Amongst other surveys, one is frequently cited that says a second monitor will increase productivity by an average of 42 percent (Jon Peddie Research). Now you can take a second monitor and its productivity gain with you. MEDL Tech has announced the world's first portable 13.3" LCD monitor which they're calling The Panel. The Panel has as many practical applications as a … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
iGoogle, YouTube has Downtime along with other Google Modules
I woke up this morning to find a very ugly iGoogle homepage. It appears a part of the Google infrastructure is down and it seems to be the gmodules.com area. This will cause iGoogle to not fully load all the way and other Google gadgets on websites will hang and take a while to time out before allowing the rest of the page to load. Some lines at the top state: 'Home' tab has … [Read more...]
Gmail Helps with your Security Concerns, Pt. 3
Gmail announced via their official blog an update to what was Gmail Helps with your Security Concerns, Pt. 1, which improved your ability to detect if somebody else was accessing your Gmail account. They accomplished this by showing you what IP addresses had recently been active on your account and allowed you to sign out any remote sessions. Well now, they've made things … [Read more...]
An XP Internet Security 2010 Infection Campaign Update
Earlier this month, the computers I'm responsible for were being hit hard by the XP Internet Security 2010 FakeAV that I posted about previously. A few computers each day would get infected. A lot of it was caused by the users veering off to visit non-work-related sites. I was already deploying the latest Java and Adobe Flash through Group Policy to all of my computers but I … [Read more...]
Eraser – Securely Delete Your Files
I have a guest post over at Freewaregenius discussing Eraser, an open-source application that allows you to securely delete your files. Just deleting a file with sensitive information doesn't get rid of it, often it can be retrieved or undeleted. Eraser allows you to securely get rid of these files unlike the normal delete function built into Windows. Check out the full article … [Read more...]