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Hybrid Database Replication Tool Wins Patent

A patent has been granted to WorldSync for its method of gluing together the best of peer-to-peer and centralized database replication. WorldSync Inc. makes FileMaker...

New Linux Study Suggests Fundamental Microsoft Credibility Problems

This time around, Microsoft commissioned a study to show that Windows does a better job of serving e-commerce applications than Linux does.Of course, in...

Microsoft Confirms Windows Flaw, Exploit

Microsoft late Wednesday confirmed a denial-of-service flaw in its implementation of the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol and warned users that a working exploit...

Major Sites Will Certify Adware Downloads

Starting next year, adware and software providers that want to continue placing ads on such prominent Web sites as AOL and Yahoo will have...

Consortium Finds a Happy Ending

Ask Don Linn to describe the state of IT at Consortium Book & Sales Distribution Inc. when he acquired the company in 2001 and...

Storage, Security Make a Good Match

As the storage industry consolidates, IT managers should see, when all the dust settles, tighter integration with security and improved storage standards support.Symantec and...

Security Vendors Clueless Over Rootkit Invasion

Long before Mark Russinovich blew the whistle on Sony BMGs use of stealthy, rootkit-style techniques to cloak its DRM scheme, spyware researchers recall seeing...

Adware Vendors Back Trusted Download Program

Two prominent advertising software vendors said on Wednesday that they would support a new registration program for consumer downloadable software programs that is backed...

Face-to-Face with Office 12s Look and Feel

The first time I was shown the new ribbon and tab-based Office 12 user interface, I pronounced it "bizarre." It reminded me of the...

Security Threat Looms as Wireless Blooms

As the desktop once said to the cell phone, "Dont do anything that I wouldnt do." According to a group of panelists gathered Wednesday for...