Monthly Archives: February 2008
Apple Updates Xsan 2, Drops Xserve RAID
Apple updated and pared its enterprise storage product family Feb. 20, introducing the Xsan 2, an update to the Mac OS X-native SAN file...
Black Hat Lifts the Cover Off ID Theft Phishing Networks
WASHINGTON-A four-month investigation into the inner workings of the phishing scourge that drives identity theft attacks has uncovered an underground ecosystem of compromised Web...
Duke Is Investing in a Half-Baked 802.11n Standard
You can never be thin enough, have enough money or a fast-enough wireless connection. That's why everyone wants 801.11n, vendors are still locked in...
Lessig Ponders Congressional Run
Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig is considering a run for Congress to fill the vacated seat of former U.S. Rep Tom Lantos, D-Calif.,...
ShmooCon and the Shmoo Ball
At a baseball game, some people boo when they are displeased; at a movie theater, some simply walk out. At ShmooCon, you throw a...
Manage a Data Center Virtually in 3-D
Imagine being able to control a company's data center through an avatar, a digital projection of a person.IBM has made this possible. Fresh from...
Bain-3Com Deal Hits the China Skids
Unable to sway skeptical federal regulators, 3Com said Feb. 20 it has withdrawn its filing with the government seeking approval for the $2.2 billion...
How and Why to Plan the Move to IPv6
Why the current interest in IPv6? There are a lot of reasons, starting with the U.S. government's decision to convert to IPv6. The move...
D.C. Region Struggling to Fill AOL’s Vacuum
Last October, AOL laid off 20 percent of its workforce. A large number of these jobs were cut from its Northern Virginia headquarters, where...
Intel Hits the ‘Skulltrail’
Intel is gearing up to deliver its latest platform for gaming and other high-end PCs.At the 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco Feb....