Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Review: Novell's SLES 11; 57 Amazing Things You Didn't Know Your Tech Could Do

The new ground zero in Internet warfare; Senator questions White House control over cybersecurity
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Novell's SLES 11 is packed to the gills and keeps moving at a decent clip

By Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen, Network World Lab Alliance
In our Clear Choice test of Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, we found it to be packed with useful management tools, to have virtualization threaded though many of its processes, and to perform at rates close to the high bar set by past versions of the Linux bundle. Read full story

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57 Amazing Things You Didn't Know Your Tech Could Do!
Do you often wish that the tech you own or use had superpowers, or that you could transform ordinary gear into something really great--possibly for free? With our amazing instructions, you can!
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The new ground zero in Internet warfare
When it comes to critical national infrastructure, the highly distributed and ultra-interconnected U.S. power grid is, hands down, the most vulnerable to cyberattack. On this one point, many cybersecurity experts seem to agree.

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Senator questions White House control over cybersecurity
The ranking member of the Senate's Homeland Security Committee, Susan Collins, (R-Maine), Tuesday raised questions about recent calls for a direct White House role in coordinating national cybersecurity affairs.

Verizon pursues illegal autodialers
Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it has settled a lawsuit against two companies that used autodialing to call its wireless customers to pitch extended auto warranties. It also announced a separate lawsuit to stop three other companies from similar acts.

Benioff calls for 'the end of maintenance'
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is well-known for brash pronouncements and on Tuesday delivered his latest, calling for "the end" of traditional software maintenance fees.

New zero-day exploit targets Adobe Reader
Adobe Systems Inc. Tuesday confirmed that it's investigating reports that its popular PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability.

Despite Obama's Web 2.0 efforts, e-user satisfaction slips
Despite the Obama administration's efforts to update government web sites, satisfaction with them has fallen for the first time in a year, a survey of 280,000 users of government Web sites found.

Identifying the source of corporate threats
The Verizon Business RISK team recently released its "2009 Data Breach Investigations Report," which gives a fresh look into the question of whether insiders or outsiders are the larger threat group. The report concludes that 74% of breaches result from external sources and "the predominance of total records lost was attributed to outsiders."

Cloud computing security: Who knew?
Bradner: Security has not been much of a consideration in cloud computing --but that may be about to change.

Cisco No. 4 of 20 most profitable techs
Cisco Subnet reports that Cisco is No. 4 in a listing of the 20 most profitable companies in high-tech, according to Fortune. The company trails only Microsoft, IBM and HP, and is ahead of Oracle, Intel, Apple, Dell and several others.

100% trade-in credit for Nortel products
Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes note of Enterasys' offer to Nortel customers: 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products.

April giveaways galore
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and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30.


Evolution of Ethernet
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04/29/09

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