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The ethics of lock picking and telling
News news analysis Hackers are turning their attention to publicizing security vulnerabilities, angering the industry. But security experts say publicity is necessary.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Network security, Lock, software, America, security technology, computer security, smart card
PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow
News Digital downloads can help "lock out" content pirates, but games companies say they will not shift business model solely to online platform.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, software, Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, entertainment, Microsoft Xbox
Netgear ReadyNAS NVX
Reviews The ReadyNAS NVX is a highly capable network storage appliance that will work equally well in a small or medium-sized business or at home. It supports a wide range of protocols and is easy to manage.
Tags: Unit, Apple iTunes, Power Supply, Access Control, Apple Macintosh, User Account, NAS, Web interface, Microsoft Windows, Agence France-Presse
Apple fixes iPhone 'coma mode' with OS update
News Apple has fixed iPhone and iPod Touch bugs introduced in September's software update, which included device crashes and interruptions to cellular service.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Coma Mode, Operating System, Apple iTunes, Streaming Video, Software Update, message board
New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance
US-CERT warns about free BlackBerry spyware app
News Creator of PhoneSnoop program that can be used to eavesdrop on BlackBerry calls releases a new program to help protect users from stealth spyware apps.
Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile, Security Management, RIM BlackBerry, Phone, Security, software, Indonesia, e-mail, spyware
Red Hat warns of cloud 'lock-in'
News Vendors such as Microsoft are attempting to take customers 'back to the '80s' by locking them into proprietary cloud services, according to open source vendor Red Hat.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Sister Site, SDK, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, PHP
Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only
News Open source company's desktop and server hypervisor management tools will initially be available only for Microsoft Windows-based systems.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., host machine, Tool, Hypervisor, Cloud computing, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Open source
Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
News U.S.'s No. 2 phone company, known for its reluctance to intervene in antipiracy cases, strikes an agreement to forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry.
Tags: Piracy, Verizon Communications Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Entertainment Company, Cox Communications Inc., RIAA, entertainment, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider, agreement
Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008
Techguide Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.
Tags: Server platforms, Databases, Cursor, Row, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Cursors Cursors, FORWARD_ONLY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Red Hat builds one API for many clouds
News Deltacloud project aims to provide "cloud broker" API that will allow applications, scripts and tools to be created once and then used across public and private clouds.
Tags: Business applications, Cloud computing, Cloud, Red Hat Inc., Rackspace, VMWare ESX, Web portal, Cloud computing, Business applications, Deltacloud API
64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
News Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, performance, 64-bit, software product, Apple OS, marketing, 32-bit
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
News IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
Tags: Networking technology, Network security, Social Networking, Security, Information Technology, network, Gartner Inc., performance, corporate computing, China
Google adjusts to life with trustbusters
News In less time than it takes for some government investigations, the search company has gone from start-up to accused menacer of Internet competition. Fair or not, this is Google 2.0.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Operating systems, Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, AT&T Corp., antitrust, Wharton School, Internet, Web browsers
Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
News Software maker, looking to get back into the cell phone conversation, is launching a big marketing push Tuesday touting the arrival of phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Phone, Operating System, iSuppli Corp., Microsoft Corp., mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
