2006 January

Gnomedex is coming, Gnomedex is coming! Yup, the one convention of the year that I make the time to attend is about to spring to life once again! Alright, perhaps it is not set to happen until this summer. Yet one should be aware that the tickets are going fast even though things are still […]

Remember how much fun it used to be when you wanted to slipstream a SP into a your Windows CD? Not exactly the good ‘ol days, huh?

The mark of a great security administrator has been said to be the ability to successfully balance the security of propriety and personal data with the usability of the system in a way that maximizes the productivity of the organization - none of which is as easy as it may sound. Fortunately, in Windows Server […]

Minneapolis, Jan. 31, 2006 - Kroll Ontrack Inc., the data recovery and legal technologies subsidiary of Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ibas Holdings ASA, a leading Norwegian-based provider of data recovery, data erasure and computer forensics services. Effective today, Ibas becomes a […]

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Let’s review SAD [Source Address Destination] and other issues. Here is quick review of the IPv4 [Internet Protocol version 4] packet. SAD refers to the difficulty in updating the Source and Destination Address over an IP-Sec-protected link. In the coming weeks, we will explore other functions in this area.

Today’s report is for those of you looking to duplicate your teaching efforts when it comes to programing, PC repair, cooking, or whatever else you have to share. No matter the need, there is a way to share your skills without standing up in front of a classroom at the local community college.
Thanks to […]

Bestselling Reference Revised for the Current State of Linux O’Reilly Releases “Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition”
“It’s hard to chart the rise of Linux without risking the appearance of exaggeration and hyperbole,” observe the authors of the fifth edition of Linux in a Nutshell (Siever, Weber, Figgins, Love, and Robbins, O’Reilly) in their introduction to […]

The business benefits of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) are significant and proven. However, the key to a successful SOA adoption is careful planning around the architecture’s entire lifecycle. Once this is done, the next step is to evaluate SOA solutions based on how well they address the requirements for each phase of the SOA lifecycle.

When you install a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you may find that the 32-bit application is not initialized and installed correctly for a new user who logs on to the computer.
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended […]

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In this tutorial, we present the network protocols and software architecture used in Voice-based SALT [Speech Applications Language Tags] & SOAP [Simple Open Access Protocol] applications.

I was reading Chris’ article today regarding comments being made on Digg and Slashdot. Speaking for myself, I never really paid that much attention to them until he brought it up.

You install or remove software and get that “reboot now” thing. Wouldn’t it be nice if you knew what it was going to do? I know that the software put an entry in the runonce section of the registry so that on the next reboot, it does whatever.
Some software does not allow you to decide […]

I’m sure there are plenty of folks in the Gnomiverse who have home offices. Whether they are an extension of another office (telecommuting) or you are truly in business for yourself, home offices are a contemporary phenomenon. Home offices can range from a nook-in-a-corner to a fully dedicated space in your domicile. One of my […]

Does your company utilize database marketing? Are you wasting dollars, resources and time trying to clean up outdated, in-house databases and, at the same time, omitting the market segmentation techniques needed to generate profitable leads? Are your databases becoming “black holes” and final resting places for hundreds, and even thousands, of records characterized by sparse, […]

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Poison Reverse is a feature in Distance-vector routing to avoid problems encountered in routing loops. That is, when a route goes down, the router “poisons” subsequent by marking these routes as unreachable. Hold-downs are router features which block incoming address updates or advertisements. That is, if a […]

Well I knew this was bound to happen eventually. Yup, someone I know asked me for some thoughts regarding services like There and Second Life. To be brutally honest, I have not had the opportunity to try either of these services. I suppose the need to take the big virtual step has simply yet […]

In my GnomeREPORT yesterday, I touched briefly on spyware and how it should be clearly defined. Today, I wanted to take some time and see if we can explore the mentality behind the desire to make such an annoyance a reality.

(Well, maybe not just a Tekkie Tool; it’s quite a useful tool for anyone to carry on a thumb drive.)
If you have ever had to read a PDF file on a PC that doesn’t have a PDF reader installed, then Foxit Software’s Foxit Reader is for you. At less than 3MB installed (a single executable […]

Everywhere you turn, nearly all forms of media are reporting on the legal showdown between NTP and RIM over patent infringement. If it weren’t so worrisome to me, I’d be hard pressed to find a better high stakes drama. The date for the hearing has been set: 24 Feb.
So in the midst of all […]

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VSWR [Voltage Standing Wave Ratio] is a measure of impedance (ratio of voltage to current) mismatch between the transmission line and the antenna (load). The higher the VSWR usually 2.0 or higher, the greater the mismatch. The minimum VSWR, i.e., that which corresponds to a perfect impedance match is […]