Monthly Archives: May 2007
Microsoft Once More Invites Hackers to Tear It Apart
Microsoft once again invited hackers to its home and laid out its wares to be stomped on in its fifth Blue Hat security conference,...
Rising Power Costs Fuel Drive for Energy Efficiency
Yikes, can all that gasoline Im pumping into my old Subaru really be approaching $4 per gallon? And why do gasoline prices always spike...
ANI Trojan Sticks It to Popular Geek Hardware Site Visitors
More than a month after Microsoft patched the .ANI vulnerability, the geek favorite e-tailer Toms Hardware has found the W32.ani Trojan lurking in one...
Reading Between the Lines
"Its only words, and words are all I have to steal your heart away," sang the Baron of Babble, Barry Gibb-like, when a pal...
Balsillie: BlackBerry Shutdown Will Never Happen Again
ORLANDO, Fla.—In a rare one-on-one interview with eWEEK, Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie said that the event that shut down e-mail for BlackBerrys...
ThinkPad T61 Is an Able Companion
The latest addition to Lenovos T-series laptop family is the first to use designs based on Intels Centrino Duo and Pro processor technology. The...
Apple Fixes Critical Holes in Darwin Streaming Server
Apple has updated its open-source Darwin Streaming Server to fix two critical security holes that can allow a remote attacker to hijack the server.Darwin...
Shunra VE Helps with WAN Optimization Decisions
Shunra Software on May 22 will launch the next major release of its Virtual Enterprise network simulation and modeling tool.
Shunra VE 5.0, to be...
NEC Makes Inroads on U.S. Market with New Storage Arrays
Storage hardware and software maker NEC introduced on May 9 a new midrange storage system that it says can scale up a companys data...
Playboy to Set Up the Mansion in Second Life
Hugh Hefners infamous lad mag, Playboy, responsible for jumpstarting the careers of many a buxom lady, announced that bunny avatars will be setting up...