Archive for 'Desktop'
Deep, down and dirty PC repair
Sometimes, no matter how much you try to protect your computer, you need to get down and dirty with the hardware. Sometimes it’s the obvious. I never cease to be amazed at how many PC problems turn out to be loose cables or-the shame of it all!-an unplugged electrical cord. But, others times, it will [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2008 under Applications, Desktop, Linux, System Repair.
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What a pretty mess: a botnet map
Security people can talk until they’re blue in the face about the dangers of unsecured Windows PCs and how they can be used in botnets. Does anyone listen?
Well, it sure doesn’t seem like it some days. Perhaps this Botnet map from CSO will help get the message across.
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Posted: May 8th, 2008 under Desktop, Internet, Security.
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Malware vs. anti-malware, 20 years into the fray
As I recall, Nov. 2, 1988, started as an ordinary day at Goddard Space Flight Center where I was working in the data communications branch. By the end of the day … well, actually, that day never ended. We just kept fighting to bring our servers and networks back to life. Our SunOS [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2008 under Desktop, Internet, Security.
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Computer makers push device builders for Linux-compatible hardware
For years, device and peripheral builders could get away with ignoring the Linux desktop market. It was too small to matter, they would say. Things have changed. At the Linux Foundation meeting in Austin, Texas, last month, major PC vendors ASUS, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo said they would be telling their chipset, component, and peripheral [...]
Posted: May 2nd, 2008 under Desktop, Infrastructure, Linux, Operating System.
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Road Warrior Security
I see that a group calling itself the Association of Corporate Travel Executives is warning its members to limit the amount of proprietary business information they carry on laptops and the like because they’re afraid that government agents can seize that data at border crossings.
Excuse me if I grin a little at this. There must [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Desktop, Mac OS X, Mobile, Security, Windows.
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