Monthly Archives: July 2010

Make your Presentations less boring!

There have been many times in my IT career that I’ve had to give presentations, and if you haven’t consider yourself lucky.  My presentations have covered Network Design, Network Upgrades, and Software Implementation all the way down to weekly user training.  I’ve made many mistakes in my presentations when I started out (and sometimes still…

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Patch: iPhone IOS 4.0.1 Released

Apple has just issued the 4.0.1 iOS update, which now includes a new formula for displaying reception bars. This updates doesn’t really fix the route problem that the phone has, just displays the bars a little differently.  This new formula is supposedly the way AT&T recommends and doesn’t actually improve reception.  Apple reported that the…

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Update Tuesday: July 13th 2010

    There wasn’t a huge amount of updates this month from Microsoft, but be aware that some of the problems being patched this month, were from publically reported exploits, so you want to make sure you get your updates applied as soon as you can. Update: KB2229593 –  Type: Critical (XP) and Low (2003) What…

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What your boss doesn’t want to hear

    I’ve been on both sides of the managers desk, and recently when talking with another tech, I thought about excuses that I’ve heard and some that I may have used.  An important part of any IT department is communication and following through with projects or workload, and someone’s excuses can hurt that department.  I…

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Patch: Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update

Oracle has released a Critical Patch Update for this month to address 59 different vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains some of the following security fixes: * 6 for Oracle Database Server * 2 for TimesTen In-Memory Database * 5 for Oracle Secure Backup * 7 for Oracle Fusion Middleware * 1 for Oracle…

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Q&A Monday: Small Business Alternatives

Question: Hi Jim, I recently have come across your blog and have found what I understood interesting.  I am not much of a tech person, but I am currently starting my own business, and my budget doesn’t allow for a lot of money spent on software. I plan to get all the normal software (outlook,…

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Why you should encrypt your iPhone backup!

I was reading an article about how the iPhone backup that your iTunes makes when you sync your phone can be cracked (for better or worse).  It wasn’t even really a setting that I paid attention to, until this article came up.  When I went to check, there it was, unchecked: “Encrypt iPhone backup”.  Figuring…

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Are Training Programs worth it?

I had the chance recently to talk with another System Admin and he was relaying some problems he was having after rolling out a new software package in their company.  The problem was that after it was was up and running and turned over to the users, it wasn’t widely used.   This program had eaten…

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Browser Update: Google Chrome 5.0.375.99

Google has released a new version of their Chrome browser, updating the browser to version 5.0.375.99 on Linux, Mac and Windows Systems. This update to 5.0.375.99, is stated to fix the following errors that have been occurring in the browser: LOW [42396] OOB read with WebGL. Credit to Sergey Glazunov; Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined)….

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