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Sitekeeper is developed by Executive Software. It is designed to automate the distribution and installation of software patches and upgrades, by "pushing" them to client workstations. Does anyone have experience with this product? Thanks.

For all you PC geniuses-I'm building my very first system, and I'm now looking at Case and PSU options. I like RAIDMAX Cases, but I'm unsure of the stock PSU's which accompany them. Does anyone have experience with Raidmax PSU's?

I like to play games sometimes at games.com. Some idiot was on there the other day acting like a jerk trying to send rude messages while the game was on. I basically told the idiot where to go and then he comes back and says he's going to mess up my password so I can't get back on the site using that screen name. I said whatever, muted the dude and that was that. I try to get back on the site with the same screen name and it won't work now!!Does anyone know how someone can mess up your...

This information comes from the LangaList, a GREAT, FREE computer and technology newsletter published by Fred Langa, formerly the Editor of Byte Magazine. This AOL scanning / blocking issue has been covered in two segments so far; here is the first one: AOL Madness (Warn Your Friends) AOL is at it again. This time, it's reading *inside* its members' emails, and preemptively blocking any messages that contain links to sites that AOL doesn't want you to see. Note: I'm *not* talking about simple mail blocks, where a mail is discarded if it originates from a "forbidden" address. No: AOL is...

Morena Michelangelo shops for food in reverse. When she enters her local Stop & Shop supermarket in Quincy, Mass., she meticulously unfolds and lines up six brown bags along the bottom of her shopping cart. And even though she has plenty more groceries to buy, she rings up and bags her chips and soda. Rather than a backward shopper, Ms. Michelangelo considers herself a progressive one. She uses new technology - a mobile computer and bar-code scanner - that she plucks from a rack and attaches to her shopping cart. It allows her to find, ring up, and bag her...

I hadn’t heard anything via the news today, but the DIS (Department of Information Services) the department responsible for upkeep of the state’s computer systems (Government, Schools, etc.) instructed all schools statewide that all computers, including workstations, servers, etc. MUST be shut down at the end of the school day today (Friday 4/16/2004). This is to apply to ALL computers tied in with the state network. The reason? An unmanageable number of viruses and an attack by hackers (probably allowed in via the email worms infecting the system). The network is suppose to be completely down through 8:00 AM Monday...

BOSTON (AP) - For years, futurists have dreamed of machines that can read minds, then act on instructions as they are thought. Now, human trials are set to begin on a brain-computer interface involving implants. Cyberkinetics Inc. of Foxboro, Mass., has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a clinical trial in which four-square-millimeter chips will be placed beneath the skulls of paralyzed patients. If successful, the chips could allow patients to command a computer to act - merely by thinking about the instructions they wish to send. It's a small, early step in a mission to improve the...

Sun has finally found an American partner for its Java Desktop System (JSD), the company's Linux-based alternative to Microsoft Windows: über-retailer Wal-Mart.Wal-Mart on Tuesday began selling low-cost Microtel PCs pre-loaded with JDS, offering several systems at prices ranging from $298 to $698.Java Desktop System, which runs on Linux, includes the Gnome desktop, StarOffice productivity suite, Mozilla Web browser, and the Evolution e-mail client, and is Sun's pitch as a replacement for Windows and Microsoft Office in both the consumer and enterprise arenas.On Tuesday, Sun said that it was seriously considering Wal-Mart as the sole PC supplier for JDS-equipped computers.To prove...

'Witty' Worm Wrecks Computers The worm targets Windows computers that run specific security firewalls. By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Saturday, March 20, 2004; 7:02 PM A quickly spreading Internet worm destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of personal computers worldwide Saturday morning by exploiting a security flaw in a firewall program designed to protect PCs from online threats, computer experts said.

