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  • Microsoft Windows architect says ditch the kernel

    he asked.Probert made his presentation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Universal Parallel Computing Research Center.Probert is on the team working on the next generation of Windows, though he said the ideas in this talk did not…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Techniques • Programming • Dave • Cpus • Cpu • Architect

  • Estonia defence minister: Cyberattacks will grow

    Three years after a widespread cyberattack temporarily shut down the Estonian economy, the country's defence minister said such incidents will only continue to grow.The 2007 Estonian incident came at a time when Russian nationalists had taken to…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Provider • Enforcement • Economy • Defence • Country • Countries

  • Software bloat causes PC waste, says green study

    The number of PCs that are thrown away could hit 2.4 billion by 2013, says Nottingham University. The number of PCs that are thrown away could hit 2.4 billion by 2013, says Nottingham University.The 'Software marketing and e-waste: Standards for…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Waste • University • Study • Countries • Consumers • Causes

  • Bogus intranets scam university students

    Such servers often contain personal data such as grades, names, addresses, and payment information.The company offers screenshots from one attack in its February Online Fraud Report, that of a bogus website purporting to belong to an unnamed…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: University • Serve • Phishing • Measures • Institutions • Criminals

  • Open sourcing data centre design

    He has partnered with the University of Missouri, which will provide administrative support, and ARG Investment, which is building a data center in Missouri where it says it will test some of the new technologies proposed.The project is in its…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Questions • Pool • Innovation • Engineering • Data Center • Cooling

  • Microsoft to kill business server package

    The company also has several incentive plans for existing customers to migrate to standalone Microsoft products as replacements.Earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an audience at the University of Washington that the company is…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • System Center • Programs • Portfolio • Package • Cloud Computing

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    Ken Calvert, chair of the University of Kentucky's Department of Computer Science. The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that run US power plants were built some 40 years ago, when the Internet was just a handful of…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Overlooked online threats

    Back in 2006, a couple of Indiana University researchers talked about how home routers could be attacked and used to steal personal information. There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't know.Most of us are rightfully wary…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Race • Mechanisms • Inhouse • Danger • Addons • Ad

  • Business needs new IT blood

    ING Direct and Reed Elsevier (the parent company of Reed Technology and Information Services) together donated $15,000, and Drexel University provided about $10,000 worth of classroom time and resources, says Patrick Callihan, NPower Pennsylvania…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    Simplify management Network director John Turner of Brandeis University in Massachusetts loves virtualisation, but he's puzzled by some of its quirks.Recently, users on virtual machines experienced a major slowdown, and at first Turner's network…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Security and the rise of corporate espionage

    Dietz, Managing Director of TAL Global, and Adjunct Professor at American Military University. Even today there are some still blank stares when I suggest to an audience of C-level executives or security professionals that they should all read the…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Intellectual Property • Economy • Compromised • Audience • Aspects

  • Where do web giants stand on IPv6?

    For details on how seven of the largest sites are doing, see our list below.IPv6-enabled web content is "one of the things we need to have," says Timothy Winters, a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory…
    05 February 2010
    Tags: Websites • Twitter • Pressure • Isps • Ebay • Carriers

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How-Tos

  • How to build your own Wikipedia

    Alexander Milne, senior director of public technology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, decided he needed a wiki to help his team share documents in a central repository that was easy to access.
    05 January 2010
    Tags: End Users • Management System • Cio • Guidelines • Mention • Edit

  • How to DoS a federal wiretap

    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the US. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to…
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Mobile Phones • Law • Sms • University • Records • Tap

  • How to sell open source software to your company

    This is difficult enough as it is, so be as specific as possible during this part of the process.Luckily, much research in this area has been done, including the US Department of Defense, the Australian Government, Athens University and a company…
    07 September 2009
    Tags: Criteria • Evaluation • Guidelines • Open Office • Freeware • Checklist

  • How to install unified comms system

    Massey Jr.technical adviser to the deputy CIO at Atlanta's Emory University, says that when it comes to a successful rollout, there's no substitute for knowledge - both of system operations and end-user needs.
    10 August 2009
    Tags: End Users • Pbx • Locations • Forrester Research • Desk • Learned

