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APAC firms pass on remote admin via phones
News Businesses in Asia have yet to warm to using mobile phones to perform systems administration tasks remotely, according to industry observers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, Network administration/implementation, Wipro Technologies, GUI, Infrastructure Management, Asia, Administrator
Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
News Don't expect mainstream adoption for Linux five years down the road, even if Linux operating systems become more user-friendly, say analysts.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Open source, Open Source, Ovum, Operating System, GUI, Microsoft Corp., Linux Desktop Experience, Sales, Microsoft Windows
Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy
News Recent contest to probe search engines for bugs found technical issues with Microsoft's Bing but gave it and Google high marks for experience delivered.
Tags: Search, GUI, Bug, Survey, QA, outsource, accounting, Search
Manually adjust query-based distribution list membership using LDAP
Techguide Query-based distribution groups provide a great means by which to automate the membership of groups in Active Directory. Here's one way that you can manually adjust query-based membership.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Network administration/implementation, Server platforms, Distribution Group, Distribution List, Query, GUI, Chief Information Officer, home networking, Scott Lowe
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
Use tabs to open multiple files in vim
Techguide Read about the basic tab commands and find out how to combine them with key bindings to make the most of a powerful editing tool.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Tab, GUI, Red Hat Inc., File, Tool, Vincent Danen, text editor, console
30 Snapdragon gadgets in the pipeline
News More than 30 products using Qualcomm's next generation Snapdragon chipset are already in the pipeline, chipmaker says.
Tags: Mobile processors, Qualcomm Inc., GUI, Graphics, operating system, ASUS, 3G, High Tech Computer Corp., chipset, spokesman
Tips and tricks for the command line
Techguide Vincent Danen lists some favorite tips and shortcuts for working from the Command Line Interface.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Command, GUI, IRC, CLI, e-mail, shell script, Web Site, PHP
US-CERT warns of SAP vulnerability
News The flaw in the graphical user interface for SAP ERP, reported by U.S.-CERT, has been labeled "highly critical" by Secunia.
Tags: Business applications, Security, SAP AG, GUI, ActiveX Control, Vulnerability, IT Professional, ERP, Flaw, Secunia
Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Product Reviews Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Tags: KDE, GUI, XFree86, GNOME, Kernel, personal finance, Linux-Mandrake 8.0, Hardware, network, Linux
Customize the Joe text editor
Techguide The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file to create keybindings and map your favorite commands.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Command, GUI, text editor, Ctrl, Joe, Keystroke, F-keys, Linux Distribution
Send messages and alerts from the command line
Techguide Here's a look at two command-line programs, wall and mail, that allow you to send simple alerts and e-mail messages to users.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Message, GUI, Wall, Tool, system monitoring, Unix system, instant messenger, Command Line
PowerShell 2.0--Community Technology Preview 3 released
Techguide Sporting vast improvement, PowerShell 2.0 seems to be shaping up as a robust, reliable choice for admins with enterprise-grade features critical for many firms. Here are some highlights.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, GUI, Community Technology Preview, scripting language, PowerShell 2.0, Integrated Scripting Environment, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms
Mainframes fall short on technical skills
News Availability of IT professionals with mainframe capabilities is shrinking in Asia, despite ongoing need for such expertise, say market observers.
Tags: Mainframes, Recruiting, Trends, Mainframe, Computer Associates International Inc., IBM Corp., GUI, Asia, India, IT Professional
Users upset after CA antivirus detects Windows system file as virus
News Computer Associates says it will offer a tool to search for affected files and restore them to original extension.
Tags: Antivirus software, Viruses and worms, Computer Associates International Inc., GUI, antivirus, Cygwin, Mozilla Thunderbird, patch management, virus, hard drive
