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Vigilance

Posted on November 19, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Vigilance

It just works, it always has worked, and it always should work. How many clients have you heard this from? How many could have been saved problems with a little forethought, and a little vigilance? The problem with this lack of vigilance is the trouble it causes. Oh maybe not immediately, but eventually. Today I’ll…

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Computers, Rants

Random Thoughts On Security

Posted on November 13, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Random Thoughts On Security

Who thinks its funny that the day after Patch Tuesday, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 get hit with a zero day exploit that causes them to crash? Its one of those things that the timing seems suspect on. Obviously they knew about the exploit before hand, and had to confirm it before they would…

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Computers, Rants, Security, Software

The Joys of AT&T and Yahoo

Posted on October 21, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The Joys of AT&T and Yahoo

So, I have my main personal e-mail through AT&T/Yahoo. Its set up on my nice little Blackberry, on Outlook at home, and my friends and family know the address. I also get a bunch of e-mail newsletters from different computer news sites to it. So what happens? over the last month on my blackberry I…

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