HIGHLIGHTS
News: Nokia's GPS patents may help resolve Qualcomm dispute
News: Hitachi joins Sony battery recall
News: IBM announces new service management offerings
News: E.U. and U.S. agree to share air passenger data
Opinion: Interference Cancellation
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Starting young with the eBay buying
NEWS UPDATES
Nokia's GPS patents may help resolve Qualcomm dispute
Nokia Corp.'s patent licensing deal with Trimble Navigation Ltd. this week could give the phone maker an important boost in an ongoing dispute with CDMA developer Qualcomm Inc.
Hitachi joins Sony battery recall
Hitachi Ltd. joins most of the leading notebook computer makers in recalling batteries from Sony Corp. that are known to overheat and potentially cause fires.
IBM announces new service management offerings
IBM Corp. is introducing a range of new products and services, many based on technologies coming from recently acquired companies, aimed at helping businesses better manage and take advantage of their various software and hardware systems.
E.U. and U.S. agree to share air passenger data
European Union and U.S. negotiators have reached agreement on how to share information about passengers flying to the U.S. from Europe, a Finnish government spokesman said Friday. The new deal allows many more U.S. government agencies to access the data, which includes details such as a passenger's name, address and credit card details.
Toshiba lays out plans for mobile Cell chip
The Cell processor sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3, the most powerful game console yet developed, and a high-performance computer from IBM Corp. and now Toshiba Corp. wants to put that power into mobile devices and cell phones.
Dunn, Hunsaker face HP charges in court
Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn made a brief court appearance Thursday in Santa Clara County, California, to face four state felony charges in the HP boardroom scandal. Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez scheduled her arraignment for Nov. 17, at which she will enter a plea to charges in the case.
Microsoft to fix Windows, Office security flaws
With hackers exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, Microsoft Corp. plans to issue 11 security updates next Tuesday -- six for Windows, 4 for Office, and 1 for .Net.
Survey: Regulations take back seat in managing storage
The second annual Bridgehead Software information lifecycle management audit showed that data growth and disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) are driving archive planning much more than regulatory compliance.
OPINION
Interference Cancellation
By James Gaskin
When I visited a company in the technical district of San Francisco, they joked there were so many wireless signals in the area they didn't need a microwave for their popcorn - they just put the bag in the window. Needless to say, wireless connections for their internal computers didn't work because they couldn't find a clear channel. If you struggle with interference for data and cell phone signals, help is on the way.
PODCAST
Daily IT News Audio Update
Dunn, Hunsacker in court ... Toshiba to use Cell in mobile devices ... Microsoft plans 10 critical patches
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
Starting young with the eBay buying
Jack Neal recently made his first eBay purchase: a bright pink $17,000 Nissan Figaro. Problem: Jack Neal is three years old. "Jack's a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons," says his mom.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Dunn, four others, charged in HP scandal ... Apple: Jobs knew of backdating
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Dunn, four others, charged in HP scandal
News: Apple: Jobs knew of backdating
News: Google helps programmers find code online
Unix Tip: Making a device alias for your root mirror
Opinion: System migration may be the most dangerous thing you ever do
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Geek comic of the week: Geek and Poke
NEWS UPDATES
Dunn, four others, charged in HP scandal
Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn, a former company lawyer, and three outside investigators were charged Wednesday in California on felony charges related to the conduct of an investigation to track down news leaks from the HP board that allegedly broke state law.
Apple: Jobs knew of backdating
Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs apologized to shareholders Wednesday after an internal investigation found that he had been aware of the company's practice of "backdating" employee stock options.
Google helps programmers find code online
Google Inc. has created a specialized search engine designed to find software source code publicly available on the Web.
Wyse ships thin clients with embedded Wi-Fi
Wyse Technology Inc. is selling a line of thin-client computers with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, making them easier to deploy in public places like airports and hotel lobbies.
