IT Professionals
iBook Woes
Today, as luck would have it, my wife’s iBook has finally given up the ghost. Most certainly something to do with a recent drop it sustained, her iBook is apparently suffering from a bad power connection which means another trip to the arrogance capital of the world – our local Mac retailer. Now normally, I [...]
Security Sucks
Today, Chris writes: I recently tried the Invisus security suite for three weeks, and it was a disaster. The software slowed my laptop down to a crawl, and the updates were far from “automatic.” What have you heard about Invisus? Thanks, Chris Hi Chris, I did some poking around and thanks to some pretty well-done [...]
Install The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word, Excel And Powerpoint 2007
If you buy a new computer these days that has software pre-installed, you will likely be getting a version of Microsoft Office 2007. The problem is if you save files using one of the new Office 2007 file formats, users with previous version of Office will not be able to open the files – unless [...]
Display Controls And Linux: Poor Combination
Let’s face it: some distributions have better controls for handling display issues than others. Two that do it right out of the box that come to mind include Fedora (Red Hat) and OpenSuSE (Novell). Each includes tools that minimize the need to do what I gleefully refer to as the “Xorg dance.” Basically, these options [...]
Where Is All The Broadband Access?
This is really not news to me, as I have been watching some slanted indicators of this for some time now. When it comes the availability of broadband, the US is definately behind much of the developed world in my opinion. How far behind are we you ask? Try about 16th in line, according to [...]
IP Geolocation And IP Intelligence: Bill Varga Of Quova
In my line of work, we spend a lot of our time writing software that catches bad guys and keeps them out of systems that require protection. So, in the course of building good security and forensics software, I often work closely with partner companies that bring something valuable to the table — technology that [...]
Six Simple Steps To Clearer Technical Writing
Effective technical writing is taking complex information and putting it into simple language that all your audiences are able to understand. Many of us who write technical documentation often get caught up in the content, forgetting about our target audiences. In the end, we end up with a document that few people are able to [...]
MI5 Crackdown On Botnets
Can anyone really blame them for being overly ‘proactive’ here? After all, this is MI5 we are talking about here. OK, it’s a different MI5 from the one you were likely thinking of, but one to take note of nonetheless. Their latest Webgate product has been receiving a fair number of “wows” and “must have” [...]
Installing And Configuring Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Part V
Along with the basic options described in part four of this series, you can also configured advanced synchronization options on the WSUS server. These options are used to control things such as bandwidth usage and where the updates are stored. Advanced options include: Storage options Deferred downloads options Filtering Updates options Express installation options Storage [...]
Firefox Extensions: Ripe For Exploitation?
Do you think you are safe with Firefox? In general, I would agree with you. But at the same time, I would also point out that there is a fairly sizable security concern that may be addressed, as effectively as some security experts might like. It’s called the Firefox extension. C’mon, Just How Likely is [...]
