August, 2012

Recommended reading from mrdenny for August 31, 2012

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

• DEFCON: Why Conference Harassment Matters

Creating PDF Files From Any Application

These days creating PDF files is getting easier and easier, especially when you are using a Microsoft Office application like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to create the initial document.  However all too often you want to create a PDF file from another application like Firefox, Chrome, IE,...

Recommended reading from mrdenny for August 24, 2012

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

• Windows 8 Tells Microsoft About Everything You...

My First Days With Windows 8 RTM

As I'm as MSDN subscriber I was able to download Windows 8 from the MSDN website on August 15th and get it installed.  At this point I've upgraded all three of my machines so I wanted to give you a review of what I like and don't about the new OS.  Before I go on I'm not going to bitch and moan...

DEFCON: Why conference harassment matters

This was reposted from The Ada Initiative http://adainitiative.org/2012/08/defcon-why-conference-harassment-matters/ written by Valerie Aurora. They get all the credit for this, not me.

This weekend...

Recommended reading from mrdenny for August 17, 2012

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

• HOW TO: Use the Database Engine Tuning Advisor in...

Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server Performance in a Virtual Environment (Video)

This was reposted from SQL Server http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DBI317 written by (author unknown). They get all the credit for this, not me.

In this session, learn what you should be...

Upgrading Windows 8 RP to RTM

So as we all know Microsoft hates allowing upgrades of OSs from Beta/CTP/RC/RP (or whatever) to RTM (Release To Manufacturing) bits.  However thankfully Microsoft has made it easy enough to do anyway.  Simply take your ISO/USB/CD/DVD or whatever install media you plan on using and make it...

Here’s How You Support Women in Tech

This was reposted from BlogHer https://www.blogher.com/snippets/heres-how-you-support-women-tech written by Virginia Debolt. They get all the credit for this, not me. Want to find out how to throw a tech event,

Old Web Based Applications Need To Be Removed

What happens to most obsolete web based applications at most companies?  They sit idle on a web server for months, sometimes years.  Why is this a problem? Because many of these old applications can be easily exploited via SQL Injection allowing access into the SQL Server databases which they...