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  • ICANN boss slammed for DNS security warning

    I have personally consulted with over 20 CEOs of the top registries and the top registrars globally, all of whom are seeing increasing attacks and complexity of attacks and who are extremely concerned," said Beckstrom.Chris Disspain, chairman of…
  • Overland Storage unveils iSCSI SAN first

    Overland Storage, which has been struggling to regain financial stability and to execute on its product plans, today announced its first iSCSI disk array, the SnapServer SAN S2000.The 2U (3.5-in high) rack mountable system comes in 12TB and 24TB…
  • Ksplice offers no downtime patching for Linux servers

    The startup has about 35 customers and several thousand servers using its paid Uptrack service, in which security and maintenance patches are automatically applied to Linux servers with minimal delay and no downtime, according to Chief Operating…
  • Windows 7 stability update causes instability

    The only way to get around this is by cold reboot and system restore to before the update.Several of the users affected by the update reported that they regained control of the machine by uninstalling the 25 January stability and reliability update.
  • Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6 update

    Out of date plugins will be detected.Stability improvements to decrease crashes caused by third party softwareForm Complete, in which the browser suggests information for form fields based on common answers in a similar field Mozilla releases…
  • Twitter down

    In October, it had more than 5 hours of downtime, sandwiched between only 33 minutes in September and 22 minutes in November.While Twitter is a free service, it has a large ecosystem of external developers whose revenue generating Twitter-based…

Latest Features

  • Cloud, virtualisation: Wasting IT resources

    It makes the process less cumbersome.Even companies that have the time and staff to do heavy engineering work tuning their own systems end up wasting money and hardware in places they don't always examine - like the input/output (I/O) of their…
  • Will Windows 7 spread desktop virtualisation?

    The vendor is clearly supporting desktop virtualisation, but is leery of anything that would threaten the primacy of the standalone PC as the main business computing platform.Even Microsoft's main desktop virtualisation product manager doesn't…
  • Sorry was the easiest word for tech companies in 2009

    Specifically, we have made changes to improve the overall stability of the Sidekick service and initiated a more resilient backup process to ensure that the integrity of our database backups is maintained.Once again, we apologize for this…
  • Six annoying things about Windows 7

    The real choice people have is not to buy a PC at all, which a small but slowly growing number of consumers are choosing to do, replacing them with mobile devices of one sort or another.FOURWindows 7 is trumpeted for its stability, driver support…
  • Will free Citrix upgrades boost virtual desktops?

    Independent Bank has been hurt less than most other banks by the 12-month economic downturn, but it has been tightening its belt and only spending money on technology where it can significantly improve efficiency and stability, according to Peter…
  • Why won't Apple let new iPhone apps run in the background?

    And it appears that it's possible for third-party developers to make their iPhone programs run in the background, too - but only if they violate their development agreements with Apple.Of course, one reason Apple may have chosen to prohibit this…
 

How-Tos

  • Mac OSX Snow Leopard Upgrade: The Facts

    In building Snow Leopard, the latest version of Mac OS X (version 10.6), Apple focused more on under-the-hood improvements to boost speed and stability than on adding new features. That contrasts with its predecessor, Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), which…
  • Three steps to a full Windows-to-Linux migration

    Like other users and organisations who've taken the plunge, it's likely you're making the move to take advantage of Linux's stability and reliance on open standards. Here's a lowdown on the essentials of making a full-blown Windows-to-Linux migration.
  • Case Study: Overland Storage: Back on its way

    Overland Storage has announced results awash with red ink but also showing strong progress back to profitability and stability. Overland's fat lady might be thinking about taking singing rehearsals again, despite its full year 2007 financial…
  • Eight steps to Longhorn planning (part 2)

    Mitigating the risk in our lab, with our engineers, builds the technical competencies that set us apart from the industry.Step 5: Thoroughly test critical applications for WS2008 stabilityPart of the beta testing process should involve testing…
  • Case Study: Nationwide gets cashback from VMware install

    We reviewed the processes, the stability, and made sure that it made sense to put it in the environment. US insurance company Nationwide has been a VMware user since 2002, when it initially used Workstation and GSX Server for test and development.
  • Case Study: How to move your company to open source

    They had just acquired a company that used Linux and it was time for the home office to switch over too.The company's motivation was price and stability. Changing OSes ought to be as simple as adding up the pluses and minuses -- and ensuring…

Reviews

  • Google Chrome for Mac

    Assuming Google can deliver the presently missing features while maintaining the speed and stability of the current beta, Chrome for Mac looks to be a serious alternative to the currently dominant Safari and Firefox OS X browsers.
  • Epson Stylus Pro 3880 printer

    Three levels of black and the enlarged greyscale supplied by Epson's UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ink technology.The 3880 offers improved colour stability after just 30 minutes with no visible colour shift, making it an suitable option…
  • Snow Leopard: The in-depth review

    And finally, a word about stability. Generally every major operating-system upgrade steps forward in terms of features and backward in terms of stability. Presumably Apple will address these sorts of bugs with forthcoming updates to Snow Leopard…
  • Samsung C6625 Valencia

    It is old, it is old-fashioned, it represents, in fact, the thinking of a decade again when its distant ancestor, Windows Pocket PC, was born.A new version, 6.5 is promised for this year, but it's not clear to what extent this will change the…
  • Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope opeating system

    Having rocketed to prominence in just a few years as probably the most popular desktop Linux distributions, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stability and ease-of-use. The new version of the free office suite maintains the same look and feel, and…
  • Flip Video MinoHD review

    If you want, you can screw the Flip Video MinoHD into a tripod to add stability and there's a loophole for a camera strap.Such is the straightforwardness of the Flip idea that it's been much mimicked.

White Papers

  • State of the Business Process Management Market 2008

    The future promises even more explosive growth as BPM products continue to mature, early success stories are shared, and enterprise-class vendors bring stability and scale to the market. It is important to remember that BPM is not just about…
  • Best practices for optimising performance and availability in virtual infrastructures

    All too often, early adopters of virtualisation have struggled with limited technology features and stability constraints, while learning new ways to effectively manage capacity requirements. Many IT administrators have already learned the hard way…
  • Data protection prospective vendor checklist

    How do they gauge the stability of the vendor? Organisations need a way to map business needs against all these challenges in procuring a technical solution. To help, SANS has developed the following Prospective Vendor Checklist.
  • Blaze Advisor 6.5

    In doing so it increases the stability and code quality of the higher-level object, ensures the consistency of application of business policy across the enterprise, and enables greater responsiveness to change.
  • The multiple benefits of infrastructure integrity

    The multiple benefits of infrastructure integrity IDC Providing a solid foundation for effective security and stability whitepaper This paper outlines the nature of infrastructure integrity, change auditing, and compliance solutions.
  • How to use open source SOA safely in the enterprise

    Enterprises considering deploying open source software should consider the following: Stability and productised releases License associated with open source project Availability and quality of professional services Extensibility of…
 
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