. PCMigrator, scans your computer for different file types by extension e.g. *.doc, *.exe etc. The discovered files are then automatically compressed into a zip file and saved to a location of your choice. This version is the first release...

Tags: Certero, Certero PCMigrator, Productivity, Backups, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-04

SysReturn (zip)

SysReturn is a software to manage publicly accessible computers, such as those in computer labs, libraries, Internet cafes, biz centers and even KIOSK machines, such as ATM in banks, home automations, unmanned advertising computers, etc. The program allows you to restore data and system automatically after a system crash, software...

Tags: Software, Computer, German Sales Agency, SysReturn, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-09-04

TechTool (exe)

Tech Tool is a lightweight tool for Techs to get simple information about a users computer. It is a standalone EXE, so you don't have to install it. Just download and run it. It produces a log that is easy to post to a forum for a user. It is...

Tags: CPU, Tool, CPU Powers, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-04

The Virtual Filing Cabinet (msi)

By storing your computer files with the same categories, headings & indexes as your paper files, retrieving information on your computer network can now be as organized and simple as retrieving files from your filing cabinet. The Virtual Filing Cabinet includes an Easy Print Wizard for color coded tabs, labels...

Tags: Cabinet, Sterling Digital, Virtual Filing Cabinet, Evaluation Version, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-04

Logitech tries to take network music player mainstream with Squeezebox Boom

In the press release announcing the new Squeezebox Boom, Robin Selden, vice president and general manager of Logitech's Streaming Media business unit, says that "[t]he network music player will be the CD player of the 21st century." That may be true—eventually—but at $299.99, the Boom probably...

Tags: Audio, Streaming Audio, Network, Logitech, Music Player, Network Music Player, Media Players, Web Technology, Digital Music, Digital Media, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-03

HP ditches the box for Walmart notebook promotion

Which notebook would you rather buy as a consumer, one that comes home with oodles of styrofoam and cardboard and plastic. Or one that ditches the cardboard altogether and even comes with its own messenger bag for you to carry it home in? Both Hewlett-Packard and...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Linksys Inc., Notebooks, Home Networking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Can Drop.io coexist with the FRCP?

Can Drop.io coexist with the FRCP?We use moodleWe have a Moodle server setup for this very reason. We create a Moodle course for each teacher course and give the teacher the ability to administer their own course. Students can log in from home and download assignments, syllabus, etc...

Tags: Directory services, Drop.io, FRCP, Moodle, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-03