Monthly Archives: December 2007
10 IT Facts That Are Really Fiction
10 IT Facts That Are Really Fiction
IT -Fact' 1: IT rules exist for a reason. Reality: The rules of IT are really just laws...
IBM Gives the Gift of Free E-Mail Search
IBM's Almaden Research Center is cooking up new search software that unearths the most relevant information in a search query to help people find...
Managed Security Plugs Law Firm’s Virus Holes
First, there were the viruses that got through to the law firm's network as if its antivirus software had holes in it. Then, there...
Dell Financial Services Buyout Could Be Boon to Dell Partners
Dell's planned purchase of global financial services and advisory company CIT's 30 percent interest in Dell Financial Services could mean good news for members...
12 Ways to Be a Security Idiot: The Calendar!
There are plenty of shortages of things in the world today. Right now parents are out there desperately trying to get their hands on...
Anti-Malware Testing Working Group
Anti-Malware Testing Working Group is a group of vendors and test organizations that plan to release methodologies for testing security products. Brian Prince, one...
Opera Sings the Patching Blues
Alternative browser maker Opera Software has released a "highly critical" update to fix a batch of potentially serious security vulnerabilities.According to a Secunia advisory,...
Beta 2 Brings Firefox 3 Closer to Completion
With the release this week of the second beta version of Firefox 3, one thing is certain: We definitely won't see an official release...
IBM Gulps Its Own Web 2.0 Kool-Aid
NEW YORK—Google is often portrayed as the technology hipster, rolling out Web applications almost at whim.But unseen to the public, IBM is rolling out...
Road Tripping Down Memory Lane
The Grizzled Grimalkin spent some time in Silicon Valley last week reminiscing with old friends—some of whom he hadn't seen in years.The Hyperkinetic Kitty...