From CNET.com…
VMware takes on Windows XP-to-7 move | Beyond Binary – CNET News: “VMware says that, like its rival Parallels, it has virtualization software that can help ease the transition from Windows XP to Windows 7.”
Jun 122010
Jun 112010
Top-Ten IT Issues, 2010 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE: “Administered by the EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee, the electronic survey was conducted in December 2009.1 Survey participants — typically CIOs of EDUCAUSE member institutions — were asked to select the five most-important IT issues out of a selection of twenty-seven in each of four areas: (1) issues that are critical for strategic success; (2) issues that are expected to increase in significance; (3) issues that demand the greatest amount of the campus IT leader’s time; and (4) issues that require the largest expenditures of human and fiscal resources.”
Jun 112010
Very interesting, from Lifehacker.com…
Repurpose a Cookbook Stand for Well Ventilated Laptop Support: “People are perpetually on the lookout for a good laptop stand the better ventilated and more adjustable the better. It turns out we may have all been looking for the perfect stand in the wrong aisle.”
Jun 102010
From TechRepublic.com…
Review: LuckyBackup for Linux systems | Product Spotlight | TechRepublic.com: “Backups are a crucial aspect of any PC users work. No matter if you are a home user who uses the PC for home banking or a data center administrator who depends upon backups as the go-to failsafe for petabytes of company data, without a backup you could find yourself dead in the water.”
Jun 092010
From Lifehacker.com…
Microsoft Security Essentials Finds New Malware But Avoids False Positives, Still the Best Free Option: “Microsoft’s free Security Essentials package rates well at removing malware and running light, but what about dealing with brand-new, unidentified bad stuff? Turns out Security Essentials is still the best at figuring out what’s bad—while also avoiding annoying false positives.”
Jun 072010
Logs: Your Linux System’s Lovable Worker Bees | Linux Magazine: “Logs: Your Linux System’s Lovable Worker Bees”
Jun 072010
From Linux-mag.com…
From the Sys Admin Toolbox: Logwatch | Linux Magazine: “From the Sys Admin Toolbox: Logwatch”
Jun 052010
From WebWorkerDaily.com…
Tom’s Planner Gets Collaborative: “Tom’s Planner — an easy-to use online planing tool that can create Gantt charts — has been updated with an oft-requested feature: Collaboration.”
