Sometimes knowing who, what, where, and when is not such a good thing. Security consultant Diana Kelley explores the dangers of geo-location to your business's information security.
Networking and security firm offers commercial support for Quaresso, a startup offering a new spin on the armored browser with remote support to shore up the last mile.
Microsoft's CEO offers his take on the iPad and responds to Jobs's comment that PCs will become more like trucks while mobile devices are fast becoming the "cars" most consumers will use.
The electronic payment and risk management services provider has teamed up with security software vendor ThreatMetrix to provide advanced identity protection applications to combat online transaction fraud.
With over 100,000 new activations a day, Google's Android software is hot, but the finished version of Google's newer Chrome OS hasn't shipped yet. What's Google's strategy?
<b>LinuxPlanet:</b> "Paul Ferrill introduces us to the Shutter screen grab for Linux application. Shutter offers a simple interface and a whole lot of functionality. including cursor capture, whole Web page capture, and annotations."
<b>Aaron Bockover:</b> "After lots of intense work and collaboration, the Netbook profile for MeeGo 1.0 has been released today. As such, I am particularly pleased to announce in conjunction that Banshee is the default and integrated media player for MeeGo."
<b>Linux Pro Magazine:</b> "Andy Ritger, NVIDIA manager responsible for the Linux graphics cards, as announced on the X.org mailing list that the graphics chip company will no longer develop the open source 2D video drivers for its chips. He recommends using the VESA X driver instead."
Database management systems (DBMSs) have simultaneously simplified and complicated the lives of many IT workers. Error codes passed from the database back to the application can take on more than 1000 values. What level of error checking should developers include in applications?
<b>LinuxPR:</b> The GNOME Project is proud to announce GNOME 2.30, the latest stable release of the popular Free Software desktop environment and applications suite.
<b>Trinity:</b> "This project aims to keep the KDE3.5 computing style alive, as well as polish off any rough edges that were present as of KDE 3.5.10."
When international law firm Troutman Sanders realized it wasn't getting the best information from its network, it turned to NetFlow and Scrutinizer from Plixer International.
Study finds that 76 percent of C-level executives now say that securing their business-critical apps is the most important aspect of their data protection program.
SSDs can improve database and file system performance, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to make the most of the pricey drives.
HP has become the market leader in bladed computers and plans to continue to push hard as virtualization takes off. It also has plans for 3Com in all of this.
Three Spanish hackers believed to be responsible for using a botnet to steal log-in credentials and customer banking data were arrested following a multinational investigation.