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 Windows Ekes Out a Presence in Supercomputing
By Andy Patrizio -
Published December 2, 2008
Only five of the top 500 supercomputers in the world run Windows, but it's a start. Microsoft lays out its strategy for the high-performance computing market. [more from www.gridcomputingplanet.com]
40 Open Source Tools for Protecting Your Privacy
By Cynthia Harvey -
Published December 2, 2008
Open source offers email encryption, anonymous file sharing, anonymous surfing, and many other apps for those with pressing privacy needs. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Botnets Bouncing Back
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 2, 2008
Despite McColo's takedown, observers say that major senders of spam and malware are returning -- and may be stronger than ever. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
PayPal Rings Up Two-Factor Security
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 2, 2008
Your cell phone becomes the second part of two-factor authentication. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
The Geek Wishlist - Ten Tech Toys for the Holidays
By Enterprise IT Planet Staff -
Published December 2, 2008
Reward your favorite IT guy or gal (or yourself) for a long year of nursing servers, braving user support or helping your elders get online. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
VMware, VDIworks Focus on Virtual Desktops
By Esther Shein -
Published December 2, 2008
Cutting costs and improving manageability is the name of the game with two new offerings from the virtualization players. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Red Hat Spacewalk Expands Linux Management
By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published December 2, 2008
Red Hat's open source Network application project evolves with a plan to get rid of Oracle on the back end. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Microsoft, Please Release Windows Server as a Workstation
By Jason Perlow -
Published December 2, 2008
Making Windows Server 2008 into a workstation would serve many purposes and wouldn’t require too many changes. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Getting Started with the Turtle Class: Multimedia Programming with Java
By Richard G. Baldwin -
Published December 2, 2008
Learn about the behavior of the Turtle class, its superclass named SimpleTurtle, and what they can do for you. [more from www.developer.com]
How to Motivate Employees in Today’s Economy
By Katherine Spencer Lee -
Published December 1, 2008
Keeping employees motivated is critical to the success of any IT department, writes CIOUpdate columnist Katherine Spencer Lee of Robert Half Technology. [more from www.cioupdate.com]
Building a Storage Architecture for E-Discovery
By Henry Newman -
Published December 1, 2008
E-Discovery systems pose unique challenges for storage architects if they want to keep up with data growth, performance and backup and recovery demands. [more from www.enterprisestorageforum.com]
Managing IT: Changing Our Minds (About Everything)
By Steve Andriole -
Published December 1, 2008
As a raft of new technologies emerge, fresh approaches to IT management are more important than ever. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
IBM Lands Virtual Gem in Transitive
By Amy Newman -
Published December 1, 2008
Virtually Speaking: Big Blue's planned acquisition of the cross-platform virtualization technology company gives it a competitive edge. Did VMware blow it by passing on Transitive? [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Using Windows Vista Built-In Double Buffering
Published December 1, 2008
By Marc Gregoire - Learn how to fixing flickering issues when drawing graphics by using double buffering.
Linux Moves From Grazing to Gorging at the Unix Buffet
By Paul Rubens -
Published December 1, 2008
OS Roundup: The latest list of Top500 supercomputers reveals Linux isn't content making Unix its lunch. It's eating it for dinner as well. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Firewall Guide: First Steps to Securing the Enterprise
By Sonny Discini -
Published December 1, 2008
A given even corporate IT environments -- even the lowly desktop nowadays -- firewalls are a critical network security component. But new threats and changes in the way people work are forcing a re-examination of how to configure firewalls. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Verizon Staff Fired After Peek at Obama's Calls
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 1, 2008
Concerns grow about phone privacy violations. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
Walsh to Tout CA's 'Most Wanted' Malware
By Richard Adhikari -
Published December 1, 2008
TV personality is the public face of CA's updated online security software suite. [more from www.esecurityplanet.com]
iSuppli: Credit Shortage Will Hit PC Sales
By Andy Patrizio -
Published December 1, 2008
Car dealers aren't the only ones taking it on the chin from the lack of credit. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Happy Together: Smartphones and Mobile Apps
Published December 1, 2008
Cash-strapped users are getting a lot more out of the latest mobile devices, thanks to their embrace of downloadable applications. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Web Sales Inch up on Black Friday
Published December 1, 2008
Retail and Web sales were up by a little at the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth?
By James Maguire -
Published December 1, 2008
A new survey suggests that the extent of offshoring is greatly exaggerated. But the statistics are ambiguous. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Why Netbooks Aren't There Yet
By Jamie Lendino -
Published December 1, 2008
Screen size, keyboard comfort, and CPU power are common netbook drawbacks, but they're not the real problem — here’s what needs to happen for netbooks to really take off. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Message Authentication: Unlocking the Secrets of the Java Cryptography Extensions
By David Thurmond -
Published December 1, 2008
Learn how to check message integrity with message authentication and the Java Cryptography Extension. [more from www.developer.com]
Microsoft Named in Top 5 Spam-Friendly Hosts
By Stuart J. Johnston -
Published November 30, 2008
Non-profit that tracks global spam says the software giant's Live services let spammers run wild. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Are You Googling Yourself Sick?
By Judy Mottl -
Published November 30, 2008
Researchers warn surfers not to think the worse when investigating ailments. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Tech Comics: "FUD"
By Oliver Widder -
Published November 29, 2008
Fear, uncertainty and doubt can seep into many areas of life, far beyond its roots in the software business. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Promotions Galore Expected on Cyber Monday
By Kenneth Corbin -
Published November 29, 2008
Kick-off to online holiday shopping shaping up to be a bargain hunter's dream, study finds. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Secondhand PCs Go Unused Despite Demand
By Judy Mottl -
Published November 29, 2008
The refurbished marketplace is stymied due to a wide swath of issues, impacting the availability of systems to emerging markets. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel
By Bruce Byfield -
Published November 28, 2008
Given that the Linux kernel contains proprietary firmware blobs, determining whether a GNU/Linux distribution is actually free has gotten far less clear. [more from itmanagement.earthweb.com]
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