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 Mixed Numbers, But January Bad for Security
By Michael Hall -
Published February 3, 2006
Two instant messaging security companies might not have the same tally, but both agree that January hinted at some bad trends for 2006. [more from www.instantmessagingplanet.com]
Platform Trends: Graphics Technology Runs Amuck
By Vince Freeman -
Published February 3, 2006
First Nvidia's GeForce 7 took ATI's Radeon X850 graphics processors to school, then ATI narrowed the gap with the Radeon X1800 XT. Now ATI has tripled its pixel shader count and reclaimed the performance crown with the Radeon X1900 -- but there's a whole different story concerning single- versus dual-card solutions, Nvidia's put the old AGP bus back in the picture, and swappable graphics modules threaten to change the rules altogether. [more from hardware.earthweb.com]
Yet Another Iron for the Fire
By Allen Bernard -
Published February 3, 2006
As if CIOs and IT managers aren't busy enough, two recent court cases have added a new legal dimension to the job of running IT. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
NetApp Does VTL
By Clint Boulton -
Published February 3, 2006
Network Appliance's new virtual tape library appliances make disk-based backup easier. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
New eMachines Desktops Include PCIe x16 Upgrade Slot
Published February 3, 2006
It doesn't have a TV tuner and it's saddled with the usual retail mail-in rebate, but eMachines' new top-of-the-line desktop comes with Windows XP Media Center Edition, 1GB of RAM, a 200GB hard disk, and a DVD burner for a pre-rebate $600 -- and all four new eMachines feature a bona fide graphics-card slot for later upgrades.
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Nvidia Adds AGP Version To GeForce 7 Series
Published February 3, 2006
Gamers who haven't yet made the move to a PCI Express-based platform have a new reason to put it off -- cards built around Nvidia's GeForce 7800 GS bring the feature set (if not quite the speed) of the company's top-of-the-line 7800 GTX graphics processor to old-school motherboards.
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How Users Can Play an Active Role in Security
By George Spafford -
Published February 3, 2006
Sometimes users are the biggest security hole a company has. You can turn that around. Columnist George Spafford shows you how to do it. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Fill Linux to the Brim with Xen
By Carla Schroder -
Published February 3, 2006
Virtualization is hot, and newcomer Xen should be on your radar.
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Virtual Replication Made Easy
By Paul Shread -
Published February 3, 2006
Virtual server replication may soon get easier, thanks to NSI Software's Double-Take for Virtual Systems.
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A Sobering Report on Viruses
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published February 3, 2006
Do you know what the biggest virus outbreak of all time was? [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
IE 7 in Public Beta
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published February 3, 2006
It's the most significant IE update since the 'end' of the browser wars.
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CDP for the Masses
By Drew Robb -
Published February 3, 2006
Lasso Logic gets small businesses into the continuous data protection game. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Creating an Interactive 3D world with C# and DirectX
By Fatima Ahmed -
Published February 3, 2006
The advent of new features in DirectX have given a boost to the way 3D applications are coded. See how easy it is to create a 3D scene with DirectX 9.0 API and a 3D Engine. [more from www.developer.com]
Secure C++: Checked Iterators for Safer STL Coding
By Nick Wienholt -
Published February 3, 2006
The security issues with Standard C++ aren't as severe as those of C and the CRT, but a few exploits are possible if you misuse STL and iterators. [more from www.developer.com]
Best Practices for Control System Security
By Ernest Rakaczky -
Published February 2, 2006
Contemplating an IPS? Some pointers from CIO Update guest columnist Ernest Rakaczky of Invensys may help. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
Virtual Replication Made Easy
By Paul Shread -
Published February 2, 2006
Virtual server replication may soon get easier, thanks to NSI Software's Double-Take for Virtual Systems. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
IM Security: Big Concern, Slow Uptake
Published February 2, 2006
There aren't many organizations taking IM security seriously. Even if it's an uncertain market, the need is already here.
Microsoft Mixes Exchange and Real-Time Communications
By Dan Muse -
Published February 2, 2006
In a move to bring e-mail, IM and VoIP under one roof in Redmond, Microsoft announced that it is merging its Exchange and Real-Time Collaboration Groups to form the Unified Communications Group. [more from www.instantmessagingplanet.com]
How One Company Deals with Information Overload
By Sharon Gaudin -
Published February 2, 2006
A major midwest company used to have so much information coming off its firewalls and intrusion detection systems that IT couldn't possibly make sense of it. Here's how they fixed the problem... [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Java Studio Creator 2 Offers Across the Board Improvement
By Dick Wall -
Published February 2, 2006
Learn what's new with the release of Sun's Java Studio Creator 2, a Rapid Application Development environment for constructing Web-based clients around existing databases, Web services, EJBs, or other Java class libraries. [more from www.developer.com]
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