UNIX TIP
Making a device alias for your root mirror
By Sandra Hentry-Stocker
Once you have mirrored your root partition, you may still need to create a device alias for the mirror so that you can boot from it if the primary mirror ever fails. To prepare for this, you should firstgenerate a long listing of the partition on which the mirror resides. It will look something like this:
OPINION
System migration may be the most dangerous thing you ever do
By Joel Shore
Pity the poor IT department that is about to migrate a key application from one platform to another. Or perform a major upgrade. Or worse, merge into another company’s systems after being acquired. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Consider the plight of Mailbank.com, the Boulder, Colo.-based provider of e-mail and Web services under the name NetIdentity. Acquired recently by Toronto-based Tucows, the companies are moving, migrating, and otherwise homogenizing millions of e-mail accounts, including one of mine.
PODCAST
Today's IT News Audio Update
The California attorney general has filed charges against Patricia Dunn ... Google has created a specialized search engine for finding software source code ... IBM is embarking on a five-year campaign to promote wider use of its mainframes
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
Geek comic of the week: Geek and Poke
The fabulous new Web 2.0 world may not be so easily caricatured as the last boom -- no foosball tables or incomprehensible IPOs -- but there are lots of silly company names ending in "r" and dumb Wikipedia jokes. And Geek and Poke is there to chronicle all of it.
News: Dunn, four others, charged in HP scandal
News: Apple: Jobs knew of backdating
News: Google helps programmers find code online
Unix Tip: Making a device alias for your root mirror
Opinion: System migration may be the most dangerous thing you ever do
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Geek comic of the week: Geek and Poke
NEWS UPDATES
Dunn, four others, charged in HP scandal
Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn, a former company lawyer, and three outside investigators were charged Wednesday in California on felony charges related to the conduct of an investigation to track down news leaks from the HP board that allegedly broke state law.
Apple: Jobs knew of backdating
Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs apologized to shareholders Wednesday after an internal investigation found that he had been aware of the company's practice of "backdating" employee stock options.
Google helps programmers find code online
Google Inc. has created a specialized search engine designed to find software source code publicly available on the Web.
Wyse ships thin clients with embedded Wi-Fi
Wyse Technology Inc. is selling a line of thin-client computers with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, making them easier to deploy in public places like airports and hotel lobbies.
UNIX TIP
Making a device alias for your root mirror
By Sandra Hentry-Stocker
Once you have mirrored your root partition, you may still need to create a device alias for the mirror so that you can boot from it if the primary mirror ever fails. To prepare for this, you should firstgenerate a long listing of the partition on which the mirror resides. It will look something like this:
OPINION
System migration may be the most dangerous thing you ever do
By Joel Shore
Pity the poor IT department that is about to migrate a key application from one platform to another. Or perform a major upgrade. Or worse, merge into another company’s systems after being acquired. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Consider the plight of Mailbank.com, the Boulder, Colo.-based provider of e-mail and Web services under the name NetIdentity. Acquired recently by Toronto-based Tucows, the companies are moving, migrating, and otherwise homogenizing millions of e-mail accounts, including one of mine.
PODCAST
Today's IT News Audio Update
The California attorney general has filed charges against Patricia Dunn ... Google has created a specialized search engine for finding software source code ... IBM is embarking on a five-year campaign to promote wider use of its mainframes
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
Geek comic of the week: Geek and Poke
The fabulous new Web 2.0 world may not be so easily caricatured as the last boom -- no foosball tables or incomprehensible IPOs -- but there are lots of silly company names ending in "r" and dumb Wikipedia jokes. And Geek and Poke is there to chronicle all of it.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Vista, Longhorn to get new antipiracy measures ... Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Windows Vista, Longhorn to get new antipiracy measures
News: Swift CFO quizzed by Euro Parliament about data privacy
News: Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc
News: E.U. prepares possible legal action against Intel
Opinion: Security needs independence
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: "The only user contribution is your ignorance"
NEWS UPDATES
Windows Vista, Longhorn to get new antipiracy measures
With the upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server operating systems, Microsoft will introduce the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, a collection of technologies that aims to do better at detecting pirated versions of Windows, and will also force unauthorized versions of its software into a limited-functionality mode, encouraging users to obtain a legal copy.
Swift CFO quizzed by Euro Parliament about data privacy
Executives from the financial data transfer company Swift and the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) faced tough questions in a European Parliament committee meeting Wednesday, about the illegal sharing of private data with U.S. authorities.
Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc
Hitachi Maxell Ltd. has developed a thin optical disc that could lead to data cartridges capable of storing terabytes of information.
E.U. prepares possible legal action against Intel
European Commission antitrust officials investigating computer chip maker Intel Corp. presented what they believe is a watertight argument for prosecuting the firm to an internal panel of so-called devil's advocates on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
NEC to sell water-cooled PC with Blu-ray drive
Japanese users won't have to worry about a noisy cooling fan disturbing them while they watch high-definition movies on NEC Corp.'s newest computer -- the PC, equipped with a Blu-ray drive, uses water-cooling instead.
Multicore chips roil software pricing waters
The growing popularity of server chips with multiple microprocessor cores continues to muddy the waters of software pricing: CIOs should start planning now for changes and perhaps some uncertainty in their software budgets.
McAfee cries foul over Vista security features
McAfee Inc. top executives went on the offensive Monday against Microsoft Corp., saying Vista will be even less secure for customers than previous versions of Windows.
Hitachi updates WLAN tags for goods, employees
Hitachi Ltd. this week updated its AirLocation II system, which uses WLAN (wireless LAN) technology to track goods and employees, with the introduction of a smaller tag.
OPINION
Does security need independence?
By James Gaskin
IBM's deal to purchase Internet Security Systems brings some real conflict of interest questions to mind. Essentially, can you trust a security company that can't control its own destiny?
PODCAST
Daily IT News Audio Update
Microsoft will introduce a new system for fighting software piracy ... Antitrust officials at the European Commission have stepped up their investigation of Intel ... Hitachi Maxell has developed a paper-thin optical disc
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
"The only user contribution is your ignorance"
Ask Haddad, which bills itself as "information monarchy," is a defiant response to the interactive, multivalent, user-generated Web 2.0: you ask the questions, he answers them, and you sit there and like it.
News: Windows Vista, Longhorn to get new antipiracy measures
News: Swift CFO quizzed by Euro Parliament about data privacy
News: Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc
News: E.U. prepares possible legal action against Intel
Opinion: Security needs independence
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: "The only user contribution is your ignorance"
NEWS UPDATES
Windows Vista, Longhorn to get new antipiracy measures
With the upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server operating systems, Microsoft will introduce the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, a collection of technologies that aims to do better at detecting pirated versions of Windows, and will also force unauthorized versions of its software into a limited-functionality mode, encouraging users to obtain a legal copy.
Swift CFO quizzed by Euro Parliament about data privacy
Executives from the financial data transfer company Swift and the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) faced tough questions in a European Parliament committee meeting Wednesday, about the illegal sharing of private data with U.S. authorities.
Hitachi Maxell develops wafer-thin storage disc
Hitachi Maxell Ltd. has developed a thin optical disc that could lead to data cartridges capable of storing terabytes of information.
E.U. prepares possible legal action against Intel
European Commission antitrust officials investigating computer chip maker Intel Corp. presented what they believe is a watertight argument for prosecuting the firm to an internal panel of so-called devil's advocates on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
NEC to sell water-cooled PC with Blu-ray drive
Japanese users won't have to worry about a noisy cooling fan disturbing them while they watch high-definition movies on NEC Corp.'s newest computer -- the PC, equipped with a Blu-ray drive, uses water-cooling instead.
Multicore chips roil software pricing waters
The growing popularity of server chips with multiple microprocessor cores continues to muddy the waters of software pricing: CIOs should start planning now for changes and perhaps some uncertainty in their software budgets.
McAfee cries foul over Vista security features
McAfee Inc. top executives went on the offensive Monday against Microsoft Corp., saying Vista will be even less secure for customers than previous versions of Windows.
Hitachi updates WLAN tags for goods, employees
Hitachi Ltd. this week updated its AirLocation II system, which uses WLAN (wireless LAN) technology to track goods and employees, with the introduction of a smaller tag.
OPINION
Does security need independence?
By James Gaskin
IBM's deal to purchase Internet Security Systems brings some real conflict of interest questions to mind. Essentially, can you trust a security company that can't control its own destiny?
