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Mandrake 10 has it, SUSEs rolling it out in 9.1, Gentoo has had a “test” version with it since last year, and now well probably see almost every commercial distribution move to 2.6.x within the next month or two because of competitive pressure. This is not in line with the basic “its ready when its […]

Sepaton Inc. recently announced $23.5 million in fourth-round funding, led by Menlo Ventures. Also participating were new investor Valhalla Partners and existing investor Jerusalem Ventures Partners (JVP). “Theyre in a market segment—virtual tape and disk-based data-protection systems—that is going to be among the hottest over the next two years,” said Enterprise Storage Group analyst Peter […]

Microsoft still has a few SQL Server tricks up its sleeve. The company is adding new reporting services capabilities to SQL Server 2005, better known as “Yukon.” Meanwhile, the Redmondians are prepping a slew of new features to debut in SQL Server 2005 Mobile (the product formerly known as SQL Server for Windows CE 3.0). […]

AT&T this week introduced two new services to help enterprise customers thwart attacks. The first service, dubbed AT&T Internet Protect, informs customers about potential threats before they become full-blown attacks. Under the Internet Protect service, AT&T will alert businesses through a secure Web portal to potential threats within minutes of identifying critical malicious activity. The […]

F-Secure Corp. this week unveiled security software for open-source Samba file servers and Linux. The company announced the availability of antivirus software for Samba that automatically detects and removes viruses from files stored on the server. F-Secure also plans to ship a Linux version of F-Secure Policy Manager next month, which will extend centrally managed […]

Steven I. Cooper, chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, this week said information technology systems are going to have to start operating cohesively in order to fight terrorism as effectively as possible. While theres been much speculation on the agencys need for advanced technologies to track and disrupt terrorists, Cooper said many […]

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday called for a national debate on RFID technology and the privacy issues related to its use. In an address at the Georgetown University Law Center, Leahy said that Congress might need to take action if members find significant privacy protection concerns arising from the swift emergence of RFID […]

TDK Corp. last week joined the Blu-ray Disk Founders group, creating the possibility that BD disks could eliminate cartridges and make it easy to use both DVD and BD disks in the same system. TDKs hard-coat technology provides the optical media industry with a disk that can be efficiently produced at a large scale, the […]

Seagate Technology LLC. is developing ultra-high density storage architectures that will eventually be able to achieve data storage densities of 50 terabits per square inch or more. Seagate plans to use a technology called Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) to make the breakthrough. The technology achieves higher densities by using a laser beam or other […]

On the heels of several Microsoft-sponsored studies evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Windows vs. Linux, The Yankee Group has performed its own independent research on the same topic. And the findings are somewhat similar: Linux provides smaller companies with customized vertical applications or who have no legacy networks with better TCO than […]

Although the computer industry seems focused on the 64-bit battle between Intels Itanium and AMDs Opteron, a more interesting 64-bit platform to watch is IBMs PowerPC. Of IBMs two PowerPC platforms, the pSeries and iSeries, the latter, formerly known as the AS/400, is the one to watch. The iSeries, in combination with Linux, can drive […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Some executives might mince words when the legal fate of their company in a publicized antitrust trial is hanging in the balance. But not Doug Burgum, the senior vice president in charge of the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) unit of Microsoft. At the annual MBS customer conference here on Monday, Burgum gave press and […]