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eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: XenEnterprise 3.0 Since a XenEnterprise 3.0 installation completely takes over the machine on which it runs, we didnt have to worry about caring for a host system. eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: XenEnterprise 3.0 – XenEnterprise Packages Xen Well XenEnterprise 3.0 is the easiest-to-use and most manageable Xen virtualization solution weve tested. Anyone whos […]

IT Transformers Theres change, and then theres transformation. eWEEK names 10 people who are significantly transforming the way we think about and use technology today–and raising the bar for tomorrow. By Michael Vizard and Eric Lundquist IT Transformers – Rod Adkins Vice president, development, IBM’s Systems and Technology Group As a member of IBMs Performance […]

Sucking the Gullible Into Scam-Spam by Lisa Vaas; illustration by Brian Moore Sucking the Gullible Into Scam-Spam – Introduction Just who are those saps who click on scam-spam come-ons? Look in the mirror: We are the enemy. McAfee teamed up with Dr. James Blascovich, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and […]

An Inconvenient IT Truth An Inconvenient IT Truth by Michael Vizard Editorial Director Ziff Davis Enterprise Group An Inconvenient IT Truth – What Are the Odds? There’s a 24 percent chance that an IT organization will experience issues with power on its network. Source: APC-MGE An Inconvenient IT Truth – How Much Money? Surveys show […]

A Look Inside Longhorn Longhorns WinFS will make it easier to locate and work with standard data types, such as address book entries. A Look Inside Longhorn – IE Pop-Up Blocker It looks as though Longhorns Internet Explorer will finally join the pop-up blocking party. A Look Inside Longhorn – Sidebar Clock Longhorns sidebar will […]

Acers Travelmate 100 Tablet PC The Travelmate can be used as a traditional notebook. Acers Travelmate 100 Tablet PC – Acers Travelmate 100 The Travelmates screen flips around to become a pen tablet. Acers Travelmate 100 Tablet PC – Acers Travelmate 100 Folding the screen down flat over the keyboard turns the Travelmate into a […]

AOL search screenshots Snapshots highlight content related to a query. (SOURCE: AOL) AOL search screenshots – Clustering feature AOL Search clusters results using technology from Vivisimo. (SOURCE: AOL) AOL search screenshots – SmartBox The SmartBox tool suggests refined queries. (SOURCE: AOL)

Enterprises Recover Members of the New York Board of Trade are still swapping commodities like coffee, orange juice and currency at a disaster recovery site in Queens. Next year, theyll be trading at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. Enterprises Recover – A Break in the Action Traders at the New York Board of […]

Hackers We Love by Lisa Vaas Here are our picks of some of the hackers—there are many more—whose work serves as a crucial security warning beacon for enterprises. They conduct their research in the face of threatened lawsuits and publish their results, ofte Hackers We Love – Dinis Cruz Dinis Cruz, an evangelist with OWASP […]

Windows XP SP2 Microsoft has aggregated information regarding a systems firewall, anti-virus and automatic update settings in a single place at the new Security Center, which should be most useful to home or small-business users who lack an IT team to manage these serv Windows XP SP2 – XP SP2 Windows Firewall SP2 ships with […]

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Apples Panther Panther desktops redesigned Finder offers new sidebar (left) for streamlined access to system resources and often-used items, while previewing appearance of many document file types (right). Apples Panther – Security Preferences (see caption below) Although security patches have already been issued for Panther, it sets a new standard for convenient access to an […]