ITechTips: September 2006 Archives

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Sep30	Network Access Protection is Vista Vapourware ? Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Know More: Security, microsoft 2.0, Security According to ITweek, Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) technology may not make it into the new Windows Vista operating system as the industry struggles with network access control problems and some key players think Microsoft may just trip over its own toes. I for one had been trying to get it work in 2005 on a Cisco and Trend Micro solution but somehow even the Trend Micro specialist was stumped when certain problems cropped up. So in the end, we had to abandon that project as we could not longer waste time figuring out the intricacies. Some interesting bits to share from the post : Jeff Prince, CTO and chairman of network security firm ConSentry Networks, said that all existing NAC solutions, including Microsoft’s NAP, are too complex for the specific security access issues that IT managers need to address. Jan Guldentops, director of the BA Test Labs, dismissed NAP as vapourware and said it was too complex for Microsoft to get working in time for the Vista launch, or for enterprise buyers to understand. Microsoft’s Network Access Protection Out From Vista Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep30	HP Grabs Voodoo PC for More Gaming Dollars Colbert Low September 30, 2006 HP is following Dell's footsteps and they are now getting into the gaming fever. Dell has Alienware in its bag since March and now we have HP buying over Voodoo PC, a privately-held personal computer manufacturer based in Canada that... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	eBay Social Networking Portal at MyWorld Colbert Low September 30, 2006 eBay has launched new MySpace like social networking feature called MyWorld. MyWorld will replace the user profile page at eBay.MyWorld page for each user will contain user profile, image, biography, blog, reviews, feedback, rating, and item listing. You can add... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gtalk for Everyone Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Google Talk used to be only for Gmail users, but now anyone can sign up for Google Talk and chat with their friends instantly (without signing in with a Gmail account). Google Talk allows you to transfer files and folders,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The NetCraft Anti-Phishing toolbar Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Protect yourself from online phishing sites with this Firefox or IE toolbar. The NetCraft Anti-Phishing toolbar is designed to protect you from websites set up by crackers to steal your passwords, personal information and banking details. You might have received... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep29	SaaS Providers Make Installing Software Obsolete Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Imagine you'd never have to deal with software installation anymore. You'd just have to worry about settings, designs and the content. That's what this Web 2.0 services promise and they are determined to make a traditional Microsoft Office installation on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New WebViewFolderIcon Bug in Internet Explorer Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Here we have another unpatch bug in Internet Explorer as reported by security researchers and those at US-CERT on Thursday. Symantec says this flaw is in an ActiveX control included with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server. Looks like... Continue Reading Posted at 9:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lenovo and IBM ThinkPad Batteries Recall Exercise Colbert Low September 29, 2006 What ? Another battery recall and this time we welcome IBM and Lenovo to the "Exploding Battery Club". And I thought that this whole charade will end with the recall done by Toshiba, Panasonic, Dell and Apple. I have sadly... Continue Reading Posted at 6:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Paypal's SafetyBar from Cloudmark Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Here's a good tool to keep your Paypal money safe and sound. You can't be too careful with Phishers nowadays. We've all gotten Paypal phishing email and it's a lot easier to delete the email, than to waste time trying... Continue Reading Posted at 3:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PayPal Settles Class Action Suit over Consumer Protection Colbert Low September 29, 2006 When I read about this PayPal class action suit, I froze. Sometimes big companies like this eBay-owned one become such big monopolies that they start to forget it was the consumers who stood by them all the while. Once the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep28	Microsoft sets price for Zune and songs Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Microsoft said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod. Zune's launch date and price are November 14 in the U.S.A for $249.99. Many people have asked about the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	System Centre Data Protection Manager Version 2 Beta 1 is out Colbert Low September 28, 2006 The Microsoft System Centre Data Protection Manager Version 2 Beta 1 is out but what does that spell for sys admins globally ? Does having more Microsoft flavoured software on your servers bring less downtime and more compatibility with backups... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft and Windows Genuine Advantage woes Colbert Low September 28, 2006 In a bad case of crying wolf, it seems that 39% of complaints about the Windows Genuine Advantage stem from people with counterfeit software and they have the cheek to ask questions at the Microsoft forums.Sure, there are genuine users... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Intel Core Processor Challenge for Viiv Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Intel has announced their Intel Core Processor Challenge that is opened to all PC designers and manufacturers worldwide who can create a working model of the smallest, most stylish personal computer as an entertainment center in the home. The designs... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Symantec says Firefox is full of vulnerabilities Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Symantec says Mozilla's free Firefox browser has too many vulnerabilities but I still think Microsoft IE is much more buggier and not good at pop-up protection.They highlight a big jump in 47 vulnerabilities compared to 38 in Microsoft's Internet Explorer... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep27	Wallop Social Bookmarks from Microsoft Colbert Low September 27, 2006 Wallop, the social networking website that began life as a Microsoft Research project before being spun off as an independent business has launched (dreadful).Aren't we getting tired of social networking yet ? Another Microsoft clone site has been born and we thought... Continue Reading Posted at 11:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Justmaps has Maps Colbert Low September 27, 2006 We are constantly looking for maps to use on hiking trips or just for passing that geography test. Well here's quite a good site to start - www.justmaps.com The Web site features loads of maps for almost every country in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Join Together Colbert Low September 27, 2006 I've been waiting for this to happen for ages. Now I can be more productive. Having Yahoo and MSN IM running on my windows gets a bid tad confusing at times and you could never leave MSN contacts an offline... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft looking for DRM Crackers Colbert Low September 27, 2006 When will Microsoft ever learn ? If you come out with crappy software and sell it for a crazy price, there's bound to be unhappy users and crackers around. Just looks at great open source software like Firefox, nobody... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy 8th Birthday to Google Colbert Low September 27, 2006 I want to join in the celebration and wish Google a very happy 8th Birthday on 27 September...Being 8 years old in the internet business is old. I can sleep better now knowing my searches are more relevant. Remember... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep26	NoSquint Firefox extension Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Don't you just hate it when fonts on some website are so miniscule ? Of course, if you are using a Firefox browser, you can always hit CTRL + but it gets tiring after awhile. Then try NoSquint, that Firefox... Continue Reading Posted at 2:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Legal Production Version Windows Vista Offer Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Thanks to Nima Dilmaghani, who is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, we now know how you can get your self a free legal production version of Windows Vista installed your on PC. The fun part is you have to register... Continue Reading Posted at 9:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Buying Any Apple Products Colbert Low September 26, 2006 With so many reviews and rumours about Apple products out there, it's hard to know when to buy an Apple product, whether to wait, or to snap up a cheap iPod or whether or not you should just go ahead... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 years of IBM AlphaWorks Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Thanks to the AlphaWorks software suite, IBM's innovations into today's market-leading products and open-source technologies have definitely solidified. Now they are coming with more useful services that run in this line. One will be AlphaWorks Services that allows organizations... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weird names for Firefox on Debian Linux Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Why the heck do they need to change Firefox's name ? Actually we are talking about the browser on the Debian Linux distro as there's bad blood between them and the Mozilla makers. Looks like I need to send... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep25	Ads War with "Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions” Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Nothing is free nowadays. Even if you pay for your gaming or email service, you are still going to be bombarded with ads. Now Microsoft has launched its "Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions” that brings more ads to MSN, Windows... Continue Reading Posted at 1:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pioneer Sues Samsung Over Patent Violations Colbert Low September 25, 2006 From the onset of things, I think the Korean plasma maker, Samsung is having some problems with its close neighbours in Japan. Pioneer is the latest giant that is suing Samsung on a patent regarding an electrode configuration that... Continue Reading Posted at 9:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Digg's Revision3 Internet-based video production firm started Colbert Low September 25, 2006 The creators of Digg, the Internet news aggregation site, Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson have secured financing to turn their Internet-based video production firm into a full-fledged company Revision3.Revision3, the new Internet video network backed by the founders of Digg.com,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Find My Credit Card 2.1 Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Do you have that uneasy feeling after buying something from the internet or even eBay ? Want to ensure that even after you manually delete your browser's cache file and cookie storage, all personal info gets erased ? Well, you... