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  • Adobe Reader most attacked application, says F-Secure

    Last month, ScanSafe of California said that malicious PDF files comprised 80% of all exploits at the end of last year.The most up-to-date editions of Adobe Reader, 9.3.1 and 8.2.1, can be downloaded using links on Adobe's security site .
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Pdf • Organizations • Maker • Exploiting • Exploited • Adobe

  • ISPs takedown Zeus botnet, but hackers reconnect

    It has not been reconnected, however.The next step will be to "de-peer" Troyak from its new service provider, either an ISP named Nassist or its upstream provider, Hurricane Electric, said a researcher familiar with the matter who spoke via…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Security Experts • Robert • Researchers • Providers • Hackers • Connectivity

  • Internet Explorer 6 buried in funeral

    People were really happy at the funeral, and it was all in good fun.Last week, Aten Design announced the death of IE6 on a site, IE6funeral.com, that offered a short obituary and an invitation to a funeral on March 4.Internet Explorer Six…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Mix • Microsoft Windows • Friends • Explorer • Event • Browsers

  • RealNetworks loses Hollywood battle, stops selling DVD copying software

    District Court for the Northern District of California said RealDVD violates federal law as well as a license agreement that Real had signed with the DVD Copy Control Association.The case had been set to go to trial, but Real Networks said…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Settlement • Realnetworks • Movie • Injunction • Dvd • Association

  • Home fuel cells to generate green energy

    At a news conference attended by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Silicon Valley start-up today took the wraps off a fuel cell designed to enable individual homes and businesses to generate…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Headquarters • Energy • Enable • Electricity • Cell • Boxes

  • Web designers hold wake for Internet Explorer

    The design company, Aten Design Group, announced IE6's funeral on Monday with a site, ie6funeral.com, that offered a short obituary and an invitation to a wake.Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Google Sites • Google Docs • Explorer • Designers • Decline • Celebrate

Latest Features

  • SQL and relational databases: They're not right for the cloud

    I'm at the Cloud Connect 2010 conference in California, one of the first major gatherings of the year on cloud computing. The data processing requirements of cloud computing is causing many to leave SQL and relational databases behind.
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Sql • Processing • Movement • Databases • Cloud Computing

  • Four tips to avoid server failure in virtualisation projects

    Monitor Performance Continuously At Network Data Center Host, a web service provider in California, the IT team quickly learned that when it comes to virtualizing mission-critical applications, you have to consider more than just RAM.
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Workload • Ratio • Demands • Deeper • Consolidation

  • From sea to shining data centre: One IT exec's rise to the top

    He handled the electrical and property infrastructure for ABC TV in New York, Washington and, to some degree, California, he says.TV has a fungible product — commercials. Plying the worlds oceans may seem an odd start for someone who now oversees…
    08 February 2010
    Tags: Strategic • Skills • Property • Footprint • Facilities • America

  • The life and death of a virtual machine

    What Allen refers to is the automated process of integrating end-of-life rules across multiple virtual-machine brands and types.For this level of management, Informatica, a data-integration software maker in California, is considering FastScale…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: York • Virtual Machine • Layers • Suse Linux • Virtual Machines • Lifecycle

  • WiMax in 2010: Too little, too late?

    ATWiMax Innovation Network" in California's Silicon Valley to serve as a test environment for mobile application developers at companies like Google.Although most of today's WiMax rollouts are aimed at urban areas, smaller wireless ISPs are…
    21 September 2009
    Tags: Business Users • Market Share • Gsm • Telecommunications • Feet • Demanding

  • Can Linux distros survive Chrome OS?

    Chrome could help to give Linux more recognition on the desktop, creating an easier path for other distributions, according to some Linux providers.ZaReason, a small systems builder based in Berkeley, California, is already considering offering…
    09 July 2009
    Tags: Microsoft Windows • Battle • Distribution • Distributions • Recognition • Netbook

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How-Tos

  • Apple iPad: How to make a business case for one

    For these users, the iPad presents a reasonable set of compromises, allowing lightweight, affordable data access on demand, without an endless stream of nags and notifications emanating from their jacket pocket.While the iPad might not be for…
    04 February 2010
    Tags: Tablet • Productivity • Netbook • Michael • Connectivity • Battery Life

  • Five ways to improve website uptime

    For example, in areas of California, video-over-the-web is more common than elsewhere in the country, so Akamai or Limelight might install a center in San Francisco to handle the load.More use of content delivery networks can definitely help…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Downtime • San Francisco • Advance • Mechanisms • Programming • Viewed

