Monday, June 17, 2002

beware of Microsoft bearing gifts If you can't trust your software vendor, who can you trust? It seems that Microsoft recently shipped a little surprise with its Visual Studio .Net tools to Korea -- the Nimda virus. Although the exposure was extremely limited and mitigated by a number of happy circumstances, I can't help but wonder if Microsoft may be just a little too big for its own good, or at least its own ability to control production and distribution. Posted by Brad Shimmin at 10:15:57 AM   comment on this post  >>[]

new on the blog Hello everyone. Done with travel for the next week or so, things are starting to get back to normal here, as evidenced by an influx of content on the blog. With that in mind, here's a quick sampling of today's offerings. Five-Minute Workout: Managing WLAN Interference -- A quick and simple overview of the how devices play poorly with your wireless LAN. TechQuiz: Wireless LAN Security and Reliability -- This week, we're giving away an extremely cool digital camera for the Compaq iPAQ. Webcast: The CEO Minute: James Cady, WatchGuard -- I sat down with Mr. Cady to chat about WatchGuard's offerings and improving security patch management through lots of human smarts and just a bit of automation. Interactive Buyer's Guide: Web Editors -- this update will help you choose between the likes of Adobe Go Live and Compare IT: IP PBX -- This week, we look at AltiGen Communications, Shoreline Communications and Siemens Current issue, week one -- we've got a feature on high-speed building-to-building connections, an RFI on metro Gigabit Ethernet providers, and a sneak of Solaris 9...to name but a few. Posted by Brad Shimmin at 12:34:53 AM   comment on this post  >>[]