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Skype hogging university's Internet Bandwidth Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Concerns regarding consumption of bandwidth and security have prompted some universities in the US to ban Skype. That's bad news for students looking forward to saving some of their lunch money without forking out on hefty IDD or long... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep24	Details of Leak Scandal by HP lawyer Colbert Low September 24, 2006 The news leak scandal over at the HP boardroom is having a lot of exposure on the Net this few months. Now Mike Holston, a partner in Morgan, Lewis & Bockius who was brought in by Hewlett-Packard to investigate... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,000,000 users now on del.icio.us Colbert Low September 24, 2006 I just found out that there are now over a million registered users on del.icio.us, that Social Bookmarking service now under Yahoo's purse. That's over three times as many as it had last December 2005. Not even a week after... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are you having Internet Addiction Disorder ? Colbert Low September 24, 2006 I may be a blogger but sometimes I take a break too. I take 2 hour lunches and dinners to give my mind a rest. But not everyone can do that...IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder) has been around since 1995... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beta Testers Get Microsoft Vista Build 5728 Colbert Low September 24, 2006 According to dailytech , the new Vista Build 5728 has been released by Microsoft and this is just three weeks after Microsoft released their Release Candidate (RC1) Vista. The x86 and x64 bit versions come in sizes of 260 MB... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Raply Web 2.0 Live Chat Colbert Low September 24, 2006 There are three websites allow users to create texts, copyright them and discuss them with readers. The original service was Numly which allows users to copyright their digital works using Electronic Serial Numbers. These works can be webpages, blogs,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep23	VML patch from Zeroday Emergency Response Team Colbert Low September 23, 2006 You'd think Microsoft would at least come out with a security patch, pronto for their current Zero day bug for the Windows implementation of the Vector Markup Language (VML), an XML language used to create vector images. But no.....Some... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sony investigates Lenovo battery incident Colbert Low September 23, 2006 All is not good in the Sony camp. With Dell and Apple already quit pissed with their less than perfect batteries that blow up laptops, now they have Lenovo batteries to worry about. Sony is currently checking out the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tribe.net Relaunches with a fresh look Colbert Low September 23, 2006 Tribe.net, the San Francisco-based social network, relaunched yesterday with a new look. In many ways, however, it's a return to the old look, with the original orange logo returning and the massive masthead being dropped. They've also improved the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When plain Gmail is not enough Colbert Low September 23, 2006 Using a gmail is quite easy. It provides you with all basictools you need and with the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. Until you realize its not enough. You will... Continue Reading Posted at 2:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Making Time for Web 2.0 Colbert Low September 23, 2006 …how do I have time for this new stuff" (ie, blogs, wikis, IM, and other social networking things)? How do i find a pattern in this all chaos… record and edit podcasts and videoblogs, time to take photographs and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep19	Microsoft's View on Software Asset Management Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Most of the companies nowadays employ IT asset Management tools to keep track of their IT assets. That is the hardware side but what about the software site ? Here's a good post about it at Infoworld ; According to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Attorney General wants ISP to Keep Customer Data Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Sometimes its hard to balance civil liberties with the social responsibilities. Do you have to forsake personal rights for the protection of the society as a whole ?Well in the fight against fight child pornography, the USA Attorney General and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hungarian want a Screwed Up website Colbert Low September 19, 2006 On the premise of the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's election lie, people are now trying to grab the elkurtuk.hu ("we screwed up" in Hungarian) domain name. Three license requests for it has been sent to the domain registration body... Continue Reading Posted at 6:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Russian Porn sites using Web Attacker kit for VML exploit Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Dozens of Russian porn sites are using the unpatched Microsoft VML exploit to install spyware with an exploit kit called Web Attacker. Sunbelt Software says the attack code has popped up on about a half-dozen Russian porn sites. In addition,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't Click It Site Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Does your wrist hurt or arm hurt after 8 hours of using the computer mouse ? Well, maybe you can try to use the keyboard instead provided its an ergonomic one like the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 that I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep18	Gmail Manager 0.5.2 Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Some people have tons of email addresses and it becomes a bit of a hassle if you try to log in every 5 mins. Why not make your life easier with Gmail Manager that lets you to manage multiple... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Microsoft DirectAnimation Path ActiveX Bug Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Sigh. Some days I feel like totally throwing out all my Microsoft products and just use open-sourced or Linux ones. I hate to find my laptop totally hacked into while out for dinner. Seems that there is now a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Department of Homeland Security gets top cyber-security official Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Who wouldn't fancy a high flying position like this ? Greg Garcia, has been appointed the first-ever assistant secretary for cyber-security and telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security. This post has been vacant since Congress created the position more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Belgian Copiepresse Sues Google Colbert Low September 18, 2006 US internet search giant Google has been ordered by BELGIAN courts to stop reproducing content from French and German-language Belgian newspapers on its Belgian news website, google.be from today or face a €1 million ($1.68 million) fine daily if... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disable automatic delivery of IE7 Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Some users may not like their current IE browser to be automatically installed as IE7. So here's a good method to disable that process once Microsoft releases the new critical updates. According to ithub : When Microsoft is ready... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep17	Legal Tussle over Microsoft Forefront Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Looks like Microsoft is now in a legal tussle over the name of its security suite, Forefront. It seems that a company called Dexter + Chaney, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in a federal district court in Seattle. They... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small and medium-sized enterprise cut 20-40 per cent off Telco Costs Colbert Low September 17, 2006 It's not easy to do business nowadays. With increased outsourcing and cost cutting measures out there, even big corporates are trying to slash global competition. According to UK internet telephony provider Inclarity, by using internet-based telco solutions, small and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Pay when you can get Security Products for Free Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Yes. I'm a sucker for free stuff and free software. Nothing beats the feeling of being able to save $10 for my Starbucks by downloading free software on the internet. Who cares if that trial version will expire in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	All new Office 2007 for Mac Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Microsoft’s next-gen Office suite for the Mac is being given a top-to-toe refit in readiness for its debut in the third quarter of 2007. It will adopt the native XML file formats in the new versions of Word, Excel... Continue Reading Posted at 3:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Telecom Italia buys over AOL Germany Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Looks like AOL is having some problems in its backyard. Recently, one of its VOIP services was thrown in the bucket after lukewarm response and this was in my previous post entitled AOL's TotalTalk VOIP Service Discontinued AOL may be... