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HP t5730w Thin Client
Reviews Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.
Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., USB, remote desktop, Environment, Server, Thin Client, Microsoft Windows
Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
Finland decrees Net access legal right
News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, cell phone, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, Web sites, France, Internet Access
Developing peer-to-peer applications with Jabber
Techguide Find out how to make use of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol to P2P-enable your applications.
Tags: Java, Software engineering/development, Peer to peer, TCP, Jabber, Connection, F/OSS, P2P, Password, Service Parameter
Europe to have 14 million SIM-toting machines by 2009
News Analyst firm Berg Insight claims there will be 14.1 million machines hooked up to European cellular networks by the end of 2008.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, M2M, Security, Mobile, Connection, Europe, SIM Card, Germany, network, Italy
Would you use a cloud-based service to store IT documentation?
Techguide Scott Lowe is thinking about using a free Microsoft service to store his organization's IT documentation. Share your thoughts about using an offline storage vault for this type of data.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Scott Lowe, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows
Get network versatility with SSH tunneling and netcat
Techguide Vincent Danen explains how to use netcat with SSH tunneling when you need to create a secure connection to a server from a remote location.
Tags: Open source, Bastion, Authentication, ProxyCommand, network, OpenSSH, SSH, IP, Tool, Password
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 provide DirectAccess to resources
Techguide Learn how Microsoft's DirectAccess feature allows an employee to access Windows Server 2008 R2 resources from anywhere.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VPN, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Internet, IPv6
'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
Pirate Bay closure sparks rise in P2P sites
News Closure of Pirate Bay led to temporary 300 percent increase in the number of file-sharing Web sites, says McAfee.
Tags: Peer to peer, Piracy, Open Source, Site, BitTorrent, P2P, security company, McAfee Inc., File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
Competition heats up for outsourcing industry
Blogs News this week might slip under the radar in terms of industry impacts as individual events may not have been game-chang...
When customer care doesn't seem to care
Blogs Do companies that wash their hands of several functions--especially "customer care"--by handing over contracts to busine...
S'pore says NBN will stay competitive
News Tight regulation will ensure players on Singapore's next-generation broadband network will strive to be competitive, assures local telecoms regulator.
Tags: Video, Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, Next-generation Broadband Network, Nucleus Connect, OpCo, SingTel, CEO, network
UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet
