Amazon has opened another front in its battle with Microsoft and Google. Looking to take on Google Apps and Microsoft's Office 365/Exchange, Amazon Web Services introduced Amazon WorkMail. It is currently in a preview stage but the service allows secured, managed email and calendaring. Amazon WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendaring service with support for … [Read more...]
Reining in Java in your environment
In most enterprises, Java is a necessary evil. While most home users these days can get away with just uninstalling, in the corporate world there is still a need for Java. That means tolerating the security risks and update nags and Ask Toolbars and the generally ad hoc default settings. Or does it? Oracle provides Java Deployment Documentation with instructions for using a … [Read more...]
Remove the most annoying comments from YouTube automatically
If you're looking for insight and rational discussion, the last place I would recommend is the YouTube comments section. Many "trolls" seem to have found no better way to pass their time than posting inane comments on popular YouTube videos. Your best bet is to not waste any time reading the comments, let alone replying to the offensive word vomit. If you use Firefox or … [Read more...]
Dimmdrive brings a RAMdisk to gaming
We have previously written about a RAM disk with StarWind RAM Disk. The software essentially tricks your computer into treating an amount of RAM similar to a hard drive where you can temporarily store and access files at really high speeds. Another product has come along called Dimmdrive which offers a RAMdisk tailored to gamers. The software has been available previously but … [Read more...]
Remote Desktop from Mac: Cannot verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to
I was recently working with somebody trying to remote desktop from a freshly installed Mac to a Windows computer. They would consistently get the error message: "Remote Desktop Connection cannot verify the identity of the computer that you want to connect to. Try reconnecting to the Windows-based computer, or contact our administrator." We double-checked all of the settings … [Read more...]