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep16	Motorola Incident Management Suite Saves the Day Colbert Low September 16, 2006 In an effort to streamline communication during mass emergencies, Motorola has unveiled what it thinks is an application and wireless device package that gives safety officers every detail about the emergency which includes live data and video footage of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oracle's Bright Future in 2007 Colbert Low September 16, 2006 Experts are anticipating that Oracle may have a wealthy growth next year and be hot on the tail of industry leader - SAP. Analysts say primarily the boost is generated by acquisitions of companies such as Siebel Systems and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Borland's DTG to take expertise elsewhere Colbert Low September 16, 2006 A team of specialized engineers working for Borland Software called the Developer Tools Group is soon about to go independent from Borland as the two entities were seeing different target markets. Rumor is abound that either IBM or Oracle... Continue Reading Posted at 9:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toshiba takes over Micron patents, solves Lexar dispute. Colbert Low September 16, 2006 In an agreement that ends the patent infringement accusation towards Toshiba made by Lexar, Toshiba will purchase and take over the patents said which includes Micron's NAND memory patents. Toshiba was also accused of using Lexar's trade secrets and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HP using HP to investigate HP? Colbert Low September 16, 2006 An internal league of people working for computer manufacturing giant Hewlett-Packard suspected that one of it's director is leaking confidential information and now the company is using it's very own Global Investigations Unit to look through the matter. The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep15	Download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Now ! Colbert Low September 15, 2006 The general public can download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 now for a limited time before Microsoft plugs it. They say once the capacity will be reached, you won't be allowed access to that download. So the fastest person wins...Nick... Continue Reading Posted at 2:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Latest LANDesk Management Suite now out Colbert Low September 15, 2006 Lenovo started offering it's customers with ThinkPad and ThinkCentre series of computers, the new version of it's computer management software, LANDesk Management Suite. The manufacturer released the software ahead of the year's final quarter to allow companies to set their... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Accenture to use Sun technology Colbert Low September 15, 2006 Accenture, a consulting firm has announced a deal that they will use Sun Microsystems' server software in system design industries. Before the deal, Accenture's relation with Sun only extends to a reseller's point but now they will also be creating... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Vista to make economical surge in EU Colbert Low September 15, 2006 In a Microsoft funded study by the IDC, Vista is predicted to create 50,000 jobs and other economical benefits to companies in the European region when it's available. Analysts elaborates that Vista will be Microsoft's and it's network of companies... Continue Reading Posted at 3:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IBM and Magna open up future to smart cars Colbert Low September 15, 2006 In a five year deal with Magna Electronics, IBM has agreed to design software that aids cars to important albeit little details that makes cars smarter. The collaboration will develop products such as embedded sensors that would slow down the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep14	Michael Dell says Sony had contaminated battery cells Colbert Low September 14, 2006 Dell had a big battery recall recently and that sure poked a big hole in its finances. Now the Dell Chairman, Michael Dell has come out to say that its not their fault. He's flatly denying that its laptop designs... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Firefox v1.5.0.7 Colbert Low September 14, 2006 Mozilla guys have just released an updated Firefox v1.5.0.7. If you have auto update set on your browser, then it will download in the background and ask you to restart Firefox. I just got this message about 20 minutes... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep13	New Email Security Tools from ISS and Declude Colbert Low September 13, 2006 2 product rollouts this week shows that email security products are adding more features in fewer hardware boxes to save space and make it more manageable. Declude launched an email security package with antivirus, antispam, and email flaw detection while... Continue Reading Posted at 2:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep12	Advanced Microsoft Excel Find Function Colbert Low September 12, 2006 I often get mixed up when it comes to searching formulas or values, whole or part cells. It's not an easy thing since I had used it in lieu of MS Project last time when I was handling a simple... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fire risk on 1.87 million Canon copiers Colbert Low September 12, 2006 If you are tired of Dell laptops bursting into flames, then let's change the topic to something similar in nature. Here's some refreshing news about Canon recalling over 1.8 million of its personal copiers sold between 1987 and 1997 as... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep11	Gspot for Video Codec Info Colbert Low September 11, 2006 Gspot Codec provides you with as many details about your video files like codec information as possible in order to find a way to play them. For example, some perfectly valid AVI files now require that you replace Microsoft's poorly... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep10	DSpeech Converts Text to Audio Colbert Low September 10, 2006 If you get bored of just reading text on business sites, you might prefer just hearing it out loud. Unless the site has a bunch of sexy pictures coupled with business news like Naked News, I'm sure your attention might... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 9	Interviews with CEOS and Future Billionaires on nPost Colbert Low September 9, 2006 I'd like to come back to nPost 10 years from now and see through their interviews of CEOs and Founders of small and startup businesses just to see if they would be swallowing their words. I still remember the infamous... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Worldwide External Disk Storage Use grows 8.5% in Q2 2006 Colbert Low September 9, 2006 Here's some interesting numbers from Alex Moskalyuk's blog. He works with Yahoo and I know him via IM only. Looks like the external disk storage market has not shrunk yet despite slowdown in some IT areas like PC sales.His blog... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	OpenVPN Configuration Details Colbert Low September 9, 2006 OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. OpenVPN setup may looks difficult but... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zack Whittaker’s Report Abuse Desktop Client Colbert Low September 9, 2006 Report Abuse Desktop Client is an excellent tool for adults and children alike. This Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application which enables younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators to their local... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Broadcom has USD 1.5 Billion Stock Options Problems Colbert Low September 9, 2006 With various checks and balances out now, you would think companies have a good idea of how their finances are in check. There's trouble brewing over at Broadcom, that semiconductor company and its going to cost them at least... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 8	Security Problems for Small Businesses using the Internet Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Jessica Robinson, area sales manager for small and medium business at Cisco gives us a refresher course on the security risks when accessing the internet for business....She says that IT admins must take heed in installing the latest security... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Helps Webmaster in Website Indexing Problem Colbert Low September 8, 2006 This Google guys. They are helpful aren't they ? They come up with tons of new services just keep make sure they are ahead of MSN or Yahoo....Just the other day, a security guard came over to check my... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Network Analyzer PowerToy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs and Smartphones Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Now here's a handy tool when you want to check on your mobile connectivity or your server's uptime while relaxing at the pool. The new Network Analyzer PowerToy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs and Smartphones from Microsoft allows you... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	On the Net..Its Business First. Sex later.. Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Sure....I think this research is pretty flawed. Can you even believe that sex is no more the No.1 search term ? It's been surpassed by business terms. This spells only two things. The surfers don't surf much anymore and rely... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going Petaflop with IBM Colbert Low September 8, 2006 The world's fastest ever supercomputer capable of up to 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or one petaflop, called 'Roadrunner', has been developed by IBM for helping the US government to help it conduct nuclear safety tests. Does that mean... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 7	Microsoft PDF and XPS Free Plugin Colbert Low September 7, 2006 You can now download the new Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS plugin from the MS site. This plugin has been made available since Microsoft has decided to remove native PDF printing support from Office 2007 aka Office 12 which... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HP launches Montecito servers with Itanium 2 "Montecito" processors Colbert Low September 7, 2006 HP is set to heat the server market with its new HP's Integrity rx3660 and the rx6600 server. HP's Integrity rx3660 server goes for US$10,531, and the rx6600 starts at US$14,771. Let's hope this time luck is with them since... Continue Reading Posted at 11:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bug in ICQ Pro 2003b Colbert Low September 7, 2006 Core Security Technologies, a penetration testing software vendor has found bugs in the old ICQ Pro 2003b, a version of the ICQ client that AOL still offers for download on its own site and other popular sites like Download.com.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newspaper Archive Search Service from Google Colbert Low September 7, 2006 This Google guys are very inventive. They come out with pretty decent services and this time, its a news archive system that lets users scour newspaper and magazine articles from The Guardian, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Vista could slow down Internet Traffic Colbert Low September 7, 2006 According to Zdnet , Windows Vista could slow down the entire Internet with its support for 2 versions of the Internet Protocol (IP). Nonetheless, some experts are wondering if this could be a big gridlock or just a negligible... