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Why computers fail

Good failure data for PCs is hard to find: who knows how many times PC users are told to reinstall Windows? But in a recent paper, Bianca Schroeder and Garth Gibson of CMU found some surprising results in 10 years of large scale cluster system failures at Los Alamos National...

Tags: Checkpoint, Multiprocessor, Failure, Computer, Desktop Computer, LANL, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Fault Tolerance Management for a Hierarchical GridRPC Middleware

GridRPC middleware are usually managing failures by using TCP or other link network layer provided failure detector, automatic checkpoints of sequential jobs and a centralized stable agent to perform scheduling. Most recent developments have provided some new mechanisms like the optimal Chandra & Toueg & Aguillera failure detector, most numerical...

Tags: Fault-tolerance, Checkpoint, Computer Science, GridRPC Middleware, Productivity, Tcp/Ip, Networking

White papers 2008-02-06

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2A new square for buzzword bingoEnterprise 2.0. I'll have to add that one to my buzzword bingo cards.RE: A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2Great article. I'm part of team doing some research into new ways that...

Tags: Channel management, Web 2.0, Web, checkpoint, Part 2

Discussion threads 2007-08-28

Cisco + Nokia?

In what would easily be the largest technology merger ever Cisco is rumored to be contemplating the purchase of Nokia. Nokia is worth $71 Billion compared to Cisco's $123 Billion according to Reuters. Just looking at the security aspects of this merger, think about Nokia's division that dabbles in...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Checkpoint

Blog posts 2005-08-07

Searching for McAfee at CeBIT

It is always a mystery why major vendors miss out on industry defining trade shows. Here at CeBIT for the first year ever a special expo hall has been dedicated to security (Halle 7). A quick estimate is that the size of this hall is about half the size...

Tags: Halle 7, CeBit, Checkpoint

Blog posts 2005-03-11

Call of Duty Belfort map (Windows)

Belfort is a custom multiplayer map for Call of Duty. The map takes place in a forrested canyon near the French and Swiss border. There are several German checkpoints and a supply depot to capture.

Tags: Checkpoint, ZDogJones, Belfort, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-30

Gangland v1.2 Patch (Windows)

This is the v1.2 patch for Gangland. This version adds a checkpoint save feature and a pause function to single-player campaigns, and also includes several updates to the multiplayer game.

Tags: Checkpoint, Whiptail Interactive, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Games, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2004-04-20

Additional Resources

Review: Skooba Checkthrough Brief helps speed you through airport security

I've spent quite a bit of time traveling the last few years and consider myself a pretty experienced traveler. That said, I like to try to minimize the hassle of flying as much as possible and the TSA rules that allow you to speed up by passing through the x-ray...

Tags: Airport Security, Laptop Computer, Skooba Checkthrough, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Image Gallery: Skooba Checkthrough Brief checkpoint friendly laptop bag

Traveling with a laptop can be a bit of a pain when you are trying to get through security and need to remove your laptop and trust it to the TSA officials as it moves through the x-ray machines. With checkpoint friendly bags like the Skooba Checkthrough Brief you can...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, product photos, skooba, airplane, tsa, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-06-23

StartGuard Free Edition 2.1.500 (Windows)

StartGuard is a 5-Star award-winning spyware blocker that not only scans and cleans your PC, it prevents spyware, adware, dialers, Trojan horses, worms, tracking cookies, browser hijackers, and other malware from downloading in the first place. While most anti-spyware tools miss quite a lot of spyware due to incomplete or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, StartGuard Software, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-17

The Moron Test 1.1 (Mobile)

The Moron Test features seven levels ranging from Moron to Genius, over 100 all new steps, you will love the theme music, game Timer- try to beat your friends, a checkpoint halfway through, and questions get much trickier- pay attention.

Tags: Mobile, DistinctDev, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-20

A conversation with Check Point's Gil Shwed

It is RSA Security Conference week this week, which means lots of security companies are in town. Among my Monday meetings I had the pleasure of dinner with Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies [CHKP], one of Israel's most successful software companies. The media roundtable...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Israel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Food & Beverage, Security, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Intuit

IntuitSo the gamblers went back to the slots...Sounds like good news to me. Cheap houses, automakers pushing towards efficient without the capital to spring back to gas guzzling, tech still growing at a reasonable pace and without all the hustlers trying to lie there way into your paycheck, and competitors...

Tags: Manufacturing, Intuit Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Facebook settlement revealed via poor PDF redaction

Facebook's confidential settlement of a lawsuit brought by social networking site ConnectU -- created by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard classmates, and worked on by a young Zuckerberg himself -- was revealed Wednesday when Associated Press writer Michael Liedtke reported that redacted portions of a PDF transcript of a court...

Tags: Facebook, Document, Adobe PDF, Settlement, Litigation, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack (Mobile Edge Checkpoint Friendly ScanFast Backpack)

Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack Mobile Edge Checkpoint Friendly ScanFast BackpackMobile Edge Scanfast BackpackNo real big deal on the design of the bag. All standard stuff to me. I'd like to see if they could design belt bags for netbooks. I found a regular belt bag from North Face that could...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack, mobile, Mobile Edge Checkpoint Friendly ScanFast Backpack

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

News to know: Microsoft's killer instinct; Google's blunder; Palm OS; Windows 7;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Jason Perlow: Why Microsoft's Killer Instinct Must Return Ryan Naraine: Google flags entire Web as 'malware' Google blames 'human error' for search...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, Operating System, Palm OS, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Mobile Edge Checkpoint Friendly ScanFast Backpack

Jason Perlow puts the Mobile Edge Checkpoint Friendly ScanFast Backpack through its paces. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, laptop bags, mobile, security, travel

Image galleries 2009-01-30

Sail through Airport Security with the Skooba Checkthrough

During last week's Christmas break, my wife and I spent a vacation in the Bahamas, drinking Bahama Mamas and Kaliks, eating conch salad and relaxing on gorgeous white sand beaches overlooking pure blue water while everyone else was freezing back home in New York. I know, you hate me already....

Tags: Airport Security, Laptop Computer, Compartment, Mobile Edge, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-30

Protecting Microsoft SQL With Veritas NetBackup

Microsoft SQL Server has become a vital application for many businesses. Veritas NetBackup has many ways to protect SQL Server of all shapes and sizes. Everything from keeping transaction logs in check, automated script execution, performing checkpoint restarts, controlling snapshots, as well as providing a dedicated interface for Database Adminstrators....

Tags: VERITAS Software Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Server, SQL, Microsoft Corp., VERITAS NetBackup, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-12-10

Belkin FlyThru Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Case

We've seen a rush of laptops bags that meet TSA guidelines for cases that can go through airport security checkpoints with a laptop still inside, from the Netbook-size Solo Mini to the gigantic Mobile Edge ScanFast Backpack. The $49 Belkin FlyThru laptop bag is a more traditional 15-inch size,...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, compartment, Belkin FlyThru, Belkin Corp.

Product reviews 2008-11-25