Friday, July 31, 2009

Are Macs not as secure as we think? http://bit.ly/8uctr
86% of all emails sent in the US are spam: http://bit.ly/HUSCg
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer surprised by Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft-Yahoo deal: http://bit.ly/HjYd1

Thursday, July 30, 2009

If you get a single character txt message on your iPhone, turn it off. A security flaw to be publicized on Thursday: http://bit.ly/zgzUI
Ironically, security company McAfee accidentally reveals the contact details of 1400 conference attendees: http://bit.ly/CYlI7
Details on presidential motorcades, safe house for First Family, other sensitive data leaked via Limewire: http://bit.ly/PZ2C6
Feds may soon be allowed to use cookies on government websites to track where you go on the Internet: http://bit.ly/xJvD8

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Microsoft/Yahoo deal essentially a revenue sharing partnership. Will this give Google something to worry about? http://bit.ly/TTaVo
Microsoft/Yahoo deal is official: http://bit.ly/zkbcU
Microsoft and Yahoo to announce deal on Wed? http://bit.ly/18NzjL Yahoo to use Microsoft's search engine; Yahoo to handle sale of text ads.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Microsoft to release out-of-band patch today to fix significant security flaw in ActiveX that has been known but not fixed for over a year: http://bit.ly/T1hUr
Posterous is incredibly simple to setup and use. It took about 60 seconds to setup this Posterous site: http://bit.ly/hT3td
Need a simple, quick, easy way to blog? Check out Posterous: http://bit.ly/9iHJN
Microsoft confirms that plans are in motion to open Microsoft Retail stores: http://bit.ly/aqjJy

Monday, July 27, 2009

Over 90% of Windows users are vulnerable to the latest Adobe Flash zero day bug that won't be patched until Thursday: http://bit.ly/LAdBG
Installing Windows 7 on a PC with no DVD drive? Here is a 7 min video from MS on using a USB stick to do the install: http://bit.ly/17iB6a
The top 5 Internet Security videos. Short, and helpful: http://bit.ly/1lyVKj
Will our PCs be free one day like our cell phones are today? Jim Zemlin, Director of the Linux Foundation, thinks so: http://bit.ly/14dK0A

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Josh Doing a "Swing Migration" from SBS2003 to SBS2008 today utilizing Jeff Middleton's kit: http://ping.fm/fRIyV Great kit, Jeff.
Doing a "Swing Migration" from SBS2003 to SBS2008 today utilizing Jeff Middleton's kit: http://ping.fm/2jXm7 Great kit, Jeff.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Are "Smart" appliances a "dumb" idea? http://ping.fm/HsG5k
Stedman Graham Joins Full Sail University: http://ping.fm/DIy18
Top 5 Energy Efficient computers: http://ping.fm/GoE7o Mine is number 2 on the list.
If you've got DD-WRT installed on your routers, update it or make sure that HTTPS for remote management is not enabled: http://ping.fm/G4luB
Good article about IT outsourcing considerations for Small Businesses: http://ping.fm/oc8iD