PODCAST
Daily IT News Audio Update
Microsoft will introduce a new system for fighting software piracy ... Antitrust officials at the European Commission have stepped up their investigation of Intel ... Hitachi Maxell has developed a paper-thin optical disc
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
"The only user contribution is your ignorance"
Ask Haddad, which bills itself as "information monarchy," is a defiant response to the interactive, multivalent, user-generated Web 2.0: you ask the questions, he answers them, and you sit there and like it.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
EMC, Microsoft expand alliance for ECM ... Nokia develops new short-range wireless technology
HIGHLIGHTS
News: EMC, Microsoft expand alliance to a 'Duet' for ECM
News: Nokia develops a new, short-range wireless technology
News: Microsoft appeals E.U. fine for noncompliance
News: Intel praises Apple, but calls for open standards
Tip: 5 tips for better browser security
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: The 10 best Firefox extensions for Web development
NEWS UPDATES
EMC, Microsoft expand alliance to a 'Duet' for ECM
EMC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are substantially stepping up their existing enterprise content management (ECM) relationship to provide tighter integration between EMC's Documentum ECM software and Microsoft's Office, Outlook and SharePoint products.
Nokia develops a new, short-range wireless technology
Nokia Corp. has developed a new, short-range wireless technology that it says could improve on some of the shortcomings of Bluetooth.
Microsoft appeals E.U. fine for noncompliance
Microsoft Corp. has filed an appeal against the latest antitrust fine imposed on it by the European Commission, a Microsoft spokesman said on Tuesday.
Intel praises Apple, but calls for open standards
Intel Corp. looks set to find itself in the midst of an industry battle over how the power and complexity of computers should be combined with the convenience and simplicity of consumer electronics -- and the company couldn't be happier.
Corporate leak probes walk a fine line
In one telling moment during the recent Congressional hearings on the Hewlett-Packard Co. board scandal, ousted chairman Patricia Dunn offered the "everybody does it" defense.
IBM improves efficiency of PowerPC chips
IBM Corp. has improved the power efficiency of two models of PowerPC processors, making an effort to strengthen its position in markets from cars and printers to networking and communications equipment.
Siemens sets up fund to retrain BenQ Mobile workers
Under mounting pressure from German government officials and former employees of the mobile phone division it paid BenQ Corp. to take off its hands, Siemens AG has set up a €35 million (US$44.4 million) fund to aid workers at risk of losing their jobs.
Amazon's A9 loses snazzy features
Amazon.com Inc. is stripping its A9 search engine of the features that won it praise from experts but earned it little attention from users.
Sony unveils Blu-ray Disc recorders, PCs
Sony Corp. will launch a pair of Blu-ray Disc video recorders in Japan this December, the company said Tuesday. The machines both feature hard-disk drives for day-to-day recording and a Blu-ray Disc drive for longer term storage.
TIP
5 tips for better browser security
By Brent Huston
My intent in this week's column is to review the top ways to harden a web-browsing environment, and not cover the entire breadth of browser security. Moreover, I'm sidestepping the argument about what browser is more secure by suggesting that you look more programmatically at what we can do to protect users regardless of browser choice. So here goes ...
PODCAST
Daily IT News Audio Update
Nokia has developed a new, short-range wireless technology ... Nasscom has asked Channel 4 to hand over information from a news documentary ... Worldwide sales of semiconductor chips surged to a record 20.5 billion dollars
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top 10 concert halls ... The top 10 dark nebulae ... The 10 best Firefox extensions for Web development ... Ten 'best damn' all-time baseball plays ... The top 10 Hawaiian beaches
News: EMC, Microsoft expand alliance to a 'Duet' for ECM
News: Nokia develops a new, short-range wireless technology
News: Microsoft appeals E.U. fine for noncompliance
News: Intel praises Apple, but calls for open standards
Tip: 5 tips for better browser security
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: The 10 best Firefox extensions for Web development
NEWS UPDATES
EMC, Microsoft expand alliance to a 'Duet' for ECM
EMC Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are substantially stepping up their existing enterprise content management (ECM) relationship to provide tighter integration between EMC's Documentum ECM software and Microsoft's Office, Outlook and SharePoint products.
