From the monthly archives:

March 2009

How will Skype impact your business?

March 30, 2009

In TECHLife Post column today, I talk about how Skype is testing a SIP integration for businesses. This will allow Skype clients to make and receive calls directly from a VoIP-capable PBX. How will this impact your business?

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Skype me!

March 30, 2009

As a security guy, I can’t help but find Skype interesting.  Some people love it, others hate it.  Individuals flock to it, yet many corporations avoid it.  Some privacy advocates herald it, yet some in the open source community slam it.  Oh, and it uses encryption. I don’t remember how it came up, but I [...]

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Sterilizing your laptop for travel

March 23, 2009

I received an interesting email from a reader. To paraphrase, the question is how one can go about removing all personal information from a laptop prior to crossing the border so that, in the event the computer is searched, one’s email, contact lists, documents, browsing history, etc., remain private. It’s an interesting question partially because [...]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

March 17, 2009

Despite the growing popularity of digital SLRs, many people prefer a smaller and lighter camera.  There are also times that carrying an SLR just isn’t practical. The DMC-LX3 fits perfectly into this niche.  It’s small enough to fit a jacket pocket, yet offers creative controls that will satisfy advanced photographers. The DMC-LX3 sports an f2.0-f2.8 [...]

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Adobe vulnerability — In perspective

March 11, 2009

I use a lot of Adobe products. Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere and Acrobat to name some. So, when blogs started buzzing about an Acrobat vulnerability, they grabbed my attention. And, when my distinguished colleague Larry Seltzer at eWeek.com wrote that “It May Be Time to Abandon Adobe”, I began to wonder if the sky was falling. [...]

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LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2

March 10, 2009

Back in the fall I started work on a virtualization project.  I’ll write more about it in some future articles, but in terms of background, I wanted to build a VMWare ESX-based system to make testing software products easier.  ESX is a server virtualization product that allows me to run multiple virtual machines on one [...]

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Security Apathy

March 9, 2009

My column in today’s TECHLife Post is largely about how consumer apathy results in poor security.  The question is, what do you think?

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Lightning in Google’s Cloud

March 9, 2009

The Net has been thundering over the last few days about a security issue at Google, and some users have reported receiving the following email: Dear Google Docs user, We wanted to let you know about a recent issue with your Google Docs account. We’ve identified and fixed a bug which may have caused you [...]

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Nikon D90

March 3, 2009

I’ll level with you: I’ve had a tough time finishing this review.  I’m a strong proponent of fair, balanced and unbiased reviews.  I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to test a lot of great camera gear.  When people ask me about digital SLRs, I’m usually quick to point out that Canon, Nikon and Olympus [...]

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