One of the better newsletters out there for those of us who wind up supporting users on Windows XP, is WinXP News, by Sunbelt Software. In tomorrow’s edition, comes news that they’ll be starting up a separate newsletter called Vista News, which I’m thinking wouldn’t be a bad idea to get as well, because we’ll be supporting users on Windows Vista soon enough, if not already!
Steven Vore sent me this link about what Thomas Stromberg found on a computer that was sitting out for the trash after he took it home to see if he could salvage any parts from it. Buying a computer for your bustling property management company in 1998: $500 City of Roswell Garbage Pickup Cost: $22/mo…
I’m aware that these tools exist for monitoring kids, but yeah anyone can use them to monitor anyone: “In the report, titled The Predator in Your Pocket, researchers at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy examined eight popular spyware apps sold as tools to keep…
Why Does IT Hate Facebook and Twitter. The article itself really doesn’t shed much light on why, it just throws out some numbers about the number of IT departments that block them, etc. The comments, on the other hand, are a treasure trove of why people hate their IT departments. A sampling (with my comments…
Saw the news over on Lifehacker that LogMeIn free is going away in 7, yes seven, days! Not a lot of time to consider your options there, but luckily, the post and comments over there have you covered with suggestions for replacements. Looks like Teamviewer and Google Chrome Remote Desktop are leading the charge currently….
Sort of a slow day today, which is ok, since I forgot to write about the seminar I was at yesterday! It was Are you Vulnerable? Wireless, Worms & CyberThreats put on by ISS . This turned out to actually be pretty good. I was expecting a big scare tactic followed by a sales pitch…
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