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Cyber-bullying- the impact and the consequence
This is a difficult story on many fronts. In reading the facts, it is hard to believe that this kind of thing can happen. There may be a desire to blame the victim- who should have been "smarter." There is also a desire to shake the perpetrator...
Tags: Missouri, Tool, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-05-19
StarWriter: Linux's answer to MS Word, demystified
Let StarOffice's StarWriter Bryan Pfaffenberger show you how to make StarWriter a solid alternative to Microsoft Word.On January 25th Bryan Pfaffenberger shared his expertise on making StarWriter a solid alternative to Microsoft Word. If you couldn’t join us then, enjoy the transcript and we hope to see you on our...
Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, StarOffice, Bryan Pfaffenberger, Linux, Microsoft Corp., StarWriter, Guild, Guild Meeting, Microsoft Word, NRUSSELL, Jack Wallen
Technical articles 2000-01-25
Cyber-bullying- the impact and the consequence
I would like to think that all of my peers know what language is appropriate when dealing with business. Alas, I also know that regardless of what I would like to believe, that isn't the case.While I can't begin to imagine what in the world Ms Drew was thinking...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Ms Drew, computer
Discussion threads 2008-05-19
Handling .pif files ?
Hi,I recently changed the file extension from .rar to .pif.The file now has defaulted ms-dos application as its handler. The file does not open nor does it allows me to change back the extension from .pif to .rar.Any suggestions are welcome.Thanks.Why did you want to do this?The system is now...
Tags: c0de
Discussion threads 2005-10-28
Well some thing new from Microsoft. :D
Seems that M$ is tired of just taking money hand over fist and is now offering anyone money when they like it. As M$ has already given me way too much I'll post this here for anyone who wants to stick their hand into M$ Pocket. :^0[i]CONGRATULATIONS!!!You Have Won Yourself"...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Processors, HAL 9000, Microsoft Corp., Grand Prize, e-mail
Discussion threads 2007-07-11
Microsoft shows the importance of not wavering in negotiations
Did Microsoft do the right thing by walking away from Yahoo?In Decision Central, I commented that I thought Microsoft did the right thing by dropping their bid for Yahoo:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/decisioncentral/?p=109I think sometimes the best stance you can take in a negotiation is to sometimes just stop negotiating altogether. Whether you have...
Tags: Free trade, SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., negotiation, Google Inc.
Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Longhorn will run on some older PCs too
Longhorn will run on some older PCs tooarticle rootLonghorn will run on some older PCs tooAccording to early testing, Microsoft says that a good number of older PCs will be able to run Longhorn; however, the OS may not look like it does on a newer, more powerful machine. This...
Tags: hardware, longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Newsletter Editor, oldER, older PC, operating system, PC, windows
Discussion threads 2005-04-28
Microsoft's certification reversal cuts both ways with MCSEs
Microsoft seemed to be listening to its customers when it decided not to retire MCSE certifications. So why are so many MCSEs up in arms about the reversal? According to some TechRepublic members, turnabout is not fair play when it comes to certs.First you would, and then you wouldn’t. Then...
Tags: Quality, Mike Walton, certification, Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2001-11-09
Novell's new direction
Novell is more than just Netware. The company has a new strategy focusing on new technologies. During this Guild Meeting, Ron Nutter took the time to show us what it's all about.Novell is more than just Netware. The company has a new strategy focusing on new technologies such as its...
Tags: Servers, Financial accounting, Ron Nutter, Novell Inc., Guild, Guild Meeting, Novell NetWare
Technical articles 2000-06-22
Windows XP Internetworking problems
Hi guys,I have a very peculiar but interesting problem with two of my workstations in a 45 NIC LAN. I tried to find a resolution for this problem but, nothing helped. I really hope to find an answer here.The configuration:- 39 workstations, all MS Windows XP Pro SP3- 6 servers...
Tags: Workstations, LANs, Firewalls, Network technology, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, workstation, LAN, firewall, network interface card, Internet
Discussion threads 2008-08-27
Seriously Microsoft!!?? 5 Versions of 7!???
