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Aug30
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The newest installment for "Threat Thursday" involves the security of your wireless LAN and may apply not only to your business, but your home as well. I just finished reading a great post by George Ou at ZDNet's blog regarding the disastrous security breach at TJ Maxx (TJX) that was disclosed last January where hackers obtained at least 45.7 million credit/debit-card numbers over an eighteen-month period and that number could possibly be as high as 200 million. This breach may cost TJX over $4 billion dollars at $100 per lost record, but some sources report a more accurate cost of $182 per lost record, or well over $8.6 billion dollars! It appears that the attackers gained access through a wireless regional hub for the company's store controllers that handle the point-of-sale system.
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Aug27
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I thought a post on Unified Communications (UC) was in order now that Microsoft has announced the imminent release of their Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 product.What is UC and what can it do for you or your business you ask? ...
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Aug25
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I haven't taken a hard look at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system yet, but everything I've heard from others so far is making me glad I've kept my distance and my Windows XP.I've heard from one former colleague that for...
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I thought I would drop a quick post on the fallout from SCO's loss in the courtroom that seems to have put a final nail in the coffin of their attempt to litigate their way to financial recovery.Unless you've been...
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Aug23
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Wow! These spammers and hackers just don't quit! I guess I'm going to have to dedicate every Thursday as "Threat Thursday" just to focus on the latest computer security threats and how deal with them.I posted a blog entry two weeks ago...
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Aug20
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I promised I would follow-up with a post once Skype reported the root cause of their service outage and Villu Arak posted an explanation this morning on the Skype Heartbeat which provides status information on the service:"The Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable...
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Aug19
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According to Skype's homepage; "Take a deep breath. Skype is back to normal." and customers can expect an explanation on Monday as to the cause of the problems over the last few days. While I haven't used their service I saw many...
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Aug18
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Two days ago, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced a partnership to distribute Sun's x86 version of their flagship operating system, Solaris, on select IBM xSeries and Blade servers.This is a bit of a shock considering these companies...
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I just finished reading a blog post on TechRepublic titled "Sanity Check: Is IT still a profession worth recommending to the next generation?" by Jason Hiner, that discussed whether a not someone in IT would recommend the career path for...
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Aug16
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It was only a week ago that I published a post called Malware Ecards: When Someone Cares Enough to Send Their Very Worst. It appears that I may have to just start doing a weekly post focused on e-mail security...
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Aug14
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VMware Inc. (VMW), the leader in virtualization solutions for x86 servers & desktops, finally went public on Monday and the IPO has become one of the few bright spots in the volatile stock market. The offering by the Palo Alto-based...
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Aug13
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A few years ago I started seeing commercials for a new service called Portable On Demand Storage or PODS, where you can actually have what equates to a large shed delivered to your home/business to provide temporary additional storage onsite. ...
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Aug11
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I've made if a habit of visiting The Register, a website that originates from the U.K. and is written with that great British humor. Their tagline for the site is "Biting the hand that feeds IT" paired with their sinister Vulture.Aside...
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Aug10
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I just read a good article on TechRepublic that acts as a primer for the MacIntosh line of desktops, laptops and servers from Apple. In my past experience any Macs used in the corporate arena were primarily reserved for those personnel...
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Aug 9
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In the past few months I and many other e-mail users have suddenly become very popular with people we don't even know; people who cared enough about a complete stranger to send a message with an ecard greeting. I did...
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Aug 7
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I just ran across an interesting post on TechRepublic related to an article “Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You” by Vauhini Vara that appeared in the Monday, July 30th edition of The Wall Street Journal. The comments on the...
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Aug 6
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My name is Scott Gunelius, and I am the new author for Know More Media's ITechTips blog. I have been working in the IT field for the past 18 years supporting the federal government and Fortune 500 companies including divisions of...
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