Month: August 2004

Free Microsoft Small Business Guide to Security. Thanks to a tip from The Office Weblog, I'll probably be spending part of my day reading this document (PDF) and seeing what sort of things I can pick up. [Life of a one-man IT department]

New: FileMaker Work Requests. FileMaker, Inc. released FileMaker Work Requests, an application for creating, tracking, and reporting on work orders. [MacInTouch]

Mea Culpa on Groove and Peer-to-Peer. Ray Ozzie correctly points out that Groove has solved the serverless coordination problem, including the subnet splitting problem. This is a notable oversight on my part, all the more so as Ray and I go back together 20 years. I was on the Groove board for many years and… Continue reading Mea Culpa on Groove and Peer-to-Peer

Upgrade your Putty Clients IMMEDIATELY!. To all the Windows users using Putty for SSH, please upgrade your putty clients IMMEDIATELY. PuTTY 0.55, released today, fixes a serious security hole which may allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client connecting to it. In SSH2, the attack can be performed before… Continue reading Upgrade your Putty Clients IMMEDIATELY!

321 Studios Shuts Its Doors. The software company, which had argued that movie fans have a right to back up their DVDs, couldn't afford to fight the deep pockets of the Hollywood studios. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]

What, Me Register?. News sites that require registration are just annoying their readers. As a result, many users get revenge by submitting bogus information. So why not drop the charade? Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. [Wired News]

Microsoft Exchange Assistance Center Launched. There is an updated portal in TechNet on the Microsoft website called the Microsoft Exchange Server Assistance Center. With a clean look, Exchange-specific RSS feeds, and random profiles of Exchange Server MVPs, it is surely a mandatory bookmark site for every Exchange administrator. [MS Exchange Blog]

Want Affordable E-Commerce? Check out Site Build It. Looking for affordable E-Commerce? Then check out Site Build It (SBI). Template driven, SBI shows users how to build a web site with high quality content, coupled with affiliate advertising, rather than just a straight product site. By Nathan Segal.  [WebReference News]

Michael Tiemann on the role of Fedora. Tall and lean, wearing a distinctive red Fedora, Michael Tiemann is a familiar presence at Linux and open source conferences. He was Red Hat's CTO for a while, and is now Vice President, Open Source Affairs. I think of him as a hacker/economist/entrepeneur, three roles that he wove… Continue reading Michael Tiemann on the role of Fedora

Throwing Tables out the Window. Last week Stopdesign's Douglas Bowman posted this great article about redesigning Microsoft's site using tableless layout. [Nick Bradbury]