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Breaking News RSS FeedsRoundup from the Charlotte ITEC show - I had the pleasure of providing the keynote speech for the ITEC regional IT conference in Charlotte, N.C. this week and had a great time visiting the area for the first time. Even better, I had the chance to sit down and talk to IT folks fighting the good fight in the Southeast....Feed Source: www.networkworld.com Top-level domains rethought - At ICANN's recent Paris meeting the board unanimously agreed to allow the creation of arbitrarily named top level domains by those with deep pockets. Gibbs thinks that this is not a good idea. ... 'I have a lost laptop horror story for you' - The devil of identity theft is in the details: Russ Jones tells a tale of woe that isn't particularly dramatic -- or rare -- and yet it's exactly the kind of story that worries me enough to ignore my better judgment and buy identity-theft protection from my insurance provider.
... IdeaPad's cool idea - facial login - One of the latest ultra-portable notebooks from Lenovo, the IdeaPad aims to be more stylish and lightweight than your typical corporate notebook. Features include an Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 processor (1.6 GHz), an 11.1-inch display with an integrated Webcam, 2GB of memory, a 120GB hard drive and built-in 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi. All of this in a very light and compact 2.4-lb. package.... An IMAP book and measuring power use - A book on high performance IMAP servers and how much power does dimming a laptop screen save?... Going green, virtually speaking - Broadly speaking, there are two main reasons for companies to go green. The first is to reduce energy costs, thereby saving the company money. As one IT executive put it to me recently, "Green computing is all about saving greenbacks."... Don't give this pig a pancake - In the past week, my PC has turned into a very hungry pig. My story is anything but a cute bedtime story for kids, but there's got to be a lesson here somewhere.... Is Google News scapegoating technology? - Well, the company did cite a technical problem as the reason that the Google News front page was an hour later than other online media outlets in reporting the recent death of NBC journalist Tim Russert.
... Privacy? Hah! - Continuing from last week?s Backspin Gibbs relates some user feedback and discovers that your data (and his) is available to pretty much anyone who wants to look at it.... Does your phone make you smarter? - We've been hearing a lot lately about how communications technology reduces productivity and makes people stupider ? mainly by interrupting people too often, in too many ways. Some studies have gone so far as to quantify the decline in productivity (25% to 30%) due to multitasking. These researchers imply that we'd all be better off turning off our phones, shutting down instant messaging and e-mail, and logging out of Facebook, MySpace and Linked-In. I think they're nuts. ... Will the death of XP really hurt you? - Microsoft warned us well over a year ago that XP will Die Die Die, at least on new computers, by the end of June, 2008. Petitions and prayers notwithstanding, XP has a firm date with Boot Hill. RIP, XP.... WhatsUp Gold: A solid new version with minor flaws - WhatsUp Gold from Ipswitch is a highly capable and cost effective network management solution that could replace far more expensive enterprise management suites for less than the cost of their annual maintenance. A few minor flaws mar an otherwise excellent product. ... Mini mobile devices impress - Motion Computing's C5 tablet computer for healthcare has a built-in handle and a built-in camera. HTC's Shift ultraportable computer has built-in 802.11b/g/ wireless LAN connectivity, and let's you quickly access e-mail and get quick updates without booting up.
... Communal security? - I?ve visited quite a few countries in Asia over the last two years. In the various airports I passed through I often saw people wearing surgical masks. I also saw ?fever checkpoints? in most major airports. These checkpoints have infrared cameras that show a thermal false color picture of passengers as they are funneled through immigration. The signs surrounding the checkpoints indicated that the purpose was to identify people with a fever so as to screen for various types of flu (avian or other). This is classic perimeter control, network access control even, applied in the real world.... All's well with U.S. broadband deployment (says FCC) - Earlier this month, the FCC finally got around to releasing the U.S. broadband deployment report it approved in March. This fifth in a series "examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans" is just as silly as its predecessors. But the report and accompanying order (and further notice for proposed rule-making) on data collection about broadband data services may mean, assuming that the data they get is reasonably analyzed, that future reports may be a bit less silly.... 'Quality of Experience' revisited: What it means for network managers - Building towards QoE with a good combination of technical metrics and a healthy dose of customer dialog is a fine art. ... Preventing data breaches not a technology issue - When security people see headlines about data losses at TJ Maxx, ChoicePoint, DuPont, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, they quickly assume that preventing such loss is a technology problem. It clearly is not. It is an information problem.... Data leaks out . . . and lawyers rake it in - What made the Ameritrade data breach particularly memorable was not that 6.3 million customers had their personal info compromised and inboxes stuff with spam as a result. No, what made it memorable was that the company had received multiple warnings from IT professionals over more than a year that its database had been compromised -- yet took no action before the bits hit the fan last fall.