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 6	Cisco, IBM slated for Silicon Valley Wi-Fi mesh project Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM and two partners – SeaKay and Azulstar have been awarded the contract to build a public 802.11-based wireless mesh that is intended to cover most of the Silicon Valley peninsula of California. Other than... Continue Reading Posted at 1:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Interesting Results from Silicon Valley Leadership Group survey Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Here's some eye opening results from a Silicon Valley Leadership Group survey (SVLG) in regards to livability in 12 US tech hubs. North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham area has been ranked NO.1 US technology hub in the latest survey by the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AMD and ATI Merger Has Passed Antitrust Laws Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Looks like the merger of AMD and ATI will be going through at last. The proposed merger had to satisfy certain U.S., Canadian and German antitrust laws conditions and now it has received the green light. According to TMCnet... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Mobile VoIP Service from AQL Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Aql, a UK based mobile service provider, is inviting Nokia E60, Nokia E61 or Nokia E70 handset users to try out its free peer-to-peer wi-fi VOIP service. Too bad its only for UK users for now. Users just type... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zero Day Bug in Microsoft Word Colbert Low September 6, 2006 A security hole in Word is being used by hackers to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer. Microsoft has confirmed the hole exists but only affects the Microsoft Word 2000 suite. They have not said if there will... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 5	Hamachi is VPN over the Internet Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Workhappy people have done a review cum FAQ of Hamachi, a freeware VPN software that can give you access to your office or house PC files over the internet. Check it out. Workhappy says : Hamachi: It's a zero-configuration... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversetrade.com is an eBay Alternative Colbert Low September 5, 2006 eBay, has raised its fees for sellers and not everyone is happy. So the Dutch owner of Diversetrade.com, a competitor to eBay, is calling his site : “a place that will enable buyers and sellers to conduct business "at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cisco adds WAN optimization to Wide-Area File Services Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Looks like Cisco is expanding right into the WAN optimization market held by Expand Networks, F5 Networks, Juniper Networks, Riverbed and Packeteer. This time Cisco is adding new features like Protocol optimizations, caching, content distribution, and streaming media technologies.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft's Next Generation Digital Resolve Anti-phishing IE7 Tools Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Microsoft has team up with third party specialist, Digital Resolve to provide a new anti-phishing tool for its new Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Live Toolbar applications. If the user does open a suspected phishing Website, IE7 will have... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Panasonic Recalls Overheating Let's Note CF-W4G notebook batteries Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Looks like every vendor is having problems with their notebook batteries and users are getting really fedup with the inconvenience. I think every vendor from Dell to Panasonic should include SASE bags with their laptops as this battery problems... Continue Reading Posted at 12:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 4	Microsoft MSN Chat Gets the Boot Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Looks like MSN Chat has been dying a slow death amidst other interesting social sites and instead of wasting precious bandwidth for it, they are shutting it down and concentrating on their Live services. MSN Chat service will stop on... Continue Reading Posted at 10:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3.4.45 Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Comodo's Firewall is different from its class in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system is secured. Comodo has put our firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Product Key Changer for Windows XP Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Yes, some of you may have heard of the Windows XP Product Key Modifier. Its a really useful tool. This application automates the task of changing your Windows XP product key as manually changing it could wreck your PC.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Saving your Search Results Colbert Low September 4, 2006 There's no privacy on the internet. People just don't get it. Every time you use an internet search engine like AOL or Google, your query is stored in their huge database and somewhere down the road, it might become public... Continue Reading Posted at 3:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Corporation. Executives Receive Stock Grants Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received windfalls worth millions of dollars in stock grants. Microsoft had switched from offering stock options to stock grants three years ago when its share prices where at a low end. Another 900... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 3	Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 Released Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 is now available for download, and it comes complete with Microsoft / MTV’s new Urge music store. Media Player 11 will be expected to be integrated easily with Zune, the portable media player... Continue Reading Posted at 7:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Vista Build Numbers Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Here's some insight into the confusing numbering system for Vista builds. Looks like they are working on Release Candidates and Release to Manufacturing versions at the same time so that they can collect some revenue for their coffers. The Microsoft... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	KlipFolio 3.1 Build 5890-24 Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Can't get enough of widgets. Then grab KlipFolio, a smart, and configurable personal dashboard. It can be used to monitor anything online—weather, stocks, Hotmail, news, RSS feeds and even auctions—right on the desktop. Latest Changes: Tooltip performance improved (significantly... Continue Reading Posted at 6:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Browzar Hype Colbert Low September 3, 2006 After writing the piece of Browzar some time ago, a friend of mine showed me some sites that have condemned this piece of monstrosity. I can't believe this free software is just plain adware for unsuspecting users. They should... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Important Apps for Windows Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Techtree has a piece on my favourite anti-virus – AVG anti-virus. They also go on to talk about some useful basic open source programs like Ad-aware Personal Edition , Mozilla Thunderbird that don't burn a hole in your pocket.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 2	AOL's TotalTalk VOIP Service Discontinued Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Don't you just hate it when this big companies just stop offering their services. If I was one of those 2,000 subscribers who took up the TotalTalk VOIP Service, I'll be pissed. The morale of the story - only... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Samsung 4G Web Surfing at 100Mbps Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Samsung, the South Korean giant has done mankind a great injustice. Surfing 100 Mbps from a bus is a big achievement but imagine the consequences. Your boss will expect you to come up with a quotation while telecommuting home.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cool New Server Designs from Open Source Systems, Ciara, and VXTech Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Sometimes being second-tier vendors doesn't mean you can't have big notch customers. Take for instance - Open Source Systems. They have big names in their customer list such as NASA and Sony and their Gemini series of servers comes... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Del Monte Foods on Sarbanes-Oxley Outlook Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Alec DeSimone, senior manager of internal audit at San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co. has a lot of say about how his company is improving security on business intelligence systems and spreadsheets in an interview with Computerworld last week.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Unyte Beta 1.1.1.12 with Skype Colbert Low September 2, 2006 In my day to day blogging work, sometimes I come across some gems amongst the thousands of software released monthly. Unyte is a beta software that lets your share your applications via Skype. It allows you to share documents,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 1	Being Smart when Securing IT Colbert Low September 1, 2006 Sure, there are tons of anti this and that for your server or PC's protection but it still needs a human to do the settings. If something goes wrong, the administrator will be put to blame. So having tons... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Maxthon v1.5.6.42 Unicode Colbert Low September 1, 2006 According to raymond.cc, Maxthon showed even better results than other Internet browsers with 0% CPU usage and only 19,676K Memory usage! Maxthon had no problem loading all 6 websites in their Test. As far as I'm concerned, I managed to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	More job cuts from Intel Colbert Low September 1, 2006 As if mounting oil prices aren't enough to make you sweat, the news of layoffs at Intel is going to feel like snakes slithering down you spine. Intel plants to declared some bad news on job cuts next Tuesday and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Human Answers with Windows Live QnA Beta Colbert Low September 1, 2006 I guess people are getting tired of high tech things. Instead of relying on searches via Google or MSN, more people are going High Touch in order to find information. It could be more reliable as people want to... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SANS Institute reports Security Problems with Online Web Applications Colbert Low September 1, 2006 Earlier, I wrote a piece called Helping Small Businesses Choose Between On-Demand and On-Premise Software and it talks about the many aspects of either having your applications on the internet or in your own company premise. Now I've just... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Sep30	Network Access Protection is Vista Vapourware ? Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Know More: Security, microsoft 2.0, Security According to ITweek, Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) technology may not make it into the new Windows Vista operating system as the industry struggles with network access control problems and some key players think Microsoft may just trip over its own toes. I for one had been trying to get it work in 2005 on a Cisco and Trend Micro solution but somehow even the Trend Micro specialist was stumped when certain problems cropped up. So in the end, we had to abandon that project as we could not longer waste time figuring out the intricacies. Some interesting bits to share from the post : Jeff Prince, CTO and chairman of network security firm ConSentry Networks, said that all existing NAC solutions, including Microsoft’s NAP, are too complex for the specific security access issues that IT managers need to address. Jan Guldentops, director of the BA Test Labs, dismissed NAP as vapourware and said it was too complex for Microsoft to get working in time for the Vista launch, or for enterprise buyers to understand. Microsoft’s Network Access Protection Out From Vista Posted at 1:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep30	HP Grabs Voodoo PC for More Gaming Dollars Colbert Low September 30, 2006 HP is following Dell's footsteps and they are now getting into the gaming fever. Dell has Alienware in its bag since March and now we have HP buying over Voodoo PC, a privately-held personal computer manufacturer based in Canada that... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	eBay Social Networking Portal at MyWorld Colbert Low September 30, 2006 eBay has launched new MySpace like social networking feature called MyWorld. MyWorld will replace the user profile page at eBay.MyWorld page for each user will contain user profile, image, biography, blog, reviews, feedback, rating, and item listing. You can add... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gtalk for Everyone Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Google Talk used to be only for Gmail users, but now anyone can sign up for Google Talk and chat with their friends instantly (without signing in with a Gmail account). Google Talk allows you to transfer files and folders,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The NetCraft Anti-Phishing toolbar Colbert Low September 30, 2006 Protect yourself from online phishing sites with this Firefox or IE toolbar. The NetCraft Anti-Phishing toolbar is designed to protect you from websites set up by crackers to steal your passwords, personal information and banking details. You might have received... Continue Reading Posted at 1:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep29	SaaS Providers Make Installing Software Obsolete Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Imagine you'd never have to deal with software installation anymore. You'd just have to worry about settings, designs and the content. That's what this Web 2.0 services promise and they are determined to make a traditional Microsoft Office installation on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New WebViewFolderIcon Bug in Internet Explorer Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Here we have another unpatch bug in Internet Explorer as reported by security researchers and those at US-CERT on Thursday. Symantec says this flaw is in an ActiveX control included with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server. Looks like... Continue Reading Posted at 9:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lenovo and IBM ThinkPad Batteries Recall Exercise Colbert Low September 29, 2006 What ? Another battery recall and this time we welcome IBM and Lenovo to the "Exploding Battery Club". And I thought that this whole charade will end with the recall done by Toshiba, Panasonic, Dell and Apple. I have sadly... Continue Reading Posted at 6:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Paypal's SafetyBar from Cloudmark Colbert Low September 29, 2006 Here's a good tool to keep your Paypal money safe and sound. You can't be too careful with Phishers nowadays. We've all gotten Paypal phishing email and it's a lot easier to delete the email, than to waste time trying... Continue Reading Posted at 3:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PayPal Settles Class Action Suit over Consumer Protection Colbert Low September 29, 2006 When I read about this PayPal class action suit, I froze. Sometimes big companies like this eBay-owned one become such big monopolies that they start to forget it was the consumers who stood by them all the while. Once the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep28	Microsoft sets price for Zune and songs Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Microsoft said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod. Zune's launch date and price are November 14 in the U.S.A for $249.99. Many people have asked about the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	System Centre Data Protection Manager Version 2 Beta 1 is out Colbert Low September 28, 2006 The Microsoft System Centre Data Protection Manager Version 2 Beta 1 is out but what does that spell for sys admins globally ? Does having more Microsoft flavoured software on your servers bring less downtime and more compatibility with backups... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft and Windows Genuine Advantage woes Colbert Low September 28, 2006 In a bad case of crying wolf, it seems that 39% of complaints about the Windows Genuine Advantage stem from people with counterfeit software and they have the cheek to ask questions at the Microsoft forums.Sure, there are genuine users... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Intel Core Processor Challenge for Viiv Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Intel has announced their Intel Core Processor Challenge that is opened to all PC designers and manufacturers worldwide who can create a working model of the smallest, most stylish personal computer as an entertainment center in the home. The designs... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Symantec says Firefox is full of vulnerabilities Colbert Low September 28, 2006 Symantec says Mozilla's free Firefox browser has too many vulnerabilities but I still think Microsoft IE is much more buggier and not good at pop-up protection.They highlight a big jump in 47 vulnerabilities compared to 38 in Microsoft's Internet Explorer... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep27	Wallop Social Bookmarks from Microsoft Colbert Low September 27, 2006 Wallop, the social networking website that began life as a Microsoft Research project before being spun off as an independent business has launched (dreadful).Aren't we getting tired of social networking yet ? Another Microsoft clone site has been born and we thought... Continue Reading Posted at 11:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Justmaps has Maps Colbert Low September 27, 2006 We are constantly looking for maps to use on hiking trips or just for passing that geography test. Well here's quite a good site to start - www.justmaps.com The Web site features loads of maps for almost every country in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger Join Together Colbert Low September 27, 2006 I've been waiting for this to happen for ages. Now I can be more productive. Having Yahoo and MSN IM running on my windows gets a bid tad confusing at times and you could never leave MSN contacts an offline... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft looking for DRM Crackers Colbert Low September 27, 2006 When will Microsoft ever learn ? If you come out with crappy software and sell it for a crazy price, there's bound to be unhappy users and crackers around. Just looks at great open source software like Firefox, nobody... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy 8th Birthday to Google Colbert Low September 27, 2006 I want to join in the celebration and wish Google a very happy 8th Birthday on 27 September...Being 8 years old in the internet business is old. I can sleep better now knowing my searches are more relevant. Remember... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep26	NoSquint Firefox extension Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Don't you just hate it when fonts on some website are so miniscule ? Of course, if you are using a Firefox browser, you can always hit CTRL + but it gets tiring after awhile. Then try NoSquint, that Firefox... Continue Reading Posted at 2:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Legal Production Version Windows Vista Offer Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Thanks to Nima Dilmaghani, who is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, we now know how you can get your self a free legal production version of Windows Vista installed your on PC. The fun part is you have to register... Continue Reading Posted at 9:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Buying Any Apple Products Colbert Low September 26, 2006 With so many reviews and rumours about Apple products out there, it's hard to know when to buy an Apple product, whether to wait, or to snap up a cheap iPod or whether or not you should just go ahead... Continue Reading Posted at 6:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 years of IBM AlphaWorks Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Thanks to the AlphaWorks software suite, IBM's innovations into today's market-leading products and open-source technologies have definitely solidified. Now they are coming with more useful services that run in this line. One will be AlphaWorks Services that allows organizations... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weird names for Firefox on Debian Linux Colbert Low September 26, 2006 Why the heck do they need to change Firefox's name ? Actually we are talking about the browser on the Debian Linux distro as there's bad blood between them and the Mozilla makers. Looks like I need to send... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep25	Ads War with "Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions” Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Nothing is free nowadays. Even if you pay for your gaming or email service, you are still going to be bombarded with ads. Now Microsoft has launched its "Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions” that brings more ads to MSN, Windows... Continue Reading Posted at 1:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pioneer Sues Samsung Over Patent Violations Colbert Low September 25, 2006 From the onset of things, I think the Korean plasma maker, Samsung is having some problems with its close neighbours in Japan. Pioneer is the latest giant that is suing Samsung on a patent regarding an electrode configuration that... Continue Reading Posted at 9:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Digg's Revision3 Internet-based video production firm started Colbert Low September 25, 2006 The creators of Digg, the Internet news aggregation site, Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson have secured financing to turn their Internet-based video production firm into a full-fledged company Revision3.Revision3, the new Internet video network backed by the founders of Digg.com,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Find My Credit Card 2.1 Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Do you have that uneasy feeling after buying something from the internet or even eBay ? Want to ensure that even after you manually delete your browser's cache file and cookie storage, all personal info gets erased ? Well, you... