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Comment You want to do what, now? (Score 1) 2

by buzzardsbay (#27845477) Attached to: Why Star Trek Needs Tech Support
OK, this list is a lot cooler and more thoughtful than I expected going in. Big fan of the idea of virtualization to get the ridiculously large computer core under control. But call-routing tech to put Uhura out of business? Are you high? I want technology that gets Uhura all up in my bidness as often as possible.
Businesses

Submission + - Tech Companies that Won't Survive 2009 (channelinsider.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "Fresh off their annual market survey, eWEEK channel folks have compiled the list of tech vendors their readers think will fail, falter, or be sold off in 2009. It's important to note that these aren't the opinions of the magazine or its editors. The list comes from folks who work in IT, mostly technology resellers, who are out in the field selling, installing and maintaining this stuff. If there were ever canaries in the tech coal mine, they'd be these service and solution providers who live and die by the slightest shift in the markets. Some of the companieson this list, like Sun and AMD, are shocking because of their size. Others, like CA and Symantec, not so surprising."
Businesses

Submission + - Recession Pushes IT to Find New Value in Old Gear (channelinsider.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "Trying to put a bright spin on a gloomy subject, the folks at eWEEK unearth an emerging trend: There's a booming cottage industry of dealers in refurbished computer and networking gear serving folks on the hunt for "slightly used" and "new to you" equipment. The dealers selling the stuff tell eWEEK the equipment is paractically new, most of it less than a year old, and that the prices for things likes servers and routers are lower than they have been since the post dot-com / Sept. 11 days in 2001. Used gear isn't for everybody, obviously. Story points out that while many of these used IT dealers offer configuration services, they don't do installs, and most are not authorized resellers. They do, however, offer decent warranties, so if you can do some of the work yourself, you'll probably be OK."
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - IT Workers Are Getting Fatter (channelinsider.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: While technologies such as virtualization, multi-threading and blade servers have made the data center leaner, those who work there are getting... well... not leaner. According to a new study by CareerBuilder.com, 34 percent of IT workers say they have gained more than ten pounds in their current jobs. A hefty 16 percent say they've gained at least twice that. That's 50 percent putting on weight. The culprits seem to be the stressful-yet-sedentary nature of tech work coupled with our famously poor eating habits. According to the survey, some 41 percent of IT workers eat out for lunch twice or more per week, making portion and calorie control difficult. A pale-looking 11 percent actually buy their lunch out of a vending machine at least once a week.
Education

Submission + - Gen Y Workers Reinventing IT for the Better (baselinemag.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "We all know the complaints about young employees. They depend too much on their parents' money, they need constant hand-holding, they have no job loyalty, they demand more than they're worth, they disrespect older employees, and they're naive about corporate culture. But despite this conventional wisdom, there's growing evidence that the different working styles of Gen Y workers might be causing fundamental — and beneficial — changes in the way enterprises run, especially when it comes to IT. For example, they may show better judgment when making tech purchases and are often better with green IT initiatives This is a nice counterpoint to a previous story (and resulting incendiary comments) that dubbed young tech workers a risk to corporate networks."
Security

Submission + - Young Employees Pose Increasing Risk to Networks (baselinemag.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "Baseline is reporting on an upcoming survey from Symantec and Applied Research-West that confirms many suspicions about the generation gap in the workplace, namely that younger workers will use your corporate network to run most any device, technology or social networking software they can get their hands on. Dubbed "Millenials," these workers born after 1980 are nearly twice as likely to use cell phones and PDAs at work, and half admit to installing unauthorized software on their employer's computers. On the upside, the Millenials are more security aware than their older co-workers."
Programming

A Congressman Who Can Code Assembly 421

Posted by Zonk from the at-least-its-not-haskell dept.
christo writes "In what appears to be a first, the US House of Representatives now has a Congressman with coding skills. Democratic Representative Bill Foster won a special election this past Saturday in the 14th Congressional District of Illinois. Foster is a physicist who worked at Fermilab for 22 years designing data analysis software for the lab's high energy particle collision detector. In an interview with CNET today, Foster's campaign manager confirmed that the Congressman can write assembly, Fortran and Visual Basic. Will having a tech-savvy congressman change the game at all? Can we expect more rational tech-policy? Already on his first day, Foster provided a tie-breaking vote to pass a major ethics reform bill."
The Media

