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Security monitoring application sniffs out malicious code. MessageLabs CTO says desktop anti-virus tech reaching limits GFI to include Karspersky technology in mail server protection India orders cell services not to force voice mail charges on customers Pierce Brosnan gians control of piercebrosnan.com Virus IBM researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have developed worm-squashing software that detects malicious […]

Enterprise Storage SGI Debuts New Storage Array Silicon Graphics Inc. this week unveiled a mid-range storage array for attachment to Windows, SGI, Solaris, Linux and NetWare servers. The Total Performance 9300 is a modular 2-gbps Fibre Channel array that can be connected directly to a server or to several servers via a Fibre Channel switch. […]

CommVault Systems Inc. in October will start reselling Linux-based clustering software from Sistina Software Inc., according to officials. Combined with CommVaults existing QiNetix suite of Galaxy backup software, GridStor policy management and Quick Recovery snapshots, users will get storage clustering thats cheap and scalable, they said. Initially, Oceanport, N.J.s CommVault and Minneapolis Sistina will only […]

There may no snow on the ground, but video gamers are already aglow about the 2004 holiday season. Thats when Sony will make its foray into handheld gaming. Looking over the preliminary specifications for Sonys upcoming ubermedia PlayStation Portable (PSP) is enough to stir the techno-lust in even the most cynical industry-watcher. However, one need […]

Privacy EarthLink Inc. this week said it filed suit against two spam e-mail rings with operations in the U.S. and Canada. The ISP is suing to recover an estimated $5 million in lost employee productivity and Internet bandwidth that it claims was spent managing more than 250 million e-mail messages sent from e-mail addresses on […]

Microsoft is continuing to try to make amends for the mistakes it made when it launched its Software Assurance volume-licensing scheme last fall. The latest concession: The Redmond software giant is adding a new option to its licensing terms to allow customers who purchase products through OEMs (PC and server makers) to sign up for […]

On Thursday, Dell announced its newest multimedia notebook, the Inspiron 8600, which combines a wide-angle 15.4-inch screen in an ultraportable form factor. The Inspiron 8600, available today in the United States, includes the option of a Pentium M processor ranging from 1.3-GHz to 1.7-GH, together with the option to choose Intels “Centrino” wireless package. Dells […]

Everyone but the newbie knows the things to do and not to do in order to keep our e-mail addresses out of the hands of spammers: Dont post an address on the Web or (even worse) Usenet. For those wanting a sophisticated approach, use a disposable forwarding e-mail address. And finally (and most ironically), dont […]

NTT DoCoMo to Set Up New Research Center in Beijing Japanese cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo said this week it will set up a new mobile communications research center in China to help promote fourth-generation technology. The DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Beijing Co., capitalized at US$5.3 million (630 million yen), will be established in the capital […]

Although customers wont be able to purchase Microsofts small/midsize business (SMB) version of Windows Server until this fall, Redmonds tinkering now with the product pricing and licensing to attract users who might otherwise be lured by Linux. This week, Microsoft went public with plans to price the low-end version of its forthcoming Windows Small Business […]

Enterprise Storage IBM Introduces Turbo-charged FAStT600 Storage IBM next month will offer some new enhancements to its FAStT600 storage server that it said will improve its performance and double the amount of data that the system can store. Called the “turbo” option, the enhancements will increase the FAStT600s memory cache from 256MB to 1GB and […]

Microsoft plans to kick off the beta test next week of its MSN 9 Internet service—now officially christened MSN Premium. The final version of the service wont be out until “winter,” however. Various Windows enthusiast sites have reported that Microsoft has told beta-tester candidates that the beta period is slated to run through January 2004, […]