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Latest News

  • Comcast releases open source tool to help ISPs transfer to IPv6

    Comcast and Internet Systems Consortium announced on Thursday the availability of open source software that will help carriers and enterprises migrate to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.Called…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: United States • Questions • Migrate • Mechanisms • Carriers • Addresses

  • Java creator backs Oracle and Enterprise Edition

    Offered in a test release last year, Java Store was set up as an online mechanism for discovering and acquiring Java and JavaFX programs.Oracle recently closed its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, where Java was invented.
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Profile • Language • Edition • Application Server • Api

  • Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview

    This build is simply a first look at the work Microsoft has done so far and is ready to share with its developer community.Missing from the browser are critical user navigation tools such as the address bar, as well as security features like the…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Technically • Preview • Operating Systems • Heart • Explorer

  • Zeus botnet malware is improving for hackers

    But today researchers suspect there's only one author of Zeus, and this individual is now exerting tight control over the current Zeus 1.3 (and later) versions by instituting a hardware-based copyright-protection mechanism.SecureWorks researcher…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Windowsbased • Transactions • Criminal • Botnet • Attackers • Attacker

  • VMware, Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up

    A backup and recovery feature replicates all user customisations in the data centre, and CacheCloud works with any type of direct-attached storage, SAN or NAS products.According to a 451 Group report on Unidesk, the company has developed a highly…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Startup • Reduces • Deployments • Delivery • Data Center • Brodkin

  • Windows needs patching every five days

    A few vendors said 'We want to hear more,' but a lot just ignored us or turned down the idea outright.Rather than wait on software makers to come up with a single patch mechanism, something unlikely in any case, Secunia has stepped up to produce a…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Patching • Mechanisms • Mechanism • Master • Faces • Consumers

Latest Features

  • 3D video streaming limited by PC hardware

    The Internet is a good delivery mechanism and PCs let users store and watch 3D content that is not live. Content providers are increasingly streaming 3D video over the Internet, but many computers are not yet 3D-ready and users may not be all that…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Viewing • Screens • Playback • Pick • Handling • Bluray

  • Overlooked online threats

    What's crucial is that users not assume that simply changing platforms is by itself a defense mechanism. There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't know. There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Race • Mechanisms • Inhouse • Danger • Addons • Ad

  • Low power Ethernet boosts green networks

    During the sleep-to-wake transition, EEE requires that data transmission be held off for the PHY wake time so no data is lost.The EEE standard also provides a mechanism to hold off transmission for longer periods than the minimum specified to…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Transmission • Savings • Metrics • Mechanisms • Idle • Efficiency

  • Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud

    It is not easy to build and it takes time for something as ambitious and complex as a directory.But Lewis says there is no question that AD today is considered by a lot of enterprises to be the foundation of their user repository and hub for their…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Network World • Legacy • Addon • Active Directory • Access Control

  • The state of Internet security

    While it took longer for CSRF to appear than expected, the rise in CSRF incidents is in line with authentication abuse since it provides an alternative mechanism for performing actions on behalf of a victim.The trinity of troubleRegardless of the…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Priority • Login • Javascript • Input • Databases • Actions

  • US ISP launches IPv6 trial

    We want to understand what the challenges are and what the various issues are so we can make sure we do what's in the best interests of our subscribers.Livingood says Comcast wants to use the trials to figure out which IPv6 transition mechanism…
    28 January 2010
    Tags: Subscribers • Trial • Carrier • Carriers • Ip Addresses

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How-Tos

  • How to create a transformation roadmap

    That extra due diligence-the 'how'-provides the mechanism for the client to verify that the committed cost improvements are or are not achievable.A transformation roadmap should consist of a set of projects prioritized by their importance as well…
    27 July 2009
    Tags: Savings • Contract • Category • Roi • Desk • Outsourcing

  • How to assess laptop encryption products

    But the TPM chips must be explicitly enabled to use them as the authentication mechanism for encryption.If your laptops have a TPM chip, don't try enabling it without carefully following the vendor's instructions -- otherwise, you could…
    20 January 2009
    Tags: Enterprise Class • Third Party • Folder • Motherboard • Disc • Contents

  • How to improve your datacentre operations

    By code, the disconnection mechanism may be a single button or two adjacent buttons - one for power, the other for cooling. Hardware, software and networks are more reliable than ever, but electrical and mechanical infrastructure improvements lag…
    14 February 2008
    Tags: Density • Pushed • Datacentres • Fire • Raised • Pushing

