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Another SharePoint Server 2010 feature which cannot go unnoticed is the Access Services. Access Services is a service in SharePoint Server 2010 that allows administrators to view, edit, and configure a Microsoft access application within a Web Browser. Access Services settings support backup and recovery, regardless of whether there is a UI setting in Central Administration. However, backup and recovery only apply to service-level and administrative-level settings; end-user content from the Access application is not backed up as part of this process. Access Services has Windows PowerShell functionality that can be used to provide the service that uses settings from a previous backup; configure and manage macro and query setting; manage and configure session management; and configure all the global settings of the service.

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Yes, this is the new era where small gadgets are taking place. Though every mobile phone or PDAs can access the web, still it suffers from interoperability and usability problems. Partly due to the small physical size of the screens and the incompatibility of many mobile devices to gather much information in the internet.

Mobile internet will be a huge success given a year or two. At that point in time, mobile networks will provide one-gigabit-per-second-minimum speed, anywhere, anytime. Dominant access gizmo will be mobile, with intense communications characteristics. However, not everyone could feel this thrill by then since mobile phones will have a price increase more than what we expected.

An ability to host multiple clients/departments, and provide the ability to isolate their workloads and still provide all the platform features is one of the significant task while adopting a SharePoint platform in your company, isn’t it? For a cloud/ hosting situation we may have a need for multiple clients to have their own work areas, and the ability to host applications which does not hinder other sites within the same farm. This is when the Multi-tenancy feature of SharePoint Server 2010 comes into picture.

Take advantage of SharePoint Multi-Tenancy and other useful features of SharePoint 2010 hosting, SharePoint Foundation hosting or SharePoint Server 2010 – with shared or dedicated hosting by a SharePoint 2010 hosting provider.

So what is Multi-tenancy? Multi-tenancy is all about isolation of data, operation services and management between multiple subscribers who could be departments/ companies/ different user groups, etc.

In SharePoint Server 2010, some new improvements or changes have been added to the Multi-tenancy feature that was missing in SharePoint Server 2007. SharePoint 2010 has introduced significant improvements in Multi-tenancy so that multiple subscribers can use the same SharePoint instance with the required isolation. The primary concept which has been introduced is called Site Subscriptions. Site subscriptions are a way to group a set of Site Collections based on tenants. It allows tenants to have fine grained administration and control over data as well as administrative components.

In brief, the multi-tenancy feature in SharePoint 2010 provides out-of-the-box features to provide quick productivity for companies deploying SharePoint to support multiple clients/ departments with isolation with respect to data, administration as well as usability.

Passwords serve as the gateways to people’s most kept secrets and ultimately, the invasion of their privacy.

Most websites give the option of remembering your passwords for you. When a dialogue box pops out, asking if you want the site to store your password, be safe and always click on the No or Never for this site button. You can do better without the help of that feature.

Never share your passwords with anyone even with people whom you really trust. Times change and there will be circumstances that will prompt them to log on to your accounts and use any information that they can get a hold of against you. They can very well use it for blackmail and make you do crazy things for them.

Defense officials in Israel claim that Facebook, a social networking site, compromises national security. They released a set of rules preventing members of the armed forces and employees of the Defense Ministry from posting classified information on their social networking sites. Officials said that some soldiers posted photographs of themselves with equipment that are deemed classified. They are not prohibited to create accounts on social networking sites, officials said; they are only not allowed to reveal their identities and other information that would tell of what they do and where they work and information that could possibly threaten national security.

More details at Time.

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Be very careful when filling out various forms on the Internet that require pertinent, personal and confidential information. Exposing one’s self on the Internet poses risks of being susceptible to junk emails, cyber bullies, identity theft and the like.

When sending emails to more than one contact, place the addresses of the other recipients on the Bcc field to protect them from people who take advantage of mass emails. Ask your contacts to do same.

On social networking sites such as Friendster and MySpace, be wary of posting one too many information about your life. Change your viewing settings. For safety purposes, show your complete profile only to the people in your immediate network.

