Monthly Archives: April 2009
Cheap Viagra Loses Luster with Spammers
Those unsolicited e-mails promising low-cost Viagra, cheap herbal alternatives for sexual health or "male enhancement" pills are losing their luster among spammers, according to...
Verizon Wireless Debuts HTC Touch Diamond
The HTC Touch Diamond, now available from Verizon Wireless, captures the slick, reflective looks of a modern city skyscraper in a 102mm x 51mm...
What Will the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Do to Your Job and Business?
Not long after I wrote my column on the proposed cyber-security bills in the Senate, the actual text of the legislation became available. As...
Adobe Offers Flex Builder 3 Free to Unemployed Developers
Adobe Systems is offering free Flex Builder 3 licenses to unemployed developers.Adobe officials said the company is providing free trial Adobe Flex Builder 3...
Tool Measures Outside Air for Data Center Cooling
The Green Grid consortium is helping businesses look at another tool for reducing the costs of cooling their data centers: the air outside of...
Sun Readies ‘Nehalem’-Based Servers
Sun Microsystems on April 14 will be rolling out servers based on Intel's new quad-core "Nehalem EP" chips as well as unveiling its Open...
Obama Vows E-Health Records for Vets
President Obama said April 9 the United States has taken the first steps to create portable electronic health records for all military personnel.Under the...
Microsoft Hotmail Fixed After 2-Hour Outage
Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail users who signed into their accounts on the evening of April 9 may have experienced a shock when they received...
New Microsoft Windows Licensing Aids Desktop Virtualization, Report Says
Microsoft is making it easier for enterprises to embrace desktop virtualization, according to a report from Forrester Research.In a report issued April 9, Forrester...
Job Cuts Leaving IT Systems Open to Attack
A security team's biggest fear is an attack carried out by a knowledgeable insider, and with the economy driving job cuts within many organizations,...