  • Case Study: Network behaviour analysis secures university

    Seeking better visibility into the traffic crossing its extensive network, Wayne State University turned to NBA software from Q1 Labs. The IT security team at Wayne State University in Detroit wanted to get better visibility into the traffic…
    08 September 2008
    Tags: Vulnerabilities • Behaviour • Analysis • Visibility • Administrators • Labs

  • Case Study: Microsoft: the world's largest WLAN

    To be sure, it's not the typical software vendor's corporate address - the beige building found in today's suburban office park never too far from a strip mall.Rather, Microsoft's HQ looks and feels more like a huge university with dozens and…
    09 May 2008
    Tags: Wired • Productivity • Buildings • Ubiquitous • Workforce • Campus

Reviews

  • Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T review

    The Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T is light for a 14in notebook, and its battery lasted a long time in our tests.The Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T is a great laptop if the portability of a netbook is appealing, but you are worried about the cramped…
    20 July 2009
    Tags: Acer • Battery Life • Notebooks • Netbook • Packed • Brightness

  • Ubuntu Server review

    It's compatible with Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Book Store (EBS).Eucalyptus, based on an open source project at the University of California at Santa Barbara, is comprised of a cloud controller, a…
    09 June 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Oem • Root • Transactions • Methods • Argue

  • Amazon Kindle DX e-reader

    Six US universities - Arizona State University, Pace University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia - will be participating in trials this autumn in…
    11 May 2009
    Tags: Carry • Dedicated • University • Weight • Students • Amazon

  • SlovoEd Russian-English Dictionary Deluxe for iPhone review

    Now those dictionaries have been ported to the greatest smartphone of all, the Apple iPhone.There may be some variability in the breadth and depth of translation between SlovoEd's different language editions, as the database of words that the…
    24 February 2009
    Tags: Language • Words • Letter • Dedicated • Symbol • Forms

  • HP Deskjet D2545 review

    HP Deskjet D2545 review Chris Holt review,reviews The HP Deskjet D2545 will probably best serve anyone living in a university hall of residence, or someone who needs a printer to complement the family computer.
    08 October 2008
    Tags: Printers • Laser • Dedicated • Print • Cartridges • Printer

  • Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS satnav device

    The Garmin Nuvi 360 also features a media player for viewing images and listening to audio, language guides from Oxford University Press, and travel information (including restaurants, hotels, and points of interest).Long battery life enhances the…
    09 January 2008
    Tags: Audio • Maps • Travel • Street • Car • Gps

White Papers

  • Remote Support Solutions to Enhance University Teaching

    It can also enable university lecturers to connect more effectively with their students to enhance teaching. They also expect their university lecturers to join the digital age by communicating their expertise and knowledge using the latest…
    02 July 2009
    Tags: Enhance • University • Age • Bridge • Students • Lecturers

  • Boston University Uses eTrust CA-Top Secret Security and eTrust Cleanup

    By using eTrust CA-Top Secret, Boston University is able to secure its data centre withease.eTrust CA-Top Secret fully protects the institutions information assets and helps monitor the effectiveness of its data, assets and security policies.
    18 October 2007
    Tags: Compliance • University • Etrust • Cleanup • Boston • Assets

  • Contact Centers in Higher Education

    Even so, there are opportunities at every college or university where contact center technology can be used to improve the student experience, streamline administrative processes, increase sales for bookstores and ticket offices and support fund…
    29 May 2007
    Tags: Carry • Enabled • Education • Contact • Centers • Agents

  • University offers Lexmark printers to incoming students through unique distribution program

    Each of the nearly 3,750 incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is required to own a laptop computer. To simplify purchasing, fulfilment and ongoing support, the University offers a limited menu of two laptop models…
    29 May 2007
    Tags: Models • Plug • Drivers • Printer • Incoming • High Quality

  • Soka University of America finds the Lexmark X642e is a quick study

    In a university environment, printers located in public spaces are placed under extraordinary stress, used by hundreds of students and faculty every day to generate thousands of pages. It is this attention to usability and details that sets the…
    29 May 2007
    Tags: Paper • Scanning • Print • America • Students • Printer

  • Virtualisation brings Kings College academics together

    And so that's what prompted us to look into virtualisation as a potential solution.Virtualisation suits the funding model of a University department, too, he says. That was hosted for us by the University ISS (Information Services and Systems…
    26 April 2007
    Tags: Virtualised • School • Virtual Machines • Editions • Funding • Compute

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