February 5th, 2010 adminI’ve come across this a few times recently at.  A remote desktop session from an XP machine to a Vista or Windows 7 machine, will leave the screen on the remote PC blank apart from the cursor.
Up until now, the only solution was to reboot the PC to get at a log in screen.
Well it appears that the problem is related to smart cards of all things!   Especially bizarre as the customer didn’t use them?  When you start a remote desktop session, go into options, and then Local Resources.   Press the “More” button and you’ll see smart card ticked.   If you untick this option, the blank screen no longer happens!
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February 5th, 2010 adminSearch Engine Land have an article discussing a possible new extension for Google Maps/Street View - in building photography!
Apparently they’ve been contacted by a New York shop called “Oh Nuts” who told them that representatives of Google took photographs of all angles around the store for a product named “Google Store Views”.
You could come to a number of conclusions here:
1)Â This is a very good viral marketing campaign by a small NY store!
2) This is a smart shoplifter planning a future theft*
3) Google are indeed experimenting with taking Street View further
I hate to imagine how long and complicated a process this would become, and also whether it’s really to the retailer’s benefit to allow potential customers to browse around the store.   Will Google blank out pricing as they do with faces to protect the retailer from price changes? Â
*A smart shoplifter until you see him photographing the shop CCTV whilst looking directly at it?
Here’s the full article with photos and a Street View of the shop at Search Engine Land
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