Monthly Archives: February 2010

FTC Warns Of Widespread Data Breaches

More than 100 companies ranging in size up to 10,000. It really is hard to believe sometimes how little many companies think of security.  Yes it is costly and a pain, but a fine and legal action seems equally painful.

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Watch Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 kill Google’s Nexus One’s battery (with video)

Wow!  I wonder if this is how it would be on the iPhone? The battery went from 50% to 25% in only six minutes of using flash on Nexus One.

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Why multitasking on iPhone isn’t important

So this is a provocative opinion piece. I can understand why people feel that IT people are arrogant.  I think everyone has skills that they are best at.  It doesn’t help to make fun of others ignorance because we all … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Server v10.5, 10.6: iChat Jabber authentication does not work with short names that contain uppercase characters

This is kind of surprising. This article shows 3 options you have to fix this.  The second option seems the safest to me.

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Are Macs increasing in business?

This article states that more Macs are in the enterprise than before. Some people disagree with this assessment and peg Mac usage in the enterprise to be at only 1%.  That seems rather low.

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Hey, Is This An Apple Store, Or A Computer School?

This post tells one persons experience For me, this post is a bit of an overreaction.  I’ve been in the Apple Store many times in the last 2 months working on the Macbook problem I’ve had, and sometimes they have … Continue reading

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Why Google Buzz confirmed our two worst fears about Google

Jason Hiner hit the nail on the head. I have been looking for alternatives to gmail.  I really like what it offers but I can no longer trust it.  I am also not using Mobile me anymore and that will soon expire. … Continue reading

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