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  • FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:39PMArrests follow raids on homes as part of more than 35 search warrants, U.S. Department of Justice says.
  • FBI arrests more than a dozen in Anonymous hacking investigation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:37PMArrests follow searches of homes in New York, California, New Jersey, and Florida, sources say.
  • Dual-core Droid 3 slider is Motorola's best yet, review says Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:54PMMotorola's Droid 3 is a nice addition to the Android smartphone family Verizon Wireless began selling in October 2009, according to this eWEEK review. With a new keyboard, an eight megapixel camera, and Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread"), this device is "the best of the Droids yet."
  • Patent fears may hurt Android, result in lower-cost Windows phones Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:39PMPatent concerns are apparently pushing Chinese phone vendors away from Google's Android operating system and toward Windows Phone 7. Huawei and ZTE plan to adopt Microsoft's smartphone operating system when the forthcoming "Mango" upgrade is released, according to a DigiTimes report.
  • Setting the Record Straight on Location Tracking and Privacy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:00PMRiverbed Acquires 2 Companies: Zeus Tech. and Aptimize Tweet Riverbed Technology announced the acquisition of 2 companies to form the cornerstone of a new asymmetric optimization strategy.
  • Oracle Improves VirtualBox 4.1 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:42PMNew virtualization release includes cloning and tunneling features, as Oracle pushes open source technology forward.
  • Turn an Old Computer into a Networked Backup, Streaming, or Torrenting Machine with FreeNAS [Video] Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:32PM# howto At its most basic, Network attached storage, or NAS, is a great way to share files on your local network. But it's also a perfect solution for backing up your computers, streaming media across your home network, or even torrenting files to a central server. If you have an aging computer lying around, you can turn it into a NAS for for free with the open-source FreeNAS operating system ...
  • TrainSignal Releases VMware vSphere 4 VCAP Training Package Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:18PMTrainSignal's VMware vSphere 4 VCAP Training Package offers complete coverage of the VCAP-DCA exam blueprint for less than the cost of just one course from VMware Education. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/VCAP-Training/07/prweb8654570.htm
  • Thru Appoints New VP of Marketing to Forward Thru's Position as a Leading Provider of Managed File Transfer as a Service Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:17PMThomas Skybakmoen named new VP of Marketing. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8606862.htm
  • Free Windows utilities you should download right now Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:06PMFrom defragmentation utilities to password reset tools, Bill Detwiler lists free Windows utilities that you should download right now.
  • Nano-ITX board saves power with single-core Atom Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:09PMBCM announced a Nano-ITX motherboard that includes a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and supports dual displays. The NX450N has Mini PCI Express and CompactFlash slots, two SATA ports, gigabit Ethernet, plus an optional TPM (trusted platform module), the company says.
  • 'Low-power' server packs 384 dual-core Atoms Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:39PMSeaMicro says it has packed more Intel Atom processors into a new device it claims is the most power-efficient x86 server on the market.
  • NetSecL 3.2 Released Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:21AMNetsecL: NetSecL 3.2, is a security focused openSUSE-based distribution for penetration testing and security research.
  • 11 Server Apps for Android OS Devices Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:23AMServerWatch: "Mobile phones can do more and more every day. There's an app for just about everything and everybody, including server admins."
  • Keep Out Repeat Offenders with Fail2ban on Linux Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:22AMLinux.com: Tired of automated attacks on your systems? Want to beef up security a bit by denying would-be attackers a third or fourth chance? Then you need Fail2ban
  • Xamarin Announces Immediate Availability of .NET-based Mobile Development Platform Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:04AMCAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Xamarin today announced the immediate availability of MonoTouch and Mono for Android from the Xamarin web store. Through an agreement with SUSE*, a business unit of The Attachmate Group (the company that acquired Novell in April 2011), Xamarin has a broad, perpetual license to all intellectual property covering Mono*, MonoTouch, Mono for Android ...
  • SUSE and Xamarin Partner to Accelerate Innovation and Support Mono Customers and Community Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:04AMNUREMBERG, Germany, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE today announced it is partnering with Xamarin to bring products to market faster and to more effectively support customers using Mono®-based products. The agreement grants Xamarin a broad, perpetual license to all intellectual property covering Mono, MonoTouch, Mono for Android and Mono Tools for Visual Studio . Xamarin will also provide ...
