The Mark Gibbs Feed http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/gibbs.html Your complete Mark Gibbs feed - columns, newsletters, the whole shebang. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. Revisiting RDP, discovering ReactOS, and finding Mindjet http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/052312-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss Gibbs take a second look at Microsoft's RDP client, considers a replacement for Windows XP, and delves into "Mind Mapping" Mark Gibbs 2012-05-23T02:55:35-04:00 Microsoft: Too old and too big to survive? http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/052112-backspin.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft is making lots of weird decisions; has the company reached its dotage? Mark Gibbs 2012-05-21T12:00:00-04:00 An OS for the home and cool Kickstarter projects http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/052112-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss This week we start with something that has both intrigued and amused me: Microsoft Research has a new operating system in the works targeted at home automation called, with glaring dullness, HomeOS. Mark Gibbs 2012-05-18T12:00:00-04:00 Let me get off your *&%$ list http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/051112-backspin.html?source=nww_rss Gibbs is irritated by the unsubscribe process of many commercial lists .. Mark Gibbs 2012-05-11T10:42:26-04:00 Cool hacks: DIY cellphones and a magic trackpad rethink http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/050912-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss There's something of the hacker in all IT people ... there has to be because you spend so much of your time figuring out how things work and how to fix said things when they break (which is usually far too often). Mark Gibbs 2012-05-09T10:00:59-04:00 Thwarting employers asking for Facebook access http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/050712-backspin.html?source=nww_rss The rise in employers and schools demanding access to workers' and students' social media has to be stopped Mark Gibbs 2012-05-07T12:00:00-04:00 An RDP client and a Smartphone 'Copter http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/042512-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss Ah, what a week it's been. Ravelling the unravelled and fixing stuff I thought was fixed. Mark Gibbs 2012-04-25T12:52:59-04:00 The government wants to know what it doesn't know http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/042312-backspin.html?source=nww_rss The government's increasing surveillance of us should make you very uneasy because they're determined to know what they don't know whether you like it or not Mark Gibbs 2012-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 Google AROUND, network scanning, and pinging with TCP http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/042312-gearhead.html?source=nww_rss We start this week with a real geek out: If you have ever had to weigh the benefits and tradeoffs of Apache as an application server (for example, using Tomcat vs. node.js ("a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications"), then you absolutely have to watch "Node.js Is Bad Ass Rock Star Tech" (it's NSFW -- bad words). Make sure you watch all of it ... the end is great! Mark Gibbs 2012-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/041212-backspin.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft just announced that some old favorites are going on Extended Support, Gibbs thinks after that, they should be set free Mark Gibbs 2012-04-12T02:11:11-04:00