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New Digital Identity Tool Makes Community Web Sites Safer, Easier to Use

Telligent Systems, Dallas, offers Community Server, an application platform for rapidly enabling online communities. More than 100,000 copies of different editions of Community Server have been downloaded or licensed. Community Server enables individuals and organizations to attract consumers and encourage them to become actively involved with an online community. However,...

Tags: Web, Community, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Digital Identity, Community Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...

Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line

An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...

Tags: HP Integrity, Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Hardware, OS Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-09

News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista

Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

EMC taps ex Microsofter Maritz to fend off Microsoft Hyper-V

It takes one to know one.  At least that's what EMC hopes as it appoints former Microsofter Paul Maritz to head up its lucrative VMWare unit, not coincidentally on the same day that Microsoft formally released its much anticipated Hyper-V to market. The departure of longtime...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw

Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...

Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08

It would seem there's a bigger story to that MS08-037 flaw that came out for Patch Tuesday today. From Dave Lewis over at the Liquid Matrix security blog: Today Dan Kaminsky released a first, as far as I can recall. A coordinated patch was released today...

Tags: Black Hat, DNS, CERT, Flaw, Mogull, Updates, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Microsoft addresses 9 security vulnerabilities with 4 "Important" bulletins

Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities. Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server. Briefly, the vulnerabilities involve: Cache poisoning and insufficient socket entropy flaws in Microsoft DNS Server A remote...

Tags: Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Microsoft delivers 'important' patches

Microsoft on Tuesday delivered nine important patches to fix vulnerabilities in SQL Server, Exchange Server, Vista and Windows Server. Among the details, which were previewed last week. CVE-2008-0085: A vulnerability in the way SQL Server manages memory page reuse. An attacker with database operator...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record

Mozilla is celebrating a new Guinness World Record and launch of Firefox 3. But it isn't cheering alone - its enjoying this victory with the community it credits for helping it to succeed. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Network, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent

Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent  Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year. That's a "very strong number especially at this early stage," says Goldman telecom analyst Jason...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, Goldman Sachs & Co., Armstrong, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse

It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...

Tags: Mouse, Video, Synergy2, Client, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-08

U.K's most spammed person receives 44,000 spam emails daily

When you get so much spam that your anti-spam provider decides to use you in a marketing campaign, your spam problem turns into an asset for the community, and researchers running honeypots can only envy you for the sample of spam emails you receive on a daily basis. According to...

Tags: Orange PCS, Internet Service Provider, U.K, Spam Email, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is miffed. Microsoft crossed a line by ganging up on Yahoo with Carl Icahn. Arrington outlines his case, but the last sentence is what intrigued me: "I'm all for a merger. But I won't stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what's left of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Help Desk, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, It Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

The importance of Ratproxy

In a way it's a server-side anti-viral, aimed at catching injections of malware as they happen. Thus any Web host which wants to be honest and fight the bad guys can, proactively and in the background. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Web, Enterprise Security, Security Audit, Ratproxy, Caturday, Web Hosting, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0

PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Lotus Notes Contacts to Outlook (exe)

Lotus Notes Contacts to Outlook software to convert notes contacts from orphan names.nsf file or direct from the domino server and save them to Outlook PST and Excel files. Convert unlimited contacts of Lotus Notes. Kernel software supports every version of Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, Lotus Domino Server, and MS...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Nucleus Technologies LLC., IBM Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-08

AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner

A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah.  Well, here's a quote from the original article to give some background: Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Whirlpool Corp., Search Result, Slashdot, AVG, LinkScanner, Web Site Development, Search, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-07

UPDATED: Learning how to use "green" and Microsoft in the same sentence

NOTE: I've updated this post to include another link with tips on other Microsoft technologies that can contribute to your company's green credentials as well as the link for the Imagine Cup winners. It being the week of Microsoft's annual big-deal partner conference and all, I thought...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-07