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- Clientless SSL VPNs expose corporate users to attacks
- Solution: use a real VPN.Or even just a basic SOCKS proxy.RE: Clientless SSL VPNs expose corporate users to attacksEvery VPN poses a risk to the Corporate LAN, even if you force the end-user to a physically separate appliance at their home because they can still physically switch their computer to...
- Tags: VPNs, Network security, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, SECURITY, SSL/TLS, VPN, Clientless SSL VPN, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
- Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans
- the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC
- My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- FL Studio 9.0.1 (Windows)
- FL Studio, formerly known as FruityLoops, is a fully featured, open-architecture music creation and production environment for PC. No extra software is required to produce any style of music, as the complete set of instrument and studio tools is included in the cost of the package. With the included plugins,...
- Tags: MIDI, Microsoft Windows, Plug-in, Image Line Software, FL Studio, Productivity
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- Cloud storage: Impossible to fill?
- more likely gimmicksto frustate you if trying to use the full potential....in the same way as...ISPs do not allow a user to access their full download speeds (AT&T sells me 8megabits/second, but in reality i get maybe 5.5 or 6). Another angle Hi ZackI run a cloud storage provider called...
- Tags: storage, online storage
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
- Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?
- I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...
- Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!
- Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
- 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 D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledges that Google Docs lacks workflow features that Microsoft Office has, but isn't trying to emulate the suite. In an interview with Stephen Shankland at CNet News, Schmidt continued his courting of the enterprise. Schmidt on Wednesday had a good performance at the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7
- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years
- Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...
- Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- AMD posts another quarterly loss
- If AMD can't produce...a CPU that will compare with Intel in performance they may not be around for a lot longer. They are so completely outclassed by Intel i7 that they aren't even in the ball park. It is hard to believe they can't come up with something ant closer.I...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Survey: After Sidekick Failure Would You Buy Cloud Services?
- NoNo I would not buy from them again, I don't need a scare of all my info being deleted.http://gizmoelectronics.blogspot.com/http://www.stophighcosts.comI will never trust the cloud.I will use the cloud but not if it means I have to forgo a local copy and not if the data is private. I like Office...
- Tags: Marketing research, mushroom cloud, SideKick, Buy Cloud Services, survey
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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