Some LV versions will probably come later. The same happened with Clovertown. Standard Xeon 5300 rate at 80W too, X53xx at 120W. The L53xx Clovertown: 50W. Dual Core Xeon 5138 and 5148: 35W and 40W.
In another article in their current series, they state: "The survey found 17% of people had no anti-virus software and 22% had no firewall. A further 23% said they had opened an e-mail attachment that came from an unknown source." I know the article posted here sounds like FUD, but if your clueless user buys into it and then bothers to read the tips, it can't be a bad thing.
The article on the Sophos website actually puts things as they are. The PC World rehash just (deliberately?) misinterprets it.
Let's have a wee comparison:
Sophos: - "The Erazer Trojan targets internet users it believes are involved in piracy, but fails to discriminate between the true criminals and those who may have MP3 music files or home movies that they have created themselves. Malware is not the way to fight internet piracy."
PC World: - "A "vigilante" Trojan, that attempts to protect infected PCs from the effects of malware caught while using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, has been discovered."
Now how they came up with that from the Sophos article is beyond my understanding.
Not as simple as you may think! Chip and pin has finally been introduced in the UK last year, and on a recent trip at the supermarket, as I was about to pay with my debit card (yeah, no credit card for me either!), the cashier asked me: "Do you know your PIN number?". If I'd said no, I could just have signed whatever.
More secure? Not until people start behaving responsibly.
I really did enjoy the ATM reference to be honest. It reminded me of one bank's ATMs a couple of years ago. They'd just changed their systems, and there was one near my house that had a bad habit of crashing: you would just see a Windows NT desktop, and nothing responded. I will not be doing online banking with them.
I cannot truly reply to the article considering it was/.'ed before any reply was posted, but I have been part of a trial of Linux workstations at work. Our sysadmins are Windows folks, but with a good original image, I can't see a Linux transition being that hard.
I haven't had many problems at all. Our main issue was that we still use a native OS/2 application, and because we have ditched OS/2 we need a remote desktop connection to a Windows box to then launch Virtual PC and our OS/2 app. Not the easiest and lightest of setups, but it works.
We need Wine for a few apps too, but they run fine under it. Sometimes I'll get Lotus Word Pro or 1-2-3 documents that I cannot return in their original format as Open Office won't let me save in.lwp or.123 format, but it has not been a big issue. (If after all those hints you cannot guess what company I work in, you really need to think harder...)
Anyhow, maybe I wasn't sure after home use how easily Linux could be considered in an office environment, but our main problem really is some intranet pages being designed for IE only.
I eventually got the first page of that article to load, which leads me to think the author may be criticising how difficult it can be to get everything working - but if you have built a solid image, there is no reason why Linux should be any more difficult to use than Windows.
You have missed the IDE RAID bandwagon! Onto SATA now. You'll actually find many motherboards these days come with integrated SATA RAID, often 2 ports with RAID 0 and RAID 1 capabilities.
If you use Linux, be careful what chipset you are getting as you may struggle with drivers in some cases.
You do not need admin rights to install Firefox - just pick a directory you have access to rather than C:\Program Files. If you change workstations all the time and have a roaming profile, surely you must have a network share where to save your documents? Installing Firefox on it will work as well.
I'd have to agree with you, and I don't really understand everyone who is complaining they didn't pick a winner.
Yes more features could have been compared, but I think it really is a matter of personal preferences.
I was an Opera user (back in the days of Opera 5!), and I switched to Phoenix at the time, because of no admin rights on workstation. I didn't like Phoenix as much as Opera back then. I still prefer the way Opera handles tabs (even compared to Firefox + tabmix or whatever tab extension), but there are some Firefox features and extensions I cannot do without anymore. Flashblock is an obvious one. I don't use Adblock, as right click block images from is good enough for me. Ctrl+Enter/Shift+Enter etc shortcuts are great too. Google I feel lucky in address bar, etc.
I did try out Opera 8 - and I like how they have improved the mail client, I also like the quick preferences, but you still get more pages that do not display correctly, and I have just got used to all those little things in Firefox that are not present in Opera, and to the Firefox keyboard shortcuts!
Oh, I see. The author goes on to critisize Firefox. Now he is mis-informed since he states at CERT and Symantec you can count more vulnerabilities recently with Firefox than IE. I can go to those sites as well and count.
I suggest you do go to the CERT site and check their vulnerabilities knowledge base. What he says is just wrong.
In most cases in the more recent issues, you'll see the list of IE's vulnerabilities is shorter than those for Firefox, Mozilla, and the other alternate browsers. Likewise, with the more recent bulletins, you'll also see the list of Windows' vulnerabilities is actually much shorter than that for the other operating systems, even though Windows is far more widely installed.
Where did he get this from?? Latest 10 vulnerabilities on front page are all Windows.
If you look at the bulletins like he does, you get a collection of vulnerabilities that have been patched.
