Date: 02/16/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: blogging, software, css, html, web

I am not a web developer by trade or experience; I'm most familiar with blogging software for online publishing and layout than I am with hand coding or what I think of as "hard" development. That said, I created this site with Dreamweaver and based its layout and design on a template they provided.

I can't, however, seem to get the page title and nav bars aligned between the index page and the others (e.g. vs photos or vs details). Could someone please suggest what I need to clean up in there to make them line up properly?

Further to that point, I see from the HTML that the pages are set up with tables. Isn't that considered sort of passé, now? Aren't the hip developers using DIVs and CSS to set up tabular or columnar or whatever layouts they conceive for their pages? And if so, how do I do that myself?

Also (no flames please), can you set these up with a WYSIWYG interface like Dreamweaver? Or is the code just so damned neat and tidy that it's no more hassle to do it by hand? I'm open to that too, if it's really not hard to learn. You see, I have two kids. Which means no spare time. :)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1222520.html

Date: 02/18/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, security

At work, I have some Windows XP systems that are considered to be "kiosks" - that is, they are available to anyone who walks up to them, as a convenience, while they're in my lab. As you can imagine, there's a potential for these systems to get crufted up with people's personal files, extraneous software that people install, they could make configuration changes to the system, and the like. And as it turns out, my company has some IT security rules about systems like this, mandating that on a periodic basis, extraneous files and such must be removed from publicly accessible systems.

What I would like to do with these systems is something like this: partition the drive so that there is a primary partition that Windows boots from, and an additional partition (preferably hidden somehow, so people can't mess with it) on which is a Ghost image (or something similar) of a "fresh install" of the system. Then, on a periodic scheduled basis (maybe once a week, in the middle of the night on a weekend), the system automatically rebuilds itself from the Ghost image, returning itself to a pristine "freshly installed" state, and effectively removing anything that anyone has left there and undoing any configuration changes that they've made.

What is the best way to go about doing something like this? The publicly available computers at the local public library actually do this on a nightly basis (though I think they get their "fresh install" image over the network, rather than from a partition on the hard drive), so I know it's possible. But I don't know where to even look for products that would accomplish this.

Any hints?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1040201.html

Date: 02/19/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software

I've been having an annoying issue with my mouse for the last month or so. It will randomly stop moving until I hit any key on my keyboard. When I do hit a key on my keyboard, any movement I've done with my mouse when it was frozen will be applied and the cursor will move straight to where it should be. I thought it was a software issue, but after reformatting yesterday it's still happening. I even updated the firmware on the mouse itself to no avail. I tried plugging into different USB ports, but it doesn't change anything. Has anyone dealt with anything like this before? I haven't even had my mouse for half a year, so I'd hate to think that it's crapping out on me already. It's a Logitech G5 USB laser mouse, and I'm running Windows XP SP2. I'm not sure if it would matter, but the keyboard is a Saitek Eclipse.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/747668.html

Date: 02/21/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, google

Google plugs security holes in popular desktop search software that could open up data on a PC to intruders.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6161171.html

Date: 02/22/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: software, virus, antivirus, spam

I'm looking for anti-malware solutions (antivirus, antispam, etc) which are 100% compatible with Exchange Server 2007.

So far I haven't found any vendors that fit my requirements. Everybody says they're completely compatible with 2003, but they simply don't say anything about 2007.

I'm interested primarily in an appliance (e.g., Barracuda's Spam Firewalls), but am also considering software solutions which go on the Exchange server itself.

Can anyone offer suggestions?

Right now I'm faced with setting up a new Exchange Server 2003 organization and then upgrading to 2007 when the anti-malware offerings become a bit more mature. I'd prefer to avoid that and go straight to 2007 if I could.

(x-posted)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/53107.html

Date: 02/23/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp

Open source is about trust. It's not about who has the most money, but who has the most friends. Failure to grasp that fact is costing us the market. If that is the lesson of Raymond's letter, America's software dominance may fade fast.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/94890423/

Date: 02/23/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, microsoft

Despite Microsoft's efforts to lock down the update, eEye finds a hole that could let an outsider run malicious software on a PC.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6161835.html

Date: 02/26/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: software

PBS is an old name in distributed batch processing circles. We had used it earlier in DoubleTwist for genomic annotations. Portable Batch System (or simply PBS) is a software job scheduler that allocates networked resources to batch jobs. It can schedule jobs to execute on networked, multi-platform UNIX environments (and widnows if you are using [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/micro-guide-to-distributed-batch-processing-with-pbs-portable-batch-system/

Date: 02/26/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: blogging, software, database, web

Hey guys,

I'm trying to put together a project in which users will be able to interface with a rich text input editor, kind of like what you see when you click the "rich text" tab on the Update page of Livejournal; that would allow a user to insert images, create link anchors, etc.

More generally, though, I'm trying to figure out in this project a way to let some users of my website to be able to create new pages and modify them using this rich text interface. You may ask, why not use a blogging tool? The reason I'm not using Wordpress or other blog software is unfortunately I cannot use a database in this project (don't ask), and those tools practically demand one. I can use a folder and file structure. So now you know the outlines of my challenge.

What do you think are the odds of creating a system like this without a database? I initially figured it would be a piece of cake until I stopped to think of how and where the data would be stored, etc.

Moreover, do you know any out of the box apps to use in this project?

I know a few people here contributed to Wordpress and other open source projects like Geeklog. I'd appreciate your input.

Thank you!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/388772.html

Date: 02/26/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security

The risky security holes are in tools commonly provided by software makers and ISPs to provide remote tech support.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6162278.html

Date: 02/27/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Virtual world's publisher to roll out beta trial next week of voice chatting built directly into the client software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6162410.html

Date: 02/27/07 (Software)    Keywords: software

Hello All,
I'm a newbie here. I would like to record my own cd, not musical, just my voice over a music track. What is the best software to do that?
I already have a microphone and audio.
Thanks in advance!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/software/70721.html

Date: 02/27/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software

Software chief Ray Ozzie says the company is making headway in building an ad engine and online services, but opportunities remain.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6162557.html

Date: 02/27/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, linux

Customers won't know they're using GPL code or Linux or anything of the sort. They will be buying enhanced email from their ISP, and their evaluation will be based on 1&1's ability to deliver, not Open-Xchange software.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/96867607/

Date: 02/28/07 (Security)    Keywords: software

The company's antipiracy software adds a "yellow state" for times when it just can't tell if software is genuine.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6162734.html

Date: 02/28/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

I often see proprietary advocates re-frame open source as communist or socialist, in their comments here and elsewhere. But Tomlinson's view of the matter seems profoundly conservative, something right out of the Bush Administration playbook. Open source is the ownership society applied to software.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/97359435/

Date: 02/28/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, virus, antivirus, yahoo

Accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software incorrectly sounds alarm bells.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163068.html

Date: 03/03/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, linux

In our effort to fully switchover to Linux as Desktop and Server environment, one of the biggest challenges is to find an alternative to OpenSTA, a popular and very capable open source distributed software testing tool for regression, load and stress testing. In other words OpenSTA is poor man’s alternative to LoadRunner & Silk. The best [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/opensta-load-stress-testing-tool-alternatives-on-linux/

Date: 03/05/07 (Security)    Keywords: software

Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164496.html

Date: 03/06/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, web, microsoft

Microsoft plans to launch a blistering attack on its rival for what the software giant argues is the Web search leader's "cavalier" approach to copyright protection.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6164568.html