Submission + - IT Labor Shortage Is Just a Myth (baselinemag.com) 1

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buzzardsbay writes: "For the past few years, we've heard a number of analysts and high-profile IT industry executives, Bill Gates and Craig Barrett among them, promoting the idea that there's an ever-present shortage of skilled IT workers to fill the industry's demand. But now there's growing evidence suggesting the "shortage" is simply a self-serving myth. "It seems like every three years you've got one group or another saying, the world is going to come to an end there is going to be a shortage and so on," says Vivek Wadhwa, a professor for Duke University's Master of Engineering Management Program and a former technology CEO himself. "This whole concept of shortages is bogus, it shows a lack of understanding of the labor pool in the USA.""
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Gaffes That Keep IT Geeks from the Boardroom (baselinemag.com) 2

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buzzardsbay writes: "Yes, it's all in good fun to point out the mismatched belt and shoes and the atrocious hairstyles, but honestly, I'm committing three of these errors right now! Is that why I can't get a key to the executive washroom? Or is it my rebellious attitude and pungent man-scent that's keeping me down. The shocker in here was pigtails on women... I LOVE pigtails on women!"
Security

Submission + - Survey: Users Worldwide Feel Internet Is "Safe (baselinemag.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "Baseline Magazine is reporting on a study by Cisco that teases out the differing attitudes about online security among users across the globe. For instance, remote workers worldwide think the 'Net is getting safer... except the folks in Italy and Germany. Hmmm. These folks also have a lot of faith in their corporate IT departments as 51 percent said their work computers are more secure than their personal PCs, and nearly half (45 percent) believe they are more vulnerable to malware and hacks when they're working outside their corporate perimeter. Irony of ironies, the Brazilians hold Net security in the highest regard. Obrigado, Prime Suspectz."

Comment Re:And yet, a five-year study... (Score 1) 5

by buzzardsbay (#22306416) Attached to: E-Voting Undermines Public Confidence In Elections
That may well be true. But the study wasn't refuting the claim that there are security problems. The study refutes the premise in the original post that electronic voting undermines voter confidence. It does not. In fact, despite all its problems, it IMPROVES voter confidence. Reason? Places like Chicago and Boston and New Orleans have been proving for two centuries that paper ballot elections are quite easy to rig.
Businesses

Submission + - BSA's Tactics and Motives Questioned 1

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_Hellfire_ writes: "Baseline Magazine has a piece entitled After 20 Years, Critics Question the BSA's Real Motives, which paints the Business Software Alliance in the same league as the RIAA.
"A recent Associated Press story highlighted the fact that 90 percent of the $13 million collected by the BSA in 2006 came from small businesses. Since 1993 the group has collected an estimated $89 million in damages from businesses on behalf of its members, every penny of which it keeps.
"I don't know of a business where you can get away with raiding a customer with armed marshals and expect them to continue to do business with you..." said [Sterling] Ball, who shifted his company to open source software after the raid.""

Feed Engadget: Hacker goes bananas, creates robotic Chumby driving machine (engadget.com)

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How well we know how distorted the world becomes when you're only alive courtesy of (insert energy drink here). Thankfully, we've no idea how twisted your mind must be to create a conglomerate with so much going on, it's truly hard to describe in merely a single breath. Nevertheless, bunnie somehow managed to scrounge up enough hardware to hack together a Chumby-based, drivable RC car with the ability to beam back its surroundings so that it could be controlled from afar. Of course, we can't help but pass along kudos for making this thing work, but seriously, it's high, high up on the list of most unsightly concoctions we've ever seen. Hit up the read link for ugly (and duct tape) aplenty.

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Software

Submission + - Top 12 Companies Caught Stealing Software in 2007 (baselinemag.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "Already forgotten Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report? Here's another kind of "cheater's" list that folks will want to avoid. Baseline Magazine has compiled the top 12 companies fined by the Business Software Alliance last year for not playing by the rules of asset management. According to the report many of the BSA's busts are made possible through a BSA Reward Program, which offers up to $1 million to individuals who report offending companies."
Security

Submission + - PI License May Be Required for Computer Forensics (baselinemag.com)

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buzzardsbay writes: "The good folks over at Baseline Magazine have an intriguing — and worrisome — report on a movement to limit computer forensics work to those who have Private Investigators' licenses or those who work for licensed PI agencies. According to the story, pending legislation would limit the specialized task of probing deep into computer hard drives, network and server logs for telltale signs of hacking and data theft in the hands of the same people who advertise in the Yellow Pages for surveillance on cheating spouses, workers' compensation fraud and missing persons. Those caught practicing computer forensics without a license could face criminal prosecution, the story adds."

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