Ten days ago Google killed off their Google Reader service, a site I visited multiple times a day. It was main source of content on the internet and represented years of curated RSS feeds. Today, Google announced that it will soon do the same for their Google Latitude service. I used this service today to …
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Verified by Visa and arcot.com function like a man-in-the middle attack
If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that the Verified by Visa service offered by arcot.com was a man-in-the-middle attack that was poorly designed to look like a trusted service from Visa (my credit card) and USAA (my bank). Why your instinct should be to not trust arcot.com Here’s a few reasons why …
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Fraternity is the center of my social network
In 1991 I joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Elon College (now Elon Univeristy). I then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, and worked for Lambda Chi Alpha Headquarters — twice, for a total of 10 years. One of the social networks I use is LinkedIn. I have 500+ connections. Using the LinkedIn Maps feature from LinkedInLabs.com, …
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How Macy’s and Simmons could have better sold me a mattress
About 15 years ago I purchased a queen mattress from Macy’s named the Dreamwell Englewood Plush by Simmons. I like this mattress and now want a king version. Understandably, this make and model of mattress has been discontinued and is no longer available. I thought, “No big deal. I’ll just ask Macy’s and Simmons to …
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Import PFX Certificate via Group Policy Preferences
I have a vendor with a web-based SAS service that requires a password encrypted .PFX certificate to be imported into the user’s Personal certificate store. For physical desktops, this is a one-time import procedure. But for VMware View VDI desktops that are non-persistent, users receive a new desktop every day and would thus have to …
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