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Skype hogging university's Internet Bandwidth Colbert Low September 25, 2006 Concerns regarding consumption of bandwidth and security have prompted some universities in the US to ban Skype. That's bad news for students looking forward to saving some of their lunch money without forking out on hefty IDD or long... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep24	Details of Leak Scandal by HP lawyer Colbert Low September 24, 2006 The news leak scandal over at the HP boardroom is having a lot of exposure on the Net this few months. Now Mike Holston, a partner in Morgan, Lewis & Bockius who was brought in by Hewlett-Packard to investigate... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,000,000 users now on del.icio.us Colbert Low September 24, 2006 I just found out that there are now over a million registered users on del.icio.us, that Social Bookmarking service now under Yahoo's purse. That's over three times as many as it had last December 2005. Not even a week after... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are you having Internet Addiction Disorder ? Colbert Low September 24, 2006 I may be a blogger but sometimes I take a break too. I take 2 hour lunches and dinners to give my mind a rest. But not everyone can do that...IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder) has been around since 1995... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beta Testers Get Microsoft Vista Build 5728 Colbert Low September 24, 2006 According to dailytech , the new Vista Build 5728 has been released by Microsoft and this is just three weeks after Microsoft released their Release Candidate (RC1) Vista. The x86 and x64 bit versions come in sizes of 260 MB... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Raply Web 2.0 Live Chat Colbert Low September 24, 2006 There are three websites allow users to create texts, copyright them and discuss them with readers. The original service was Numly which allows users to copyright their digital works using Electronic Serial Numbers. These works can be webpages, blogs,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep23	VML patch from Zeroday Emergency Response Team Colbert Low September 23, 2006 You'd think Microsoft would at least come out with a security patch, pronto for their current Zero day bug for the Windows implementation of the Vector Markup Language (VML), an XML language used to create vector images. But no.....Some... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sony investigates Lenovo battery incident Colbert Low September 23, 2006 All is not good in the Sony camp. With Dell and Apple already quit pissed with their less than perfect batteries that blow up laptops, now they have Lenovo batteries to worry about. Sony is currently checking out the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tribe.net Relaunches with a fresh look Colbert Low September 23, 2006 Tribe.net, the San Francisco-based social network, relaunched yesterday with a new look. In many ways, however, it's a return to the old look, with the original orange logo returning and the massive masthead being dropped. They've also improved the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When plain Gmail is not enough Colbert Low September 23, 2006 Using a gmail is quite easy. It provides you with all basictools you need and with the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. Until you realize its not enough. You will... Continue Reading Posted at 2:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Making Time for Web 2.0 Colbert Low September 23, 2006 …how do I have time for this new stuff" (ie, blogs, wikis, IM, and other social networking things)? How do i find a pattern in this all chaos… record and edit podcasts and videoblogs, time to take photographs and... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep19	Microsoft's View on Software Asset Management Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Most of the companies nowadays employ IT asset Management tools to keep track of their IT assets. That is the hardware side but what about the software site ? Here's a good post about it at Infoworld ; According to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Attorney General wants ISP to Keep Customer Data Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Sometimes its hard to balance civil liberties with the social responsibilities. Do you have to forsake personal rights for the protection of the society as a whole ?Well in the fight against fight child pornography, the USA Attorney General and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hungarian want a Screwed Up website Colbert Low September 19, 2006 On the premise of the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's election lie, people are now trying to grab the elkurtuk.hu ("we screwed up" in Hungarian) domain name. Three license requests for it has been sent to the domain registration body... Continue Reading Posted at 6:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Russian Porn sites using Web Attacker kit for VML exploit Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Dozens of Russian porn sites are using the unpatched Microsoft VML exploit to install spyware with an exploit kit called Web Attacker. Sunbelt Software says the attack code has popped up on about a half-dozen Russian porn sites. In addition,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't Click It Site Colbert Low September 19, 2006 Does your wrist hurt or arm hurt after 8 hours of using the computer mouse ? Well, maybe you can try to use the keyboard instead provided its an ergonomic one like the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 that I... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep18	Gmail Manager 0.5.2 Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Some people have tons of email addresses and it becomes a bit of a hassle if you try to log in every 5 mins. Why not make your life easier with Gmail Manager that lets you to manage multiple... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Microsoft DirectAnimation Path ActiveX Bug Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Sigh. Some days I feel like totally throwing out all my Microsoft products and just use open-sourced or Linux ones. I hate to find my laptop totally hacked into while out for dinner. Seems that there is now a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Department of Homeland Security gets top cyber-security official Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Who wouldn't fancy a high flying position like this ? Greg Garcia, has been appointed the first-ever assistant secretary for cyber-security and telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security. This post has been vacant since Congress created the position more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Belgian Copiepresse Sues Google Colbert Low September 18, 2006 US internet search giant Google has been ordered by BELGIAN courts to stop reproducing content from French and German-language Belgian newspapers on its Belgian news website, google.be from today or face a €1 million ($1.68 million) fine daily if... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Disable automatic delivery of IE7 Colbert Low September 18, 2006 Some users may not like their current IE browser to be automatically installed as IE7. So here's a good method to disable that process once Microsoft releases the new critical updates. According to ithub : When Microsoft is ready... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep17	Legal Tussle over Microsoft Forefront Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Looks like Microsoft is now in a legal tussle over the name of its security suite, Forefront. It seems that a company called Dexter + Chaney, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in a federal district court in Seattle. They... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small and medium-sized enterprise cut 20-40 per cent off Telco Costs Colbert Low September 17, 2006 It's not easy to do business nowadays. With increased outsourcing and cost cutting measures out there, even big corporates are trying to slash global competition. According to UK internet telephony provider Inclarity, by using internet-based telco solutions, small and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Pay when you can get Security Products for Free Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Yes. I'm a sucker for free stuff and free software. Nothing beats the feeling of being able to save $10 for my Starbucks by downloading free software on the internet. Who cares if that trial version will expire in... Continue Reading Posted at 6:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	All new Office 2007 for Mac Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Microsoft’s next-gen Office suite for the Mac is being given a top-to-toe refit in readiness for its debut in the third quarter of 2007. It will adopt the native XML file formats in the new versions of Word, Excel... Continue Reading Posted at 3:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Telecom Italia buys over AOL Germany Colbert Low September 17, 2006 Looks like AOL is having some problems in its backyard. Recently, one of its VOIP services was thrown in the bucket after lukewarm response and this was in my previous post entitled AOL's TotalTalk VOIP Service Discontinued AOL may be... