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  • Fujitsu new server aimed at cloud computing

    He says they fall into 14 categories depending on the technologies and value-added services that they offer. For most of those categories, which could include a particular geography, company size, or vertical industry, he has identified between 10…
  • IBM says less software security vulnerabilities found in 2009

    IBM's X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk report shows an 11 per cent drop in discovered vulnerabilities compared to 2008, including a decline in the largest categories like SQL Injections and ActiveX. IBM's X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk report shows an 11…
  • Apple iPad to hurt e-reader market, says survey

    I can see it as further evidence of the iPad's ability to penetrate multiple electronic product categories," he said.And even if it does cannibalise existing lines, well, that's not necessary negative either.
  • Climate change iPhone app launched

    An Australian scientist has created an iPhone application to help debunk climate change sceptics' theories.The free app, called Skeptical Science, provides users with an attributed scientific response to 100 common sceptic arguments listed in…
  • Government enlists public to spot terror on web

    The form includes categories to describe what's on the website, such as "terrorist training material" or "hate crimes".Content deemed illegal by the UK includes videos of beheadings, messages that encourage racial or terrorist violence and chat…
  • Apple tablet excites developers, survey says

    The top five categories for tablet development were business/productivity, entertainment, social networking, education and games, in that order.The biggest point is that developers don't see the tablet as just all about games," said Schwarzhoff.

Latest Features

  • Macs vs. PCs: Which is cheaper to run?

    Here is Lennox's comparison chart on Facebook.An Enterprise Desktop Alliance survey of 260 IT admins found that Macs were cheaper in six of seven computer management categories: troubleshooting, help desk calls, system configuration, user training…
  • How to buy a new PC: The specs

    A PC packing an Atom processor should be fine for basic word processing, web surfing, and limited media playback, but little more.Intel's new Clarkdale line of Core i3 and Core i5 desktop processors tend to appear on systems in the budget desktop…
  • Unanswered questions about the Apple iPad

    If the depiction of certain categories of human behavior are unacceptable to Apple in the app store, will that same kind of thing be removed or banned from the iTunes media store? Steve Jobs is such a great salesman that he can actually give us a…
  • The 10 hottest IT jobs

    This includes responsibilities that fall into three categories -- planning and implementing a service catalog, financial management aspects of a service catalog, and rollout and maintenance of service catalog," reads a recent Forrester Research…
  • Alternatives to Google and Microsoft search

    ScooplerScoopler aggregates and organizes content in real time by indexing updates from news sources and social sites such as Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Delicious and more.The results page for your Scoopler search is divided into two columns: "popular…
  • Four tips for deploying SSDs

    Although DRAM has performance benefits, flash is significantly faster than disk-based arrays, more affordable than DRAM to implement and is the widely offered format of most storage array vendors.The flash found in SSDs is further broken into two…
 

How-Tos

  • How to buy a new PC: Choosing the right one

    If you've acquired an extensive media collection, and want an inexpensive and compact way to pipe it to your HDTV, a compact PC tailored toward media sharing and playback may be your best bet.Whatever your needs, you can find a desktop…
  • How to secure your data in the cloud

    The Cloud Security Alliance has taken a second run at creating recommendations for businesses to follow in order to better secure cloud services.The new document aligns CSA's definition of cloud computing with that of the National Institute of…
  • How to manage traffic on your home network

    The Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) specification, which is supported by nearly every modern router, is supposed to prioritise network traffic according to four access categories: from highest to lowest priority, these are voice, video, best effort and…
  • What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted?

    Public cloud services are breaking down into three broad categories: software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, and platform-as-a-service. Everyone in the IT industry is talking about cloud computing, but there is still confusion about…
  • How to get a free application education

    However, by browsing the Categories section on the righthand side, you'll find guides for plenty of mainstream stufff. If you can't find something by perusing the Categories, try using the Search field.
  • How to sell open source software to your company

    In addition, you need to ensure that you either make guidelines or rules to cover all the categories or, if that's not appropriate, then perhaps tailor the guidelines to the specific types of software you are looking at.For example, you might use…

Reviews

  • DLR Vantage MM550GE review

    In the higher price categories, the Intel chips tend to prove victorious. It's always nice to see new blood entering the desktop PC market, especially when a system offers the fine quality of this exhibit from first-timer DLR.
  • See Saw Beta review

    The site is easily navigated, with the ability to browse by broadcaster and channel categories, including comedy, drama, factual, lifestyle, entertainment and sport. TV on demand from the BBC, Channel Four and five is a promising work in progress.
  • Encryption software group test

    There are two general categories of private key algorithms: stream ciphers and block ciphers.A stream cipher encrypts each byte of the data stream individually. These three apps keep your data safe and secret.
  • Intel Core i5-540M review

    Expect exciting things coming for the notebook, nettop and all-in-one PC categories. We put the Intel Core i5-540M mobile processor to the test. Intel has unveiled 11 new mobile processors for 2010 - five Core i7s, four Core i5s, and two Core i3s.
  • ViewSonic VPD400

    This is definitely a device you won't be able to control from your pocket or your bag - you need to see what you're doing.The ViewSonic VPD400's user interface has six main categories - Settings, Video, Music, Photo, Voice Recorder, and EBook…
  • Akvis ArtSuite 5.0 review

    Frames has a library of hundreds of edge effects, including Classic, Pattern, Strokes, Scratches, Page Curl and numerous other categories.In addition to the kinds one would expect, such as Antique, Wood or Plastic, Akvis ArtSuite has some…

White Papers

  • Measuring the Pain: What is Fragmented Communication Costing Your Enterprise?

    This paper describes several categories of latent costs that are unnecessarily borne by businesses (who have not deployed UC) each year. The paper will explore ways to identify latent costs and ways of eliminating these costs through the practical…
  • Security Management: Align Security With Business Needs

    The key management functions required for EITM fall into four main categories: Security Management. Enterprise IT Management (EITM) is CAs vision for unifying and simplifying the management and security of IT in support of the business.
  • The Return on Investment of Automated Patch Management

    The benefits of automated patch management can be assigned to two general categories: quantitative and qualitative. Its a simple truth: applying patches is the only definitive way to keep vulnerable systems from being exploited.
  • The Demand For Proactive End Point Security

    These threats include not only viruses of all kinds, but also the more recent threats of spyware, spam, rootkits, keyloggers and many other categories of malware. All companies face growing threats from an increasingly broad set of complex and…
  • Camera Phone-based Mobile Search

    The searchable product categories are expected to increase in the near future. This white paper briefly introduces a new innovation in the field of mobile search called Search by Camera! ER Search, developed by D2 Communications and Bandai Networks…
  • Reducing the cost and risks of branch office data protection

    In fact, the Department of Homeland Security puts businesses in two categories: those who have already experienced the pain of losing valuable electronic data, and those who will at some point in the future.Well-prepared businesses know that…
 
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