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The Sound of Y2k

Can you hear it? Amid the deafening silence that was the the Conficker nonevent of April Fools' Day, you should be able to detect an echo from the past. It started as a quiet murmur, but over time, it will build to a crescendo that could make Conficker ...

From FRANK HAYES, NetworkWorld,  6 Apr 2009

And the winner is...just who you'd expect

I love vendor performance benchmarks. I always have. They're the IT industry's answer to professional wrestling -- the results are always predetermined, but it's still fun to watch the boasting, the posturing and the crowd reaction. The winner, in a ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  13 Mar 2009

Generate disgruntled workers through furloughs

Yeah, I know it's being hyped as the new panacea. And I believe Michael Farnum honestly thinks it's better than layoffs. Maybe it is. But speaking as an employee who was once furloughed, the one thing a furlough won't do is protect an employer from the ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  9 Mar 2009

How to REALLY remove info from a PDF -- the legal way

It not only shows how to do it right (with really, really detailed step-by-step instructions), but also lists several ways to avoid because they just don't work. No, it's not really new information. But if you're supporting users who just won't take ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  6 Mar 2009

DEMO 09: Getting smart

Tuesday morning at DEMO included some potentially very useful products and services for corporate IT people. But first came a slew of products devoted to making a smarter Internet -- or at least help users be smarter about using it. One last time: For ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Symantec,  Facebook Inc.,  Flickr

DEMO 09: Getting weird with mobile

Monday afternoon at DEMO 09 was about mobile phones and hardware -- including a six-foot-tall phone designed for flirting singles. No, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Once again, for those who've never been to a DEMO conference, it's a ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  2 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Qualcomm

DEMO 09: It's the economy, stupid...

It's springtime in the desert -- specifically, Palm Desert, Cal. -- and it's time for the DEMO 09 conference, where companies large and small get six minutes each to show their new IT products and services. As usual, it's a mix of business- and ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  2 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Those that can...won't

But will they? Nope. These are just two more reminders that, in these dreary recession days, you really can't believe everything you read -- even if it's true. Look, let's suppose analyst Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech did a good job on his ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  23 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Jobs

Black Hat DC: Face time

Vendors hate Black Hat. It's a periodic opportunity for hackers to show off in front of their peers, and they make the most of it by breaking everything they can -- spotting security holes in software, hot-wiring hardware, find new ways to sneak onto ...

From FRANK HAYES, ComputerWorld,  19 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Toshiba

Frankly Speaking: For Microsoft, the pain is just beginning

With an estimated 40% of the world's information now residing behind a firewall, employee productivity is driven by the ability to quickly find key information no matter where it's stored across your organization. At Google, we believe in a simple ...

From FRANK HAYES, LXer,  23 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  IBM,  Google Inc.,  Lou Gerstner

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