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep16	Motorola Incident Management Suite Saves the Day Colbert Low September 16, 2006 In an effort to streamline communication during mass emergencies, Motorola has unveiled what it thinks is an application and wireless device package that gives safety officers every detail about the emergency which includes live data and video footage of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oracle's Bright Future in 2007 Colbert Low September 16, 2006 Experts are anticipating that Oracle may have a wealthy growth next year and be hot on the tail of industry leader - SAP. Analysts say primarily the boost is generated by acquisitions of companies such as Siebel Systems and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Borland's DTG to take expertise elsewhere Colbert Low September 16, 2006 A team of specialized engineers working for Borland Software called the Developer Tools Group is soon about to go independent from Borland as the two entities were seeing different target markets. Rumor is abound that either IBM or Oracle... Continue Reading Posted at 9:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Toshiba takes over Micron patents, solves Lexar dispute. Colbert Low September 16, 2006 In an agreement that ends the patent infringement accusation towards Toshiba made by Lexar, Toshiba will purchase and take over the patents said which includes Micron's NAND memory patents. Toshiba was also accused of using Lexar's trade secrets and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HP using HP to investigate HP? Colbert Low September 16, 2006 An internal league of people working for computer manufacturing giant Hewlett-Packard suspected that one of it's director is leaking confidential information and now the company is using it's very own Global Investigations Unit to look through the matter. The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep15	Download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Now ! Colbert Low September 15, 2006 The general public can download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 now for a limited time before Microsoft plugs it. They say once the capacity will be reached, you won't be allowed access to that download. So the fastest person wins...Nick... Continue Reading Posted at 2:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Latest LANDesk Management Suite now out Colbert Low September 15, 2006 Lenovo started offering it's customers with ThinkPad and ThinkCentre series of computers, the new version of it's computer management software, LANDesk Management Suite. The manufacturer released the software ahead of the year's final quarter to allow companies to set their... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Accenture to use Sun technology Colbert Low September 15, 2006 Accenture, a consulting firm has announced a deal that they will use Sun Microsystems' server software in system design industries. Before the deal, Accenture's relation with Sun only extends to a reseller's point but now they will also be creating... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Vista to make economical surge in EU Colbert Low September 15, 2006 In a Microsoft funded study by the IDC, Vista is predicted to create 50,000 jobs and other economical benefits to companies in the European region when it's available. Analysts elaborates that Vista will be Microsoft's and it's network of companies... Continue Reading Posted at 3:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IBM and Magna open up future to smart cars Colbert Low September 15, 2006 In a five year deal with Magna Electronics, IBM has agreed to design software that aids cars to important albeit little details that makes cars smarter. The collaboration will develop products such as embedded sensors that would slow down the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep14	Michael Dell says Sony had contaminated battery cells Colbert Low September 14, 2006 Dell had a big battery recall recently and that sure poked a big hole in its finances. Now the Dell Chairman, Michael Dell has come out to say that its not their fault. He's flatly denying that its laptop designs... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Firefox v1.5.0.7 Colbert Low September 14, 2006 Mozilla guys have just released an updated Firefox v1.5.0.7. If you have auto update set on your browser, then it will download in the background and ask you to restart Firefox. I just got this message about 20 minutes... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep13	New Email Security Tools from ISS and Declude Colbert Low September 13, 2006 2 product rollouts this week shows that email security products are adding more features in fewer hardware boxes to save space and make it more manageable. Declude launched an email security package with antivirus, antispam, and email flaw detection while... Continue Reading Posted at 2:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep12	Advanced Microsoft Excel Find Function Colbert Low September 12, 2006 I often get mixed up when it comes to searching formulas or values, whole or part cells. It's not an easy thing since I had used it in lieu of MS Project last time when I was handling a simple... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fire risk on 1.87 million Canon copiers Colbert Low September 12, 2006 If you are tired of Dell laptops bursting into flames, then let's change the topic to something similar in nature. Here's some refreshing news about Canon recalling over 1.8 million of its personal copiers sold between 1987 and 1997 as... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep11	Gspot for Video Codec Info Colbert Low September 11, 2006 Gspot Codec provides you with as many details about your video files like codec information as possible in order to find a way to play them. For example, some perfectly valid AVI files now require that you replace Microsoft's poorly... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep10	DSpeech Converts Text to Audio Colbert Low September 10, 2006 If you get bored of just reading text on business sites, you might prefer just hearing it out loud. Unless the site has a bunch of sexy pictures coupled with business news like Naked News, I'm sure your attention might... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 9	Interviews with CEOS and Future Billionaires on nPost Colbert Low September 9, 2006 I'd like to come back to nPost 10 years from now and see through their interviews of CEOs and Founders of small and startup businesses just to see if they would be swallowing their words. I still remember the infamous... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Worldwide External Disk Storage Use grows 8.5% in Q2 2006 Colbert Low September 9, 2006 Here's some interesting numbers from Alex Moskalyuk's blog. He works with Yahoo and I know him via IM only. Looks like the external disk storage market has not shrunk yet despite slowdown in some IT areas like PC sales.His blog... Continue Reading Posted at 6:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	OpenVPN Configuration Details Colbert Low September 9, 2006 OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. OpenVPN setup may looks difficult but... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zack Whittaker’s Report Abuse Desktop Client Colbert Low September 9, 2006 Report Abuse Desktop Client is an excellent tool for adults and children alike. This Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application which enables younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators to their local... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Broadcom has USD 1.5 Billion Stock Options Problems Colbert Low September 9, 2006 With various checks and balances out now, you would think companies have a good idea of how their finances are in check. There's trouble brewing over at Broadcom, that semiconductor company and its going to cost them at least... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 8	Security Problems for Small Businesses using the Internet Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Jessica Robinson, area sales manager for small and medium business at Cisco gives us a refresher course on the security risks when accessing the internet for business....She says that IT admins must take heed in installing the latest security... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Helps Webmaster in Website Indexing Problem Colbert Low September 8, 2006 This Google guys. They are helpful aren't they ? They come up with tons of new services just keep make sure they are ahead of MSN or Yahoo....Just the other day, a security guard came over to check my... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Network Analyzer PowerToy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs and Smartphones Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Now here's a handy tool when you want to check on your mobile connectivity or your server's uptime while relaxing at the pool. The new Network Analyzer PowerToy for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PCs and Smartphones from Microsoft allows you... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	On the Net..Its Business First. Sex later.. Colbert Low September 8, 2006 Sure....I think this research is pretty flawed. Can you even believe that sex is no more the No.1 search term ? It's been surpassed by business terms. This spells only two things. The surfers don't surf much anymore and rely... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going Petaflop with IBM Colbert Low September 8, 2006 The world's fastest ever supercomputer capable of up to 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or one petaflop, called 'Roadrunner', has been developed by IBM for helping the US government to help it conduct nuclear safety tests. Does that mean... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 7	Microsoft PDF and XPS Free Plugin Colbert Low September 7, 2006 You can now download the new Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS plugin from the MS site. This plugin has been made available since Microsoft has decided to remove native PDF printing support from Office 2007 aka Office 12 which... Continue Reading Posted at 3:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HP launches Montecito servers with Itanium 2 "Montecito" processors Colbert Low September 7, 2006 HP is set to heat the server market with its new HP's Integrity rx3660 and the rx6600 server. HP's Integrity rx3660 server goes for US$10,531, and the rx6600 starts at US$14,771. Let's hope this time luck is with them since... Continue Reading Posted at 11:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bug in ICQ Pro 2003b Colbert Low September 7, 2006 Core Security Technologies, a penetration testing software vendor has found bugs in the old ICQ Pro 2003b, a version of the ICQ client that AOL still offers for download on its own site and other popular sites like Download.com.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newspaper Archive Search Service from Google Colbert Low September 7, 2006 This Google guys are very inventive. They come out with pretty decent services and this time, its a news archive system that lets users scour newspaper and magazine articles from The Guardian, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Windows Vista could slow down Internet Traffic Colbert Low September 7, 2006 According to Zdnet , Windows Vista could slow down the entire Internet with its support for 2 versions of the Internet Protocol (IP). Nonetheless, some experts are wondering if this could be a big gridlock or just a negligible... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 6	Cisco, IBM slated for Silicon Valley Wi-Fi mesh project Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM and two partners – SeaKay and Azulstar have been awarded the contract to build a public 802.11-based wireless mesh that is intended to cover most of the Silicon Valley peninsula of California. Other than... Continue Reading Posted at 1:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Interesting Results from Silicon Valley Leadership Group survey Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Here's some eye opening results from a Silicon Valley Leadership Group survey (SVLG) in regards to livability in 12 US tech hubs. North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham area has been ranked NO.1 US technology hub in the latest survey by the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AMD and ATI Merger Has Passed Antitrust Laws Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Looks like the merger of AMD and ATI will be going through at last. The proposed merger had to satisfy certain U.S., Canadian and German antitrust laws conditions and now it has received the green light. According to TMCnet... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Mobile VoIP Service from AQL Colbert Low September 6, 2006 Aql, a UK based mobile service provider, is inviting Nokia E60, Nokia E61 or Nokia E70 handset users to try out its free peer-to-peer wi-fi VOIP service. Too bad its only for UK users for now. Users just type... Continue Reading Posted at 3:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Zero Day Bug in Microsoft Word Colbert Low September 6, 2006 A security hole in Word is being used by hackers to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer. Microsoft has confirmed the hole exists but only affects the Microsoft Word 2000 suite. They have not said if there will... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 5	Hamachi is VPN over the Internet Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Workhappy people have done a review cum FAQ of Hamachi, a freeware VPN software that can give you access to your office or house PC files over the internet. Check it out. Workhappy says : Hamachi: It's a zero-configuration... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Diversetrade.com is an eBay Alternative Colbert Low September 5, 2006 eBay, has raised its fees for sellers and not everyone is happy. So the Dutch owner of Diversetrade.com, a competitor to eBay, is calling his site : “a place that will enable buyers and sellers to conduct business "at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cisco adds WAN optimization to Wide-Area File Services Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Looks like Cisco is expanding right into the WAN optimization market held by Expand Networks, F5 Networks, Juniper Networks, Riverbed and Packeteer. This time Cisco is adding new features like Protocol optimizations, caching, content distribution, and streaming media technologies.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft's Next Generation Digital Resolve Anti-phishing IE7 Tools Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Microsoft has team up with third party specialist, Digital Resolve to provide a new anti-phishing tool for its new Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Live Toolbar applications. If the user does open a suspected phishing Website, IE7 will have... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Panasonic Recalls Overheating Let's Note CF-W4G notebook batteries Colbert Low September 5, 2006 Looks like every vendor is having problems with their notebook batteries and users are getting really fedup with the inconvenience. I think every vendor from Dell to Panasonic should include SASE bags with their laptops as this battery problems... Continue Reading Posted at 12:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 4	Microsoft MSN Chat Gets the Boot Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Looks like MSN Chat has been dying a slow death amidst other interesting social sites and instead of wasting precious bandwidth for it, they are shutting it down and concentrating on their Live services. MSN Chat service will stop on... Continue Reading Posted at 10:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3.4.45 Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Comodo's Firewall is different from its class in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system is secured. Comodo has put our firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests... Continue Reading Posted at 9:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Product Key Changer for Windows XP Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Yes, some of you may have heard of the Windows XP Product Key Modifier. Its a really useful tool. This application automates the task of changing your Windows XP product key as manually changing it could wreck your PC.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Saving your Search Results Colbert Low September 4, 2006 There's no privacy on the internet. People just don't get it. Every time you use an internet search engine like AOL or Google, your query is stored in their huge database and somewhere down the road, it might become public... Continue Reading Posted at 3:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Corporation. Executives Receive Stock Grants Colbert Low September 4, 2006 Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received windfalls worth millions of dollars in stock grants. Microsoft had switched from offering stock options to stock grants three years ago when its share prices where at a low end. Another 900... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 3	Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 Released Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 is now available for download, and it comes complete with Microsoft / MTV’s new Urge music store. Media Player 11 will be expected to be integrated easily with Zune, the portable media player... Continue Reading Posted at 7:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Microsoft Vista Build Numbers Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Here's some insight into the confusing numbering system for Vista builds. Looks like they are working on Release Candidates and Release to Manufacturing versions at the same time so that they can collect some revenue for their coffers. The Microsoft... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	KlipFolio 3.1 Build 5890-24 Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Can't get enough of widgets. Then grab KlipFolio, a smart, and configurable personal dashboard. It can be used to monitor anything online—weather, stocks, Hotmail, news, RSS feeds and even auctions—right on the desktop. Latest Changes: Tooltip performance improved (significantly... Continue Reading Posted at 6:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Browzar Hype Colbert Low September 3, 2006 After writing the piece of Browzar some time ago, a friend of mine showed me some sites that have condemned this piece of monstrosity. I can't believe this free software is just plain adware for unsuspecting users. They should... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Important Apps for Windows Colbert Low September 3, 2006 Techtree has a piece on my favourite anti-virus – AVG anti-virus. They also go on to talk about some useful basic open source programs like Ad-aware Personal Edition , Mozilla Thunderbird that don't burn a hole in your pocket.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 2	AOL's TotalTalk VOIP Service Discontinued Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Don't you just hate it when this big companies just stop offering their services. If I was one of those 2,000 subscribers who took up the TotalTalk VOIP Service, I'll be pissed. The morale of the story - only... Continue Reading Posted at 1:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Samsung 4G Web Surfing at 100Mbps Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Samsung, the South Korean giant has done mankind a great injustice. Surfing 100 Mbps from a bus is a big achievement but imagine the consequences. Your boss will expect you to come up with a quotation while telecommuting home.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cool New Server Designs from Open Source Systems, Ciara, and VXTech Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Sometimes being second-tier vendors doesn't mean you can't have big notch customers. Take for instance - Open Source Systems. They have big names in their customer list such as NASA and Sony and their Gemini series of servers comes... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Del Monte Foods on Sarbanes-Oxley Outlook Colbert Low September 2, 2006 Alec DeSimone, senior manager of internal audit at San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods Co. has a lot of say about how his company is improving security on business intelligence systems and spreadsheets in an interview with Computerworld last week.... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Unyte Beta 1.1.1.12 with Skype Colbert Low September 2, 2006 In my day to day blogging work, sometimes I come across some gems amongst the thousands of software released monthly. Unyte is a beta software that lets your share your applications via Skype. It allows you to share documents,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Sep 1	Being Smart when Securing IT Colbert Low September 1, 2006 Sure, there are tons of anti this and that for your server or PC's protection but it still needs a human to do the settings. If something goes wrong, the administrator will be put to blame. So having tons... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Maxthon v1.5.6.42 Unicode Colbert Low September 1, 2006 According to raymond.cc, Maxthon showed even better results than other Internet browsers with 0% CPU usage and only 19,676K Memory usage! Maxthon had no problem loading all 6 websites in their Test. As far as I'm concerned, I managed to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	More job cuts from Intel Colbert Low September 1, 2006 As if mounting oil prices aren't enough to make you sweat, the news of layoffs at Intel is going to feel like snakes slithering down you spine. Intel plants to declared some bad news on job cuts next Tuesday and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Human Answers with Windows Live QnA Beta Colbert Low September 1, 2006 I guess people are getting tired of high tech things. Instead of relying on searches via Google or MSN, more people are going High Touch in order to find information. It could be more reliable as people want to... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SANS Institute reports Security Problems with Online Web Applications Colbert Low September 1, 2006 Earlier, I wrote a piece called Helping Small Businesses Choose Between On-Demand and On-Premise Software and it talks about the many aspects of either having your applications on the internet or in your own company premise. Now I've just... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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