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20 May 2009

European open source adoption - Forrester Report

See: tdwi.org img.MyImage { border: 2px solid darkblue; } A recently released survey report on OSS adoption in large European companies tracks some very interesting trends. The Executive summary included this: "In October 2008, Bull commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the upcoming paradigm change of open source software enterprise adoption. In conducting in-depth interviews w...

25 Apr 2009

e-Portfolio - Don McClintock

e-Portfolio for Don McClintock CNT-2102 Switching & Wireless Fundamentals Equipment 1 2912 or 2924 Switch (left), 1 2950 or 2960 Switch (right), 1Router with two FastEthernet interfaces and capable of trunking, 1 Cisco/Linksys Wireless Access Point, and 1 laptop with wireless capabilities. If available, and if time permits use a Cisco Wireless Card and its accompanying software. RESULTS...

12 Apr 2009

Site upgrade - Drupal Version 6 !

I have just today upgraded the site to version 6 ! This is a very significant upgrade, and some care was needed to avoid issues as I moved forward... But the benefits are many, and I now look forward to playing with the theming modules (for developers) and so on... Don...

09 Feb 2009

The Best E-Mail Program Ever

How Gmail destroyed Outlook. By Farhad Manjoo Posted Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at 5:52 PM ET As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read or write messages. Desktop programs like Microsoft Outlook have always been able to access your old mail. There is a certain bliss to this; if you've got a pile of letters that demand well-composed, delicate...

24 Jan 2009

Google Desktop Search - TIPS

Thanks to: http://www.techlifeweb.com/google/desktop_tips.html Google Desktop is now part of the Google Pack. Google Pack is a set of utilities that Google has packaged together into a single download. When you go to download the pack you can select all or just a single application. Even if all you use the pack for is Google Desktop it is a nice way to get it because Google Pack notifies you w...

06 Jan 2009

SSL compromised...

From: http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/#sec71 In a statement made public on December 30th, the following researchers: Alexander Sotirov, Marc Stevens, Jacob Appelbaum, Arjen Lenstra, David Molnar, Dag Arne Osvik, Benne de Weger said: "We have identified a vulnerability in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) used to issue digital certificates for secure websites. As a proof...

25 Dec 2008

New PROMO Piece

img.MyImage { border: 2px solid maroon; } Here's the new promo piece we are mailing out this month. (Click for a more detailed view) Highlighting the following services: li.MyLi { font-family : georgia, garamond, times; color: white; margin-left: 0.5em; font-size:1.5em; line-height: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.15em; } Are you confused, upset or discouraged with your computer systems ? ...

01 Dec 2008

Bright Ideas

Ramon Ray: Tech Basics 6 Technology Rules to Thrive This year, consider implementing these rules that can give your business a boost. By Ramon Ray | January 31, 2008 Over the past few weeks, I've been thinking about the following six rules I created that I believe will really help you boost your business. There are plenty of other technology rules to keep i...

12 Nov 2008

SSH for Windows 200x Servers

http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html See the above URL for this detailed description on how to install/use SSH for these O/Ses. According to some cygwin gods, the only official document that you should use is /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README which is probably valid, but it seems to aim at users with a fair bit of Linux/Unix knowledge. The purpose of this tutorial is for Win...

19 Oct 2008

Special Characters in HTML Web Pages

Display Friendly Code Numerical Code Hex Code Description 	 	 Horizontal Tab 
  Line feed     space ! ! ! Exclamation point " " " " Dou...

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