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  • Microsoft slashes virtual desktop licence cost

    Licensing has historically been tied to hardware, but now desktop virtualisation lets IT shops deliver numerous desktops from the same server, Vu notes. Microsoft is lowering the price of licensing the Windows operating system in a virtual…
  • Windows Phone 7 Series: No copy and paste

    In our early testing, people have been pleased with this approach, but were always listening to feedback and will continue to improve our feature set over time based on what we hear.Casey also notes that developers are free to implement…
  • Google tool eases Exchange to Gmail migration

    Google has a similar tool for migrating data from IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino to Google Apps.Although Google Apps has a wide variety of components, including the Docs office productivity suite, its primary appeal has been its Gmail piece as a…
  • Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits

    The browser that would resist attacks the most robustly would be Chrome thanks to its sandbox security feature which restricts what can happen inside a browser.The discoveries and threats that come out of this will unequivocally show just how much…
  • US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks

    The US military was so fearful of classified information ending up on Wikileaks it considered ways to undermine the organisation, a newly published secret report on the site appears to show.In an ironic twist, Wikileaks has now published what…
  • Zeus botnet malware is improving for hackers

    And the VNC module, which allows the attacker to get around any smartcard that's required for large-dollar transactions, is $10,000.The latest version is also designed to blow through the most current defences in place regarding two-factor and…

Latest Features

  • Eight things you should know about Windows Phone 7

    Kindel notes there is a flock of Windows-based Twitter clients, all visually very different but all ultimately using the API provided by Twitter. At Microsoft's MIX10 web developer conference, a series of presentations, question-and-answer…
  • Will the cloud take your IT job?

    In the near future, the article quotes research firm Frost and Sullivan, cars will contain 200 to 300 million lines of code.As evidence of what cars have turned into, the author notes that his recent car came with a 500 page manual, along with a…
  • Overlooked online threats

    There's not a lot of Mac malware in the wild, Intego found most of it in pirated copies of commercial applications (iWork '09, Adobe Photoshop) available on peer-to-peer filesharing networks.The kernel issues are also worth noting (the report…
  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    But this software doesn't integrate with VMware's Distributed Resource Scheduler, a load balancing product, Wolf notes.VMware's load-balancing framework does not respect security zones created with vShield Zones, and its capacity management tool…
  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    In the mid-1980s, Ozzie and his company Iris Associates developed the networked groupware platform that became Lotus Notes. It can't be easy being Ray Ozzie. Microsoft's chief software architect is just 18 months into the job as Bill Gates…
  • What is Google Wave?

    I could see it being used for a variety of applications, including group chats, collaborative meeting notes, event planning, project management, and collaborative news tracking.Unfortunately, in its current preview state, it's not quite ready for…
 

How-Tos

  • How to archive Apple iPhone messages

    It can additionally copy the iPhone's contacts, notes, call log, bookmarks, voicemail, music, videos, audiobooks, podcasts, ringtones, photos, and voice memos from the iPhone to your Mac. Preserve your data for posterity Reader Stephen Bolinger…
  • How to fix cloud security

    Because BlueLock manages the firewall, for example, "none of my admins can go in and decide to sell or move the data," he notes. The latter option involves a performance hit, since customers have to re-upload data into the cloud every time an…
  • How to update your BIOS

    Updating the BIOS for my Lenovo Thinkpad T500, for example, added support for a new AC adapter and a 1600-by-900-pixel screen resolution on an external monitor; the update also fixed fan speed and Webcam issues that could not have been handled by…
  • How to save your business money on print costs

    That way, he notes, "you improve cycle time, get rid of file cabinets and save employees time.Make sure that the optimised environment doesn't sacrifice productivity in the name of cost savings, Boyd says.
  • How to avoid a tech support nightmare

    Unfortunately, Henry could not find the tape, so he was unable to comment on Marylyn's version of the call.He did say that notes of the call (taken by the techs) indicated that one of them had asked her to power cycle the system.
  • How to use Windows Server Update Service

    Its worth taking a look at the WSUS 3.0 SP2 release notes for more detailed requirements.Installing WSUS 3.0 SP2Once you confirm that your server meets the above prerequisites, download the appropriate version (32-bit or 64-bit) of WSUS and run…

Reviews

  • Epson Stylus SX415 printer review

    But, in typical Epson style, this bitingly fast figure is notched up only through the text being so faint you can barely see it.Although we can see some making use of this for test runs and notes, the reality is you'll spend far more time at…
  • Lenovo ThinkPad Edge review

    We found a few minor complaints (not enough status lights, for hard-drive access and Wi-Fi, for example), but the Edge still hits all the important notes - everything you love about ThinkPads is here, including a great keyboard (despite the switch…
  • Toshiba Satellite T110

    It lets you create boards and pin notes to them, create a to-do list, and view gadgets such a clock and calendar. The Toshiba Satellite T110 is a slimline laptop that's just a little bigger than a typical 10in netbook yet approximately twice as…
  • Microsoft Office 2010 beta

    If you choose that option, a dialog box appears showing your OneNote file structure, so you can place the content in the right location.You can also take notes in OneNote while working in Word, in PowerPoint, or on the web.
  • Sony Reader Touch Edition

    The Sony Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600) is Sony's new flagship ebook reader, offers something we haven't seen in previous Sony Readers: a touchscreen and stylus for navigating and for creating drawings and handwritten notes.
  • Amazon Kindle 2 ebook reader

    The first Kindle was readable in sunlight; it also had long battery life and allowed you to look up words on the fly, as well as to take notes and highlight passages at will.The Kindle 2 retains all of those capabilities, in a slimmer form (it's…

White Papers

  • Integrating SharePoint with Lotus Notes

    Solving interoperability challenges by migrating away from Lotus Notes and Domino to an all-Microsoft infrastructure is a costly proposition. Businesses are investing strategically in collaboration software to improve knowledge workers' innovation…
  • Banco EspĂ­rito Santo upgrades to Itanium for greater scalability in line with business needs.

    Having originally used the Superdome for corporate data warehousing, Banco Esprito Santo then added a credit scoring environment with Fair Isaac's Blaze application running more than 30 credit scoring models, providing notes to the branch network…
  • Customer Relationship Management: SugarCRM

    Product Evaluation notes provide an analysis of the market position of a specific product and its vendor through an in-depth exploration of their relative capabilities. SugarCRM is becoming a disruptive force in the small enterprise Customer…
  • How to Get to the Numbers that Matter in Retail

    Many of these are common to retailers of all sizes, but some are specific to mid to small tier businesses and many cautionary notes are given. Many of these are common to retailers of all sizes, but some are specific to mid to small tier businesses…
  • Transforming Your Enterprise: Transforming IT to deliver business value

    It's difficult to find a company that doesn't want to lower hardware, software and IT administration expenses, provision new hardware and update applications more rapidly and deliver higher availability, performance, security and compliance, he…
  • What Email Hackers Know that you Don't

    E-mail systems such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and GroupWise were constructed with a single purpose in mind: accept and send the maximum amount of mail, and route that mail as efficiently as possible.
 
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