http://computernetwork.rubyan.com Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:17:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Derrick has a great post about how YouTube Won’t Be Able to Match the Appeal to Advertisers of the News Corp/NBC Video Site. That said, I wouldn't count Google out just yet. Here's why: Clearly the NBC/News Corp venture is all about creating another advertising medium not much different than broadcast/cable TV. That ... http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/google-vs-news-corpnbc-news-bottom-up-vs-top-down/ by Herman Lee ProsEasy to install: Most of the network cameras on the market are plug and play and/or have very simple to follow instructions for both the hardware and software end. Comparatively cheaper than other security systems: Instead of paying a highly trained technician to install a complex CCTV system, and ... http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/network-security/7-simple-reasons-why-you-need-a-network-security-camera-for-your-home/ From StoryEvent:[First,] you indicate that you're interested in buying a big fat warranty... ...then ask ask the sales assistant to lower the item's price. Since big box electronics stores are often pushed to sell warranties, they'll be willing to budge on the price of your item - especially if it's got ... http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/how-to/how-to-save-hundreds-on-your-next-big-electronics-purchase/ Lots in the news recently about how rocky is the road travelled by Google in trying to make YouTube an online video money-making powerhouse. The always-excellent Internet Marketing Monitor has catalogued a series of "setbacks" suffered by Google recently: Viacom Wants Its MTV… Pulled From YouTube NBC's Zucker Lashes Out at YouTubeIs ... http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/what-happened-to-the-youtube-empire-we-were-promised/ http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/how-to-configure-network-identification-in-win-2000-part-ii/ http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/how-to-configure-network-indentification-in-windows-2000/ http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/how-to-assign-ntfs-folder-permissions-in-windows-xp/ http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/how-to-configure-group-membership-in-windows-xp/ McAfee SiteAdvisor takes a videotaped spin through some dark alleys of the Web. The result? A computer crash worth rubbernecking. Note: the computer in the video is probably unpatched and otherwise unprotected. But all the same -- it's a good lesson in what NOT to do with your computer. http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/anti-spyware-software/video-heres-what-it-looks-like-when-a-computer-gets-infected/ Kevin Maney: At its most basic level, the wisdom of crowds — let's call it WOC, so I don't have to type as much — means that the aggregated thought and knowledge of thousands or millions of people can be smarter than trained individual experts.The WOC has been around forever — ... http://computernetwork.rubyan.com/big-picture/computer-networking-and-the-wisdom-of-crowds/