Paul Mah

Not sure about you, but when I first saw a picture of the XO – the end result of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, my mind immediately associated it with a kid’s toy. Like many of those disappointing toys in my younger days that come in the form of coveted items that only …

eEye Digital Security has just announced its first hardware appliance. Housed in a rack-mountable unit, the device houses several of eEye’s software applications, including a security management console. Known as the REM Security Management Appliance 1505, it is able to scan the network for both known or unauthorized devices, automatically identifying missing patches, mis-configurations and …

Remember the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program? IT News Digest ran a few pieces on OLPC in the last a few months, the most recent by John Bartley – Intel inside $100 laptop? – in which Intel announced its joining of the program and contribution of funds. Well, it appears that Nigerian schoolchildren who …

Help Net Security (HNS) has a report on a tool called “Pinch” that is being sold on several online forums. According to the report, the probably aptly named Pinch lets cybercrooks define a series of malicious actions that the resultant executable will take. For those in the IT industry long enough, this is reminiscent of …

According to News.com, Microsoft is planning to ship the next major version of Windows within roughly three years compared to the more than five years for Windows Vista. It is also to be known internally as Windows 7 from its previous code name of Vienna. Sources close to the company says that the company discussed …

Being a blogger at IT News Digest does have its perks. One of them obviously is the privilege of being able to share the latest technological news and other fun stuff with readers at TechRepublic. Another benefit (to me at least) would be the access I have to this little tab nested in the administration …

According to Press Esc, a team of Georgia Tech scientists working at the institute’s Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) expressed confidence that their research into multi-gigabit wireless technology will be able to yield commercially viable products within three years. Multi-gigabit wireless technology uses extremely high radio frequencies to achieve very high data transmission rates. The …

Pardon the tongue twister, but if Salesforce.com is to have its way, Software as a Service (SaaS) would soon be overtaken by Platform as a Service (PaaS). Its Apex Code platform — originally launched at the end of 2006 — has grown quickly and was re-packaged and launched as Summer ’07 just this week. Subscribe …

The Security Watch blog at PC Magazine had a new posting just the other day warning of a company named “Domain Renewal” sending out bogus renewal notices to domain owners. The renewal notice is just a scam because, despite claims to the contrary, they cannot renew your domain on your behalf. Subscribe to the Developer …

Xandros, a provider of intuitive end-to-end Linux solutions and cross platform management tools, or better known as the creator of the Linux distributor Xandros, has announced the acquisition of privately held Scalix. Scalix is best known for its award-winning Linux-based e-mail server product. Its e-mail server provides not only the standard IMAP, POP, and SMTP …

Zenprise for BlackBerry 3.1, a software module that runs with the core Zenprise Enterprise Management Server, will be released this week. As its name implies, it is catered specially for end-to-end administration of the RIM BlackBerry. According to Network World: … The new release includes a user dashboard, which is a set of graphical screens …

In a recent case that was decided earlier this month, federal agents used a keystroke logger to record the typing of a suspected ecstasy manufacturer who has been using encryption to thwart the police. In the wake of that, CNET’s News.com did a survey of 13 leading anti-spyware vendors and found none have cooperated (or …