US-Cert Vulnerability Notes is where he should be searching if he wants a proper comparison. Firefox returns 11 results. I didn't count how many results Internet Explorer returned, but even if you don't count pre-2004 vulnerabilities, the number is still twice as high as it is for Firefox.
erm, this article was a bit low on technicalities... any references? more details?
i haven't actually tested any of those tcpa enabled new-ish laptops with a non vendor mini-pci card, but i've used IBM T3x's, and as far as I can remember, the "security chip" can be disabled in the BIOS.
They aren't just going to go the Dell website, as M.Buck did, look at the range and buy a PC here and s PC there. No, they will contact their Dell/IBM/HP sales representative, tell them what their needs are, and if they want Linux instead of Windows, they will get it. IBM have a Linux 'client for ebusiness' that is made to run on their PC hardware. (And if he really wants just one workstation, he forgot to have a look at the Intellistation range). If they want no preload so they can install their own Linux image, they will get it. And they can get their image certified so they still get support from big PC manufacturer.
He is correct if you are an individual, or a small business who will not have big accounts with the computer manufacturers. But those, as has been mentioned before, will surely be better off buying a computer from parts. He is also correct regarding the fact that computer manufacturers put Windows preloads on 95%+ of their computers, and you can't escape paying the MS license.
However, he totally misses the point regarding corporate computer deployment. This is simply not how it works.
Well that does not mean they have gained new customers. 2005 has seen lots of companies finally migrating from Windows NT, or upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003.
I've seen the UK Online website a while ago. It is great news that Local Loop Unbundling is finally starting in the UK.
To everyone saying the UK Online offer is terrible to what they have in their countries... yes I am perfectly aware of that! The UK is totally lagging behind most countries for ADSL. Currently a 512/256Mb connection with no download cap will cost at least £20 a month. But why do you think Free.fr can offer such a great deal? Local Loop Unbundling. Which started in France in 2001.
Now I hope that more ISPs will follow UK Online's and Easynet's (who already make UK Online's offer look really cheap as they only do 'business broadband') lead, and that we will see increased competition.
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Some LV versions will probably come later. The same happened with Clovertown.
Standard Xeon 5300 rate at 80W too, X53xx at 120W. The L53xx Clovertown: 50W. Dual Core Xeon 5138 and 5148: 35W and 40W.
From the article:
"Apparently, most of these sites are hosted on one of the largest Web hoster/provider in Italy."
Why would I not be surprised if Tiscali's webservers were somehow to blame?...
They already posted Tips to help you stay safe online on Saturday prior to this article.
In another article in their current series, they state:
"The survey found 17% of people had no anti-virus software and 22% had no firewall. A further 23% said they had opened an e-mail attachment that came from an unknown source."
I know the article posted here sounds like FUD, but if your clueless user buys into it and then bothers to read the tips, it can't be a bad thing.
And obviously, I forgot to give the link to the original Sophos article:0 06/05/erazer.html
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2
The article on the Sophos website actually puts things as they are.
The PC World rehash just (deliberately?) misinterprets it.
Let's have a wee comparison:
Sophos: - "The Erazer Trojan targets internet users it believes are involved in piracy, but fails to discriminate between the true criminals and those who may have MP3 music files or home movies that they have created themselves. Malware is not the way to fight internet piracy."
PC World: - "A "vigilante" Trojan, that attempts to protect infected PCs from the effects of malware caught while using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, has been discovered."
Now how they came up with that from the Sophos article is beyond my understanding.
Ever heard of VLC?
Not as simple as you may think! Chip and pin has finally been introduced in the UK last year, and on a recent trip at the supermarket, as I was about to pay with my debit card (yeah, no credit card for me either!), the cashier asked me: "Do you know your PIN number?". If I'd said no, I could just have signed whatever.
More secure? Not until people start behaving responsibly.
I really did enjoy the ATM reference to be honest.
It reminded me of one bank's ATMs a couple of years ago. They'd just changed their systems, and there was one near my house that had a bad habit of crashing: you would just see a Windows NT desktop, and nothing responded.
I will not be doing online banking with them.
I cannot truly reply to the article considering it was /.'ed before any reply was posted, but I have been part of a trial of Linux workstations at work. Our sysadmins are Windows folks, but with a good original image, I can't see a Linux transition being that hard.
.lwp or .123 format, but it has not been a big issue.
I haven't had many problems at all. Our main issue was that we still use a native OS/2 application, and because we have ditched OS/2 we need a remote desktop connection to a Windows box to then launch Virtual PC and our OS/2 app. Not the easiest and lightest of setups, but it works.
We need Wine for a few apps too, but they run fine under it. Sometimes I'll get Lotus Word Pro or 1-2-3 documents that I cannot return in their original format as Open Office won't let me save in
(If after all those hints you cannot guess what company I work in, you really need to think harder...)
Anyhow, maybe I wasn't sure after home use how easily Linux could be considered in an office environment, but our main problem really is some intranet pages being designed for IE only.
I eventually got the first page of that article to load, which leads me to think the author may be criticising how difficult it can be to get everything working - but if you have built a solid image, there is no reason why Linux should be any more difficult to use than Windows.
