Apple Remote Desktop updated to 3.1
Editor · Enterprise Applications
Filed under: Enterprise , Software , Software Update , Apple , Universal Binary
Filed at 4:15am
November 17, 2006
20 entries filed this day
Whatever Happened To... Hypercolor?
Editor
Pink for girls and blue for boys went out the window in the late '80s when Generra introduced the transexual of t-shirts, Hypercolor, to the world.
Filed at 6:42am
Storage Ownership Costs #17-18
Editor · Storage
I need to take some use-or-lose vacation by the end of the year, and with my travel plans to New York and Sydney planned for December, I will have to be off all next week for the US thanksgiving holiday. My kids hope there is enough snow in Salt Lake for some skiing or at...
Filed at 7:37am
Visual Studio Tools for Office: 2003? 2007? Version Compatibility
Editor · Software Development
With Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO), Microsoft has add some impressive development capability to build solutions on top of Excel, Word and even Outlook now. You may have even heard that notion that Office can be considered part of the Application Platform, which includes things like Smart Client, ASP.NET Web, Compact Framework, BizTalk, etc.
Filed at 8:01am
Is Web Flow a New Emotion?
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com
James Corbett has an interesting post about programmes like Lost somehow echoing the kind of mindset we get into when blogging and surfing. A couple of times here on mediangler I’ve tried addressing the recent failures of TV drama particularly the reduction of drama to dilemma.I’m biased of course but I think this is the...
Filed at 8:40am
TechEd: WSUS 3.0, Windows Update Statistics
Editor
Source: Bink.nu 100,000 WSUS servers deployed 190,000 WSUS SP1 Servers deployed What the presenter told us is that in October 290.000 distinct WSUS servers synchronized with Microsoft Update.
Filed at 9:07am
Google click-to-call launches
Editor · VoIP
Google finally launched their click-to-call feature, which is available from Google Maps. Rich has the scoop and he gave me the head's up on the news and he has a detailed write-up, including who is powering the termination - namely VoIP, Inc. Nice scoop, Rich! The above screenshot is a test call I made called the famous Pepe's Pizza in New Haven. Best of all, the call is FREE! The official Google Blog has more . Update: Techcrunch also talks about this news. In one part Techcrunch says "The calls are powered by Google Talk and Skype" How is this powered by Skype? According to Rich , Google's click-to-talk is powered by VoIP, Inc. not Skype. Now I realize that Skype and Google announced a deal , which I wrote about , in which they planned to interoperate. In addition, as I analyzed this deal back in August , "It is interesting that there is a caveat in the press release - Google is the exclusive text-based advertising provider for eBay outside the United States. Apparently, as part of this deal, Skype/eBay can continue to use Overture or other ad networks within the U.S. but must use Google for advertising outside the U.S. This sounds to me like Skype/eBay negotiated hard with Google and threw Google a "bone" by agreeing to use Google exclusively outside the U.S." So I'm still not clear why would Google even need Skype. They certainly don't need the Skype client for Google Maps click-to-call, since this is a web-based application that connect 2 legs of the call. They don't need Skype for the termination, since Skype technically isn't a termination company - Skype partners with termination service providers, i.e. Level3. So why can't Google with all its capital negotiate directly with VoIP termination service providers? Of course, it is highly probable that the Google Maps application uses the Skype API and initiates two SkypeOut calls and the two are conferenced together. Perhaps since Skype terminates so many minutes they are able to negotiate great rates and were able to pass those savings onto Google. But if that is the case, then that doesn't explain where VoIP, Inc. fits into all of this. So many questions... Will report when I find out more. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP & Gadget Blog | Permalink: Google click-to-call launches
Filed at 9:14am
DNA Computing - What should it be used for?
Editor · Business Intelligence
In this entry, I return to Nanohousing(tm), the notion of utilizing nanotechnology for computing, and Business Intelligence purposes. Remember that these writings are an attempt to go beyond the horizon, and are futuristic guesses on what specific points of nanotech can be applied to within the DW / BI world. It will take years to get to these points, but rest assured - changes are happening. One of the areas that have really interested me in nanotech is the notion of DNA computing, that is using DNA strands form and function (combined) to serve specific computational purposes and answer specific questions.
Filed at 10:46am
Fun with FAN
Editor · Storage
FAN = File Area Network People may shrug their shoulders and shake their heads at this acronym but I am cool with FAN. But we need to better define it. My definition may differ from others (but ignore them). FAN...
