Saturday, August 23, 2003

Blaster Patch Causing Citrix Problems?

I am hearing rumors that the W32.Blaster worm fix might be causing some problems with Citrix servers (link). As with any patch, you should fully test it before rolling it into production. I know that might not have been possible in the last two weeks, but if you run into problems, you might check the tech forums.

Discuss Blaster Patch Problems

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More wireless phone customers are cutting the cord

I have been trying to cut the cord for my business communications for years. 98% of all calls come to my cell phone by design. There is just no need for me to have a work number with voice-mail in addition to my cell phone with voice-mail.

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Friday, August 22, 2003

Secure Computing Adds Strong Authentication to Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager

Read the press release or just head over to the Secure Computing site. In a nutshell Safeword now supports MSAM.

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Thursday, August 21, 2003

New Matrix Trailer

The new Revolutions trailer is now available online.

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Longhorn UI Is Real: First Screen Shots Leak to the Web

Longhorn screen shots are over at wininformant.com.

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Microsoft's NAS Strategy

Microsoft Storage Server 2003 looks very promising for anyone needing a NAS solution.

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Get Your Citrix Merchandise While It Lasts

You have until Sept. 9th to order Citrix branded gear from the Citrix merchandise website. I am not sure if they are dropping this all together or just coming out with new stuff. Either way, order now while supplies last!

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Tarantella to Restate Revenue After "Unauthorized Practices"

Computer Business Review has a story about Tarantella having to restate revenue.

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Use Google As A Calculator

One more very useful thing you can do with Google. Google Search: Calculator.

Waxy.org has some creative uses for this new tool.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Citrix Virus Poll Results

Looks like Trend Micro is in the lead. Add your two cents to our Citrix / Terminal Server Anti-Virus Poll.

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Cory Doctorow is releasing a series of short science fiction stories in a couple weeks. Pre-order A Place So Foreign and Eight More.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2003

DirectX attack expected - patch Windows now

Yet another flaw in the Microsoft Windows DirectX code that needs to be patched ASAP.

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Sobig.F & Welchia.Worm

I have gotten my share of Sobig.F virus attempts today. I have also heard from a few folks that were hit with the Welchia.Worm. If you are not spending every waking moment patching and updating machines, you should. This is serious stuff.

I added a security update section with updates from Symantec on the left of the page below the sideblog. This is more of an experiment so let me know if it is helpful to you.

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Citrix Beta News

Brian Madden has more scoop over at his site, but it looks you will get to look at and play with the next version of MetaFrame (codename:Hudson) if you go to I-Forum.

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Monday, August 18, 2003

Panera Bread Goes Wi-Fi

Yet another reason to buy a $2 cup of coffee. No passwords. No fees. No limits. PANERA BREAD Access Points.

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Stress & How To Deal With It

CIO magazine has a great series of articles on how to deal with stress.

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New Terminal Services A Citrix-Killer?

Brian Madden has a great rumor about what is coming in the next version of Terminal Services. Brian suggests things like load-balancing, application publishing, seamless windows and RDP v6 will be a potential Citrix-killer. Keep digging Brian! I am on the edge of my seat waiting to hear more.

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Sunday, August 17, 2003

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