Tag: technews

Vistado

So it looks like Microsoft is going to support XP for 6 more years, until 2014. So if you’ve bought a Vista equipped PC recently, you gotta ask : “So pano na ngayon ang binayad ko sa Vista?!” Mind you, this isn’t a pro – Linux or pro – anything rant. I don’t own a… Continue reading Vistado

VMWare Shows The Way

I love it that VMWare stock is doing well in the U.S. stock market right now. I’ve often wished I could play in that market if I had the chance, particularly during Apple new product situations and occasionally, a few web services in the past that I thought would do well (although I’m not gonna… Continue reading VMWare Shows The Way

Thoughts on: “People seen as the Achilles’ heel of computer security”

From here: LAS VEGAS–The most vexing weakness in computer security is not in the hardware or the software, it is in the people who use the machines, according to top hackers and cyber safety specialists. “It really is more of a human problem than a technical problem,” Dan Kaminisky of Dox Para Research said at… Continue reading Thoughts on: “People seen as the Achilles’ heel of computer security”

Girl fired via text

A yawner of a news article From Yahoo: LONDON (AFP) – A company has defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture. Katy Tanner, a 21-year-old sales assistant, received the message while she was off work with a migraine, the South Wales… Continue reading Girl fired via text

Belkin Appoints Microwarehouse

Attended the fashion show / launch event today at Shangrila Makati. Belkin is the world-famous iPod accessory manufacturer, but they’d be the first to point out they also manufacture other stuff like input devices, wifi routers (which will incidentally compete with Microwarehouse’s Linksys products), and the one that caught my eye, pretty KVM switches. That’s… Continue reading Belkin Appoints Microwarehouse

Ability wha?

From Pinoytechblog: ICAP chooses Ability Office. I first read about it or Bernie Janda’s blog here. The reaction from PTB has been expectedly fierce, saying in effect that ICAP was out of its mind to choose that in lieu of Openoffice, and hinting at under the table arrangements. However, I’d like to ask a few… Continue reading Ability wha?

Suing Microsoft – A good investment?

In this article Californians to soon get $1.1 bln from Microsoft, it says: Beginning in August, Californians who have filed claims will receive vouchers that can be redeemed for cash during the next four years, said Richard Grossman, whose law firm represented plaintiffs in the class-action case..