When checking your accounts and doing business online, ensure that the sites that you go to are secured and has the capability to provide secured transactions. Secured websites have URLs that begin with https:

Here are the top 100 host names, from nw.com

872992 www 3638 host5
141835 host 3558 host1
84130 mail 3538 pc22
62756 dummy 3532 host11
22849 router 3526 pc21
17225 ns 3523 host10
14759 ftp 3522 host12
13680 gw 3487 pc23
10102 server 3471 host13
9884 user 3422 pc24
9615 gateway 3406 pc25
9520 pc1 3396 venus
8837 pc3 3394 host2
8776 pc2 3356 host6
8454 smtp 3350 pc26
8445 pc4 3347 pc27
8306 ns1 3284 mars
8160 pc5 3252 pc28
7994 www2 3229 zeus
7737 pc6 3188 host7
7592 a 3154 host8
6994 ns2 3131 host9
6426 broadcast 3111 ppp1
6397 pc10 3087 pluto
6150 pc11 3073 host14
6121 pc12 3072 pc29
6072 ip 3020 web
5979 proxy 2971 host27
5544 pc7 2965 jupiter
5410 pc8 2920 host20
5332 gate 2917 admin
5314 test 2913 host15
5284 pc9 2899 ppp2
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4714 mailhost 2883 host28
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3761 pc16 2846 firewall
3745 pc18 2837 mercury
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3707 host3 2810 alpha
3705 host4 2809 host29
3696 pc19 2766 host17
3672 pc20 2765 ws1
3666 cisco 2758 ws2

by: Jennifer LeClaire, newsfactor.com Fri Dec 21, 1:33 PM ET

Apple and Think Secret, a Mac rumor Web site published by Nicholas M. Ciarelli, have come to an agreement in a nearly three-year-old lawsuit. The financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Ciarelli has agreed to shut down ThinkSecret.com.

Ciarelli posted a press release on his Web site that said the agreement results in a “positive solution” for both sides. “I’m pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits,” Ciarelli said in a statement.

Apple was not immediately available for comment.

Ciarelli’s Argument

Apple targeted Ciarelli with a lawsuit after he posted details about the Mac Mini computer prior to an official announcement at January 2005′s MacWorld. The suit also named Ciarelli’s company, dePlume Organization LLC.

The suit claimed that Ciarelli induced company employees to break confidentiality agreements with Apple. Ciarelli, the complaint argued, obtained the information illegally by posting an online request for Apple insiders to disclose trade secrets.

Ciarelli, who was also an editor at the Harvard Crimson, launched Think Secret when he was 13 years old. After Apple filed suit against Ciarelli, he told the Harvard Crimson he had a right to the same protections as other investigative journalists.

“I talk to sources of information, investigate tips, follow up on leads, and corroborate details. I believe these practices are reflected in Think Secret’s track record,” he told the paper in 2005. Ciarelli’s attorney based his arguments on the First Amendment right to free speech. Ciarelli had a right to publish the information, he said, because it was legally obtained.

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Rich Site Summary, or more popularly known as RSS, is a form of Web content delivery system. Most news websites, blogs and others syndicate their ever changing content as an RSS Feed to subscribers.

RSS keeps users up-to-date by collecting the most recent content from the subscribed sites. It is a big time-saver because the user does not have to visit that particular site each time. It also ensures the user’s privacy because subscription to the site’s newsletter would not be necessary.

A feed reader is a software that gets RSS feeds from sites and generates a display for easy reading. Popular RSS readers include FeedReader, NewsGator, My Yahoo, Google Reader, Bloglines and Amphetadesk.

More information on RSS at WhatIsRSS.

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NEW YORK—In a year that saw the release of such best-selling products as the Motorola RAZR 2 V8 and the wildly popular Casio XD-SW4800 handheld dictionary, no personal electronics product launch was more highly anticipated than the November 13 debut of the second-generation Microsoft Zune mp3 player.

The sleek new Zune, whose record-breaking sales have made the Zune name synonymous with “mp3 player,” was so sought-after that thousands formed long lines outside hip, minimalist Microsoft Stores across the country days before the device went on sale. In Midtown Manhattan, the hysteria reached such a fever pitch that some were willing to pay as much as $200 for a spot in line.

“How could you not want one?” said self-described “Microsoft fanatic” Maria Arkin, who, like many others scrambling to be among the first to get their hands on the new Zune, expressed disappointment upon learning that sales were limited to just two units per customer. “It’s amazing. There’s just nothing else like it on the market.”

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