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Quote of the Day -- 06/21/2005
"Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish."-- Ovid
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 21, 2005, 2:18 PM PDT
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Move over Yoda and make room for my hologram
The technology for having holographic video conferencing will apparently be possible in the not-too-distant future, according to a pair of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. If we ever...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 18, 2005, 8:07 AM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 06/17/2005
"It takes twenty years to make an overnight success."-- Eddie Cantor
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 17, 2005, 12:32 PM PDT
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HP is making an iPAQ in the mold of the Treo
I just read that HP is making a new iPAQ in the style of the Treo. The Treo has gotten mixed reviews, at least from the people that I know. It'll be interesting to see if the iPAQ can do...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 17, 2005, 9:14 AM PDT
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Coming soon ... Windows Server Grid Edition?
Actually, Microsoft is seriously developing a version of Windows Server that will be aimed at grid computing. It's called ... wait for it ... "Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition" -- I...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 16, 2005, 2:58 PM PDT
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Microsoft is developing its own BitTorrent technology?
I have to say that this caught me off guard. I read that Microsoft was developing a new peer-to-peer technology code-named "Avalanche" (who thinks of these names and is there a whole...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 16, 2005, 2:47 PM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 06/16/2005
"Chance favors those in motion."-- James Austin
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 16, 2005, 6:14 AM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 06/15/2005
"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays with our today, to do our work with more force than ever...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 15, 2005, 6:55 AM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 06/14/2005
"If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure."-- Robert Hillyer
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 14, 2005, 6:05 AM PDT
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Communicator 2005 finally provides business IM the way it should be
Instant Messaging (IM) currently has an uncomfortable place in the business world. Some IT departments simply look the other way while employees use public IM clients (Yahoo, AOL, or MSN), but...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 13, 2005, 12:58 PM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 06/13/2005
"The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action." -- Andre Godin
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 13, 2005, 8:23 AM PDT
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Keep an eye on Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
Single sign-on has been one the technologies that has been heavy on hype and light on results over the past five years. Microsoft's Passport service (aimed mostly at consumers and individual...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 11, 2005, 4:47 PM PDT
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Take a look at my Tech-Ed 2005 photos
Photo Gallery: Tech-Ed 2005
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 11, 2005, 2:59 PM PDT
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Pretty big wow -- Exchange 2003 and Windows Mobile
Next to the Indigo demo, the biggest "wow" moment of Tech-Ed 2005 for me was the case study from the Microsoft IT department about how they deployed smartphones to 60,000 employees worldwide....
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 11, 2005, 2:48 PM PDT
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Wait a second ... I didnt realize Indigo was this cool
The biggest "Wow" moment of Tech-Ed for me was when I saw a demo of Indigo. Before Tech-Ed, Indigo was just an overhyped buzzword to me. However, at the convention the Indigo demo was one of the...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 10, 2005, 7:52 AM PDT
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It helps to know a local in Florida
I got into Orlando late last night (Monday). It was 9:00 by the time I got a cab from airport, got checked into the hotel, and called my wife and son with the "I made it here safe and sound"...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 7, 2005, 2:26 PM PDT
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Blog your Tech-Ed experience
If you are going to Microsoft Tech-Ed in Orlando next week (June 6-10), join TechRepublic members and editors in blogging about your experience (good sessions, cool booths, nice free stuff,...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 3, 2005, 7:04 AM PDT
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Case studies from Microsoft IT at Tech-Ed look interesting
In taking a look at the 16 Technical Tracks and some of the breakout sessions that have been listed for Tech-Ed, I found myself most interested in some of the case study presentations that are...
Posted by Jason Hiner | June 1, 2005, 12:20 PM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 05/26/2005
"Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit"-- German proverb
Posted by Jason Hiner | May 26, 2005, 6:36 AM PDT
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Quote of the Day -- 05/25/2005
"Patience and fortitude conquer all things." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Jason Hiner | May 25, 2005, 10:14 AM PDT
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Google hack to instantly search for files
Thanks to Jimmy Ruska's video on YouTube, there are several quirks about phrasing search queries for Google that can find you files in a jiffy. I will detail the method and include it as a Firefox...
Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | July 11, 2007, 9:35 AM PDT
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Toshiba's battery recall and tips on maintaining your laptop's battery
IDG News service and SlashGear report that Toshiba is initiating another series of battery recalls due to risk of fire. The models that may be affected are Satellite A100/A105 and Tecra A7 and...
Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | July 20, 2007, 6:57 AM PDT
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Are the rewards of ERP systems worth the risk?
The country's biggest trash hauler, Waste Management, has announced that it is suing SAP for $100 million as a result of the failed implementation of SAP's ERP package. The suit claims that,...
Posted by Andy Moon | March 28, 2008, 3:59 AM PDT
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IronKey flash drive "self-destructs" on too many failed password attempts
Remember a month ago when I wrote about the SanDisk flash drive that comes with on-board hardware encryption in "SanDisk launches Cruzer family of USB flash drives with hardware encryption"?...
Posted by Paul Mah | July 28, 2007, 11:59 PM PDT
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Wal-Mart issues RFID mandate
Wal-Mart has decided to ratchet up the pressure on its 15,000 suppliers to comply with a 3-year-old inventory technology mandate. Beginning January 30, 2008, it will charge suppliers a $2 fee for...
Posted by Paul Mah | January 20, 2008, 11:59 PM PST
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The advantages of Sun's ZFS filesystem
Recent weeks have seen some waves created in the normal placid waters of filesystems by the inadvertent announcement of the inclusion of the ZFS into OS X by Sun's CEO, denial by Apple, then...
Posted by Paul Mah | June 17, 2007, 8:01 PM PDT
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OSI Layer-2 Encryption: Security goes one layer deeper
Encryption over Ethernet is emerging as a new solution for powering secure networks. Increasingly being adopted for military and critical networking infrastructures, Layer-2 encryption helps...
Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 20, 2007, 7:53 AM PDT
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Share USB 2.0 devices over your LAN
Weary of running a desktop just to keep USB devices online or of connecting them to your wireless laptop by entangling cables? Keyspan has upgraded its three-year-old USB Server design with its...
Posted by John Bartley K7AAY | August 6, 2007, 10:40 PM PDT
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IT departments - Centralization vs. Decentralization
One of the big debates raginig within many organizations right now is whether to centralize or decentralize IT. Some companies are consolidating services such as help desks into one location and...
Posted by Jason Hiner | March 30, 2006, 8:18 PM PST
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My ex put naked photos of me on the Web...
News.com started a series in July called "Police blotter," which intersects technology and the law. If you're easily sucked into the TV show "Cops," then you'll find this series even more...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | December 12, 2005, 7:47 AM PST
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BitTorrent plugin for Mozilla Firefox
The UK/Prague-based open-source firm AllPeers has developed a BitTorrent plugin for Mozilla Firefox that lets users search and share files through torrents in a process as simple as downloading a...
Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | September 15, 2007, 1:43 AM PDT
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Standalone gadget wipes your hard disk to DoD standards
As IT professionals, you already know that merely clearing the Recycle Bin from within the operating system does not guarantee that the data can no longer be retrieved. In many cases, a 100...
Posted by Paul Mah | November 14, 2007, 8:43 PM PST
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Dell introduces desktop power in a laptop form
Last October, Dell announced its plans to release a 19-inch wide-screen notebook in 2006: "Ready for a 20-inch laptop?" I also discussed the novelty (and possible awkwardness) of these...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | June 7, 2006, 12:03 PM PDT
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Lenovo gets license to make IBM's xSeries
In a move that has resellers expressing their doubts, Lenovo will sell IBM-based x86 servers using technology licensed from IBM. This is unlike the outright purchase of IBM's laptop and PC...
Posted by Paul Mah | January 25, 2008, 10:16 PM PST
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Permanently deleting files at work could result in a lawsuit
Before you permanently delete a file at work, you should know that it could potentially come back to bite you in the butt. Check out this news story: "Police blotter: Ex-employee sued for...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | March 29, 2007, 8:25 AM PDT
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Do you need a cell phone to survive?
If you have a message that needs to be delivered immediately, such as a security alert, e-mail isn't the medium of choice -- or at least that's what cell phone providers will argue. Why?...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 20, 2007, 7:37 AM PDT
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IT news for April 16: Microsoft-Yahoo saga; Zune VideoX; MySQL 5.1
News to know for April 16, 2008, features stories about: the epic Microsoft-Yahoo saga, Zune VideoX, MySQL 5.1, Pystar's Mac clones, and much more.
Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 16, 2008, 5:19 AM PDT
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OLPC used by students to access porn
Remember the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program? IT News Digest ran a few pieces on OLPC in the last a few months, the most recent by John Bartley - Intel inside $100 laptop? - in which Intel...
Posted by Paul Mah | July 23, 2007, 11:30 PM PDT
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Wake up at the right time with a bio-alarm clock
At the end of August, I published a blog post about how technology (specifically, electronic gadgets) is responsible for "junk sleep." Right around the same time, another news story surfaced about...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | October 18, 2007, 5:13 AM PDT
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Bring co-workers together with a team building exercise
A news story slipped by my blog-oscope yesterday, even though I featured it in the IT News Digest newsletter. I couldn't resist it for two days in a row, so without further adieu:...
Posted by Sonja Thompson | April 21, 2006, 9:41 AM PDT
