Article archive for 2008 – Page 4

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Scorched earth

It’s been a rough couple of days. We’re OK, but the Florida fires got close. Real close. Like probably about a hundred yards away close. The pool house in our development caught fire. A fire-rescue trailer at the school across the street caught fire, and no matter where you go, there’s scorched earth. Literally.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

The White House email controversy: it’s time for a Special Prosecutor

These have not been good weeks in our cause to repair the systemic problems with White House email. This week, we have a judge who’s directing the White House to look in many of the wrong places. We have a White House CIO who claims that asset management is a new invention, so it’s tough to keep track of those pesky hard drives. We also have a White House who can’t account for any email messages at all during the months of the initial Iraq invasion. And we have a Congress who’s decided we don’t need any real form of record management for another four years. Sadly, officials in Washington are not making the situation any better. In fact, it’s getting worse.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The worrisome implications of the Mexican theft of White House BlackBerry devices

Our ongoing story about the security of White House email took a strange turn on Friday, proving some of the national security concerns I’ve been discussing to be true in a particularly tangible and unfortunate way. What makes this topic so troubling, of course, is the serious national security breach that may have occurred. But there’s more to the story, including issues of the relationship between the United States and Mexico, and even how racial stereotyping may have contributed to spinning this story in a way that may be obscuring the true magnitude of the possible damage to our national security.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Our guide to the RSS guides

In this all-new book review shootout, we put four books to the test. Read on to learn how Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom by Ben Hammersley, Content Syndication with RSS by Ben Hammersley, Beginning RSS and Atom Programming by Danny Ayers and Andrew Watt, and Hacking RSS and Atom by Leslie M. Orchard stand up to our editorial review.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Tips for better email negotiations

Life is a series of negotiations. A common myth is to see negotiation as the purview of people in pinstripes. Instead, negotiation is for every one who wants to be more successful in life. And while negotiation is often considered a face-to-face activity, many good negotiation strategies can apply to your email conversations as well.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

My Inbox in the Sky, a hosted Exchange mailbox

Have you ever wanted access to your Outlook data, anywhere, any time, on any device? If you want to learn how to accomplish this, easily, and without running your own servers, read this important article by Bill Mann.

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

The White House email controversy: where have all the computers gone?

In the melange of technology and politics that describes the story of the White House email controversy, there is yet another chapter. In our latest plot twist, the White House CIO claims that email messages from 2003 to 2005 either can’t be produced because they’re not missing, because the computers they were on have been destroyed, or because it’s too hard to find them. In this article, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz digs in and provides a detailed analysis and point-counterpoint to the White House’s response, along with exploring a key element that all of the parties to this controversy seem to be missing. And, sadly, he’s also uncovered at least two new serious security risks at the White House. Read on.

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

How to email yourself reminders so they get your attention

As you may have noticed, there aren’t a whole lot of options in Outlook for customizing how reminders display. If you want to make sure you notice your reminders, there are really two available approaches you could take. In this article, David Gewirtz explores those options.

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Internet safety for grandparents: protecting your computer and its information

One of the most important aspects of computer ownership is knowing how to protect your computer and the files that it contains. Before you can do that, you have to understand some of the things that might hinder that process and the steps you can take in order to prevent the loss of valuable files. As a grandparent and writer, Brenda Coxe tells us that nothing would upset her more than to lose years worth of hard work and irreplaceable pictures of her grandchildren that she holds on her computer.

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

A best-practices approach to email branding

This interesting article by Rick Robertson discusses the goals of email branding, the reasoning behind it, the desired impact and perceived barriers to implementation. It will also look at best practices for enacting an email-branding protocol across the organization and provide some technical tips on how to create impressive email signatures and disclaimers that incorporate photos and other dynamic elements without stressing bandwidth and email-storage requirements.

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