  • Case Study: Shaping the priorities of Internet2

    It's obviously a cost-savings mechanism for our members and enhances network performance for users, but we also see it as mechanism to help push some advanced services toward the commercial world. It's an opt-in mechanism whereby we peer with…
    11 February 2008
    Tags: High Speed • Education • Transport • Mechanism • Campus • Dynamically

  • Use PEAP for wireless authentication

    PEAP can be a strong authentication choice for wireless LAN environments, if organisations follow a few steps to ensure the integrity of the deployment.Disable unused EAP types on the RADIUS serverIf your organisation is using PEAP as the sole…
    19 June 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Object • Authority • Wireless Lan • Configured • Trusted

  • Simplifying the VI3 upgrade process

    VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) provides a mechanism to automatically migrate virtual machines to balance utilisation and guarantee resource availability within the overall virtual infrastructure.
    16 April 2007
    Tags: Infrastructures • Modified • Vm • Enhancements • Configured • Hosts

Reviews

  • Acer Aspire 5740 review

    We'd prefer two different buttons or a mechanism without that flaw.Instead of including a bunch of dedicated media buttons - which are ugly and underused, anyway - Acer lets an F-key modifier pause and otherwise control media applications.
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Movie • Midrange • Dedicated • Buttons • Audience • Acer

  • Databases for social networks

    That's why the database needs to be a more flexible indexing mechanism for finding nodes quickly, not just the text in nodes that's indexed by Lucene.These improvements will probably be coming along soon, though I'm not sure whether the result…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Table • Questions • Queries • Nodes • Movie • Friends

  • Palm Pre Plus review

    The slider mechanism feels much more secure, as well. The Palm Pre Plus is really more of an update of the original Pre than a completely new product. Even so, the subtle hardware tweaks make it an overall improvement from its predecessor the Palm…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Button • Battery Life • Games • App • Cover • Gaming

  • Ci Design iStoragePro iT1 Dock 2TB review

    It's a fanless unit, but runs quieter than you'd expect from a 7200-rpm mechanism. The 3.5-inch SATA II hard drive mechanism inside the iT1 Dock is manufactured by Western Digital and comes formatted for Mac OS X as a default.
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Wave • Designs • Hard Drive • Mac Os • Mechanism • Ssd

  • Parallels Desktop 4 review

    Automated installation scripts (similar to VMware's Easy Install mechanism) now take the pain out of installing and configuring new Windows-based VMs. Locked in a death struggle with VMware on the Macintosh platform, Parallels allowed its Windows…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Cpus • Workstation • Flagship • Legacy • Vm • Death

  • Sun VirtualBox 3.1 review

    Suddenly, this once shy, awkward desktop VM solution is sporting speeds and feeds that seem more at home on a VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V datasheet.VirtualBox 3.1 supports up to 32 virtual CPUs per VM and has a much-improved snapshot mechanism…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Attached • Vm • Account • Checking • Tech

White Papers

  • Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernising legacy systems to a SOA

    Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA provides a mechanism for defining business services and operating models - and in so doing provides a technological infrastructure that IT organisations can use…
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Environments • Requirements • Legacy • Agility • Modernise • Adaptability

  • Next Generation Network Series: Utility Computing and Business Value

    It sees the next generation network not only as a transport mechanism, but as the foundation for distributed computing architectures. The telecommunications network has traditionally been seen as a passive infrastructure, designed only for moving…
    16 July 2007
    Tags: Rate • Accounting • Dedicated • Handle • Developments • Allocated

  • In Todays Web 2.0 Environment, Proactive Security Is Paramount. Are You Protected?

    Secure Computing The internet today is a different mechanism than it once was. Applications are now enabled over the Internet and the use of corporate intranets and extranets are now critical components of business.
    18 June 2007
    Tags: Legacy • Threats • Employees • Organizations • Outlines • Outbound

  • Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?

    There is also a new mechanism to prevent rogue code from being able to make malicious changes to the operating system kernel, and improved browser and firewall functionality. This paper describes Windows Vista security, provides an insight into the…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Insight • Business Users • Heart • Kernel • Windows Vista • Malicious

  • Bridging the network security gap

    As far as direct employees are concerned, administration rights usually granted to to enable them to use their computers productively often compromises security by allowing critical security serices to be disabled.However, the majority of…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Protect • Requirements • Threats • Policy • Organizations

  • AppGate Client Check Feature

    This program is downloaded to the client during the log-on process and is launched by the AppGate Client.The resulting output of the execution is passed back to the AppGate Security Server and is fed as input to the authorization mechanism.
    25 April 2007
    Tags: Check • Downloaded • Administrator • Binary • Security Server • Appgate

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