Apple plans to release a fix next month for a security hole that enables someone to access data on a password-protected iPhone, according to a MacWorld report.
First Intel, now Big Blue is keen on SSDs. IBM said it is testing a 4-terabyte high-speed solid state drive array targeted at the enterprise, as the technology giant gives its imprimatur to flash memory-based storage.
If in the last week or so you've noticed that your desktop background in Windows XP Professional goes completely black exactly every 60 minutes, don't worry, it's not a virus.
The new N85 and N79 smartphones for European high-speed mobile networks will be followed by a North American edition of the N96. Each will offer a 5 Mp camera with Zeiss optics, integrated turn-by-turn GPS navigation, and N-Gage gaming.
Could everyone's VMware licenses really have expired on August 12? That's the question hundreds of major data centers found themselves asking, right after midnight when they realized they weren't rebooting or resuming.
Microsoft on Tuesday released its August 2008 security bulletin. Bulletins rated "critical" concern Microsoft Access 2003 and earlier; Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003; Microsoft Excel; and Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003. A cumulative patch for Internet Explorer also is rated critical.
It's not clear why anyone should be surprised that Gmail, Amazon.com's cloud services, Salesforce.com, MobileMe, or Netflix have periods of instability or downtime. These services are not promising five-nines of uptime, and they are dependent on complex code and a vast network "tubes," as the beleaguered Sen. Ted Stevens has said, to deliver bits to users. Services such as Twitter have set a new standard for unreliability, making the other cloud-based services look good in comparison despite their outages.
At the Race To Zero contest at DEFCON 16 in Las Vegas last weekend, seven sample viruses and three sample exploits were reverse engineered to the point where they could bypass anti-virus software. The task took one team just over two hours.
As people buy more electronic stuff, there's growing concern over hazardous electronic waste. A number of new companies are trying to keep that gear from fouling up landfills--and make a buck while doing it.
Microsoft's regular pre-briefing on monthly security issues contained some dire news, including patches for a reportedly "Critical" vulnerability affecting Windows Media Player for XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft announced yesterday that it had filed an action with the International Trade Commission against Primax Electronics of Taiwan over several technologies used in mice, which are sold in Best Buy under the Dynex brand name.
2008-08-27 /
As a smart and excellent ISO burner, Xilisoft ISO Burner can effortlessly finish the job to burn ISO to DVD, and burn ISO to CD. The ISO to CD/DVD burner allows you to burn ISO to all disc types including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL. It supports burning all other image files such as BIN/CUE, IMG, MDF, NRG, CDI, B5i, B6i, and DMG.
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2008-08-18 /
pt360 NetFlow Listener captures flow data from continuous streams of network traffic and converts raw data into useful charts, tables and tree hierarchy that quantify exactly how the corporate network is being utilized. The tool results enable the IT professional to find and terminate unauthorized traffic by whom and for what purpose ? enabling you to shut down the bandwidth hogs.
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2008-08-15 /
Allows you to manage processes remotely, monitor computers performance on your network, track and limit disk space usage on remote machines, synchronize computer clock all over your network, perform a planning restart/shutdown of network computers, execute commands remotely on a group of computers or in the entire domain, configure network adapters remotely, dump your network computer's statistic to CSV, TXT or HTML. Find 13 network tools inside.
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2008-08-13 /
Ashampoo Core Tuner enables you to use the full power of all your cores. For instant results you just need to select Auto-Optimize to optimize all the programs you are running or Boost to give more power to a single program.
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2008-08-04 /
Explore, manage, disable or override hotkeys in your system. Find out what key combination is in use by which program. Create hotkeys of innovative new style (*Key Combinations* and *Key Sequences*) for vaious tasks and keyboad/mouse macros. Simulate extra func-keys on multimedia keyboards. Define conditions to fire hotkey events or not.
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2008-08-22 /
ImTOO ISO Burner is an easy-to-use ISO burning program with intuitive interface. And it can burn ISO file to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL. With the burning software, you can choose the write speed and it will verify written data after burning process to ensure the usability of the disc content. The ISO file can be data CD/DVD image, bootable CD/DVD image, media CD/DVD image, and so on.
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2008-08-18 /
PacketTrap Switch Port Mapper helps network engineers discover the devices connected to each port on a switch, thus eliminating the need to manually trace network cables. The tool provides device visibility like IP address, MAC address, VLAN, port name and availability, as well as the capability to enable or disable an interface. Since this is a real-time discovery, the network engineer can view the operational status and speed of each port.
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2008-08-14 /
KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Windows and mobile devices. You can store your passwords in highly-encrypted databases, which can only be unlocked with one master password and/or a key file.
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2008-08-11 /
Protector Plus 2008 is an Antivirus software designed for Windows Desktops and Servers. Protector Plus is known for its compact size with an efficient scan engine. It includes powerful features like Real-time scan, Email scan, Automated virus signature update and Automated virus sample submission. The interface is attractive and easy to use. It works on all flavors of Windows. Download this 30 day evaluation copy to try it free of cost.
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2008-07-25 /
Send all supported files from your mobile phone to PC, without any action on PC side! Automaticaly files receiving & saving. Minimum user interaction needed when sending from PC to phone. Easiest possible way: drag-drop file into selected zone. Special function for user that own PDA device. PocketPC application will work with desktop as one! Simply order files from your desktop folder, and have them on your pocketPC, into predefined folder.
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