It’s a “A MUST READ! FROM PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH” Gosh, that makes me really believe that this message is sincere. It is, however, very funny. It begins with: I beleive i can call you friend. I am Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei. I am the youngest of the Sultan’s three brothers. But its like a […]
A malware spam began showing up last week, claiming to be from “email hidden; JavaScript is required,” and with the subject line “Internet Explorer 7.” It’s dangerous, so be careful. I’ve received hundreds of these messages so far, all the same — but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t variations floating around. The message body […]
Like many commentators, I’m unimpressed with Microsoft’s so-called “Mojave Experiment.” This marketing campaign from Redmond wants to change perceptions of Windows Vista, by getting people to admit that it’s not as bad as they previously thought after viewing hand-crafted demos of its coolest features. As the “Mojave Experiment” Web site says, Welcome to the “Mojave […]
Malware spam emails claiming to be from CNN started showing up on Monday, Aug. 4. They are dangerous. With a subject line, “CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert” or “CNN.com Daily Top 10,” these legitimate-appearing emails had message bodies with messages like, “Coup demonstration in Mauritania” or “Detroit mayor ordered jailed after bond violation.” Most of […]
Bogus, and malicious, emails claiming to be from CNN started showing up on Monday, Aug. 4. With a subject line, “CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert” or “CNN.com Daily Top 10,” these fairly legitimate-appearing emails had message bodies with messages like, “Coup demonstration in Mauritania.” Most of the links in the email go back to CNN, […]
What happens when a precocious six-year-old teams up with a lovable toy CEO? It’s not Calvin and Hobbes, but Calvin and Jobs. The parody apparently ran across two pages in Mad Magazine, but it’s all over the Internet. Here’s one place where you can find them, or you can just search for “Calvin and Jobs.” […]
The San Francisco suburb is called Millbrae, not Millbrea. It’s not like the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Yet twice in two years, Caltrans has misspelled the town’s name on a major highway sign. The first instance was in May or June 2007, when Caltrans was adding exit numbers to Interstate 280. They […]
I received word this afternoon that Advanced Micro Devices canceled its biennial Global Vision Conference, which was set for this October in Dana Point, Calif. The 2006 AMD Global Vision Conference, held in Los Angeles, was incredibly rewarding. It provided a too-rare opportunity to clear my head, meet new people, and think big-picture thoughts about […]
August 8, 2008, 8:08:08 AM. I would be remiss in not acknowledging the beautiful symmetry. Z Trek Copyright (c) Alan Zeichick
Rockwell Automation wants you to go to their Automation Fair 2008, Nov. 18-20 in Nashville.You may be familiar with the popular Rockwell Automation Retro Encabulator. The video’s been floating around the Internet for a long time; I blogged about in March 2007.I didn’t realize that there really was a company called Rockwell Automation. I knew […]
When my teenager learned that I was heading to LinuxWorld this week, he said, “I’d like to try Linux.” Good for him; he’s already bilingual, with a MacBook for schoolwork and a buffed-up Dell desktop for gaming. Why not Linux too? I promised to snag him the latest copy of a friendly distro at LinuxWorld. […]
I’m very excited to announce BZ Media’s newest event, SPTechCon: The SharePoint Technology Conference. It’ll be held here in the Bay Area next January. Here’s the official press release, which hits tomorrow. You’re reading it here first! The Call for Speakers for SPTechCon is open through August 15. SPTechCon, the SharePoint Technology Conference, Serves IT […]
There are some wonderful action shots of athletic guinea pigs training for Beijing in the Daily Mail. Our family’s three cavies (Cookie, Bella and Jenny) have never expressed any interest in these types of competitive sports. They prefer to work as a team, especially in the Lettuce & Carrot Speed Eating Competition. (“Go for the […]
Since SD Times published its story about Midori, a number of pundits have suggested that Midori might be a rehash of Microsoft’s Singularity project. (One person with that view is CNet’s Ina Fried, but others have written that as well.) When doing our due diligence on the Midori technical documents, that was one of the […]