From the BBC H2G2 website?
Thankfully they are not pulling that one out.
You have missed the IDE RAID bandwagon! Onto SATA now. You'll actually find many motherboards these days come with integrated SATA RAID, often 2 ports with RAID 0 and RAID 1 capabilities.
If you use Linux, be careful what chipset you are getting as you may struggle with drivers in some cases.
We've had blogs, now *Livejournal* ?!
Can Slashdot get any lower than this?
You do not need admin rights to install Firefox - just pick a directory you have access to rather than C:\Program Files.
If you change workstations all the time and have a roaming profile, surely you must have a network share where to save your documents? Installing Firefox on it will work as well.
But why would they do that?5 7&tid=113&tid=154
Yesterday's news:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/17/03212
They held off tabbed browsing off IE because it might scare off too many users... what about all of Opera's features then?!
I'd have to agree with you, and I don't really understand everyone who is complaining they didn't pick a winner.
Yes more features could have been compared, but I think it really is a matter of personal preferences.
I was an Opera user (back in the days of Opera 5!), and I switched to Phoenix at the time, because of no admin rights on workstation. I didn't like Phoenix as much as Opera back then. I still prefer the way Opera handles tabs (even compared to Firefox + tabmix or whatever tab extension), but there are some Firefox features and extensions I cannot do without anymore.
Flashblock is an obvious one.
I don't use Adblock, as right click block images from is good enough for me. Ctrl+Enter/Shift+Enter etc shortcuts are great too. Google I feel lucky in address bar, etc.
I did try out Opera 8 - and I like how they have improved the mail client, I also like the quick preferences, but you still get more pages that do not display correctly, and I have just got used to all those little things in Firefox that are not present in Opera, and to the Firefox keyboard shortcuts!
Sadly, Opera's CEO's swim across the Atlantic ended early.
http://opera.com/swim/
Another record label's website gets it right:
Chemikal Underground's online store
MP3, FLAC and OGG ;) and you can also listen to tracks first.
Oh, I see. The author goes on to critisize Firefox. Now he is mis-informed since he states at CERT and Symantec you can count more vulnerabilities recently with Firefox than IE. I can go to those sites as well and count. I suggest you do go to the CERT site and check their vulnerabilities knowledge base. What he says is just wrong.
In most cases in the more recent issues, you'll see the list of IE's vulnerabilities is shorter than those for Firefox, Mozilla, and the other alternate browsers. Likewise, with the more recent bulletins, you'll also see the list of Windows' vulnerabilities is actually much shorter than that for the other operating systems, even though Windows is far more widely installed.
Where did he get this from??
Latest 10 vulnerabilities on front page are all Windows.
If you look at the bulletins like he does, you get a collection of vulnerabilities that have been patched.
US-Cert Vulnerability Notes is where he should be searching if he wants a proper comparison.
Firefox returns 11 results.
I didn't count how many results Internet Explorer returned, but even if you don't count pre-2004 vulnerabilities, the number is still twice as high as it is for Firefox.
erm, this article was a bit low on technicalities...
any references? more details?
i haven't actually tested any of those tcpa enabled new-ish laptops with a non vendor mini-pci card, but i've used IBM T3x's, and as far as I can remember, the "security chip" can be disabled in the BIOS.
They aren't just going to go the Dell website, as M.Buck did, look at the range and buy a PC here and s PC there.
No, they will contact their Dell/IBM/HP sales representative, tell them what their needs are, and if they want Linux instead of Windows, they will get it. IBM have a Linux 'client for ebusiness' that is made to run on their PC hardware. (And if he really wants just one workstation, he forgot to have a look at the Intellistation range). If they want no preload so they can install their own Linux image, they will get it. And they can get their image certified so they still get support from big PC manufacturer.
He is correct if you are an individual, or a small business who will not have big accounts with the computer manufacturers. But those, as has been mentioned before, will surely be better off buying a computer from parts.
He is also correct regarding the fact that computer manufacturers put Windows preloads on 95%+ of their computers, and you can't escape paying the MS license.
However, he totally misses the point regarding corporate computer deployment. This is simply not how it works.
2004 even.
Well that does not mean they have gained new customers. 2005 has seen lots of companies finally migrating from Windows NT, or upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003.
I've seen the UK Online website a while ago. It is great news that Local Loop Unbundling is finally starting in the UK.
To everyone saying the UK Online offer is terrible to what they have in their countries... yes I am perfectly aware of that! The UK is totally lagging behind most countries for ADSL. Currently a 512/256Mb connection with no download cap will cost at least £20 a month.
But why do you think Free.fr can offer such a great deal? Local Loop Unbundling. Which started in France in 2001.
Now I hope that more ISPs will follow UK Online's and Easynet's (who already make UK Online's offer look really cheap as they only do 'business broadband') lead, and that we will see increased competition.
After reading this today:
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/ebay_afri
Looks like they could do with improving the advertising.