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Replacing the DVD in My G4

Replacing a failed DVD drive in a Mac G4 takes only a few tools and a few tricks. Here's how I muddled my way through to a working system.

(Is There) Motivation for VoIP Fuzzing

What have we learned during these six or so years of proactive security work with VoIP fuzzing? Here is my top ten discoveries.

Apple September 9 event promises to be SO BORING

Even a true cultist has his limits, Steve.

Google and the Browser OS Push

Google-watching, now a fine art, went into hyperdrive with their new Chrome browser (one of many stories here). Some reports say Chrome already has one percent of the browser market, an impressive rollout.

Second Life romance ends extremely badly

Kimberly Jernigan of Durham, N.C., met a Delaware man in Second Life but the gentleman, perhaps predictably, ended the romance after the two met in person. And that's when things took a turn for the worse.

Leadership readiness for virtual business

Organizational leadership in the virtual firm is fundamentally different than leadership in an Industrial-Era firm. Don’t get me wrong, the works of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Peter Drucker laid the foundation to scientific process management principals. However, these bellwethers were coming at business theory during the Industrial Revolution. Their focus was on improving assembly line efficiencies, the core of most companies in their era. Today we seek to improve the flow of intelligence: intelligence on supply chain, customer satisfaction, distribution, research and development, and other processes. Business processes and how they interplay are at the core of the virtual business.

Seven ways to build technologist teamwork

Teamwork is made even more complex as employees increasingly work at a distance from one another. While sophisticated communication devices allow team members to collaborate on a project from different locations across the country, there are also some less technology-centric ways of encouraging teamwork.

Here are seven tips to help maintain and strengthen the IT department's teamwork and cohesion.

The design phase

Some of you may also be having a grumble right now, because you were sold on this concept of “rapid prototyping” with Expression Blend from Microsoft, which is fantastic and exactly the process you would rather be taking to really speed up this entire design phase, except for one little problem: if your designers are not comfortable with Blend, then you are not going to get a heavily designed prototype.

Blogs useful for integrators

Normally, I don’t spend time reading blogs. If I read all those that I’d find useful, I’d never get anything done. Nevertheless, there’s some good stuff out there.

SOHO PC Racks

If I can order a rack of ribs, why can't I order a rack of PCs?