Ad-Aware SE 1.06
Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE 1.06 is now available. The most notable improvement is Disk-scan which is approximately 30% faster. There are other improvements and fixes as well.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) any tine soon?
So, according to eweek, the big boys are staying away from Intel's new Active Management Technology claiming that they just don't hear their customers asking for it. Seriously? Lenovo, HP, and Dell's customers aren't asking for technology to make workstation management easier? These hardware guys are nuts saving a few pennies or bucks per unit which if spent may translate into more (higher margin) server and workstation sales. Here's how Intel describes AMT:
A major barrier to greater IT efficiency has been removed. Now, corporate IT departments can remotely discover, heal and protect networked computing assets, regardless of system state. Even with a crashed hard drive or locked operating system, the IT technician can still access the platform for remote asset, inventory, and software management, or remote diagnostics and recovery procedures.Who wouldn't want to get notified of a failing hard drive before it takes its data with it? Yes, there are products that will do this already and no this isn't the be-all-end-all, but the closer we get to making this standard and ubiquitous the better off everyone is (including the shareholders of the hardware companies).
Thursday, May 26, 2005
New RSS feeds from Microsoft KB
RSS feeds that list the most recently published KB articles are available at http://support.microsoft.com/selectindex/Default.aspx?target=rss
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
IEBlog : Netscape 8 and Internet Explorer's XML Rendering
From IEBlog : Netscape 8 and Internet Explorer's XML Rendering:
We’ve just confirmed an issue that has started to be reported on newsgroups and forums that after installing Netscape 8 the XML rendering capabilities of Internet Explorer no longer work. That means that if you navigate in IE to an XML file such as an RSS feed http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/rss.xml or an XML file with an XSLT transformation applied then rather than seeing the data you are presented with a blank page.
Thunderbird Extension for Sender Verification
Another tool to help protect against phishing: Thunderbird Extension for Sender Verification
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar for Firefox
Slashdot.org is reporting that Netcraft now has an anti-phising toolbar for Firefox. A version for IE was released back in December.
Anyone at SFSU need a gmail account?
I currently have 50 Gmail invites for anyone who currently has an SFSU account. Email me from your SFSU account if you want one.
Monday, May 23, 2005
OT: Beautiful picture of a stav church
Just saw this via my bloglines subscription: Øye stavkirke. It's a nice day in the Bay Area but I always wish I could be in Norway.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Deploy Firefox and manage it with Active Directory!
FrontMotion's new Firefox Community Edition gives you the ability to deploy Firefox using GPO or SMS and then use Active Directory to manage its settings.
Visopsys Partition Manager 0.55
Haven't tried it yet but looks like a nice little utility.
Partition Logic (licensed under GPL) is a partitioning and data management tool for PC-compatible computers. It includes its own standalone operating system and GUI, and can fit on a single boot floppy (or CD). It creates, modifies, deletes, formats, and moves partitions, and copies hard disks. It is based on the Visopsys operating system.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Enterprise version of Google Desktop Search
Go see Google Blog: Search for the enterpise then go download it.
Why the new enterprise features are a big deal for IT administrators:
- Centrally control user features and preferences
- Encrypt all user data and search index files
- Easily deploy using the included installation package
- Test new versions before distributing
What's that smell in HSS?
Entering HSS this morning I was greeted by an unpleasant smell of what I'd describe as rotting pumpkins. Others think is smells like burning tires or maybe skunk. Whatever it turns out to be all I can say is it is nauseating and distracting.
Last week's news
Microsoft:
- Xbox 360 via Microsoft Monitor
- OneCare via MSFN, Betanews, Microsoft Monitor
- Eiger & Monch via WinBeta.org (update from Bink.nu)
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Interactive 'Clickers' Changing Classrooms
From NYTimes.com: Interactive 'Clickers' Changing Classrooms
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Platypus Firefox extension
Asa writes about Platypus, a Firefox extension that which lets you modify a Web page from your browser. Want to save the changes as a Greasemonkey script? go right ahead.
c|net :: Perpendicular recording: Why it matters
Jun Naruse, CEO of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc., writes about the future of hard drive recording. Hitachi has some info on its site as well as a silly flash movie. Mike Covault of Seagate published a similar article in May 2003.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Brian Behlendorf speaks...
From Opensource @ SFSU:
"...on thursday night on campus. He will be talking about outsourcing and Application Service Provider (ASP) models. I suppose it is fair to assume that there will be some talk on open source.
When: Thursday 12th May at 7pm.
Where: Burk Hall 236.
Who: Brian Behlendorf - CTO CollabNet, Co-founder, Apache Software Foundation.
http://www.collab.net/about/estaff/brian.html
All are welcome to attend....
"...on thursday night on campus. He will be talking about outsourcing and Application Service Provider (ASP) models. I suppose it is fair to assume that there will be some talk on open source.
When: Thursday 12th May at 7pm.
Where: Burk Hall 236.
Who: Brian Behlendorf - CTO CollabNet, Co-founder, Apache Software Foundation.
http://www.collab.net/about/estaff/brian.html
All are welcome to attend....
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Enable RDP access... remotely.
Stephen Bink of Bink.nu reports of a new GUI tool, StartRDP, to enable remote desktop remotely (provided the firewall is not turned on).
Two new additions: Search & Calendar
Thanks to RSSCalendar and Technorati this blog now shows my work calendar and allows for searching of my posts.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
SQL 2000 Service Pack 4 is available for download. This update includes the MS03-031 security bulletin released in July, 2003, which I suspect has been largely overlooked.
Friday, May 06, 2005
BSS BBQ 4
BSS Computing is hosting its 4th annual BSS BBQ. This blowout bash has extra meaning becuase we'll be saying goodbye to our esteamed helpdesk manager Vincent Cheung. There will be food, music, entertainment, raffle prizes, and perhaps more. It all kicks off at 12:30pm on Friday, May 6 and goes till....
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Virtual Identity - Thunderbird extension
Virtual Identity allows you to modify your Identity settings for a single email, on the fly. This is an easy way to change your SMTP-Server when needed.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Free VBScripts for IT managers
Free VBScript Programs that you may find useful in the administration of Active Directory and more.
Monday, May 02, 2005
The Firemonger Project
The Firemonger Project CD contains Firefox 1.03, Thunderbird 1.02 and various themes and extensions.
Thunderbird MSI
Blogroll added
Added some javascript to the template to display my bloglines subcriptions.
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