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Printer Priorities Written by Deb Donston; illustrated by Brian Moore Printer Priorities – Security Security was on the minds of many IT pros who eWEEK Labs asked about printers. Said one CIO, Remember, printers are inside the firewall and thus are trusted–big mistake.’ Printer Priorities – Robo-Printer At one site, on-board cache was replaced and […]

The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving written by eWEEK Labs; designed by Brian Moore The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving – 1. Humanscale Freedom Chair Humanscale Freedom Chair, starts at $849: Automatically adjusting support mechanisms provide maximum ergonomic benefit with minimum effort. ‘For seated comfort while planted in The Geeks Guide to Holiday Gift-Giving – […]

eWEEKs Technology in Film Awards Edited by Deb Donston eWEEKs Technology in Film Awards – Best Use of Technology as a Metaphor for Chaos Under Bureaucratic Control eWEEK’s award for the best use of technology as a metaphor for chaos under bureaucratic control goes to Terry Gilliam’s 1985 classic ‘Brazil.’ Both Orwellian in nature and […]

Novell Brainshare 2007 Software for the Open Enterprise. The Novell technology lab provides attendees with demonstrations of products and services old and new. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server-virtualization with Xen was among the 60 stations in setup on Monday. Novell Brainshare 2007 – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Microsoft’s empty booth dominated the entrance to the […]

Dos and Donts for Vista and Office 2007 Written by Peter Coffee; Designed by Brian Moore Dos and Donts for Vista and Office 2007 – Dont Hype Dont talk about the products. Ninety-eight percent of PC users who are asked what they use will say Windows. Not Windows 98, not Windows 2000, not Windows XP. […]

You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … Written and illustrated by Brian Moore You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – Fewer Blinking Lights, More RAM … Your current system can run Vista … (do all those blinking lights do anything?) … You Can Count Yourself Lucky If … – The Price Is Right … […]

The Wearing of the IT Green Next week, Intel will begin shipping a new lineup of low-power quad-core Xeon processors. The new chips will consume just 50-watts each, a 35 to 60 percent reduction from Intels existing 80W and 120W quad-core server processors. AMD’s quad-core competito The Wearing of the IT Green – VIA Slims […]

eWeek Labs Walk-Through: Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet Lenovos latest tablet PC, the ThinkPad X60 Tablet, features Intels low-voltage Core Duo and Core Solo dual core processors, and has a starting price of $1,799. eWeek Labs Walk-Through: Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet – Touch-Screen Display The ThinkPad X60 Tablet, which starts shipping in early December, features a […]

Subverting RFID Chips in ID Docs Written by Renee Ferguson; Illustrated by Stephen Anderson Subverting RFID Chips in ID Docs – Introduction Now that RFID-chipped passports are being widely distributed by the U.S. State Department and other chipped ID documents are under discussion, the question remains: How do you disable the damn thing if you […]

The Seven Deadly IT Sins To achieve a higher IT calling, avoid these transgressions at all costs. The Seven Deadly IT Sins – Pride Share the love. Its not about You. No matter how good you are, Me is out and We is in. The Seven Deadly IT Sins – Greed Dont be a gimme […]

Ten Gifts Your IT Department Doesnt Want You to Get This Holiday Small, easy-to-use digital cameras are great for travel and taking photos while on the go. They can also be useful for surreptitiously copying sensitive corporate information and taking it off company grounds. Ten Gifts Your IT Department Doesnt Want You to Get This […]

Oh, the Sights You See at RSA 2007 … Marketing Manager Edward David of Orange, Calif.-based 8e6 Technologies shows off a turbo-powered blade server to illustrate what his company does: URL filtering, IM and P2P control, Web use reporting, and bandwidth management. Davids labo Oh, the Sights You See at RSA 2007 … – TriGeo […]