Dr. Internet:  Freeware lets you make Windows screen-cast movies
Can you recommend a low-cost or open source screen-capture program that will let me make screen-cast movies of what happens on my Windows computer screen?
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'Net Insider:  Network managers: good worries, disappointing lapses
VanDyke Software recently published results of the fifth annual edition of its survey of network and system administrators the company hired Amplitude Research to conduct and analyze. Most of the survey questions concerned security.
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Small Business Tech:  Laptop wireless security refresher
Let's recap: during my first Laptop Safety Seminar in Indianapolis on April 23, I was surprised at how many questions from the audience concerned basic laptop wireless security. People love laptops and love wireless connections, but don't love the extra security steps required so too often just avoid them. Not a good plan.
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Backspin:  WoW license spat could be trouble for IT
If Blizzard prevails in the case of World of Warcraft cheating software, licensing could become more complex.
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Gearhead:  Building with FreeBSD 7 and a rad headset
This week Gibbs adds another highly recommended book to the IT library and reviews a Bluetooth cell phone headset that is outstanding.
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Eye on the Carriers:  It's not your father's wireless anymore
Back in the day, wireless data was a neatly self-contained niche technology used by folks such as field force workers and logistics companies, but virtually ignored by everyone else.
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Talking Tech:  Video teleconferencing: "Meet me half a world away – in five minutes"
Travel has become the bane of many companies' existence, thanks to escalating fuel and travel costs, unpredictable and increasingly frequent air travel delays and metropolitan gridlock. A face-to-face meeting can cost thousands of dollars and several hassle-filled days, yet small businesses often have customers at great distances.
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Reality Check:  Thinking beyond IMS
For a half decade, the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) has been either the savior of mobile service stability and progress or the last bastion of walled-gardenism, so to speak. The emotionalism of the discussion has obscured a really important question. Is IMS enough of the right answer to drive the future in any direction at all? Do we need IMS, or more, or less?
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Nutter's Help Desk:  Adding TCP/IP printing to a Windows XP system
How do I add the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Service to WinXP system?
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Cool Tools:  Verizon broadband smart phone aims for iPhone market, with extras
Verizon Wireless' XV6900 broadband smart phone aims to be iPhone-like with its graphical interface, but with additional features that the iPhone doesn’t have and that try to appeal to business users and enterprises.
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