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  • Microsoft to shut down more spam botnets with court orders

    Waledac's makers "definitely know the ins and outs," Joe Stewart, director of malware analysis at SecureWorks and a noted botnet researcher, said last Thursday.Boscovich admitted that Waledac wasn't the world's biggest botnet, but said several…
  • Microsoft botnet take down will not stop spam, says researchers

    We're dealing with the same people behind Storm, and they definitely know the ins and outs.In all likelihood, he added, Microsoft's maneuver won't stop an established botnet like Waledac. Security researchers raised doubts that Microsoft's…
  • ODF developers handed Sun-IBM tool

    Sun and IBM are expected to announce the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.Sun is contributing an initial set of code for an API developers can use to work with ODF files…
  • BT's US invasion continues with INS

    BT is continuing its US invasion, with the acquisition of American company International Network Services for around 100 million.INS' services include information risk management and infrastructure transformation, and consulting on business…
  • IPv6: We love it but it's pricey

    The Internet's big upgrade, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), has big advantages but it is being held up through cost concerns, consulting firm INS has revealed [pdf].IT professionals are interested in the additional authentication and security…
  • The ins and outs of fixed content storage

    The ins and outs of fixed content storage Chris Mellor, Techworld Extra storage news this week news A fixed fixed content strategyStorageTek has finally introduced a fixed content storage product, similar to EMC's Centera.

Latest Features

  • 10 things we hate about laptops

    On the road, laptop users can encounter a dizzying array of network connections, multimedia display ins/outs, and peripherals options - not to mention the mouldy five-year-old technology used in hotel "business centers.That means IT managers need…
  • IP address management gets serious

    If DNS doesn't work properly, a user won't gain access to the web site, and that would become a perceived network failure.Vendors such as Blue Cat Networks, Cisco, eTelemetry, InfoBlox, INS, Lucent, MetaInfo and Nortel offer products that promise…
  • Wi-Fi switches: the order changes

    The Airespace-based Cat 6500 module, WiSM, launched in November and doesn't yet feature in published sales figures (read the ins and outs here). One year ago, Cisco bought its way into WLAN switches. Who has won and who has lost?
  • The ins and outs of Cisco's WLAN plan

    The ins and outs of Cisco's WLAN plan Peter Judge, Techworld Whizzum and Welcome look like ousting Wilsum Feature But the competition won't be long in responding. The enterprise Wi-Fi industry has been in limbo this year.
  • Enterprise benefits of the Linux 2.6 kernel

    SELinux is the most well-known of those mechanisms and vendors, seeing the pain associated with Linux ACLs in the enterprise, have moved fast to write non-free tools around it: Red Hat and Immunix being two examples.But LSM could be just one…
  • WLAN switches - how the costs pan out

    There are many hidden costs of tying a WLAN to existing authentication, security and administration systems.If you have a separate (WLAN) network management system, you have to set it up and configure it," says Matt Dillon, principal consultant…
 

How-Tos

  • Case Study: Crunching the numbers

    According to a recent INS survey of some 190 IT professionals, as the need for IP address management continues to grow so does the complexity of IP networks (see graphic). A number of vendors, including Cisco, Incognito, INS, Lucent, MetaInfo…

Reviews

  • Fujitsu Lifebook T5010

    You'll also find documentation explaining the ins and outs of the robust security features - for all intents and purposes, the Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 is a digital fortress. The Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 convertible laptop is built for business.
  • Sony VAIO VGN-NS20

    It feels reasonably solid and chunky but not especially light at over 2.7kg.To the left we have two USB, a mini FireWire port, ExpressCard|34 and audio ins and outs. The Sony VAIO VGN-NS20 is Sony's budget VAIO PC.
  • 4G iPod nano review

    Apple obviously feels you should play iPod nano games with a single thumb; it's nearly impossible to use two thumbs or fingers in landscape mode.NEXT PAGE: ins and outsThe new 4G iPod nano leaves behind the shorter, wider shape of the…
  • Zoho CRM Enterprise Edition

    And, although AdventNet offers the aforementioned office productivity tools, no easy mechanism exists for weaving them seamlessly into the CRM application - with the exception of spreadsheets, which have been newly integrated into some of the CRM…
 
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