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IASA taps on govt muscle in Asia
News By recruiting politicians as patrons for its chapters in the region, the International Association of Software Architects eyes more open doors.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Software, IT Governance, Government, Chapter, Philippines, Asia-Pacific, Software Architects Inc., Europe, Malaysia
What Y2K can teach us about 2012
Blogs Dec. 21, 2012. It's a big day on the calendar, particularly because some believe it marks the last day of the world as w...
In death do we digitally depart
Blogs My parents never really sat me down for that dreaded discussion about death, but I knew at an early age that life was in...
Master Vim basics and power user tips
Techguide Vincent Danen, who has used vim for a number of years, says he picked up new things and seriously tweaked his vim configuration after reading "Hacking Vim" by Kim Schulz.
Tags: Open source, Red Hat Inc., Chapter, hacking, Vincent Danen, remote system, spell checker, Perl, text editor, font
Learning more about Nagios
Techguide Nagios is a very powerful tool for server monitoring, but the learning curve can be steep for newcomers. A resource may help.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Infrastructure/architecture management, Chapter, Plug-in, SNMP, font size, IMAP4, Nagios, Server
Print selected pages from different sections of a Word document
Techguide Choosing which pages to print is a straightforward process, thanks to Word's Page Range options. But if those pages belong to different document sections, you'll need to give Word a little extra guidance.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Section, Chapter, Parameter Query, data entry, Microsoft Excel 2007, Figure, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access
When Access queries won't update
Techguide Once you know why the query won't update, you can rethink the query's structure to obtain a more flexible query.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Query, Chapter, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
More time needed for revised Google Books deal
News After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.
Tags: Web services, Search, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law, Judge, patient, Search
Facebook adopts new privacy policy
News The social-networking site hopes that policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.
Tags: Privacy, Facebook, Revision, Social Networking, network, Video, general counsel, blog, Privacy
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
ACLU chapter flags Facebook app privacy
News Chapter aims to raise awareness of fact that not only can third-party apps on Facebook's platform access your data, they can see some of your friends', too.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Privacy, User Data, American Civil Liberties Union, sexual orientation, Northern California, photograph, e-mail, Facebook
Facebook ratchets up privacy controls, again
News This time the social network is responding to advocacy groups' and policymakers' concerns about the amount of user data exposed to third-party developers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Authentication and encryption, User Data, American Civil Liberties Union, Developer, API, product marketing, Facebook, blog, vice president
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
President of Google's Greater China leaving Google
News In 2005, Kai-Fu Lee decamped from Microsoft to take over Google's China operations, sparking a legal battle between the companies. Now he's starting his own venture.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Kai-Fu Lee, speech recognition, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Graphics Inc., leadership team, Microsoft Corp., China, Redmond
Sale of Google's stake values AOL at US$5.7B
News Time Warner purchase of Google's 5 percent stake in AOL for US$283 million paves way for an AOL spin-off and values company well below 2000-era levels.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., America Online Inc., SEC, U.S., Time Warner Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp., Web browsers