  • How to add Facebook and LinkedIn contacts to Outlook

    This is all information you've had all along, but Xobni simply provides an intelligent way of making it instantly accessible.Michael Scalisi is an IT manager based in Alameda, California. Nowadays, I bounce between two different worlds in e-mail.
    18 September 2009
    Tags: Facebook • Michael • Bar • Actions • Mail • Plugin

  • How to cut costs through the supply chain

    Reducing costs and squeezing maximum utility out of fixed assets is nothing new to Black s Hardware and Home Improvement Group in California. Whether it's a truck, a tsunami or an economic downturn, the same general rule applies: You're better off…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Flow • Optimisation • Visibility • Signals • Inventory • Investments

  • How to assess laptop encryption products

    For example, credit card disclosure rules don't apply to encrypted data, and even California's strict data-disclosure statute makes an exception for encrypted records - provided you can prove they're encrypted.
    20 January 2009
    Tags: Enterprise Class • Third Party • Folder • Motherboard • Disc • Contents

  • Six techniques to encourage green habits

    Our hope - since moving to a period of year where electricity in California gets interesting - is that we'll be able to link that information on the Green Screen to energy response initiatives on campus," says Yahoo's Page.3.
    24 April 2008
    Tags: Behaviour • Print • Encourage • Actions • Shift • Recognition

Reviews

  • Logitech Squeezebox Boom

    A couple of seconds of buffering and were listening to some classic 70s California beach sounds thanks to Absolute Radio.If you haven't set up the SqueezeCenter you'll be offered the option of accessing the Napster library.
    10 July 2009
    Tags: Radio • Clock • Button • Speakers • Press • Enter

  • Ubuntu Server review

    It's compatible with Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Book Store (EBS).Eucalyptus, based on an open source project at the University of California at Santa Barbara, is comprised of a cloud controller, a…
    09 June 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Oem • Root • Transactions • Methods • Argue

  • Samsung NV100HD camera

    Should you catch the dreaded red-eye anyway, the camera's automatic red-eye removal function works well, too.We took the Samsung NV100HD to the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to put it through its paces.
    23 March 2009
    Tags: Cameras • Resolution • Samsung • Exposure • Touchscreen • Sensor

  • Cisco 6500 Virtual Switching Supervisor engine

    The results presented here would be the same regardless of where the test was conducted.David Newman is president of Network Test, an independent test lab in California.Thanks Thanks to Spirent Communications for its support of this project.
    15 January 2008
    Tags: Delays • Frames • Access Control • Hosts • Vary • Combining

  • Infrant ReadyNAS NV+

    Not many people have heard of Infrant (in the UK at least); it is a small company based in California specialising in network-attached storage (NAS) systems. The Infrant ReadyNAS appliances are incredibly easy to use and the NV+ is perfect for an…
    07 June 2007
    Tags: Supplies • Streaming • Volumes • Macs • Hub • Remotely

White Papers

  • Employing Encryption to Secure Consumer Data

    Yet success today will be just as much contingent upon how well that customer data is secured as how it is used.Driven largely by the awareness of security breaches created by disclosure laws like California's SB 1386, law makers, card issuers…
    21 March 2007
    Tags: Consumer • Breaches • Encryption • Disclosure • Retailers • Customer Data

  • A Guide to Reducing the Risk of Costly Data Breaches

    For example, California's Database Security Breach Notification Act (Effective July 1, 2003) SEC. Section 1798.29 added to the Civil Code that:Any agency that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information shall disclose any…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Iron • Microsoft Windows • Data Protection • White Paper • Breaches • Mobile Devices

  • Targeted cyber attacks

    After this incident, Citibank learnt one valuable lesson: Don't make it public (Scheiner).Luckily, companies under the jurisdiction of the California law (Civil Code 1798.82) now required any person or business that maintains computerized data…
    27 February 2007
    Tags: Provider • Cyber • Faced • Organizations • Distance • Person

  • Avoiding Legal Traps on the Web

    For example, a university in California was warned it might be held liable for permitting downloads of a copyrighted movie1. One of the chief concerns for IT professionals tasked with protecting network assets should be the legal implications of…
    15 February 2007
    Tags: Activity • Equipment • Filtering • Exposure • Organization • Protecting

  • iPrism ePolicy Handbook

    Established in April 1995 with corporate headquarters in San Diego, California and an international office in London, St. Whether you need to implement an Acceptable Use Policy for your organization, or have inherited one that needs to be updated…
    15 February 2007
    Tags: Threats • San Diego • Policy • Risks • Institute • Organization

  • Loan center of california case study

    Loan Center of California, Inc. LCC) is a privately held wholesale mortgage company specializing in Alt-A and MTA 1st and 2nd home loans originated in California. Loan center of california case study St.
    22 January 2007
    Tags: Threats • Employee • Policy • Employees • California • Latency

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