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Magnum Extends Network Visibility

Larger networks with multiple firewalls often leave black holes in a network managers visibility into portions of a corporate network beyond a campus firewall. Magnum...

WinSAT: Vistas Built-in Benchmark

Windows Vista will contain a Microsoft-embedded benchmark, known as WinSAT (Windows System Assessment Tool.) WinSAT serves several purposes: Its a tool for OEM system providers...

DHS Subcommittee Questions RFID Security

Despite the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys efforts to steamroll through the use of RFID technology in all U.S. issued passports by the end...

Oracle Eats the Database Market—Again

Oracle ate the database market—again—in both Gartner and IDC numbers, here in PDF form, released May 24. According to Gartners numbers for the worldwide RDBMS...

Early Testers Hit Snags in Vista Beta 2

SEATTLE—A day after Microsoft announced availability of Windows Vista Beta 2, the first testers are overcoming download bottlenecks and obtaining bits. While many are...

Singing the OpenSUSE Package Manager Blues

My current favorite desktop Linux is OpenSUSE 10.1. I can say all kinds of good things about it, except when it comes to the...

Microsoft Debates Reducing Employee Admin Rights

News spread quickly that the director of Microsofts internal security told a reporter at the AusCERT conference May 23 that Microsoft is considering limiting...

Intel to Speed Up Chip Redesigns

PORTLAND, Ore.—Concerns about power consumption are one of the main factors driving chip maker Intel to move more quickly between processor architectures. Following the arrival...

Trolltech Goes Public

After 12 years in business, Trolltech on May 23 filed an application for listing on the OSE (Oslo Stock Exchange). The OSE reports receiving the...

Beta Bonanza

The analysts discuss which beta--Longhorn server, Vista or Office 2007--is the biggest upgrade, and the most ready. Duration: 14:05 /zimages/3/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/3/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe...