A survey of 850 security/IT managers found that orphaned user accounts are more prevalent that expected: 42 percent do not know how many exist within their organization. IT Exposes Ubiquity of Orphaned Accounts as a Critical IT Security Vulnerability Other key findings from the survey include: * Approximately 27 percent of respondents said that more…
It appears that there is a “Good news/Bad news” scenario with the new beta of Internet Explorer. The good news is that compared to newest features of Firefox… Internet Explorer 8 Catches Up Shows Improvements With Beta 2 – Webmonkey So it’s no surprise to see that several of these features also pop up in…
This past year+ I have been blogging on my workplace blog at TIE, which has been a great experience. While TIE has given us quite a bit of leeway for blogging, I do find I hold back on many ideas because some topics may be “edgy” enough or laced enough with personal opinion that the…
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NewsFactor Network | Linux Ecosystem Spending To Exceed $49 Billion IDC researchers predict that spending on the Linux ecosystem will rise from $21 billion in 2007 to more than $49 billion in 2011, driven by rising enterprise deployments of Linux server operating systems. Linux server deployments are expanding from infrastructure Relevant Products/Services-oriented applications to more…
Click below for more detail on the patches:Microsoft to patch four bugs on Tuesday Microsoft today said it plan to post four security updates next week, three of them “critical,” to patch Windows, Word, Publisher and all of the company’s anti-malware applications. Among the critical fixes will be one that quashes bugs in Microsoft’s Jet…
Found this headline on topix.com:Important information about Windows XP SP3 for Internet Explorer users Important information about Windows XP SP3 for Internet Explorer users You will be unable to remove IE8 Beta or IE7 after installing Windows XP SP3 because Microsoft wants to make sure that you do not encounter a problem commonly known as…
The United States is falling further and further behind in bandwidth speed and availability, yet is charging more Internet connectivity: Trifecta of lost opportunities: US #15 in broadband ranking …the truth is that the US only has a broadband policy if you consider “doing nothing” to be a policy. When you’re convinced that any form…
While Microsoft will not set a date, PC World cites a web source that predicts the next service pack for Windows XP is coming next month. PC World – Windows XP SP3 Due Next Month, Report Says
eSchoolNews reports that Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recently visited the Scandinavian countries–who have scored highly in international math and science testing–to contrast their approach with the United States. While they talk about a variety of issues, they do mention the student role and teacher role that includes internet filtering: Top News – U.S. educators…