Nokia develops a new, short-range wireless technology
Nokia Corp. has developed a new, short-range wireless technology that it says could improve on some of the shortcomings of Bluetooth.
Microsoft appeals E.U. fine for noncompliance
Microsoft Corp. has filed an appeal against the latest antitrust fine imposed on it by the European Commission, a Microsoft spokesman said on Tuesday.
Intel praises Apple, but calls for open standards
Intel Corp. looks set to find itself in the midst of an industry battle over how the power and complexity of computers should be combined with the convenience and simplicity of consumer electronics -- and the company couldn't be happier.
Corporate leak probes walk a fine line
In one telling moment during the recent Congressional hearings on the Hewlett-Packard Co. board scandal, ousted chairman Patricia Dunn offered the "everybody does it" defense.
IBM improves efficiency of PowerPC chips
IBM Corp. has improved the power efficiency of two models of PowerPC processors, making an effort to strengthen its position in markets from cars and printers to networking and communications equipment.
Siemens sets up fund to retrain BenQ Mobile workers
Under mounting pressure from German government officials and former employees of the mobile phone division it paid BenQ Corp. to take off its hands, Siemens AG has set up a €35 million (US$44.4 million) fund to aid workers at risk of losing their jobs.
Amazon's A9 loses snazzy features
Amazon.com Inc. is stripping its A9 search engine of the features that won it praise from experts but earned it little attention from users.
Sony unveils Blu-ray Disc recorders, PCs
Sony Corp. will launch a pair of Blu-ray Disc video recorders in Japan this December, the company said Tuesday. The machines both feature hard-disk drives for day-to-day recording and a Blu-ray Disc drive for longer term storage.
TIP
5 tips for better browser security
By Brent Huston
My intent in this week's column is to review the top ways to harden a web-browsing environment, and not cover the entire breadth of browser security. Moreover, I'm sidestepping the argument about what browser is more secure by suggesting that you look more programmatically at what we can do to protect users regardless of browser choice. So here goes ...
PODCAST
Daily IT News Audio Update
Nokia has developed a new, short-range wireless technology ... Nasscom has asked Channel 4 to hand over information from a news documentary ... Worldwide sales of semiconductor chips surged to a record 20.5 billion dollars
More podcasts
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top 10 concert halls ... The top 10 dark nebulae ... The 10 best Firefox extensions for Web development ... Ten 'best damn' all-time baseball plays ... The top 10 Hawaiian beaches
Monday, October 02, 2006
European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse ... Fujitsu details battery exchange plans
Today's IT News Audio Update
Japan's largest electronics show opens its doors on Tuesday ... Sun says its new UltraSparc T1 microprocessor is creating a big splash ... Taiwan's AU Optronics has completed its two billion dollar acquisition of Quanta Display
HIGHLIGHTS
News: European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse
News: Fujitsu details Sony battery exchange plans
News: Acer in talks with Sony about battery recall
News: Sun says OpenSparc is gaining traction
Windows Tip: Locking a desktop at logon
ITwhirled: German director boxes online critics
NEWS UPDATES
European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse
An agreement sheltering airlines from European privacy laws, allowing them to hand over passenger data required by U.S. authorities, expired Saturday, leaving most European airlines in legal limbo.
Fujitsu details Sony battery exchange plans
Fujitsu Ltd. will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony Corp.'s global battery exchange program, it said Saturday.
Acer in talks with Sony about battery recall
Acer Inc., the world's fourth-largest PC vendor, is in talks with Sony Corp. over joining its voluntary laptop PC battery recall, but said Acer users haven't reported any problems so far.
Sun says OpenSparc is gaining traction
Sun Microsystems Inc. says its new UltraSparc T1 microprocessor, nicknamed Niagara, is creating a big splash.
Following Verizon, Cingular sues HP investigators
On the heels of a similar suit filed Thursday by Verizon Wireless Inc., Cingular Wireless LLC on Friday sued private investigators used by Hewlett-Packard Co. to obtain phone records of a CNET News.com journalist.
