Bradner: The gPhone: Google’s software erector set, 11/06/07: After a frenzied build-up, Google did not announce the gPhone. Instead, the company announced there might be a gPhone in your future.
Jericho Forum: VoIP security industry: Guilty as charged, 11/05/07: A critique of VoIP security, plus 10 nasty questions to ask your VoIP supplier, from the chief information security officer of a global chemicals company and member of the Jericho Forum board.
Tolly: Apple’s Leopard backup breakthrough, 11/06/07: A string of columns could be filled writing about the many interesting features of Apple’s OS X 10.5. To my mind, its integrated, automatic backup – Time …
Dzubeck: Turning the data center green, 11/06/07: With all the fanfare for Al Gore, one would think that global environmental concerns rank No. 1 on the list of “corporate social responsibility.” Unfortunately, economics and internal operations have often overridden environmental concerns in the past …
‘Net Buzz: Blog readers make lousy editors, 11/05/07: Before plopping my behind on the blog bandwagon in January 2006, I would ask other journalist/bloggers how it was that posts could go from a blogger’s fingertips to a reader’s eyes without so much as passing within sniffing distance of an editor’s …
CDW: Unchain your computing power: Develop a wireless network plan, 11/05/07: Computers empower today’s employees to do things that no individual could have accomplished a generation ago, but desktop technology does tend to chain workers to their desks. Small businesses are discovering that providing employees with mobile …
Antonopoulos: Encryption is the name of the game, 11/06/07: Up to now we’ve used encryption to protect against criminal elements, but what about using it to protect our data from service providers?
Nutter’s Help Desk: Remote database connectivity across a WAN, 11/05/07: We have a small office that runs on Citrix connected to our HQ via a Megastream service (1Mb) connection. The remote office needs to connect to a database that contains a 16-Gb database. My problem is this remote office has grown and the 1Mb service …
Backspin: Behavioral advertising isn’t the big problem, consumer tracking is, 11/02/07: A coalition of privacy activists wants the FTC to do something about tracking consumer online activity, but that’s just the tip of the iceburg.
Gaskin: Vulnerability assessment, 11/01/07: Hackers attack systems by throwing their bag of tricks at a network device and sneaking in through any cracks they find. But they don’t just attack computers any more; they’re targeting anything with an IP address, such as routers, printers, network- …
Dr. Internet: Working with Office 2007 files in Office 2003, 10/31/07: I use Office 2003 and am having trouble with attachments people send me that were created in Office 2007. Is there a way I can read the Office 2007 files with Office 2003?
Gearhead: A possible DPC cause and a couple of cool PPC apps, 10/31/07: Gibbs considers a reader suggestion regarding DPC problems, and looks for the perfect clock utility for his iPaq running Microsoft’s Pocket PC and finds it and a backup program as well.
Cool Tools: Bluetooth headset is easy to wear and keeps the noise down, 10/31/07: A lot of Bluetooth headsets I’ve worn over the years have been heavy, bulky or just plain uncomfortable. I expected the same discomfort on the Voyager 520 so was very pleased when I put this on and didn’t feel any need to take the device off. I used …