... Debt collectors mining your secrets - Gibbs gets a call from a debt collector and learns about skip tracing and the largely unregulated industry behind it. ... With Amazon's Kindle, it's love at first byte - It's not that often electronics can change your life ? but it happened to me a few days ago, when I bought an Amazon Kindle.... Consumerization of small business IT - During the Altiris user conference in April, I watched a lunch panel discuss the "consumerization of IT" and whether that's a good thing. My initial thought was that it was probably bad for enterprises that want to control everything, but may be good for smaller businesses.... Reader feedback, erasing stress, and WhatsUp Gold - Gibbs responds to a reader's letter to the Gearhead column on Jott, Twitter, RSS feeds and Goosh; de-stresses with Stress Eraser; and starts reviewing WhatsUp Gold, a network management tool from Ipswitch.... BlackArmor protects data; KR2 makes data mobile - It's hard to see a more secure way of protecting data on a portable storage device than with Seagate's Maxtor BlackArmor USB portable hard drive. And Kyocera Wireless' KR2 Mobile Router is great for groups of people who need quick access to a network in areas where either Wi-Fi doesn't exist or who want to share a wireless WAN connection.
... Broadband pricing: solutions that are orthogonal to any real problem - Broadband pricing proposals by AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast to deal with Internet congestion fall short.... Desktop virtualization pioneer runs into early bugs - For the past six months, our offices have been part of the brave new world of virtualization. Not of servers, storage or networks, but of the next-generation desktop.... Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks - South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe to meet President Robert Mugabe and breakaway opposition members.... Iran nuclear position 'unchanged' - Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.... Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin - A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.... 'Many killed' in Syrian jail riot - Violent clashes between guards and inmates at a Syrian jail have resulted in many deaths, a human rights group says.... Thousands in S Korea beef protest - At least 35,000 people take part in the latest mass protest in South Korea against the resumption of US beef imports.... Betancourt's medical 'reassuring' - Initial results of medical tests on Ingrid Betancourt following her six years as a hostage of Colombian rebels are "reassuring," her sister says.... Man arrested over London murders - A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London.... Lebanon 'set to announce cabinet' - Lebanon is reported to be on the verge of announcing a new government, following months of political deadlock.... Yemen blast 'kills five people' - At least five people have been killed in a still-unexplained explosion in northern Yemen, news reports say.... Queen Mother's note: 'pack the gin' is sold for record price - A unique collection of royal letters, photographs and artefacts is sold for record prices.... Valverde triumphs in Tour opener - Spain's Alejandro Valverde wins the first stage of the Tour de France to claim the coveted yellow jersey.... Venus triumphs in Wimbledon final - Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.... Poppy trap - The Afghan farmers caught in a struggle for survival... Kidnap ordeal - Colombia's pain over those still held hostage... Flip-flop guide - How Barack Obama and John McCain have changed tack... One of our own - The home of a murdered French student mourns ... Content overload? - Peter Gabriel thinks he has the answer... Iran attack? - US military 'steps back' but Israeli threat remains... Congo ex-leader appears in court - The former vice-president of DR Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, appears in court in The Hague.... 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved' - Fire caused the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, a final report is expected to find.... Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit - Protests begin on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the G8 nations.... Sarkozy: Poles won't block Lisbon - The French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that the Polish president has reassured him he will not block the Lisbon treaty.... Canada ruling boosts US deserter - A Canadian court orders a review of a US army deserter's failed asylum bid, in a case that may affect scores of others.... Gunmen kill Afghan MP in Kandahar - Afghan member of parliament Habibullah Jan is shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kandahar province, officials say.... Tories in 'disarray' over Lewis - The Conservatives are in "disarray" after the resignation of London deputy mayor Ray Lewis, Labour says.... SocGen hit by rogue trader fine - French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff members to operate as a rogue trader.... Gender 'impacts on transplants' - Women who get a replacement kidney from a male donor are more likely to reject the new organ, scientists suggest.... Smallest planet shrinks in size - The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft show. ... Abba quartet at Mamma Mia showing - The four members of Abba reunite in public for the first time in three years at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia.... Google 'faces Street View block' - Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.... Your say - What do you want the world to talk about?... Copyright © 2008, Real Estate Investment Tips. All Rights Reserved. |