Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Microsoft has shared bits and pieces of how it is adding new features to its development tools to better support parallel processing. But the next release of Windows client and server also are going to incorporate changes designed to improve their parallel-processing support.
While Microsoft execs and those who’ve managed to ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Passwords used to access Yahoo mail through the Zimbra client are sent over the Internet in clear text, a Canadian programmer says.
"The Yahoo imap server's used by the Yahoo Desktop don't support SSL and the password was being transmitted in plain text," Karau wrote in a blog post on Friday.
"What ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Xbox Live is down today. For all of today, according to Microsoft. Plus, depressingly, it's just for simple "maintenance" reasons, so there's not even anything new to look forward to when it comes back. Great. So here are a few things you can do instead to keep yourself amused today.
1. ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
With a wireless network, you must consider security policies that will protect resources from unauthorized people. Let’s take a look at what you should include in a wireless network security policy for an enterprise. Consider the following recommendations:
Activate 802.11 encryption to make data unintelligible to unauthorized users. WEP has weaknesses, ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
HP (Stock Price Web Site Executives Related Articles Google) today unveiled the HP Scitex XP2300 Printer, the latest addition to its broad portfolio of large-format solutions, at VISCOM Europe in Paris, France. The HP Scitex XP2300 Printer is the first 3.2m UV roll-to-roll press that is designed specifically for the outdoor signage ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
It’s time to put speculations at rest, software giant Microsoft has confirmed that its next operating system Windows 7, successor to Windows Vista, will be unveiled next month (28 October) at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC).
Earlier this week, Microsoft technology evangelist Mike Swanson had posted that PDC 2008 attendees will ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Chip Reaves, national director of Australia-based Computer Troubleshooters, maintains that whether we are part of a small business, a multinational, or are just trying to find a recipe online at home, we spend just as much time fixing "issues" and "conflicts" on our computers as we do working on them. ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Antivirus software on your PC could soon be a thing of the past: US engineers have developed a new approach to malicious software detection using ‘cloud computing’, where applications are provided through the Internet.
Traditional antivirus software is becomign increasingly ineffective due to severe vulnerabilities in their engine. The boffins observed ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
What's new:
* An option to exclude files from being scanned based on their size has been added in the application.
* The anti-virus database updater module now antivirus supports the creation of a file containing debug information.
* The error ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Google's new Chrome Web browser is being hailed as a game-changer. It is fast, has a clean interface and some snazzy features that other browsers do not have.
Does that mean you should download it right now and spend the time to learn it? If you like new technology, the answer ...
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