We have always loved Websense for content filtering of malicious web content. Now apparently Facebook does too for the same reasons. https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220457/Facebook_turns_to_Websense_for_malicious_URL_detection?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-10-03
Facebook Adopts Websense for Content Filtering
Windows XP Use Falls While Windows 7 Adoption Increases
An interesting article discussing the fact that Microsoft Windows XP use is on the decline with just over 50% of the computers running Windows XP. At the same time the rate of Windows 7 adoption continues to increase. The article states that they expect the number of Microsoft Windows 7 machines in use to exceed […]
Social Networking Privacy and Security Tips from Microsoft
Microsoft has put together a good list of basic things you, your employees and your family members should consider when using Social Media. Protect your privacy from identity theft. Don’t be fooled by online and email scams. Protect your reputation. https://www.
Firefox v7.01 Out Now
Firefox continues to release updates at a dizzying pace. I read one article that they said they were going to continue to use numbers for their versions. At this pace we’ll have Firefox 75 sometime by the end of 2015! Here is an article describing what Firefox 7 has to offer over 6, 5, and […]
US Libraries Now Lending eBooks for Kindle
I love my Kindle. I actually read books again. Its battery life is amazing. The fact that I can go outside and read in bright sunlight is awesome. The fact that I can email PDFs to the Kindle to read later is extremely useful for technical manuals.
Don’t be afraid of DNS Scavenging. Just be patient.
This is an excellent article from Microsoft TechNet on the navigating complexities of DNS scavenging. DNS scavenging is a means of helping DNS clean up after itself. https://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2008/03/19/don-t-be-afraid-of-dns-scavenging-just-be-patient.
Include Volunteer Work On Your Resume
A brief article on the importance of listing your volunteer work on your resume or on-line profiles in addition to your work experience.
Microsoft Discontinuing Windows Desktop Gadgets
Microsoft made a big deal about desktop gadgets when Microsoft Vista came out. I never really liked them because they took up too much space on the desktop for what they did. Now apparently Microsoft is going to discontinue them as well. https://www.infoworld.
Links in Excel are broken, error on file save, after applying security update MS11-072
Here is a post from Microsoft TechNet discussing issues with Microsoft Excel that have cropped up since MS11-072 came out and was applied. The article describes the issue and provides a work around for the two scenarios that Microsoft is seeing. One is dead links and the other is attempting to save an Excel file […]
What IT should know about Windows 8
Microsoft has been introducing the world to what is coming next in Windows 8. This is a good article introducing what comes after Windows 7: https://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/what-it-should-know-about-windows-8-173881?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-10-01