Nutter's Help Desk: To catch a hacker I have been trying to catch a hacker for over a year. I need a trace program or any program that will stand up in court. Do you know where I could get this? I really need a free trial to see if I like the program before I buy it. Backspin: 2008: Time for outrage and speaking up In January last year I wrote that 2006 was "The Year of Not Enough Outrage" and I’m disappointed to say that, looking back, I don’t think 2007 was any better on that score. Musthaler: Facebook fiasco highlights privacy concerns I've never been a fan of social networking sites. I don’t use LinkedIn, MySpace or Facebook, or other services that offer to share my information with a circle of my “online friends.” The main reason I’ve avoided these services is that I’ve always been leery of how the companies who run the services might use or otherwise fail to protect my private information. I’ve been expressing my skepticism for years, ever since I came out against Plaxo in 2004. Bradner: Apple's next mold breaker? My editor pointed out that this issue has a forward/predicting theme and suggested I keep that in mind when figuring out what to write. After pondering that for a while I decided to write about what I'd like to happen rather than predict what may ... Talking Tech: Techno-sugarplums: IT’s holiday wish list On the 12th day of IT, I gave to my boss: 12 workers whining, 11 computers crashing, 10 printers printing, 9 Windows updates, 8 phones a-ringing, 7 servers hanging, 6 vendors nagging, 5 worn out mice, 4 failing drives, 3 dead phones, 2 power spikes, ... Johnson: Crystal ball: Carrier landscape continues to shift Every now and then, several trends combine at the same time to totally reshape an industry. Indications are that this is happening in 2008: When the dust finally settles (which may not be for a while), the telecom market will be very different. Gaskin: Buying technology today In my last piece I drew on the whiteboard to examine where technology and automation can improve your business processes. Now for the next step: acquiring new technology in today's lousy financial market. Antonopoulos: Security: What will be hot in 2008? There are two ways to predict the future with 100% accuracy. You either have the power to shape the future to your predictions (the God method) or you make your predictions vague enough so that they fit most conceivable outcomes (the Nostradamus ... Dr. Internet: New QuickTime version addresses RTSP problem What can we do to overcome the recent Realtime Streaming Protocol (RTSP) problem in QuickTime? We rely on an external training resource that uses a variety of QuickTime media distributed through a content distribution network, and we’re concerned that ... |
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