The 31 Worst Face-Palm Moments in IT
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August 2, 2013
You’ve probably heard the phrase “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. I want to introduce another in the same vein as that – “The Dumb, the Stupid, and the Unbelievable”. I’ve been an IT consultant for many years, and …
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10 Security Threats to an Organization – Part 1
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August 3, 2009
Every organization is aware of the importance of security – security of the building, security for employees and financial security are all a priority; however, an organization comprises many other assets that require security, most notably its IT infrastructure. An …
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Greetings from China
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July 31, 2009
During the recent months, spam originating from China has been hitting the mailboxes of users from all over the world. One interesting fact is that this latest wave of spam is constructed differently from its predecessors. What makes this spam …
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More Twitter followers, more Twitter competitions!
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July 30, 2009
@GFISoftware has hit another milestone on Twitter with over 5,000 followers keeping themselves up-to-date on all the latest news in web security, email management, network security and managed services and all other GFI Software-related events. Our Twitter account is kept active …
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Windows Digest authentication
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July 27, 2009
For those who need to explore the intricacies of authentication mechanisms that are available on Windows operating systems, I would like to make a stop at Windows Digest authentication and make a few comments about how it works (or doesn’t). …
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Confirmed: Windows 7 RTM build complete. Now when will you get it?
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July 23, 2009
July 22nd 2009 - Steve Ballmer signed off the RTM builds for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 at the annual sales kick-off event in Atlanta. This is big news for us all at GFI. Video of signing: Windows …
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Your chance to win a PS3 with GFI Software and Twitter
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July 22, 2009
GFI Software is giving ONE lucky person the chance to win an amazing PlayStation 3! The rules are simple and winning is just a tweet away. All you need to do is: follow @GFISoftware on Twitter express your desire to …
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VSS Troubleshooting
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July 21, 2009
The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), part of Microsoft Windows, provides a mechanism to create consistent point-in-time copies of hard-drives and is used by backup applications such as GFI Backup. Further information on how VSS works can be found at …
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Playing with processor affinity and Python
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July 20, 2009
Have you ever wondered as to how processor affinity influences a single threaded process on a multiprocessor machine? Well, I have. Today nearly all new machines come with 2 or 4 cores. If you’re lucky, you have an 8 core …
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How to choose an effective password
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July 17, 2009
Data has nowadays become our most valuable asset which needs to be protected at any cost. Data can be protected in many ways; however, the most common technique to protect information is with the use of passwords. A password consists …
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Security policies: making them work for you – Part 2
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July 16, 2009
In the first of this two part article, the discussion centered around the creation of IT security policies and why there often is strong resistance to their existence and implementation. Successfully implementing IT security polices goes beyond the technology and …
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