Comment: Re:From Mouse to Trackball to G5 Laser Mouse (Score 1) 405
I too was an avid trackball user until the G5. Granted I do use keyboard commands quite often.
But for gaming this mouse simply cannot be beat.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7 Anti-Virus broken
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An anonymous reader writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1348.html ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7 broken according to many users, Check Point say fix is coming but in the meantime many users might not be getting any Anti Virus protection from the Kaspersky component at all."
Federal agencies ban Windows Vista
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dalmiroy2k writes "Federal agencies ban Windows Vista
Link: http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-6166868.html?tag=s t.util.print
As Microsoft is out touting the "wow" of Windows Vista, two federal agencies are among those saying "whoa."
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cite fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system.
"We are temporarily not permitting computers with the Vista operating system to be connected to our networks," Michael Baum, a NIST spokesman, said Tuesday. The organization's technology staff is testing NIST applications and evaluating the security in Windows Vista. The same holds true for Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007, he said.
It is not unusual that agencies aren't rushing to install major software updates. Large organizations in particular tend to do a lot of testing before upgrading. The same happened when Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. The actions by DOT, which employs about 54,000 people, and NIST, with 2,900 employees, were first reported by Information Week.
The DOT also bans Vista, Office 2007 and IE 7. In addition to compatibility concerns, the department lists cost, available funding and a pending headquarters move as reasons not to upgrade, according to a DOT memo dated January 19 (click for PDF of the memo). The memo is still current, a DOT representative said Tuesday."
Link: http://news.com.com/2102-1002_3-6166868.html?tag=
As Microsoft is out touting the "wow" of Windows Vista, two federal agencies are among those saying "whoa."
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cite fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system.
"We are temporarily not permitting computers with the Vista operating system to be connected to our networks," Michael Baum, a NIST spokesman, said Tuesday. The organization's technology staff is testing NIST applications and evaluating the security in Windows Vista. The same holds true for Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007, he said.
It is not unusual that agencies aren't rushing to install major software updates. Large organizations in particular tend to do a lot of testing before upgrading. The same happened when Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. The actions by DOT, which employs about 54,000 people, and NIST, with 2,900 employees, were first reported by Information Week.
The DOT also bans Vista, Office 2007 and IE 7. In addition to compatibility concerns, the department lists cost, available funding and a pending headquarters move as reasons not to upgrade, according to a DOT memo dated January 19 (click for PDF of the memo). The memo is still current, a DOT representative said Tuesday."
Are firewalls okay at a creative workplace?
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No-Tec writes "I'm part of a rapidly growing company that recently instituted a company wide and very strict firewall. We are employing 100+ now including accounting, sales, marketing, etc, so I do agree that it was imperative to implement some sort of outgoing restrictions. Problem is, the firewall has extinguished all of our [marketing] creative outlets: in-browser flash, streaming music, most video formats, etc. Disregarding the obvious drop of moral, do you think restricting the creative department is counter-productive to our positions or do you think it's justified in what they are doing? I'm interested in what the designers and IT'ers on /. think about this. I'm sure the designers can chime in and agree that we need a little more leeway to do our job effectively."
Analysis: Microsoft's software patent flip-flop
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seriouslywtf writes "The general counsel for Microsoft made some waves recently with an article defending software patents. But did Microsoft always feel this way about patents? Not at all. As recently as the early 90s, Microsoft still considered themselves the little guys battling the big guys and thought of patents as detrimental to the industry, but now the tables seem to have turned. As Ars Technica points out:
"Now, of course, the shoe is on the other foot. Microsoft is the incumbent, and their dominance is being challenged by smaller, more nimble companies. Probably the most threatening are companies like Red Hat and Novell that build their products atop free software. There is a real danger (from Microsoft's perspective) that free software products will mature to the point where Microsoft's customers will see little added value in Microsoft's proprietary offerings.