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Security breaches that get a lot of attention usually stem from human error.
The most common breach occurs when a hacker tricks someone into giving up their user name and password. Pretty soon, the password is hacked across multiple sites.
It is astounding that some applications have such low security thresholds for password recovery. Some applications will [...]
Most servers today are 2-4 socket systems (2-4S)–this is the sweet spot for both Intel and AMD. There are very few vendors who can design the custom chipsets (the glue) needed to scale up Intel systems to 8 sockets (8S). The most notable example is IBM, who has developed four generations of scalable chipsets and [...]
Different operating systems have different pros and cons, and customers make their mobile device purchases based on various criteria. Lately we’ve all been wondering what operating system we will be using on mobile phones in the future. RIM and Apple try to tie up users to their platform, while Google, Microsoft and Nokia try to [...]
One of the biggest challenges IT managers face is how to keep their teams working efficiently and productively. Being online, it’s natural for many IT professionals to fully embrace social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. So, many managers are concerned that productivity is lost to these engaging applications. A study by [...]
PC power supplies usually come with some protections. The savvy user will always try to pick one that provides the most protections possible. But having protections available doesn’t mean that the power supply will in fact protect your equipment in case of malfunction. Let’s see why.
To start off, you need to know that most protections [...]
It doesn’t matter if you are a newcomer to the IT industry or a veteran with over 30 years of expertise: there are some movies that I love and think that all people working on the computer industry should watch. They are entertaining and educative at the same time.
The most famous is, of course, Pirates [...]
MTBF stands for Mean Time Between Failures. It’s a term that IT professionals use this number to predict the reliability of hardware devices, especially hard disk drives. But this idea is usually flawed. Here’s why.
To understand why comparing MTBF of different equipment may be misleading, we first need to understand how this parameter is measured.
In [...]
For many technologists, there is nothing more rewarding than successfully finishing a project and getting to see the results. Unfortunately that enthusiasm is not always shared by users–some recent examples include the interface changes to Facebook and the privacy flap over Google’s Buzz. In the former case, the result was user confusion and frustration [...]
Twitter has taken the world by storm. Bill Gates is on it. Jonathan Schwartz tweeted a farewell haiku on his last day at Sun. Every day, more CIOs tweet. Twitter is starting to play a big part in many compaies’ communication strategy. Though a lot of tweeting happens from the [...]
On February 9, Cisco Corporation published a forecast paper describing global mobile data traffic projections and growth trends for the period from 2009 to 2014. As you can see from taking a closer look at this pretty detailed document, it gives you a vivid idea of the future of mobile technologies and their immediate uses.
Globally, [...]
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