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For several years, users have clamored for more management features to be added to existing hardware. Now, a number of vendors are suggesting its better to build smarter hardware in the first place. In fact, technologies are under development, according to industry experts, that improve the way low-end RAID controllers communicate with drive clusters and […]

Summer upgrades for Computer Associates International Inc. and Veritas Software Corp. backup and recovery programs will help users link existing suites with other technologies. Features in CAs BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5 and Veritas Bare Metal Restore 4.6 are also part of the trend of focusing on data restores. With CAs upgrade from Version 10, users […]

NEW YORK—While this weeks Consects Global Wireless Summit featured sci-fi visions of future services, voice communication remains the major revenue generator for U.S. wireless providers. John D. Zeglis, chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless, started the day-long gathering Thursday by describing a world in which virtually all communications are wireless. However, Zeglis acknowledged that voice […]

Backing up data is the most important safeguard against losing information on your hard drive—financial files, text documents, and saved e-mail messages. But most people still dont do it. This guide on backup and recovery by PC Magazine—just one part of Make Your PC Work Better,—is a roundup of reviews covering 189 products and services. […]

Tips used for Top Tips come from the ExtremeTech forum and are written by our community. Question from bertprodigy1987 “What do you all think is the best spy-ware and ad-ware remover? I use AdAware and I think it works descently. It found multiple tracking cookies and some files on my computer. I am looking for […]

Enterprise Storage Lucent, McData Target Data Centers Lucent and McData will jointly develop offerings for enterprise and service-provider data centers. The new product suite combines Lucents new OptiStar EdgeSwith 2.0, an integrated optical IP and storage router, with McDatas core-to-edge storage networking line. It addresses business continuity, disaster recovery, remote storage management and outsourced storage […]

Enterprise Network Associates released a new hardware appliance and updated software on Tuesday that will extend the reach of that companys Sniffer network traffic management technology from remote users into data centers at the network core. The company announced the new s6040 Appliance, a 4u rack-mounted device that accommodates the addition of up to four […]

A change in Windows Server 2003s version of the built-in Ntbackup.exe utility prevents backup sets from being read in older versions of the operating system, officials said Friday. A media representative of the Redmond, Wash., software giant stopped short of calling the problem a bug but said a patch should be ready in a matter […]

Hard drives play a central role in your daily computing, and youll get the most out of them with the right tools for partitioning and file optimization. This guide on storage utilities by PC Magazine—just one part of Make Your PC Work Better,—is a roundup of reviews covering 189 products and services. The Disk Tools […]

Worlds First Megapixel Phone Japans J-Phone said it will launch the worlds first camera phone with resolution of more than a million pixels Thursday, outpacing rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. J-Phone, a Japanese unit of Britains Vodafone, said it will initially dispatch only 300 units of the megapixel phone, manufactured by Sharp Corp, for sale […]

PC Magazines annual utility roundup covers every PC task, including encryption, virus protection, and other security tasks.

Microsoft has posted for download a first beta of its Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer. Part of Microsofts overall rights-management strategy, the add-on will allow folks who dont have the Information Rights management code in Office 2003 to obtain permission to view locked documents and messages. Check out Microsofts Rights Management Add-on page for […]