The third installment of David Worthington’s exclusive series about the internals of Midori — a new operating system from Microsoft — has been published on SDTimes.com. It is widely believed that Midori will replace the current Windows, though Microsoft is non-committal at this point. The article, “Microsoft’s Midori to sandbox apps for increased security,” begins, […]
Don’t miss these dynamic keynote speakers at EclipseWorld 2008… OPENING KEYNOTEWednesday, October 298:30 am – 9:15 amMike Milinkovich Mike Milinkovich is the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. In the past, he has held key management positions with Oracle, WebGain, The Object People, and Object Technology International Inc. (which subsequently became a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]
The second installment in the SD Times exclusive on on Midori, Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, has just been published. Part 2, aka “Microsoft maps out migration from Windows,” by David Worthington, will be followed shortly by an exploration of the security aspects of Midori. You can also read the first installment, “Microsoft’s plans for post-Windows […]
Dunkin’ Donuts, my favorite coffee chain, offers cards that you can use to buy coffee, donuts and other tasty treats. The company promises, “Auto-Recharge and never run out of funds.” They’re lying, and yesterday I canceled the the auto-recharge on my own card. Like Starbucks, you can tie your Dunkin’ Donuts card to a credit […]
The Wikipedia contains a fascinating article, “Features removed from Windows Vista,” describing things that were in Windows XP that aren’t in its successor. The long list of removed features is broken up into 15 main categories: 1 Windows Shell2 Windows Explorer3 Internet Explorer4 User account rights and logon5 Win32 console6 Networking7 Multimedia8 File system, drivers […]
July 29, 2008 — Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology. So begins the story “Microsoft’s plans for post-Windows operating system revealed,” which has just been posted […]
According to Alex Neihaus, VP of marketing for Active Endpoints, “US companies have become too caught up in the complexity of their current systems.” Why? Because you haven’t download a trial version of his company’s business process management software — and companies in Asia have. As Alex wrote to me, “Since we shifted in March […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was officially formed on July 29, 1958. The U.S. agency was cobbled together in a frantic response to Sputnik. The little golden orb went beep-beep-beep on October 4, 1957. American prestige was on the line, and the country threw itself into the future. Like many young boys, I was […]
Should we buy new home movies in the high-resolution Blu-ray format, or in the lower-res, but more widely accessible, standard DVD format? That, Detective, is the right question. When we rent movies from Netflix, we get them in Blu-ray format if they’re available. That’s best for movies that we’re going to watch as a family, […]
Today, I received my first instance of malware using YouSendIt. I don’t blame the service, any more than you should blame carriers for regular email spam. I’m a major fan of the YouSendIt service, which is an FTP replacement. You use the service to upload a file, either via a browser or their Express client […]
If you’re looking for AgitarOne, you can get it from McCabe Software. Agitar essentially went out of business in May, as has been discussed in a couple of previous posts, “Agitar is having a going-out-of-business sale” (May 12) and “Agitar: The market’s not big enough” (May 20). Several of Agitar’s competitors, beginning with Instantiations and […]
Here’s a new phishing scam — or at least, this is the first time I’ve seen it. The e-mail message comes in from an account named “localhost.” It looks like a message from Red Hat, complete with forged redhat.com headers. Here’s the message: Subj: Someone tried to access your personal root server. Someone with ip […]
Here’s a new picture of Juno, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, already world famous from the video, “Juno found the dog bones.” What a clever dog! But where does he shows up on SD Times’ BPA audit statement? >> Correction: That’s not Juno, and it’s not a new picture either. That’s Juno’s “nephew,” Mr. Big, […]
I tallied how many people called my office phone yesterday, but did not reach me because I was out, in meetings, at lunch, etc. The number of “missed calls” was at least 19. This is probably undercounted because it doesn’t count calls missed because I was on the phone. Since I don’t have Call Waiting, […]
My son — still depressed that I learned about Potter Puppet Pals — has decided that he needs a new guitar, and sent me this link. It’s not like he doesn’t have enough instruments, but what do you think, should I get him one? If the Swiss Army had a guitar, this would be the […]