Making sure your computers are secure is, in some respects, a full-time job. It gets even more complicated when you have to worry about wireless security, too. An important concern for travelers who use wireless networks in their travels — whether they are using the wireless…
Archive for February 17th, 2008
Feb17
User friendly work style – good for your career?
I was flipping through the tech ads in the Sunday paper this morning when I came across Windows Home Server. It was advertised as having the following features: Your family’s digital memories and media organized in one central hub Home…
Filed in: Software
Feb17
The Future of the Global Food System
What is the future of the global food system? In this speech delivered at the AAAS annual meeting, Cornell Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, argues that the food system is broken and needs to be fixed. Alexis Madrigal reports from Boston.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb17
Scientists Break Down Baseball, Find Jeter Does Suck
A scientist at the annual AAAS conference presents a new statistical method for evaluating fielding performance in baseball. The Spatial Aggregate Fielding Evaluation uses a probability model to fit a smooth curve for entire teams, particular positions or individual players. Greta Lorge reports from Boston.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb17
Mr Vista: USB Kettle
Episode 4: The Unusually Slow BoilerMr V just wants a cup of tea. But then his colleague, The World’s Most Boring Man ™ arrives. Please you stupid kettle, BOIL!!!
Author: 
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Tags: comedy office break tea boring colleague progress bar vista joke humour humor mr mister xp sketch
Posted: 17 February 2008
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 15
Filed in: Enterprise Tech
Feb17
There’s no Windows Server 2008 SP1 in the works. Here’s why
Customers who are waiting for Service Pack (SP) 1 to start planning/deploying Windows Server 2008, don’t hold your breath. Microsoft is not going to issue an SP1 for its latest Windows Server release. Here’s why.
Filed in: Microsoft
Feb17
Unclogging the Tubes: ISPs Search for Solutions to Overburdened Lines
Why are our Internet lines in danger of jamming up? One way of looking at it is this: Internet service providers have been serving us an all-you-can-eat buffet for years. That has worked great, because they’ve had more food than they knew what to do with and we’ve enjoyed the simplicity of a flat price and our pick of the dishes.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb17
Inside Firefox 3’s Latest Beta Update, Part 2
Mozilla has been working diligently toward the upcoming final launch of Firefox Version 3.0. With the recent release of the browser’s third beta edition, the company’s engineers have wrapped up the major challenges and are focused on incremental changes. Now they’re working at tweaking the browser in response to feedback from testers. Firefox Beta 3 also introduces a greater level of personalization.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Feb17
The Building Blocks of a Burgeoning Online Toy Rental Biz
After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest. If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys? That’s the idea behind Baby Plays, a Web-based company Pope launched in October that allows parents to receive four or six toys in the mail every month.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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