  • Oracle admits Sun work needed in Aussie market Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:24AMOracle Australia has admitted that work still needs to be done to assuage the concerns of local CIOs over the future of the Sun product offerings after Oracle's US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in early 2010.
  • Security Think Tank: What are the major security issues surrounding virtualisation? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:18AMVirtualisation and security: In what ways is virtualisation helping and hindering enterprise security? What are the security opportunities of virtualisation that should not be missed and what are the security pitfalls that are best avoided?
  • SeaMicro pushes 'Atom smasher' to 768 cores in 10U box Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:10AMA lot more bang for some more bucks The drumbeat of system upgrades continues apace at microserver startup SeaMicro, with the company launching its third server node for its SM10000 "Atom smasher" in the past nine months.…
  • Cisco Networking Innovation Delivers More Power Over Ethernet to Unparalleled Range of Enterprise Devices Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:00AMSAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 07/18/11) - Furthering its leadership in networking, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO - News ) today announced the industry's first 60-watt Power over Ethernet capability for one of the most widely deployed enterprise class switch in the industry, the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Switch. Powering communications and IT devices via Ethernet cables instead of a main electricity supply can ...
  • Business people Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:09AMDigits LLC, a Buffalo and West Seneca computer forensic consulting firm, appointed Michael McCartney president and chief executive officer.
  • MyReviewsNow and The Computer Training Center Announce Courses Beginning at $67 Per Course for Individuals Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:07AMMyReviewsNow announces new affiliation with the Computer Training Center. The Computer Training Center offers students a variety of training programs for individuals and companies. (PRWeb July 17, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8648324.htm
  • IBM 'Blue Waters' super node washes ashore in August Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:54PMBig, big (blue) flops for big, big (green) bucks Big Blue has been talking about the Power7-based "Blue Waters" supercomputer nodes for so long that you might think they're already available. But although IBM gave us a glimpse of the Power 775 machines way back in November 2009 , they actually won't start shipping commercially until next month – August 26, to be exact.…
  • Chrome OS gets hacked via ScratchPad extension Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:09AMIn a preview of a demonstration at the upcoming Black Hat security conference, a security researcher has demonstrated how browser extensions can be used to compromise Chrome OS. WhiteHat Security specialist Matt Johansen reported spreading a note containing malicious code via the ScratchPad extension.
  • Drawpile 0.6.0 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:09AMUn software per il disegno al computer con funzionalità social Drawpile è un software che permette di utilizzare il proprio computer come dispositivo per il disegno tramite mouse. L'applicazione si presenta dunque piuttosto simile ai principali software di sketching, con una funzionalità particolare: la sua... Autore: Davide Falanga Tipo risorsa: software per Linux Categoria software: Accessori ...
  • Adobe releases Flash 11 and Air 3 betas Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:54PMAdobe has released public betas of the next generation of both Adobe Flash Player , and Adobe AIR , highlighting how the essential browser plug-in and cross-platform runtime component share similar code and technologies.
  • Nemo von Zott+Co analysiert die TCP/IP-Transportschicht Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:26PMVereinfachte Ursachenanalyse bei langen Antwortzeiten
  • Sony shows off its Android tablets Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:09PMSony offered the press a glimpse of its upcoming S1 and S2 tablets, which will enter an already-crowded market at an unannounced point later this year.
  • PayPal Android app offers P2P transfers using NFC Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:39PMPayPal announced a peer-to-peer (P2P) near field communications (NFC) solution for Android, designed to support direct payments between Samsung Nexus S owners.
  • RF harvesting could pluck energy from the air Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:10PMRadio-frequency energy from television, AM, FM, cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and other broadcasts can now be harvested to power electronic devices, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have claimed.
  • Android 3.2 rolls out to the Xoom, adds SD support Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:09PMAndroid 3.2 has begun rolling out to selected tablets, starting with the Wi-Fi only Motorola Xoom, bringing support for seven-inch displays and native hardware support for SD cards, says an industry report.
  • Silver Peak Introduces Pay-As-You-Go WAN Optimization Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:58PMSilver Peak is pushing to deploy its WAN optimization software on a broad range of network devices such as generic servers, routers and storage devices to save customers on capital outlay.
  • Red Hat Empowers Developers to Reach New Heights of Productivity with JBoss Application Server 7 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:29AMRed Hat, Inc. , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today launched JBoss Application Server 7, a JBoss Community project that enables a cloud-ready architecture and delivers up to a tenfold decrease in startup time, faster deployment and reduced memory usage.
  • Android leads U.S. smartphone race, says Pew Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:54AMAndroid took the top position among U.S. smartphone market share with 35 percent, followed by Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry, each with 24 percent, says a Pew Research study. Android is particularly strong among younger adults and African Americans, says the study.
  • Meet IBM's new $75,000 mainframe Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:38AMIBM never talks about the cost of its high-end mainframes, but when it comes to its low-end mainframe, price is a major focal point. IBM is today announcing the latest successor to what it has called its "business-class" system, the zEnterprise 114, with a starting price of $75,000 -- 25 percent lower than the previous system in this category.
  • NetIQ Enhances PlateSpin Virtualization and Workload Management Solutions Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:12AMPlateSpin Improvements Help IT Improve Performance and Simplify Management of Today's Mixed Data Centers
  • IBM launches new zEnterprise 114 mainframe at £47,000 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:31AMLow end mainframe competing with Linux x86 servers IBM never talks about the cost of its high end mainframes, but when it comes to its low end mainframe, price is a major focal point.
  • New IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Server Advances Smarter Computing for Companies and Governments in Emerging Markets and ... Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:24AM-
  • Review: VMware PXE Manager Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:21AMLearn how to set up VMware PXE Manager and its additional features. Our VMware expert discuses his favourite ‘Fling’: Massimiliano Daneri’s PXE Manager.
  • Parallels Enterprise Edition launches with corporate tools Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:29AMParallels Desktop 6 is being released in an Enterprise Edition for businesses to better manage Windows applications on client Macs. The new annual subscription license supports corporate policy compliance and simplified mass deployments. The Enterprise Edition has a business GUI that manages compliance, corporate change management policies, and software update policies and offers a local update ...
  • Broadcom chip to accelerate FCoE Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:25PMBroadcom's first processor for FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is now coming on the market in network adapters qualified by EMC, backed by claims it is 80 percent faster than any other FCoE component. read more
  • Linux Hasn't Yet Replaced Unix in the Data Center Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:05PMLinux has yet to displace Unix in the data center. And despite Unix server vendor consolidation, most data centers still run multiple flavors of physical Unix servers. Those were the take-aways from the 2010-11 Unix Vendor Preference Survey of 306 data center professionals conducted by Gabriel Consulting Group (GCG). GCG has been conducted its Unix surveys for five years, and focuses on physical ...
  • Broadcom chip boosts Fibre Channel over Ethernet Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:01PMIDG News Service - Broadcom's first processor for FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is now coming on the market in network adapters qualified by EMC, backed by claims it is 80% faster than any other FCoE component.
  • Apple Whines about Software Patents Some More Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:44PMBlah blah Apple whines about a bunch of software patents again. Go cry in a corner, Jobs. Either find a strategy that counters the rise of Android, or just suck it up and be a man about it. Oh, HTC is the target this time around. Again. Whatever.
  • News and views on Linux on the desktop ... Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:41PMCanonical tips Oneiric Ocelot release amid Ubuntu controversy — Mar. 09, 2011 — Canonical has announced Ubuntu 11.10 ("Oneiric Ocelot") featuring an alternative 2D UI and Qt integration.
  • Red Hat clone CentOS 6.0 arrives late, but with security updates Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:24PMThe CentOS community released its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 clone, promising continuous release updates to support RHEL 6.1 security features.
  • ARM Cortex-A8 chips target lower-cost e-readers Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:24PMFreescale Semiconductor announced three ARM Cortex-A8 SoCs (systems on chip), aimed at e-readers with either LCD or E Ink displays. The i.MX502, i.MX503, and i.MX507 include 800MHz, USB host and On-The-Go controllers, and 10/100 Ethernet interfaces.
  • 13 fun Android apps for Linux/Unix fans! Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:09PMUnixmen: "In this post I have compiled a list of apps that will particularly interest Linux users. Some apps are intended for mere fun while you will find others helpful for referencing."
  • Opengear Hires Rick Stevenson as CEO Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:52AMLAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Jul 11, 2011) - Opengear ( www.opengear.com ), provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions , announced today that Rick Stevenson will be its new CEO. Stevenson has previously worked with Opengear's founders while at several startups, including Stallion Technologies and SnapGear. He replaces Bob Waldie, who ...