It’s something that no self-respecting person would ever think of as being an issue, yet as it turns out more people than I had expected likely fall into some of the categories listed in this article. Some of the stickier issues, and often easy to overlook, are laws surrounding the access to wireless networks (among [...]

Man, this is something that I have to deal with every few years as my notebooks do, indeed, need that ever-loving hardware refresh from time to time. For most people, notebooks seem to come down to weight, display size, battery life, keyboard layout, product reviews, general specs and, of course, price. In the past, I [...]

In this clear-eyed collection of case studies, Fast Company contributing writer and NYU journalism professor Penenberg examines the engine driving the growth of Web 2.0 businesses like Flickr, YouTube, and eBay to Facebook and Twitter: the viral loop. The concept behind a viral loop is simple — in order to use the product, you have to [...]

One of the best things you can do to facilitate adoption of social networking tools is to provide real examples of how individuals and teams can use the tools within their day-to-day activities. Furthermore, creating success stories of individuals and teams who have adopted the tools provides concrete examples and motivation for others to get [...]

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Articles like this always end up puzzling me. Seriously, if there are people out there still using IE6, how about ISPs simply block their access with a temporary walled garden and an attached zip folder of the IE8 installer? Is that really so difficult? Because this move alone would do WONDERS for cutting down on the [...]

In this RunAs Radio podcast, Richard and I talk to Kevin Royalty about Home Server. Intended for the home, Microsoft’s Home Server works great for small businesses with ten or less workstations, providing shared file services, an awesome backup solution and even remote access! Home Server offers a starting point before Small Business Server, but even [...]

The bad news is that there are reports that another popular site was hit with malware. Allegedly, some visitors to the popular Drudge Report came away with a malware infection. You see the word “allegedly” used here because there is some dispute about the actual source of the infection: “Matt Drudge denied that his site was [...]

Many people are of the opinion that if a business installs social media tools (Web / intranet 2.0) that staff will naturally start using it. However, these people fail to see that getting people to use social media tools requires a significant change management effort. In fact, installing the tools in the easy part, getting [...]

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Internet Retailer is the first magazine devoted to reporting on the Internet revolution in retailing and today remains the only magazine on the market with this exclusive focus. Internet Retailer is America’s #1 source of information on e-business strategies for retailers and direct merchants. The magazine also covers exclusive reports on the competitive, marketing and operational [...]

As if attempting to dig itself out from what seems like never-ending obscurity, MySpace is fighting like crazy to remain relevant in a Facebook/Twitter world. What about made me fall over laughing was this statement. “MySpace has quietly spent the last several months tweaking its social-networking service with the intention of appealing more to the [...]

Talk about articles having you doing a real double take! Today I learned of an incident in which Panda Security apparently received a brand new Android based Vodaphone HTC Magic… already pre-loaded with malware at no extra charge. The discovery took place when the user first plugged in the phone to their USB port, which [...]

Assembly is a low-level programming language that’s one step above a computer’s native machine language. Although assembly language is commonly used for writing device drivers, emulators, and video games, many programmers find its somewhat unfriendly syntax intimidating to learn and use. Since 1996, Randall Hyde’s The Art of Assembly Language has provided a comprehensive, plain-English, and [...]

By default, when you open Outlook, it open to the Outlook Today view. In Outlook 2007, the Outlook Today pane includes a summary of your calendar appointments, tasks and messages. This is great for those people who want to see a quick summary. Personally, when I open Outlook, I want it to open directly to my [...]

Born from the ashes of Look@LAN, Fing is the ultimate command line freeware tool for network and service discovery. Taking advantage of a brand new cross-platform network engine, it reaches an impressive discovery sharpness and speed. Whether you’re a Look@LAN user or not, do not miss the chance to take a ride on Fing — it’s [...]

Web Wholesaler is the leading B2B publication for e-tailers, dropshippers, online marketplace sellers, store owners/buyers, and wholesalers. Web Wholesaler offers the latest in new products and merchandise sources, ideas and statistics on what is selling online NOW, as well as up to the minute news and information on industry trends, e-business growth and management strategies, and [...]

Interested in some nasty botnet to ruin some poor network? According to this article, it won’t run you too much if you are. Don’t misunderstand me now, I would never advocate something illegal or so destructive, but the fact that a botnet running the ZeuS malware could be built at the bargain basement price of [...]

Using open source tools to debug Linux applications can be a challenging experience, and still developers have to work with them every day. Highly skilled developers using open source tools experience costly delays with command-line driven debuggers. For developers who are new to debugging, there is always a steep learning curve. Effective debugging can help [...]

Botnets have become the platform of choice for launching attacks and committing fraud on the Internet. A better understanding of botnets will help to coordinate and develop new technologies to counter this serious security threat. Botnet Detection: Countering the Largest Security Threat, a contributed volume by world-class leaders in this field, is based on the June [...]

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