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Common Mode Susceptibility of Computers: It has been claimed that common mode noise of levels of less than one volt on the AC power supplied to computer equipment can result in damage or malfunction. These claims are used to promote the sale of isolation transformers or "power conditioners". Closer analysis indicates that these claims are...; Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Susceptibility, Computer, Productivity; White papers 2005-02-04

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20-inch iMac owner sues for lack of colors: An iMac owner sued Apple Monday claiming 20-inch iMacs can't display the "millions of colors" Apple promises in its advertising. The case comes on the heels of a suit by two professional photographers who claimed that Apple falsely advertised the quality and capabilities of its MacBook and...; Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-01
How to detect network vulnerabilities?: Computer scientists at George Mason University GMU have developed a new software to identify complex cyber network attacks. This software is named CAULDRON (short for 'Combinatorial Analysis Utilizing Logical Dependencies Residing on Networks'). The developers claim that CAULDRON 'can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability...; Tags: Software, Network, Vulnerability, George Mason University, CAULDRON, Networking, Security, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Building the 200 inch 1080p HDTV: Building the 200 inch 1080p HDTVHow much did it cost in total?George,How much did it cost you in total including the screen. And by the way can you mention the make and type of screen you used.And now for the important questions1. How long is the bulb life?2. How much...; Tags: TVs, 1080p, HDTV; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
Maximize It Service Uptime by Utilizing Dependable Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers provide excellent Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability RAS characteristics, ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the opportunity for system errors. In addition, these servers include core and thread offlining capabilities,...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Uptime, Sun Sparc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; White papers 2007-10-01

Appliance computing: Last week's comment on the increasing futility of fighting the PC security wars on current terms drew a comment from a discussion contributor I don't remember hearing much from before. Here's part of what "Gary" had to say: The problem is that we're fighting...; Tags: Productivity, Linux, Infrastructure, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-07-26
NetSuite preps long awaited IPO: NetSuite is going public. In a regulatory filing Monday, NetSuite, an on-demand ERP vendor, outlined its financials and intention to become a public company. NetSuite all blog posts and news, which counts Oracle CEO Larry Ellison as its largest shareholder, providers enterprise resource planning, e-commerce and customer relationship management software...; Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, SaaS, Oracle, Intuit, General, ERP; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Technology Upgrade Moves Turbine Leader Toward Its Goals: Since the beginning of its official operation in 1958, Harbin Turbine Co., Ltd. has made an outstanding contribution to China's energy and power industry. The company wanted to increase presence in subcritical, supercritical and nuclear power industries. After determining that its traditional 2D design software was resulting in long design...; Tags: Software, UGS Corp., Turbine, Siemens AG, Product Development, Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management; Case studies 2007-03-01
OpenID: gone phishing: [Ed. The OpenID protocol is rapidly gaining momentum in the social networking arena. Exemplifying the momentum OpenID is gaining, Symantec recently announced that it would support OpenID in its Security 2.0 identity offering. As it is gaining visibility the OpenID protocol is being scrutinized more closely by those looking for...; Tags: General, OpenID; Blog posts 2007-02-01
Can Digg go mainstream?: Despite the seemingly continuous hand-wringing over the susceptibility of Digg to gaming and biases--or perhaps because of it—Digg is a favored topic, destination and “affiliate” among everyone writing on or about the Web.This post reflects the omnipresence of Digg in the online tech community: We ask “Digg this,” at the...; Tags: INTERNET, Digg; Blog posts 2006-12-19
Effective Virtual Desktop Deployment and Management Strategies from VMware and HP: If you're involved with desktop deployment or management, you know there's one obstacle to successfully consolidating client workloads onto servers: resistance from the desktop user. There is a solution--the VMware and HP virtual desktop. Its centralized desktop management capabilities simplify software provisioning, upgrades, and patches, and...; Tags: Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., VMware Inc., Desktops, Hardware; Webcasts 2006-11-15
Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?: Five years after the release of Windows XP, Microsoft's primary stated goal with Windows Vista has been to reduce security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware and other threats. A number of new security features have been introduced in an attempt to reflect the heightened priority of security. This paper...; Tags: Sophos Plc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-11-01
IE 7 is done. Nobody panic.: IE 7 is done. Nobody panic.no options to remove IE addons sucks!!IE has new options called add-on which are like Firefox extensions. Only issue I have with IE 7 is you can only disable them from IE 7 manage add on option found under tools.Why is there no option to...; Tags: Web browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Tabbed Browsing, toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2006-10-19
The two hearts of LISA Pathfinder: As you might already know, LISA, a joint mission from ESA and NASA which is scheduled for 2014, will test the fundamental theories of gravitation, including Einsteins General Relativity. In "The day LISA Pathfinder hung in the balance," the European Space Agency reminds us that this mission relies on two...; Tags: laser, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA Pathfinder; Blog posts 2006-10-12
Forget the glasses--3D monitors ready now: Forget the glasses--3D monitors ready nowHigh-tech TV, low-tech grammarFor a high-tech article on high-tech TVs, your grammar is decidedly low-tech. "The monitor itself will 3D-ize some content itself." 3D-ize?"ColorLink's Korah, though, says that the glasses-less don't fit well with the market." The glasses-less? Maybe you meant,...; Tags: 3D, monitor, gullibility; Discussion threads 2006-06-08
Teens arrested in alleged MySpace extortion scam: Teens arrested in alleged MySpace extortion scam4 years for hacking, 5 for extortion, and 20 for STOOPID.And they thought the MySpace folks were just going to hand over $150K in cash. Buwahahahaha, only a real geek could be this out of touch with reality...Reminds me of...valve software and ther...; Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, MySpace; Discussion threads 2006-05-26
High-Pinning Iridium-Manganese-Chromium (IrMnCr) Read Sensors for High Reliability & Stability: To fuel the continued growth in areal density of hard drives, the physical dimensions of the read sensor have had to be significantly reduced to accommodate the smaller data bit size. This dramatic reduction of the read sensor - more than 10X in 10 years - has significantly increased the...; Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Sensor; White papers 2006-05-01
Is IEEE 802.11 Ready for VoIP?: This paper empirically explores voice communication over IEEE 802.11 networks VoWiFi. The objective is to understand the limitations of the current WiFi network for VoWiFi deployment. The experiment finds two major problems of VoWiFi: unstable and excessively long handoffs and unpredictable occurrence of bursts. This paper also discusses several other...; Tags: Paper, IEEE 802.11, VoIP, Network, VoWiFi, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking; White papers 2006-04-17
Susceptibility of Wireless Devices to Denial of Service Attacks: DoS is a real threat for wireless technologies and could become a show-stopper in some critical applications. In future standards more attention must be paid to DoS issues. Security should be firmly defined in standards and as little as possible should be left to the interpretation of the developer in...; Tags: Denial Of Service, DOS, Wireless Device, Countermeasure, Quality, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Business Operations; White papers 2006-01-06
Electromagnetic Fields (GSM 1800) Do Not Alter BBB Permeability in Vitro in Models With High Barrier Tightness: This authors previously reported on the influence of electromagnetic fields according to the GSM-1800 standard (Global System for Mobile Communications; 1.8 MHz) increasing the sucrose permeation across the Blood-Brain Barrier BBB in vitro. The cell culture model used in the previous study comprised rat astrocytes in co-culture with Porcine Brain...; Tags: Barrier, Better Business Bureau, GSM; White papers 2005-11-04