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  • Microsoft Windows architect says ditch the kernel

    The key may not be in throwing more energy into refining techniques such as parallel programming, but rather rethinking the basic abstractions that make up the operating systems model.Today's computers don't get enough performance out of their…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Techniques • Programming • Dave • Cpus • Cpu • Architect

  • Internet hit by wave of ransom malware

    The former assumes that users won't know they are being scammed, while the latter assumes they will but won't know what to do about it.The technique is slowly becoming more common - see the Vundo attack of a year ago - but what is also different…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Wave • Rogue • Malware • Detected • Campaign • Assumes

  • Google hack may have affected more companies

    The hackers then use a variety of techniques to acquire additional usernames and passwords and fan out across the targeted company's network, downloading sensitive data, which is then moved offshore.This type of targeted attack is not new, but it…
    28 February 2010
    Tags: Victim • Targeted • Hackers • Hacked • Hack • Compromised

  • Microsoft kills Waledac spam botnet

    The court has apparently ordered Verisign to remove the botnet's command-and-control domains from the Internet.This action has quickly and effectively cut off traffic to Waledac at the '.com' or domain registry level, severing the connection…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Send • Operation • Judge • Federal • Domains • Command

  • Microsoft: Windows XP blue screen of death crash caused by malware

    If that still does not work, you may need to reload your computer.Because TDSS uses crafty techniques to hide itself on the operating system, many antivirus programs have a hard time detecting it, said Roel Schouwenberg, a Kaspersky antivirus…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Robert Mcmillan • Remove • Investigating • Hard Drive • Boot

  • Microsoft tightens up Windows 7 activation

    Since then, Microsoft has stopped issuing product keys to license multiple copies and has improved the key-generation algorithm, Williams said.As a result, counterfeiters have moved on to other techniques, many of which involve tricking Windows 7…
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Signatures • Procedures • Malicious Code • Editions • Downloaded • Actions

Latest Features

  • Hackers capture Hollywood imaginations

    In the film Ustinov plays a criminal who uses social engineering techniques to impersonate a computer programmer and steal money, using a variety of fake identities.Gordon nearly included Desk Set, a 1957 Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn movie…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: War • Skills • Science • Robert • Games • Criminal

  • Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud

    We have watched the industry and anticipated the shifts, and that will continue going forward.As with any nascent technology, there were growing pains, stumbling blocks and techniques to master on the rise upward.
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Network World • Legacy • Addon • Active Directory • Access Control

  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    That makes it HP's most efficient data centre.Julian said each of the four data halls actually have a 1.16 PUE on their own, but that increases slightly to take into account electricity consumption in other areas, such as the 20,000-square foot…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: North • Installing • Facility • Facilities • Data Centres • Air

  • Is NAND flash about to hit a dead end?

    The goal is to keep scaling so we can stay ahead in cost.According to Forward Insights, as lithography techniques shrink, bit errors increase, a problem that's compounded by the move toward three-bit and four-bit per cell MLC NAND.
    05 February 2010
    Tags: Silicon • Medium • Flash Memory • Errors • Cell • Bits

  • Is NAND flash memory a dying technology?

    The goal is to keep scaling so we can stay ahead in cost.According to Forward Insights, as lithography techniques shrink, bit errors increase, a problem that's compounded by the move toward three-bit and four-bit per cell MLC NAND.
    04 February 2010
    Tags: Silicon • Programming • Mobile Devices • Medium • Cell • Bits

  • How dragonfly spy technology can power your iPod

    It exists; I've seen it," McAlpine says.The researchers have applied well-known materials and fabrication techniques to create piezo-rubber chips, solving the problem of how to make the ribbons - made of a brittle material called lead zirconate…
    29 January 2010
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Embedded • Researchers • Batteries • Ranging • Material

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How-Tos

  • How to protect your banking online

    Clever social engineering techniques in their phishing e-mails get consumers to sign up. Business banking is a popular target for hacks and attacks. Craig Priess of Guardian Analytics offers practical defensive steps.
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Victim • Transfers • Transactions • Procedures • Assume • Alerts

  • How to hire a developer

    How to hire a developer Neil McAllister Techniques to find the best candidates How-Tos It's a perennial problem, and no one seems to have a surefire solution. If you're hiring, how do you find good developers?
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Peter • Man • Interviews • Interview • Book • Bill

  • How to optimise photos for your digital scrapbook

    You can then add the framed image as a new layer on your scrapbook page and arrange and enhance it (by adding a shadow, lighting, and more) as you'd like.These are just a few of the techniques you can use to make your scrapbook photos shine.
    18 January 2010
    Tags: Frame • Selection • Images • Remove • Friends • Editing