<p>Regulators say software maker broke antitrust rules, to propose hundreds of millions in fines.</p> <p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft has broken European Union antitrust law and could face sanctions and hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, according to a draft decision expected to win endorsement on Monday from an advisory committee to the 15 EU states.</p>

Ok, you computer people. I'm at my neighbor's right now, because I need your help. Without warning, my computer died. It just stopped. The power light stayed on, but then after unplugging it and plugging it back in after finding I had no control over the thing, the power light does not come on anymore, nor do I hear the sound from the harddrive. Just silence. Is this a power supply failure? (neighbor's opinion) If so, could it have damaged more components? Do I need a new computer, or can just the power supply be replaced? How common is this?...

Outsourcing: A New Occupational Hazard Paul Craig Roberts Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2004 Who does Bill Gates think he is fooling? Microsoft's chairman spent the last week of February on the college stump trying to talk up computer engineering. But nothing he can say can overcome the fact that students have been reading announcements from every American high-tech company, including Microsoft itself, about thousands of engineering and research jobs being moved to Asia. On Feb. 16, The Associated Press reported that Siemens announced that the firm will move most of the 15,000 software programming jobs from its offices in the...

<p>GOP staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had free access to sensitive Democratic computer files because of what investigators termed a “significant lack of security” on the committee’s network.</p> <p>A report by the Senate sergeant at arms has blamed the poor controls on the IT administrator’s inexperience and lack of training.</p>

I created a thread here a couple weeks back. I was asking for help with a Web site that I was planning on building for the OSU College Republicans. Well I have now built that Web site, and you can view it here. Let me know what you think of it. But I do have another problem I would like some help with. Our Public Relations manager somehow made it to where the Web site is now also available at www.osurepublicans.comBUT when you go to that one...it brings up an error. It says that a run time error has occured,...

New variants of Mydoom, Netsky, and Bagle seen as evidence of escalating feud. Antivirus experts have identified new versions of three major e-mail worms and say that a "war" between rival virus writers may be to blame for the rash of outbreaks in recent weeks. New versions of the Mydoom, Netsky, and Bagle have all appeared on the Internet in the last 24 hours. Antivirus researchers have uncovered text messages in two of the worms that suggest a battle is underway between virus writers, antivirus companies say. Examples of Netsky.F, Bagle.K ,and Mydoom.H were isolated on Wednesday, according to antivirus...

E-mail tries out a sense of smell An e-mail would contain a code for a particular scent You could soon be able to spice up your e-mails with your favourite perfume. UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people to send aromatic e-mails over the internet. It has developed a kind of hi-tech air freshener that plugs into a PC and sprays a smell linked to the message. Telewest say it could be used by supermarkets to tempt people with the smell of fresh bread or by holiday companies seeking to stir up images of...

Here is my issue: I have a Dell and I am running Windows XP. A few months ago, I began getting a small window popping up on my desktop basically saying, "Winnet error, must close, send error report, blah, blah..." But that was no big deal. NOW, whenever I am on the internet and I click on something, on every third click or so the internet window will simply close and I will have to begin again. I have tried to go through the manufacturer but their hours are useless and they won't help me without my 24 (yes, 24)...

The email has the following characteristics: From: (Spoofed) Subject: (One of the following) hi hello read it immediately something for you warning information stolen fake unknown Message: (One of the following) anything ok? what does it mean? ok i'm waiting read the details. here is the document. read it immediately! my hero [here is that true? is that your name? is that your account? i wait for a reply! is that from you? you are a bad writer I have your password! something about you! kill the writer of this document! i hope it is not true! your name is...

What are thoughts on the relative strengths and weaknesses of both products? Thanks.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Hackers broke into a state agency's server containing the sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of people who work as nannies, butlers, and gardeners, and those who employ them. Evidence of a computer break-in at the Employment Development Department was discovered Jan. 20 during a routine check and immediately shut down the server that holds information on household workers and their employers, spokesman Kevin Callori said Friday. The server houses information on about 90,000 people. The hackers gained access to employee's names, Social Security numbers and wage records, and some employers' Social Security numbers, Callori...