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Boston University's College of Engineering Simplifies Management of Complex Data Center

The Boston University's College of Engineering includes 37 research centers and labs in which some 3,000 students, faculty, staff, and affiliates create and share large, complex data files and run compute-intensive applications. In 2005, the college's IT team resolved to make a change. They needed something easier to manage, but...

Tags: Data Center, Boston University, NetApp, College Of Engineering, Storage, Hardware

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Preview: Plusmo Pro Football Live app (updated)

As you already know I really want a good NFL application for the iPhone. Now that it's NFL season and it would be great to track teams, players and games in progress – especially when you can't be in front of a television. As I've I mentioned...

Tags: Apple iPhone, NFL, App, Plusmo Pro Football Live, Plusmo NFL App, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

[ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack

In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...

Tags: Technique, Spammer, Malware, Google Picasa, Attack, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-04

What can we do better?

What can we do better?Asking the experts!I don't have a clue how it works in you area. I volunteer at the local high school. Being a retired programmer, I thought, great, I am going to make a difference. Went to the principle. Question: who is the...

Tags: Development tools, programming

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

How important is boot performance?

According to the Engineering Windows 7 blog, Windows 7 has a team dedicated to focusing on startup performance. But how important is startup performance? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Performance, PC, Reboot, 100+, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-04

The power of standard protocols

I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...

Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Please Dress Me: A tee shirt-ch engine

When great minds collide on the Internet, anything is possible. Take the Vaynerchuk brothers for example. When they put their heart into something, it skyrockets. Gary uses the web to connect with each and every one of his thousands of...

Tags: Social Media, Brother, Gary, Internet, Search, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Family entertainment act

There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...

Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License

News items 2008-09-04

Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)

Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...

Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?

Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?Where has this been?Oh, hello, MS, is that you? Did you remember that little OS side-project that you've had going on for a couple decades now? I'm so glad to see a renewed interest, please stick around to...

Tags: Operating systems, Boot-time, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?

Over the Labor Day weekend in a post to the "Engineering Windows 7" blog, Microsoft seemingly dangled one tangible tidbit about Windows 7 regarding improvements to initial system boot time. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flawjust proves that no software can ever be without any flawsntmore typical ZDnet FUDChrome prevents access to user folders including the desktop using permissions. R-E-A-S-E-A-R-C-HRE: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw"Raff's code shows how a malicious hacker can use a clever social engineering lure...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Google Inc., carpet-bombing flaw, flaw

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari WebKit and a...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Safari, Web Browser, Flaw, Raff, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Can Google not do evil?

Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome: Steal this browser

Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

NASA confirms infection, 'not the first time'

As I noted a few days ago, the International Space Station has a virus, which NASA now confirms. From eFlux, a spokesperson explained: "This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus," said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries during a press...

Tags: Infection, NASA, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-02