IT News Digest

Archive: 06-2007

• RSA publishes WLAN adoption report: Security still an issue while London tops Wi-Fi adoption list

  RSA, the security division of EMC, commissioned a study, the findings of which are indicative of the growth of wireless LANs in three of the most important business centers (London, New York, and...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 18, 2007, 7:52 AM PDT

• Intel technologies allow for remote repair

  New technologies introduced last year by Intel could allow a computer repairman to connect to your machine remotely to make repairs, even if the computer is powered down. The technology allows...

  Posted by Andy Moon | June 18, 2007, 6:33 AM PDT

• YouTubers can now edit videos on the fly

  YouTube will now be offering video-editing features to its users. Thus, YouTube’s “Remixer” joins competitors PhotoBucket and Yahoo Video, which already offer video-editing...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 18, 2007, 5:44 AM PDT

• Are bloggers destroying journalism as we know it?

  The founder of Audiocafe has started a brush fire in the blogosphere with his comments about bloggers being “intellectual yahoos and digital thieves.” His views, which appear to be...

  Posted by Andy Moon | June 18, 2007, 5:40 AM PDT

• VMware announces VMware Fusion for Mac

  Just in case you have missed this, VMware has announced the pre-order availability and pricing for VMware Fusion for Mac. VMware Fusion for Mac allows you to simultaneously run all the usual...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 17, 2007, 11:59 PM PDT

• Which mail provider has the best spam filtering?

  Having your Monday blues? How many weekend-accumulated spam did you have to delete this morning round? Guess what, I just came across an article by Guy Kewney of Newswireless.net on Why is...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 17, 2007, 11:01 PM PDT

• The advantages of Sun's ZFS filesystem

  Recent weeks have seen some waves created in the normal placid waters of filesystems by the inadvertent announcement of the inclusion of the ZFS into OS X by Sun’s CEO, denial by Apple,...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 17, 2007, 8:01 PM PDT

• Kodak’s new technology may double image clarity, even in dim light

  Kodak, the largest maker of photographic films, has come out with a new technology that radically improves image quality in dim light. The technology operates much like the human eye, capturing...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 17, 2007, 1:08 PM PDT

• Omniphone launches MusicStation: A rival to iTunes?

  UK-based high-tech firm Omniphone has just announced a new music service that lets users download an unlimited number of songs to their mobiles for a flat rate of Euro 2.99 per week. Touted as a...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 17, 2007, 3:54 AM PDT

• After quad-core comes massive multicore

  If you’re like me and wondering what the future of the microprocessor might herald, then this report at CNET News.com should put your questions to rest. According to the article,...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 16, 2007, 12:02 AM PDT

• Gearing up for cyber warfare

  Hot on the heels of the Estonia DDoS attack is news that NATO, especially in the U.S., is gearing up for cyber warfare. According to NATO, the threat of military cyberattack must be taken...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 16, 2007, 12:01 AM PDT

• SonicWALL to acquire SSL VPN vendor Aventail

  SonicWALL Inc has entered into an agreement to purchase SSL VPN vendor Aventail Corp. Both SonicWALL and Aventail are both well entrenched players in the SSL VPN remote access market and such an...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 15, 2007, 10:02 PM PDT

• Controversy threatens work on future 100G Ethernet standard

  In my Hardware Roundup just a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that 10Gbps is coming up fast over the horizon. Well, just when you thought you could catch a breath is news of the work in progress...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 15, 2007, 9:29 PM PDT

• Microsoft clarifies Windows Server virtual licensing

  For those of you folks who are into the Virtual Server thing, and you currently deploy Windows-based servers, here’s a heads-up for you on the licensing scene where Microsoft’s Windows...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 15, 2007, 7:31 AM PDT

• TrendMicro, Symantec, and McAfee announce enterprise security products

  Security is one of the most critical issues that dog enterprises. Security software majors announced new products and technologies tailored to meet the enterprise security threat. The products...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 15, 2007, 6:52 AM PDT

• AT&T wants to "police" content on its network

  AT&T announced its support to major content publishers and Hollywood studios by proposing to develop an anti-piracy solution to block copyright infringing content over its network. What the...

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | June 15, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT

• The advent of wireless power

  A team of researchers from MIT has demonstrated a future in which true wireless power can be a reality when they recently lit a 60-watt light bulb from an unconnected source about seven feet...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 14, 2007, 11:59 PM PDT

• Malaysia to bar stolen handsets

  According to ComputerWorld Singapore, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) plans to set up a national database for reported lost and stolen mobile phones in an effort to...

  Posted by Paul Mah | June 14, 2007, 11:59 PM PDT

• A robot with a political agenda? You should see his poker face

  Would you be more apt to communicate with a robot if it made facial expressions? That’s exactly what a university research team in Japan believes, and the team is well on the way to creating...

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | June 14, 2007, 12:27 PM PDT

• Crime 101: Don't e-mail or IM your evil plot

  The next time that you decide to break the law, try keeping the details of your evil plot to yourself rather than sharing it with an accomplice via e-mail or instant messenger. Two teens —...

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | June 14, 2007, 11:56 AM PDT