Tag Archives: system administrator

Push Comes To McAfee

I must be dumb here, but I don’t quite understand this. McAfee, Inc. , the anti-spam, anti-virus people, yesterday announced (not yet seen on corporate site. Registration possibly required) they had been granted US Patent 6,725,377 entitled “Method and System for Updating Anti-Intrusion Software.” This technology, they said in a press release, would allow them… Read More »

News: That File Is Not Dead, It’s Just AWOL

 From the guys who make the excellent Diskeeper (“set and forget”) defragmenter software comes an interesting utility that “allows a user to retrieve and recover those files that belong to him without special configuration by the System Administrator”.  There’s a home version too. I haven’t tried it but if Diskeeper is anything to go by,… Read More »

Mail: MSGTAG Replies

Good software always seems to be controversial. That’s not to say there’s not two sides to the debate: Those who think Plaxo is a scam to get you to give up your private data aren’t exactly right, but they may not be exactly wrong, either: time will tell whether it becomes a great service or… Read More »