2007 September

When one of my favorite Ubuntu related project devs posted this, I had to smile. I have been using a dirty set of bash scripts to do much of the same thing for over a year now. So knowing that Alberto has created something clean with a decent UI is fantastic news! Just one question [...]

My mother is a relative newcomer to the world of computing, but in no time at all she’s learned how to save all her documents to the desktop. I’ve attempted to clean up her mess a few times but soon realized it was a lost cause.
Now I completely adore my mother, however I often [...]

Q: I am at a point in my business where I either need to hire a full time IT person or an outside company to manage my network. How do I evaluate the options?- Stewart
A: The complexity of Information Technology (IT) required to run the average business these days can be overwhelming and most companies [...]

Don Goncalves of Tiziani Whitmyre writes:
Thanks to the ongoing evolution of personal technology, magazine readers can now turn from the mailboxes on their doorsteps to their iPhones (and soon iPodTouches) to read the latest issues of “American Lawyer,” “Cottage Living,” “Popular Science,” “Rachael Ray,” “Taste of Home,” or “Vibe” — or a variety of other [...]

National Tool Sale - all MTS, cordless drills, tool storage, and more on sale September 23rd - 29th.

Free shipping on your total tool order over $99 September 23rd - 28th.

Save 20% off all work benches and project centers September 23rd - 28th.

Buy more, save more on garage storage September 23rd - 29th.

Appliances - Buy More, [...]

Seems like everywhere I turn these days, Dell is struggling not to tick someone off. Personally, despite the good intentions they had with offering Ubuntu, it did not take long for their real reasoning to become clear - free press. With that said, they still have a chance to pull their act together, but I [...]

Today, Paul asks:
Is there a way to adjust ones download speed to be able to simulate what downloads will look like for slower providers?
Let me explain the need. I have Comcast, as you do, and presently get about 12MB/sec download. I’m often asked by people, “Will I be able to tell [...]

Explore the challenges of Web application delivery and learn how to choose the best Web application optimization products and solutions that will provide your users with a consistent, high-performance, reliable, and secure application experience.
Consolidation of IT resources and migration of applications to the Web increases the enterprise’s reliance on network connection for application delivery. This [...]

After reading this, I had to smile as he will likely be the only person in the known universe to assert that anything HP does in the customer service dept is anything other than horrible. But then he went on to talk more about the Apple Genius Bar and based on my opinion, I would [...]

I was chatting with my friend John Batdorf the other day…
[EDIT: Actually it was several days ago, because I lost this post twice and didn't realize it was not already here, so it's being posted again late - But I've made some edits below to include more info from him]
…about home Network Attached Storage (NAS) [...]

Learn how IT organizations are being asked to deliver more applications to more locations while controlling operational expenses.
This new white paper by Yankee Group discusses how the emergence of enterprise mobility, SOA, virtualization and convergence, the underlying infrastructure that supports corporate applications and services has become much more complex. To accomplish this, IT needs to [...]

I would love to know what was really going on inside of Steve Jobs’ head when he rattled off the company speak as to how Apple is going to be working to curb the iPhone hacking as much as possible. Now understand that Jobs is no fool. I’m willing to bet Minis to iMacs that [...]

Despite the fact that this is happening in another country other than my own, it is disturbing nonetheless. The fact is that in some cases, running a Tor server can be dangerous. Seriously, I believe that running a Tor server is a noble idea. But after considering the fact that some less savvy types could [...]

IntelliEnterprise Version 8.0 provides a complete out-of-the-box intranet solution that does not require custom development . The latest version adds community and collaboration features to IntelliEnterprise, including wikis, blogs, streaming video, user ratings, and comments for all documents and other content, extended tagging and tag clouds, and enhanced workgroups. The release also includes an organization [...]

Assuming you completed the steps described in the previous installment of this article and encrypted a file, you will likely to test it. The easiest way to make sure that an encrypted file is inaccessible to other users is by trying to access it under another user account. For proper testing, make sure that another [...]

I’ve been wondering why I don’t use a smarter approach to my email. Not on the local end of things, as I use my Evolution script (soon to appear at code.google.com) to make local mail back-ups. No, rather because I am ultimately responsible for which email address I hand out to people as the definitive address.
Well [...]

One way that you can protect your files, along with settings permissions, is through encryption. Vista, like previous versions of Windows, includes the Encrypting File System (EFS) that protects your files against unauthorized access.
Getting started with EFS is as easy as a few mouse clicks for a simple configuration. Open Windows Explorer and browse to [...]

The telephony revolution is underway — a transformation fueled by an Open Source PBX called Asterisk.
“Asterisk lovingly embraces the concept of standards compliance, while also enjoying the freedom to develop its own innovation. What you choose to implement is up to you — Asterisk imposes no limitations,” explain the expert authors of the new edition [...]

Use IBM storage management solutions to rapidly recover from errors, protect data in compliance with regulatory requirements and help contain the overall performance of your storage infrastructure.
Organizations in a wide range of industries are struggling to manage a rapidly rising volume of data. This data explosion has been caused in part by an increasing reliance [...]

When it comes down to Internet users who let’s say, download and click on anything placed in front of them, expecting software security solutions to work is a joke. And to make matters worse, many of them are so overwhelmed with spam that they simply do not know how to put a stop to the [...]