2006 November

When this news rolled into my inbox today, I was speechless. James Kim, formerly of TechTV and now CNET, has gone missing with his family. According to the information emailed to me today, Kim and his family were on their way to Seattle. They were last seen in Portland, OR on November 25th. The […]

Today, Mike writes:
Matt,
I have a question for you but before I ask it I would like to let you know a little about me. I have my A+ and MSDTC and right now I work as a Dell Service Provider on the hardware side. I am contracted out to Unisys and service Dell and Gateway […]

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The inkjet printer market cracks me up. So many advances in print quality and technology, and yet most major manufacturers seem to design their printers to drive the sale of ink cartridges. Why do you think they are so eager to give many printers away these days? I mean… really… have you seen the size […]

When we first hear about the very idea of Wi-Fi becoming a possible threat, many of us find ourselves tempted to dismiss the very notion as absurd. I mean, it’s just Wi-Fi and how much EM could this honestly be producing anyway, right?
Now, I am certainly not qualified to offer an “informed” opinion on this […]

This is the last column written in advance of my vacation, so if everything has gone well, I will be able to incorporate readers’ responses next week. If everything has not gone well, then that could be the basis of an interesting future column. These kind of thoughts set me off on some speculations. Warning: […]

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AdvancedRemoteInfo allows you to gather various information about a remote Windows PC on the network. It includes information about hardware, installed software, network configuration, shares and printers, users, and much more. You can also interact with the remote machine and terminate processes, start/stop services, send messages, and even uninstall software remotely. AdvancedRemoteInfo also offers screenshot […]

It’s a brilliant idea. Software that would essentially empower people in places like China or other restrictive countries to access content that might otherwise be seen as objectionable by the powers that be.
Those of us living in countries where censorship is not an issue tend to take this for granted. We are fortunate to have […]

I’ll be honest here, I have yet to find a consumer level router brand that has even approached impressing me. Usually, this routine starts off with me spending a fair amount of coin on one brand or another. Even after doing a ton of research, it takes about a month or so to find a […]

E-mail has become one of the main forms of communication for many people. Some even opt to use email instead of the telephone. Like your regular postal mail box, which can get stuffed full of flyers, magazines, bills and so on, your e-mail inbox can also get filled up rather quickly, making your inbox very […]

As Web applications become increasingly complex and distributed, do you find that communication among business analysts, quality assurance, and developers has become more complex?
A challenge at hand is the ability for analysts and QA to recreate bugs for developers. It’s like finding a problem with your car, taking it to the mechanic, and suddenly your […]

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How many times have you thought to yourself how fantastic it would be if they started a registry similar to what is used with sex offenders? Well have a I got some great news for you - there is such an animal.
While the existence of such a registry is certainly no excuse for acts of […]

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The firewall component is now far more advanced in Windows Vista than in previous versions. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, which is hidden within the Administrative Tools, is a host-based firewall that blocks both incoming and outgoing connections based on the configuration settings you specify. Some of the new features include:

Windows Service Hardening - […]

It’s been a while since my last post… I’ve had some more family crises to deal with. My mother, who has been in a nursing home for over a year, has had some setbacks that have put her back into the hospital. It’s been so tough on her since we lost my dad last […]

Is your development team among those who are turning to .NET languages to drive application logic for your business-critical SOA and Web applications? If so, you know that functional errors are not acceptable. Reliability, security, and performance problems can have serious repercussions!
Even with limited resources, there is a way to ensure that your code is […]

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Well this is just bad news for users of both browsers. And like usual, we have MySpace as the host of the problem.
I have to tell you, even though MySpace is not the only place this could prove to be an issue, the password stealing exploit does affect both browsers. Definitely disheartening, most certainly something […]