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Ghosts of Christmas past: Helpdesk horrors

Ghosts of Christmas past: Helpdesk horrors

The festive season is the right time to look back at those troubling manifestations that continue to haunt helpdesks, says Jack Wallen Read more

24 December, 2011 by Jack Wallen

The Weekly Round-Up: Miserable techies, the CIO's secret love and geek holidays

Should Sys Admin Day be a national holiday? The ongoing miserable economic climate has... Read more

3 February, 2012 by The Round-Up
EVACopy 6.0.5.11

EVACopy 6.0.5.11

EVACopy is designed by a sys.admin, for sys.admins, although ideal for home users too. It's... Read more

22 October, 2011
Rove Mobile Admin Client 6.2

Rove Mobile Admin Client 6.2

Powerful support tool for Sys admin The Rove Mobile Admin Client is an iOS client for the... Read more

10 September, 2011
Mr. ADMIN : 4-Panel COMIC in JAPAN 1.0

Mr. ADMIN : 4-Panel COMIC in JAPAN 1.0

...stands one man: the system administrator. Waging a never-ending battle, the "Sys Admin" strikes terror into the hearts of computer viruses, makes short work... Read more

21 July, 2011
Office Chaos 1.2

Office Chaos 1.2

...you can and set a high score! 3 difficulty settings: Help Desk, Sys Admin and Senior Engineer. 2D physics environment with multiple object types. Flick... Read more

21 July, 2011
Awesome Notifier 1.0

Awesome Notifier 1.0

...set up as many buttons as you like.POSSIBLE USES* On-call sys admin responding (or not responding) to a notification* Let a loved one... Read more

19 March, 2011
DiDiDistribute 1.0.0.9

DiDiDistribute 1.0.0.9

...finish so he can log on and start working. With DiDiDistribute, the sys admin selects a group of computers and runs a "push" package installation... Read more

9 December, 2010
iNetwork 1.4

iNetwork 1.4

...tenth of a movie ticket ... why not? Application ideal for students, professionals ("sys admin", "network admin") or those who wish to communicate two computers across... Read more

30 August, 2010
Mnemosyne Password Manager 2.0

Mnemosyne Password Manager 2.0

...out: http://www.subclassed.com/software/mnemosyne/details Example of usage: A sys admin has to manage the user accounts on several Mac's in... Read more

30 August, 2010
Mnemosyne Lite Password Manager 1.0

Mnemosyne Lite Password Manager 1.0

...and Windows. Check it out: http://www.subclassed.com/ Usage example: A sys admin has to manage the user accounts on several Mac's in... Read more

25 August, 2010

Sys admins get their day in the sun

...pressure." Click here to see some ideas for presents to give your sys admin Read more

30 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft retracts sys admin slur

"System administrator? It's the hardest job in the world, innit?" Read more

15 October, 2001 by Pia Heikkila

Celebrate the unsung server room heroes

Show them you love them this Sys Admin Day... July is here and it's time to show our... Read more

23 July, 2002 by Ben King

IT company implodes - trial by blog

...Another alleged ex-employee wrote: "I left Zeda last May, having been sys admin at the Stirling Office for almost nine years. The staff were... Read more

7 February, 2008

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

9 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

14 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

14 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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