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New mobile browsers bringing real Web to handhelds
A new generation of mobile Web browsers is finally making the Web a reality on handheld devices.
Much-maligned feature being added to IPv6
In a high-tech twist of irony, the Internet engineering community is adding a feature to IPv6 that the upgrade to the Internet's
main communications protocol was supposed to eliminate.
SBS 2008: Same old bundle with new Vista wrapper
With network-attached storage devices selling for just a few hundred bucks per terabyte, and online service providers offering
e-mail and full productivity applications for a few dollars per user per month, Microsoft's Small Business Server 2008 is
entering into a tougher market than its older siblings have had to endure.
The what, who, when, where, why and how of XSS
In 2005, a MySpace user named Samy discovered a unique way to expand his buddy list. Within 24 hours, the number of friends
on his page grew from 73 to more than 1 million. He achieved this instant popularity by creating the first self-propagating
cross-site scripting (XSS) worm and by exploiting the lax security in many Web browsers.
How China is migrating to next-gen Internet
Two years ago, the Chinese government adopted a controversial approach known as network address translation to bridge the
gap between IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol, and an emerging Internet standard known as IPv6.
NAC complexity stymies deployments
Network access control promised a much-anticipated, multi-faceted set of tools that could check endpoints for compliance,
fix machines that flunked, define and enforce user access rights, and monitor user activity to assure continued compliance.
Extreme looks to remain nimble, focused in face of challenges
With the recessionary feel of the current economic environment, punctuated by a deceleration in IT spending, what are the
chances for an Ethernet switching company with flat to declining market share and increasing competition in an already crowded
market?
Data can leak from partially encrypted disks
If you're using encryption software to keep part of your computer's hard drive private, you may have a problem, according
to researchers at the University of Washington and British Telecommunications.
Insider threat looms large as San Francisco's network crisis plays out
The unfolding cliffhanger in San Francisco this week - in which a city network administrator has been arrested for allegedly
holding the network hostage - represents an extreme example of the insider threat that IT security vendors and others have
been sounding the alarm about for years.
Microsoft sets virtualization management tool pricing, ship date
While Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor has shipped, the software to manage it the package won't be available until near the
end of the year, according to the company.
Looking for IT work in all the right places
IT professionals looking for work should be tapping social networking sites, using interactive online career tools and joining
community-driven organizations.
IBM and Sun each claim to develop 'first' 1TB tape drive
Both IBM and Sun this week claim to have developed the "first one terabyte storage tape drive," but Sun will get its drive
on the market a little bit sooner than IBM.
Citrix aims to simplify mixed virtual environments
Citrix Systems on Tuesday announced Project Kensho, a set of tools that will allow virtual environments to be more independent
of hypervisors.
One in four businesses block access to Facebook, social networking sites
One out of four businesses block employees from accessing social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
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