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Hewlett-Packard Co. this week announced a storage array that supports either SCSI or Serial ATA (SATA) disk enclosures behind a single controller shelf. The companys StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) 1500 adds SATA support to the companys previous SCSI offerings. The MSA1500 is a Fibre Channel SAN attached 2U controller shelf that connects to HP […]

The storage networking market will continue to grow 10 percent annually for the next five years, according to a Yankee Group report announced this week. Enterprises with piles of unstructured data are turning to less expensive options for storage than those provided by their mission-critical applications, such as ERP and CRM systems. The Yankee Group […]

Sony Corp. this week said its PlayStation 3 will use Blu-Ray discs. The PS3 will come equipped with the Blu-Ray technology allowing playback of high definition movies. The device will also read original DVD discs. Read the full story at ign.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)— Out-of-work Ohioans in a few weeks will skip the unemployment line for online, as the state replaces a more than 20-year-old system with the new Internet-based method for making claims, tracking payments and filing appeals. People still will have the option of filing claims by telephone, the method nearly all applicants use […]

A prestigious seat on the New York Stock Exchange is plummeting in value. Three seats sold on August 3 fetched 11% less than a seat sold for just four weeks ago, said industry sources. Industry experts blame the decline on slower volume on the exchange which shrinks fees, as well as thinner spreads between bid- […]

Expanding its reach into new content services, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday acknowledged that its MSN division will launch a beta of its blogging service next week. However, the new service will be offered only in Japan. MSN officials said they have no information on when Microsoft plans to broaden the beta to the rest of […]

U.S. Department of Defense deployed smart-card ID tags in 1999, but the rest of the U.S. government just recently started to use the technology. NASA recently signed Philips Semiconductors as the sole supplier for its contactless access card program. Smart-card technology suppliers cited six high-profile projects, related to government-mandated identification programs, that are open for […]

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of Manhattan ruled that Cablevision and other ISPs must hand over IP addresses of alleged file swappers to the Recording Industry Association of America. Judge Chin said that the First Amendment does not guarantee anonymity. His ruling only applies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The decision comes after […]

A majority of Linux servers have never been infected with a virus and have never been compromised by a malicious attack, according to new research published by Evans Data last week. In a July survey of 500 Linux developers, 78 percent of respondents said that they have never had a Linux server compromised by a […]

A San Diego company accused of using pop-up ads to sell software to block the ads last week settled a civil case with the Federal Trade Commission. D Squared LLC. agreed to stop sending pop-up ads using the Messenger service in the Windows operating system. The company will also no longer sell ad-blocking software. In […]

No matter where you really live, when you connect your computer to the Internet, youre in the big city. So you outfit your PC with the virtual locks that PC Magazine has been recommending for years: antivirus protection, a software firewall, a router with a hardware firewall, and a shiny new antispyware utility. Your PC […]

Project OverviewThings to do in the hospitals information-technology department this week: Check the payment processing glitch that popped up again in the dermatology practice. Conduct semiannual test of disaster-recovery systems. Scan 6 million medical records and convert them to electronic files stored on a secure network. OK, maybe you wont get to all of that […]