2007 February

When you install Vista you also get the latest version of Microsoft’s Web browser. As you will see when you start poking around Internet Explorer 7, the browser has many security-related features and tools that are designed to secure your computer when connected to the Internet. One such tool, which is only available in the [...]

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Fax server software provides electronic fax, document capture, and delivery capabilities that enable companies to dramatically improve office productivity and reduce costs and manual processes. That means if your organization is still employing stand-alone fax machines, it is wasting [...]

Over the past couple of weeks, I have had a few people emailing my Gmail addy and asking me about a common issue that they have been experiencing. You may have seen this yourself: an alert box telling you that the “greeter application” has crashed. Today, I am going to tell you how to fix [...]

With Vista now launched, many are wondering how Microsoft did with securing its latest operating system. If initial reports are any indication, there is significant reason for concern. Joanna Rutkowska, a very reputable security researcher, has already uncovered a serious security flaw in the new operating system. Her finding was that in Vista, many applications [...]

My friend and co-worker, Milind Pandit, is a wicked smart guy who can teach anyone a thing or two about lots of different topics. One of his areas of professional interest and knowledge is product management. The other day Milind presented a webinar focused on product management and dealing with risk, return on investment and [...]

St. Bernard’s hosted security solution is a suite of services that sets up in minutes and protects your organization 24/7 from spam, viruses and other unwanted guests that invade your network through email, IM and the Internet. This feature-rich suite of services includes:

Email Filtering: St. Bernard’s enterprise email filter acts as a shield for companies [...]

I still can’t wrap my mind around it on other platforms, but sure enough, discovered vulnerabilities are on the rise. Just as with Linux and Windows, any OS is bound to have exploits. And so long as those who manage these operating systems stay on top of things, we may be able to buy ourselves [...]

If you’ve ever strolled down the streets of New York, you’re familiar with the enterprising street vendors offering imitation Gucci handbags and fake Rolex watches at a fraction the price of retail. Don’t be surprised if you’re offered a Cisco router on your next stroll down Canal Street. While clear statistics specific to the network [...]

DiskTT (Disk Throughput Tester) measures the performance of your hard drive’s read and write function. Your actual disk performance under Windows is determined not only by the speed of your hard drive (as measured by most disk benchmarks) but also by factors such as the mainboard chipset, UDMA/PIO mode, RAID configuration, CPU speed, RAM size, [...]

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After discovering this article exploring the possibility that PC gaming could be losing traction, I found myself wondering - how can console gaming even hold a candle to that of the PC world? Now, considering what Vista will bring to the table in the gaming world, I believe that PC gaming will be seeing a [...]

Those of you who have been keeping up with me on my Linux travels know that I am a fan of Ubuntu authorized OEM(?), System76. Both its support and products have received rave reviews, however some minor issues could spell trouble for the company in the PR world as it continues to grow in popularity. [...]

The earliest bridges were constructed with whatever materials nature saw fit to provide: a tree fallen across a ravine or stones piled in a riverbed. More complex bridges spanning greater distances weren’t possible until the Romans created a brilliant yet simple architectural device - the Roman arch. So began the history of bridges, as we [...]

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Focused exclusively on the use of technology in higher education, Campus Technology provides in-depth, aggressive coverage of specific technologies, their uses, and implementations. Topics include enterprise resource planning; eLearning and CMS; presentation technologies; security; networking; business intelligence; wireless [...]

Hidden Administrator is a client/server remote PC administration program that enables you to control the desktop of a remote computer, transfer files, and/or perform a variety of administrative tasks. It can be used for remote desktop monitoring or full administration, allowing you to control the desktop as if you were sitting in front of it. [...]

As promised, I am ready to give my opinion of the NVIDIA/ATI driver installer known as Envy. But first, I wanted to do this right. I decided to use an external USB hard drive to backup my data on the machine I was to test and the card to have drivers installed was a NVIDIA [...]

Bernhard Muller writes:
You say: “Skeptics get a bad and undeserved press.” I submit that it depends on what one is skeptical of whether the bad press is undeserved, or even bad at all. There are, of course, evolution skeptics. But there are also global warming skeptics, immunization skeptics, fluoridation skeptics, man walking on [...]

Attensa, Inc., the leading developer of RSS software for businesses, today introduced significant enhancements to the Attensa Feed Server, a dedicated Web feed server designed to distribute internal and external Web feeds to users and groups behind the firewall. The latest version of the enterprise RSS leader’s comprehensive, end-to-end solution is a milestone achievement in [...]

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I have to smile at the notion that there is no need for any sort of anti-virus protection on the mobile platform. Reports like this one tend to indicate that I may be correct.
Granted, I will admit that someone taking the time to create a mobile virus to attack the files on that platform is [...]