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security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - 21 hours ago
Recent advances in the computing side of remote sensing mean that it's now possible to bounce a beam off someone's nose from 400 feet away and reliably determine whether his face has been unprotected near gunfire in …
Also tagged: hacking, security, hardware, manufacturing, aerospace and defense, peripherals, scanners, handhelds, induction
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - 22 hours ago
Lots of companies simply opt out of the IT generation - and the consequent IT wars. They do things the old fashioned way - people to people - while minimizing their exposure to reporting hassles - and while I say more …
Also tagged: software, management, financial services, linux, accounting, strategy, finance, operating systems, information technology, bookkeeping, operational accounting
security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 2, 2008
When someone mentions the "gulf of execution" I tend to think Tonkin or bay of pigs, but in IT the term has another meaning entirely - more akin. I think, to "gulf of delusion" than anything to do with geography or …
Also tagged: security, wireless, wi fi, identity theft, gulf, wireless lans
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 1, 2008
Last week's discussion of the lawsuit launched in honor of an IT mis-judgment brought a piece of remarkably good advice from a comment writer - not all problems, he said, are computer problems. by Paul Murphy
Also tagged: hardware, pc, desktops, time clock
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 26, 2008
The key issue in evaluating the open versus closed source argument with respect to mid range financial software is organizational philosophy, not software features - if you've got the skills, the courage, and the …
Also tagged: software, linux, open source, accounting, operating systems, oss
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 23, 2008
A lawsuit alleging that workers are being forced to contribute unpaid over time because their PCs record start times only after long boot periods has that laugh until you cry feel to it because it's more revealing …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, pc, operating systems, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows vista longhorn
data management News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 22, 2008
The history of Windows, from 3.11 to Vista, is one of ad hoc adaptation to market conditions and expectational change among customers. To a large extent it's been about playing catch up to Unix and the Mac - with …
Also tagged: hardware, microsoft windows, software, application, networking, tcp ip, network, pc, operating systems, data management, desktops, databases, microsoft corp, enterprise software, stored procedure, client server, ibm corp, microsoft ms dos
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 20, 2008
One of the side effects of recession is an increased focus on cost. Where previously non IT management tolerated high IT costs, they're now going to be motivated to look - and when they do, they'll often face a choice …
Also tagged: hardware, software, management, storage, open source, strategy, data management, databases, microsoft corp, enterprise software, information technology, mysql, ibm corp
hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 18, 2008
Although enthusiastic benchmark claims for Intel's Nehalem have been available for over a year now, the actual product ihas only recently made it into early production servers featuring the new motherboards and …
Also tagged: hardware, servers, corporate governance, nehalem, motherboard, benefit, business operations, intel corp, corporate law, advanced micro devices inc
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 18, 2008
Sometimes actually rather too often for comfort I read something and I just don't know what to make of it - so a "compare and contrast" on two opposing blogs by other people about the miracle, or otherwise, of adding a …
Also tagged: blogging, internet, microsoft windows, software, operating systems, russinovich, sun microsystems inc, microsoft windows 7