Archive for July, 2006

Lexar Jumpdrive Firefly recall

Friday, July 7th, 2006

USB thumb drives seem fairly simple, nothing hazardous…. but Lexar has recalled several models of the Firefly series as well as the JumpDrive Secure II, 1GB model. The affected Firefly sizes are… 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB. They apparently have a “risk of burns to consumers and property damage.” I would assume the risk is […]

Google has been verbed….

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Looks as though Google (as in… “I’ve spent the afternoon googling for information on ski vacations.”) is now officially part of the English language according to the Oxford English dictionary. Of course, many people realize that google had another meaning. (Was this terminology from the game of cricket?) intr. Of the ball: to have a […]

7 Updates coming from Microsoft in July

Friday, July 7th, 2006

We can expect 7 updates next week from Microsoft on the monthly patch day for July. Four of the updates will be for Windows, and 3 for Microsoft Office. There will be at least one critical update for each. It’s expected that we’ll see an update for the Excel issues that have been talked about […]

Denyhosts as an added defence to ssh server

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

A couple days ago I had a brief article on the vandals banging away at the door of my ssh server. Like I said, I’ve, at times, been fairly smug abou the futility of their actions, but…. the persistance concerns me. Let me be more specific, I keep a fairly tight ssh server setup (don’t […]

Windows 98 and ME in final days of support (6 by my count)

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

July 11th will mark the end of Microsoft’s support for Windows 98 and ME. Which means that there will be no further security updates for those systems after that date. In SOME ways, those systems may find comfort in the security through obscurity approach as much malware MAY not run on those systems, but that’s […]

Sophos suggests…. for more safety – get a Mac

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Analyzing the state of the computer world…. Sophos Antivirus has suggested that consumers consider a Mac for their next PC if they’re concerned about the increasing swarm of malware targetting Windows PC’s. The main point being there are no ACTIVE malware threats against Mac systems and Windows still seems to be increasingly targetted. Mac will […]

Camcorder shopping and a reminder of caution

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

The last few days I’ve been heavily researching the purchase of a camcorder. I guess I can’t just go out and pick something, I have to research at a number of levels. (Editorial reviews, user reviews, pricing, media, computer compatability, quality, etc. all of these come into play.) So, after several days of researching the […]

Kubuntu discs arrived!

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

The five Dapper Drake Kubuntu 6.06 LTS disks that I requested in the week or so before release arrived in the mail today. Thanks Canonical. Yes, I do a lot of downloading, but a professionally pressed disk looks so much better to give someone to try out than a home made cdr written on with […]

Windows XP and IPP printers

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

I really like printers with their own built in print server. They can be plugged into the network and some operating systems can just find them. Unfortunately most of the time Windows doesn’t just find an IPP printer. One tool that can be handy for such a time as this is a free tool like […]

Developers meet Marketing – Marketing developers….

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Sometimes you just want to cry… I found this email exchange via sunbeltblog…. Essentially, the product manager and marketing director at some unknown company have just become aware that the “About” box in their program ACTUALLY SHOWS the product version and BUILD number. They think that’s just too much information to give to the customer […]

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