IT Management
Computerworld, 8/29/02: Buh-Bye to Geekspeak
Being something of a geek groupie, I've always taken a fairly benevolent view of IT geekspeak. I hear a lot of it at home and see a certain amount of it in the pages of Computerworld. I understand enough of it to be a bit dangerous - or just silly - such as when I make suggestions to our IT department like, "Have you tried rebooting the server?"
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Microsoft
ZDNet, 8/29/02: Windows flaw threatens PC services
By Robert Lemos
Microsoft said Wednesday that a critical flaw in most versions of the company's Windows operating system could allow malicious attackers to corrupt the digital certificates that PCs use to connect to network services.
The vulnerability can be exploited via a special coded ActiveX inserted into hypertext markup language (HTML), the lingua franca of the Web. To fall victim to attack, a PC user would have to browse a Web site, or open an HTML e-mail, specifically set up to take advantage of the vulnerability.
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High Tech Workstyles
The Wall Street Journal, 8/28/02: Hand-Helds Send Messages In More Ways Than One
By SUEIN HWANG
You're confined in a small room, struggling to stay awake as yet another manager chooses to drone on and on. Back at your desk, your computer is ringing up dozens of unanswered e-mails, each demanding your attention.
How tempting, then, would it be to use a little device such as a BlackBerry that lets you silently answer e-mails, hiding your hands under the wood-laminated table?
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