Apple ships Mac OS X 10.4.8, security patches
Apple has released a series of updates for Mac OS X 10.4.8, including a wide system update and a security patch. All updates are available through Software Update, and also for direct download from Apple's support website.
VOIP users court DNS disaster
Companies installing VOIP may get the quality of service and capacity of their networks right, but are likely to overlook the knock-on effects on supporting identity infrastructure such as DHCP and DNS, according to Infoblox.
WINDOWS TIP
Locking a desktop at logon
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises
A reader recently contacted me with an interesting question: Can you configure Windows XP so that it logs on automatically but into a locked state? In other words, if the AutoAdminLogon registry value found at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon has been set to 1 and the DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword values have been configured appropriately, is it possible to make Windows lock the desktop immediately after automatic logon occurs?
ITWHIRLED
German director boxes online critics
Uwe Boll, the director of such critical non-darlings as BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark, felt that his films were savaged so badly by online critics before their release that they had no chance to succeed, so he challenged four of his Web-based foes to an exhibition boxing match in Vancouver. While some enjoyed taking part in the spectacle, others weren't so keen. "I feel great. I feel like a very angry German man punched me in the head repeatedly," said the CEO for the Something Awful website. "He kept saying it was PR stunt and a joke, but then he comes on just murderizing me."
Japan's largest electronics show opens its doors on Tuesday ... Sun says its new UltraSparc T1 microprocessor is creating a big splash ... Taiwan's AU Optronics has completed its two billion dollar acquisition of Quanta Display
HIGHLIGHTS
News: European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse
News: Fujitsu details Sony battery exchange plans
News: Acer in talks with Sony about battery recall
News: Sun says OpenSparc is gaining traction
Windows Tip: Locking a desktop at logon
ITwhirled: German director boxes online critics
NEWS UPDATES
European airlines in legal limbo as data talks collapse
An agreement sheltering airlines from European privacy laws, allowing them to hand over passenger data required by U.S. authorities, expired Saturday, leaving most European airlines in legal limbo.
Fujitsu details Sony battery exchange plans
Fujitsu Ltd. will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony Corp.'s global battery exchange program, it said Saturday.
Acer in talks with Sony about battery recall
Acer Inc., the world's fourth-largest PC vendor, is in talks with Sony Corp. over joining its voluntary laptop PC battery recall, but said Acer users haven't reported any problems so far.
Sun says OpenSparc is gaining traction
Sun Microsystems Inc. says its new UltraSparc T1 microprocessor, nicknamed Niagara, is creating a big splash.
Following Verizon, Cingular sues HP investigators
On the heels of a similar suit filed Thursday by Verizon Wireless Inc., Cingular Wireless LLC on Friday sued private investigators used by Hewlett-Packard Co. to obtain phone records of a CNET News.com journalist.
Apple ships Mac OS X 10.4.8, security patches
Apple has released a series of updates for Mac OS X 10.4.8, including a wide system update and a security patch. All updates are available through Software Update, and also for direct download from Apple's support website.
VOIP users court DNS disaster
Companies installing VOIP may get the quality of service and capacity of their networks right, but are likely to overlook the knock-on effects on supporting identity infrastructure such as DHCP and DNS, according to Infoblox.
WINDOWS TIP
Locking a desktop at logon
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises
A reader recently contacted me with an interesting question: Can you configure Windows XP so that it logs on automatically but into a locked state? In other words, if the AutoAdminLogon registry value found at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon has been set to 1 and the DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword values have been configured appropriately, is it possible to make Windows lock the desktop immediately after automatic logon occurs?
ITWHIRLED
German director boxes online critics
Uwe Boll, the director of such critical non-darlings as BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark, felt that his films were savaged so badly by online critics before their release that they had no chance to succeed, so he challenged four of his Web-based foes to an exhibition boxing match in Vancouver. While some enjoyed taking part in the spectacle, others weren't so keen. "I feel great. I feel like a very angry German man punched me in the head repeatedly," said the CEO for the Something Awful website. "He kept saying it was PR stunt and a joke, but then he comes on just murderizing me."
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