Monthly Archives: February 2006
EFF: Dont Use Google Desktop
A high-profile privacy watchdog group has a terse warning for business and consumer users: Do not use the new version of Google Desktop.
The nonprofit...
Pharmaceutical RFID Adoption Stalls
Analysts had been optimistic about the potential of using RFID technology to track pharmaceuticals, thereby curbing theft and counterfeiting while encouraging supply chain efficiency.
In...
Isilon Powers NBC Olympic Broadcast Marathon
NBC on Feb. 10 in Turin, Italy, begins a stretch of broadcasting that should provide a record 418 hours of in-depth coverage of the...
Ratings Game: Security Flaw Scoring System Flounders
Exactly one year after the introduction of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System as a vendor-neutral standard to get around the confusion of measuring the...
iSCSI Tames Data Deluge at FoxHollow
Medical device manufacturer FoxHollow Technologies has seen its revenue increase fiftyfold and a significant jump in its employee base since 2003. Its storage needs...
Feds Deem Operation Cyber Storm a Success
U.S. Government officials and private sector representatives held a press conference the afternoon of Feb. 10 to declare the Cyber Storm digital war game...
Sun Rides with Openwave for Mobile Content
Sun Microsystems and communications software maker Openwave announced a new relationship through which they are teaming to help accelerate development of mobile device applications...
DOJ Indicts Hacker for Hospital Botnet Attack
A 20-year-old California man was indicted in Seattle Feb. 10 on charges that he used a computer "bot" network to cause computer malfunctions at...
iMac-Intel Owners Report Video Glitch
Apple Computer appears to be investigating reports of a video glitch within its new Intel-processor-based iMac.
Some iMac owners, posting on various online forums, have...
Asigras Televaulting 6.0 Brings Large-Scale Backup
Asigra is branching out its Televaulting remote office backup and recovery software to incorporate new centralized mass deployment capabilities and provide added support for...