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/windows-7-skus-announced-yes-your-worst-nightmare-has-come-to/2I mean honestly, this is just out of hand and look at the price points!!?? What is MS trying to do?what are they trying to do?restore their profit levels of course.limit piracy?try promote piracy, of "ultimate".That looks similarto Vista's arrangement (except the 32/46 bit duplicates).However, I am wondering about...
Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, jmgarvin, Bean Counter, Microsoft Corp., SKU
Discussion threads 2009-02-04
Get the details on Internet Explorer 7's security improvements
How well do you think IE 7's new security features will protect your users? Do you see some genuine improvements or are the features more hype than substance?Bad time, bad...Really bad timing on this, after it gets pulled from distrabution for the security bugs. There is some improvement in there,...
Tags: deb shinder, ie, internet explorer 7, JodyGilbert, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, primer, security, Yahoo! Inc.
Discussion threads 2006-10-23
UNIX in the house
V. Edward Gold describes many of the benefits that you can have by running UNIX or a UNIX-like OS on your home computer, and he includes explanations of several free applications.I had worked with computers since 1980, yet I refused to own one. I hated MS-DOS and Windows, and I...
Tags: Operating systems, V. Edward Gold, Unix
Technical articles 2000-12-22
UNIX in the house
V. Edward Gold describes many of the benefits that you can have by running UNIX or a UNIX-like OS on your home computer, and he includes explanations of several free applications.I had worked with computers since 1980, yet I refused to own one. I hated MS-DOS and Windows, and I...
Tags: Operating systems, V. Edward Gold, Unix
Technical articles 2000-12-22
Vulnerability counting revisited: a hypothetical example
In short, you really need to think about what a statistic means before you use it to inform your decision-making. In many cases, the intuitive interpretation is the wrong interpretation.This is a special case of ..."there are no easy answers."Good post, Chad.Excellent!Now copy/paste article to ZDNet for forum comments....
Tags: Operating systems, Patches, SECURITY, BarOS, BeOS, vulnerability, FooOS
Discussion threads 2008-06-19
P2P Network Partially Connects
P2P Network Partially ConnectsHi,Difficult to keep simple. I was onsite networking. The client said that the network was able to communicate with each other and then all of a sudden it stopped. There are 3 pc's on P2P through Linksys hub model EFAH08W, PC1 acts as Server has WXP home...
Tags: Casemaker, DHCP, IP, IP address, Linksys, Microsoft Windows XP, network, P2P, PC, PC1, PC1 act, PC2, PC3
Q&A 2005-02-09
More marketing material (Tech Ed 2006: Goodie Bag)
This is interesting?Don't know which is more pathetic. You for posting picture of a notepad, or me for actually looking at this.Good point...What was it exactly that drew us in to view this? Was the author required to turn in _something_ to justify the expense voucher and this is the...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., tcstmm, waste, time, of, hardware, marketing
Discussion threads 2006-06-23
Apple will sacrifice features for performance in the next version of Mac OS X
Do you think it's wise for OS X to trade features for performance?Original post:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=737Will this help or hurt the Mac OS? Could it hurt short term but help long term?Gee, Can You Imagine?A company that's interested in making their software more stable.The mind boggles.How can we get Microsoft to do...
Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, operating system, Apple Inc., information technology, performance, software, Apple Mac OS
Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Unpatched IE flaws reported
Another flaw?Wow, another IE flaw. It's things like this that will make someone switch their browser to Firefox.Oh wait a minute...I did that a long time ago. =)This issupposed to be news?that ie has unpatched flaws?why?Don't kid your selfDo you really think FireFox doesn't contain exploitable errors.All software contains errors....
Tags: firefox, flaw, ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, security, systemsgod, Web browser
Discussion threads 2005-07-22
Best Candidte for US President..
maecuff.you want to disgree that mae and her shovel is the best candidate? ]:)She'll need it...That's for sure. I still believe the Best candidate would be one who wouldn't want the job. -dsince mae doesn'twant the job, I'm right. ]:)she is the best candidate. ]:)hummm....Well mae? How about it?Bad...
Tags: shovel, sock, Jaqui, Donny Osmond, Maxwell
Discussion threads 2008-02-21


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