Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Dennis Little
The top Government IT / Security Conference & Expo, FOSE 2011, is returning to Washington, D.C., July 19-21 with featured speaker Steve Wozniak. In past years, the vendor floor has been very good and I enjoy getting hands-on with the newest tech. The 400+ vendor expo is free, and if you plan to attend the [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2010 by Dennis Little
A client of mine likes to use GoToMyPC to access her office computers and I ran into a couple snags getting GoToMyPC installed remotely. The solutions and problems I was having do not appear to be documented anywhere, so hopefully others will find the following tips helpful. Internet Explorer – Data Execution Prevention Error My [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Dennis Little
Last year, I had the pleasure of attending FOSE/GOVSEC 2009 in D.C. and I look forward to attending again this year. Last year’s exhibit floors were packed with some very nice gear and it was exciting to see emerging trends and get hands-on with some of the latest and greatest gadgets relating to gov’t information [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Dennis Little
A good deal of my TV viewing is done through Hulu. If you are not familiar with the service, Hulu is bascially a web-based television — allowing you to watch the latest episodes of a number of popular TV programs through your computer. To boot, they have quite an archive of old favorites too; I [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Dennis Little
A month or so back, a few members of Direct Brands‘ IT group presented to the Central PA VMUG (VMware User Group). The talk was focused on VMware’s View product and one item of special interest to me was how they got their SIP client software (soft phone) for Windows XP working on VMware View [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Dennis Little
I have long-used VNC and variants (ie: TightVNC) as a way to access my Linux desktops. Comparing VNC to Windows’ Remote Desktop, I have never been happy at all with the way that VNC underperforms. This is of course due to the underlying differences in the way that VNC and RDP render screens, but that [...]
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Dennis Little
Forget the presidential race — Yesterday’s really exciting news came out of Macworld 2008 when Steve Jobs introduced the two new Apple products that will further solidify and extend the quintessential Apple brand. Macbook Air and Time Capsule are prime examples of what Apple is becoming best known for: extremely well engineered and executed products that emphasize function, embody elegant design and reduce environmental impact. In the midst of a crisis that is the revolt against adoption of Windows Vista,
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Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Dennis Little
I have been using Fog Creek Copilot for a few months now and I am very impressed with the software. The small Copilot download works on Windows and MacOS X, allowing on-demand remote viewing and control of another computer once a special invite code is entered on the web site. Best of all, free Copilot [...]
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