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- Why the tech industry still can't get its way
- Silicon valley entrepreneurshave historically been free thinking capitalists who view govt interference as bad. Bringing the govt in will stifle innovation. If we hadn't thrown the govt out of the telecom sector and broken up the bells, we'd still all be waiting 16 weeks for a...
- Tags: big govt, govt, Dr Dij, govt silicon valley lobbying, it management, hardware, networking, cable, industry, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- Trimming the FAT!
- We're not using thembut we're a SME. We are using Citrix to log into our ERP plus for some users of reports on pgms like Crystal, to keep license counts down.I agree with all your reasons. The desktop became popular because it enabled the end user. More...
- Tags: blade, Dr Dij, windows, security, it management, hardware, networking, window on windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- SiteAdvisor worldwide crash
- Ok, it was just MY world.I came home Friday, site advisor was thrashing on one of my computers (SAService.exe). says caused an exception, click OK, box won't go away. Process manager can't kill the box. Starts up box asking if want to debug it. ...
- Tags: Dr Dij, prog, SiteAdvisor
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Stop Playing with Yourself
- http://blogs.cio.com/node/561Author: Cranky Old GuyThis was so funny I had to post a link.About people who, during meetings, bury their heads and stare at hidden laptop blackberries, IMing, emailing, etc.He suggests the people get a room to share with their Blackberries. Or as my GF ok now Fiancee would say,...
- Tags: Dr Dij
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Don't assume malice when a mistake may lie at the root of all evil
- there's bothenterprise security monitoring systemsand system monitoring systems.keep you from having to wade thru logs and at least nowadays, if configured right, avoid false alerts. you're rightmalice may not be cause of an outage or security break. an insider may have setup a software system or server...
- Tags: Dr Dij
- Discussion threads 2007-01-21
- Teacher claims spyware mader her show porn to 7th grade class, facing jail
- read this interesting article on computerworld. A 7th grade teacher claims spyware pulled up porn sites while she was showing a website to her class. She's facing 40 years.There's some good arguments for her: including judge falling asleep during trial, school has no filtering software, NO ONE checked...
- Tags: spyware, Dr Dij
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Steve Jobs of Apple is a Cheat / Crook or particularly dumb
- Apple admitted that Steve Jobs backdated options. They denied he knew this was 'wrong'. Well, they say ignorance of the law doesn't make you innocent.This is almost as bad/stupid as buffer overflows. If I hear of another company that 1) has a so
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Dr Dij, hardware, it management, programming, software, Steve Jobs, steve jobs option backdating crook
- Discussion threads 2006-12-29
- PowerShell hits the streets
- powershell has neat stufflot of unix like abilities like redirecting output. looks powerful. video took a while to loadI haven't tried it yet.Why is it a long load? a shell should be by nature un-bloated to be best effective.
- Tags: window on windows, programming, networking, it management, security, Dr Dij, Microsoft Windows PowerShell
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- Asterisk: Be your <em>own</em> phone company
- Asterisk not ready for prime timeSept 26th article on computerworld outlines australian company adopting Asterisk. Says the problems they had means they would not recommend other companies adopt this for at least a year.Rather than a breathless hype of this, I'd be more interested in a realistic discussion of...
- Tags: Asterisk, Dr Dij, it management, telephone, voip
- Discussion threads 2006-10-10
- NYC workers allowed to goof off on job
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_hi_te/internet_surfingI wonder what the judge would have said if there were inappropriate sites? Or if he caused spyware or trojans to be installed.. I don't think it is Draconian for a company (or in thi
- Tags: internet browsing while working security policy, it management, Dr Dij, job, worker
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- S. Korea aims to cool Internet rage attacks
- Dog Poop Girl - Internet Free Speech or Rage?Someone takes pictures of what they see happen in a subway lady letting her dog poop then failing to clean it up. THey post them on the internet. I think this is perfectly fine. It actually happened so it...
- Tags: Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Chip start-up's big payoff comes in, at last
- article root[Edited by: admin on Oct 20, 2005 1:18 PM]Overly broadthis may have been one of those patents where they describe a general way to do something that is 1) obvious, 2) overly vague, i.e. they didn't patent a specific method but just some pie in sky like amazon patenting...
- Tags: chip, Dr Dij, it management, patent, patents overly vague chips intel
- Discussion threads 2005-10-20
- 'Puddle phishing' comes to small banks and local credit unions
- Destroyed usefullness of emailthe phishing means consumers would be wise to not trust ANY email.I'd suggest banks MAIL out notices telling customers they WILL NOT CONTACT THEM VIA EMAIL. (or milder - will not ask them to reply or click in links in any email) Also on the login screen...
- Tags: bank, Dr Dij, e-mail, it management, phishing, phishing email bank security ecommerce
- Discussion threads 2005-08-09
- China's currency move may hurt U.S. tech
- Much ado about nothingthat is if they don't let the currency fluctuate much with this new change. some thought they would be better off accepting tariffs. their currency won't necessarily rise much despite speculators. their internal banking system and many companies are rotten & crumbling. one...
- Tags: Dr Dij
- Discussion threads 2005-07-22
- Europe rejects patent proposal
- Good Good Good!!Software patents are out of control. They've been patenting things that 1) had already been done prior art such as 'a way to one-click purchase' or 'a way to embed graphics in a web page'. And depending on apparently retarded patent examiners who granted the patents...
- Tags: Dr Dij, it management, patent, software, software patents
- Discussion threads 2005-07-06
- A battle for the soul of the Internet
- Right on!I have no problem with the UN helping people educate in poor countries, preventing starvation, or stopping wars. The internet is not composed of starving or warring people. In fact it prevents that by allowing people access to information, and largely uncensored communications between countries. There is...
- Tags: Dr Dij, Internet, it management, Un
- Discussion threads 2005-06-03
- IBM starts expensing options
- Stopping the fraudThis is great. Honesty on the books will only hurt them when they've been dishonest about their earnings. Investors will 'price in' the fact that non-us companies have some of these hidden liabilities still.Only other thing they need to do now: stop the legal lying about...
- Tags: 401K, Dr Dij, IBM Corp., it management, pension
- Discussion threads 2005-04-06
Additional Resources
- How to change Computer Name?
- I had given my computer a name 'RAM' while installing Windows 2000 Pro. Is there a way to change it to 'LOVELY' now, without reinstalling Windows?yeahRight click my computer, left click properties, then click change name. This is of course if you set and administrator account with a password.easyright click...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Dr Dij, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-04-28
- Add visual appeal through background shading in Word
- nice tipI produce a newsletter, will try this, am looking for ways to spiff it up.Highlighting also worksOr ...You could just select your text and click the Highlighting button for the default highlight color, or the drop-down arrow to choose a highlight color.This is a little quicker, but doesn't offer...
- Tags: Add visual, Highlighting, WordArt, ms word formatting tips, Dr Dij, hardware, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Outsourcing disaster recovery operations, part 4: Regularly review outsourcing contracts
- Its not just about DR contractsI would caution againt this "hands off" approach that just deals with contract issues. The real solution is that ITIL Change Management processes must mandate that changes applied to production systems must be immediatly applied to DR systems or the change should be rejected apart...
- Tags: disaster recovery
- Discussion threads 2005-09-27
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