I'm an IT Professional, geek and technology 'edge case'. I enjoy keeping up with the latest devices, technologies and news in the IT world. On this site I post some of those things I find most interesting. I hope you find them interesting as well.
Google phone to cost $179, debut Oct. 22
The first phone that harnesses Google Inc.’s ambition to make the Internet easy to use on the go was revealed Tuesday, and it looks a lot like an iPhone. T-Mobile USA showed off the G1, a phone that, like Apple Inc.’s iPhone, has a large touch screen. But it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google’s e-mail and mapping programs.
On the Palin e-mail hacker trail
Keeping you up to date on the privacy invasion that the privacy absolutists don’t want to talk about, here’s the latest on the Sarah Palin e-mail hacker case – A grand jury in Chattanooga could hear testimony this week into the break-in:
Verizon Offers Contract-Free Wireless Service
Have a fear of commitment but want to reap the benefits of the Verizon Network anyway? Take comfort, Verizon announced today that beginning immediately wireless customers can sign up for month-to-month service, without a contract. The new Month-to-Month agreement will allow consumers to purchase new handsets at full-retail price (or use their own CDMA devices) without the commitment of a one- or two-year contract. Additionally they can terminate their agreement at the end of any month without paying an Early Termination Fee.
FINALLY – Tabs Open Relative Puts New Tabs Next to Your Current Tab
This is the feature I’ve been waiting for FF and IE7/8 to include forever. If I’m in a tab and want to open a link in a new tab… why would I ever want it to go all the way to the right 4 or 5 tabs over? Finally that little piece of annoyance is out of my life!
Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time
Today, we’re launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. Let’s say you want to learn more about the landing on the Moon. Try a search for [Americans walk on moon], and you’ll be able to find and read an original article from a 1969 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Zune 3 is a free upgrade for current Zune owners
Finally, the Zune’s Wi-Fi feature does something worthwhile. With the ability to access public and password-protected Wi-Fi hot spots, your Zune can now update itself on the fly and download tracks directly from Zune Marketplace. Zune Pass users will get the most from this feature since they’ll be able to stream as much music as they want directly from Zune Marketplace as an added value. Pair this feature up with a speaker dock and you’ve essentially got a killer commercial-free jukebox.
This article was going around last week. Pretty interesting study, but geez who are these people? Not only would 88% of them steal passwords and sensitive information but 88% of them actually admitted they would. Or do you think this survey was somehow corrupted by untruthful IT staff?
88% of SysAdmins Would Steal Passwords
A staggering 88 percent of IT administrators admitted they would take corporate secrets, if they were suddenly made redundant. The target information included CEO passwords, customer database, research and development plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company’s list of privileged passwords.The research also revealed that, of that 88 percent, a third would take the privilege password list to gain access to valuable documents such as financial reports, accounts, salaries and other privileged information.