Filed at 11:47am
I surrender my email address to spammers
Editor · VoIP
I surrender! I surrender! Just as Captain Kirk begrudgingly surrendered the Enterprise, as of today I have surrendered my corporate email account to the spammers. Spammers can have my email address, which has become completely overwhelmed with spam. As of today it will bounce back as 'System Undeliverable' and I have chosen a new tmcnet.com email address. Sure my friends, contacts, and all my Web signups will be caught up in what some may deem a draconian tactic, until they find my new email, but that's it - I’ve had it! Enough of the spam! I have had the same corporate email account since the Internet started to take off in 1994. Thus, I have had the same email address for nearly 13 years which must be in just about every spam list you can think of. I get nearly 500 spam emails per day, which has rendered my corporate email account a productivity killer instead of a productivity enhancer. You're probably thinking I'm exaggerating with my 500 email claim, since everyone loves to bitch/whine , as well as exaggerate about how much spam they get. And so I have included proof via a screenshot below that includes every single spam from yesterday (Thursday) totalling 465 emails. Click the screenshot for a full image that will measure 504 x 6649 pixels. That's a mighty big graphic height-wise (6649), so when you first load the full image you'll have to Zoom in just to read the text. Even though I have deployed anti-spam measures on the Exchange Server (GFI MainEssentials) to tag spam, it’s only ~95% accurate, which means some spam gets through as well as false positives that get lumped in with hundreds of other spam I still have to sift through. I’m also using DNSBL (DNS email blacklists) which catches a lot of spam, but not all. In addition, I also have iHateSpam antispam software installed on my mail client as well as my own custom Outlook email rules. This means I have 4 anti-spam Maginot lines of defense against spammers -- and still it is not enough. Just as the French’s Maginot Line was easily overwhelmed by the Germans, resulting in France’s quick surrender, my anti-spam Maginot line is no match for the spammers blitzkrieg attacks. My email productivity has gotten worse over the years due to the exponentially increasing spam. It’s much worse than the productivity that it hurts -- receiving tons of spam affects your entire mood and morale. I dread going into work in the morning and having to sift through hundreds of spam emails. It is truly frustrating. My Irish stubbornness often kicks in and I take the battle against the evil spammers personally. Thus, I try and do battle against the l spam onslaught by periodically checking email at night when I am home. This way at least my morning Inbox is more manageable. and I haven’t started my work day ticked off that it took me 30 minutes to sift through all my email. But when my work bleeds into my personal life for unproductive work such as sifting through spam – then enough is enough. On occasion I have seriously considered leaving TMC just so I could have a clean email address and start fresh. It's that frustrating to me. And thus, I have surrendered my email address. Yes, I know I am "cutting and running". So? Let the evil spammers have their way with my email account, I just don’t care any more. Let them waste their own treasure and bandwidth fighting over my non-existent email – see if I care. Oh and by the way, I think President Bush needs to add spammers to his Axis of Evil list – seriously. If President Bush were able to solve the worldwide spam problem his ratings would soar. Well, I have a new email address and I'm loving it. Ahhh, no blitzkrieg of spam. No more hammering the Delete key in frustration. A nice clean Inbox. It’s truly a liberating experience. To quote William Wallace from BraveHeart… F R E E E D O M !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Note: Below is an embedded WAV file containing the Star Trek Surrender snippet, then a delaying playing of the famous Braveheart 'freedom' quote. Doesn't always work in Firefox) TrackBack (0) | Comments (3) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP & Gadget Blog | Permalink: I surrender my email address to spammers
Filed at 12:11pm
Dublin Calling
Haydn Shaughnessy · Founder, TheContentStudio.com
Talking to a couple of the people at the Irish Times recently it struck me how little impact blogging is having on the opinion forming duopoly of the IT and RTE. There are clubs and then there are folks lucky enough to sit on top of the opinion tre.Despite Ireland having numerous newspapers and lots...
Filed at 1:08pm
Credit card data from cash machine line to…MP3 player!
Editor · Disaster Recovery / Intrusion Prevention / Security
This The Guardian article is quite confusing:A [Manchester] man who used MP3 players to bug cash machines and steal the personal details of unsuspecting bank customers has been jailed for 32 months.The report continues that 41 years old man and his team attached MP3 players to the backs of _free-standing_ cash machines in bars and...
Filed at 1:38pm
sco
Michael Tiemann · Vice President of Open Source Affairs, Red Hat · Platforms
Main Entry: sco Pronunciation: sko Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English screw, that is, to stick it to some one transitive verb 1 : to threaten your customers with IP infringemen
Filed at 2:10pm
Microsoft threatens Linux users
Editor · ERP
It didn't take long for Microsoft to make clear its intention in forming an alliance with Novell to support Linux earlier this month: legal intimidation of Linux users.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said
Filed at 2:29pm
Accel Partners CEO Day in San Francisco
John Newton · CTO and Chairman, Alfresco · Knowledge Management
John Powell and I attended Accel’s CEO Day at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco Tuesday last week. This is an event put on by our investors, Accel Partners, and usually has a pretty impressive line up of...
Filed at 2:50pm
User-centric identity: boon or worst nightmare to privacy?
Stefan Brands · Founder & President, Credentica · Security
Two weeks ago I presented at the 7th Annual Privacy and Security Workshop in Toronto, which was well-attended by representatives from industry, government, and academia. Most of the presentations are now available for online download.
Filed at 3:24pm
Podcasting Survey
Editor · Data Management
If you're inclined to help IT Conversations at all, take a fewminutes to answer thissurvey about podcasting and how you feel about it and use it.We'd really appreciate it.
Filed at 5:27pm
Truth: The Ultimate Marketing Tool
Editor · Storage
Advocates of all stripes suffer from a poor reputation. Politicians, lawyers, marketers all grapple with the advocate’s problem: winning is the measure of success. How one wins will usually be forgotten, but the hairsplitting and subtleties of the advocate leave many of us feeling used.
Filed at 5:39pm
PS3 Making People Crazy
Editor · VoIP
As if standing/sleeping on lines waiting to shell out big bucks to be the first on your block to own the brand spanking new Sony PS3 today wasn't enough, according to published reports , people are getting robbed and shot!
Filed at 5:47pm
PS3 Making People Crazy: Part II
Editor · VoIP
Now we have former Senator John Edwards (no, not the "otherworldly" guy we see on TV) reportedly asking one of his staff members to see if he could get a hot, new PS3 from Wal-mart for his family.
Filed at 6:30pm