From the monthly archives: October 2008

Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch

By On October 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The same principals behind gaining a root shell for a Unix system, apply for Windows systems allowing the attacker to execute remote code.

Today Microsoft release an emergency patch with a maximum severity rating of “Critical”, for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, SP2 and SP3, and Windows 2003; and [...]

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The Importance Of Marketing

By On October 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Poor Man’s Disaster Recovery

By On October 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Backups are probably the most tedious, time consuming jobs for a system admin and often regarded as a low priority until something goes wrong.

Hell breaks loose and you stumble around for tapes, building catalogs, restoring data, finding unusable tapes or corrupt data and looking for excuses or stories to tell management.

Last month [...]

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Circuit City On Thin Ice

By On October 20, 2008 · 1 Comment

Circuit City’s stock has been going down hill a little over two years now faces having to close many of its stores or bankruptcy.

In April 2007, when Circuit City’s stock was at almost $20 per share, the AP attributed Circuit City’s struggles to “Customer Service.”

Earlier this year in April, Blockbuster [...]

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