  • How to avoid joining a botnet

    But Team Cymru's Steve Santorelli presents a combination of techniques that can make their chances of infection much lower. As much as CSOs try to get folks to bone up on safe practices (both online and in the office), there are always going to be…
    20 November 2009
    Tags: House • Steve • Patching • Compromised • Banks • Attachment

  • How to DoS a federal wiretap

    These techniques would work on mobile phones or VoIP systems, but not on analog devices, Sherr said. Because the researchers weren't able to test their techniques on real-world systems they don't know for certain that they could thwart a wiretap.
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Law • Sms • University • Records • Tap

  • Five ways to improve website uptime

    This architecture can become unresponsive when it's overwhelmed by the number of requests for content.In the end, the GDGT traffic problems calmed down after the initial launch, thanks to improved database speed and caching techniques that were…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Downtime • San Francisco • Advance • Mechanisms • Programming • Viewed

Reviews

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    With a ton of technologies on websites, including Flash and Javascript, and with techniques such as AJAX, this is getting harder each year.We tested UAG with a full suite of Microsoft enterprise application servers, including Exchange 2007…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Cassandra review

    Whereas services such as Digg and Twitter can use these kinds of techniques to speed up answer delivery, they still face the theoretical problem of quadratic growth: If everyone starts following everyone else on Twitter, the load is a disaster.
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Twitter • Nodes • Link • Joins • Databases • Attached

  • Databases for social networks

    The open source nature of the code means you can revise and extend it even if you buy a commercial licence.The NoSQL field is attracting a great deal of interest, and the techniques used with Cassandra can easily be applied to any of the other…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Table • Questions • Queries • Nodes • Movie • Friends

  • BitDefender Total Security 2008

    It offers slightly reduced levels of protection, which is better than none - a common and very useful approach for gamers.BitDefender Total Security 2008 uses a range of techniques to keep the bane of the internet, spam, under control.
    01 November 2009
    Tags: Scans • Spyware • Modules • Alerts • Labs • Learning

  • Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus review

    It then launches a quick system scan that took under ten minutes on my system.Security Essentials uses a new feature called the Dynamic Signature Service, which employs a variety of techniques to check for malware even before that malware's…
    30 September 2009
    Tags: Signatures • Signature • Scans • Downloads • Behaviour • Actions

  • Microsoft Security Essentials review

    It then launches a quick system scan that took under ten minutes on my system.Security Essentials uses a new feature called the Dynamic Signature Service, which employs a variety of techniques to check for malware even before that malware's…
    25 June 2009
    Tags: Scans • Antivirus • Scan • Signatures • Downloads • Actions

White Papers

  • Virtualisation - The 'black hole' of security?

    This document covers the set of issues, ideas and perceptions put forward and discussed during the course of a debate recently held in London about the effect of virtualisation techniques on organisational security.
    21 December 2009
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  • The top 5 server monitoring battles - and how you can win them

    This white paper outlines these key challenges, and offers insights into the tools and techniques you can use to overcome them. Many of the traditional tools and techniques that worked in the past dont suffice anymore.
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Monitoring • Administrators • Techniques • Insights • Demanding • Battles

  • Guide to cost optimisation: Four ways to gain operational advantage

    This paper is designed to help directors and managers of IT operations teams understand how the right systems management tools and techniques can help drive operational advantage through targeted cost optimisation projects.
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Projects • Consolidation • Optimisation • Directors • Targeted • Gains

  • Management Excellence: Leveraging technology and techniques

    The framework identifies key performance indicators and highlights EPM techniques and technologies that deliver information and analytic capabilities to users. Management Excellence: Leveraging technology and techniques Oracle The techniques and…
    23 October 2009
    Tags: Path • Processes • Techniques • Framework • Master • Excellence

  • An introduction to John McKean's do or die relevance

    Written specifically for the financial sector by best-selling author and recognized social customer relationship management (CRM) expert, John McKean, Do or Die Relevance analyzes traditional marketing techniques and approaches to consumer…
    13 October 2009
    Tags: Consumer • Social Networking • Sector • Die • Paradigm • Study

  • Web Threat Protection: Challenges and Solutions

    To combat these threats businesses must look to a multi-layered, comprehensive set of techniques. Web threats often use multiple protocols in their attack. Employ a new approach to ensure security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.
    20 January 2009
    Tags: Compliance • Protect • Threats • Business Continuity • Methods

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