PC World Tests Final Version of Vista SP1
Original post provide by Slashdot: ITMac writes “PC World ran the final version of Windows Vista SP1 through a first set of tests last night. Here’s the bottom line: ‘File copying, one of the main performance-related complaints from Vista users, was significantly faster. But other tests showed little improvement and, in two tests, our experience was actually a little better without the service pack installed than with it.’”
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Antivirus Inventor Says Security Pros Are Wasting Time
'If a hacker breaks into the password files of a corporation with 10,000 machines, he only needs to guess one password to penetrate the network, Tippett notes. "In that case, the long passwords might mean that he can only crack 2,000 of the passwords instead of 5,000," he said.
Yet Another 17 Google Web Toolkit Tutorials
Half a year has passed since I published my article 36 GWT Tutorials. As expected, several new tutorials have come along that demonstrate deeper, more sophisticated aspects of the framework, as well as addressing specific IDEs and libraries. I myself am working on a more extensive tutorial to demonstrate porting a Web 1.0 app to GWT.
Autonomy ZANTAZ Announces The Electronic Discovery Of VMware Virtualization Environments
Autonomy ZANTAZ announced its ability to discover electronically stored information (ESI) in all virtual environments, including those powered by VMWare, further extending its lead in eDiscovery. In order for companies to be compliant with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), eDiscovery software must be able to find and hold all information relevant to litigation, including more complex file types such as virtual images, multimedia attachments, voice, video, IM and blackberry messages.
CA Delivers Comprehensive Recovery Management Software
CA announced a major new release of CA Recovery Management enabling companies to simplify management, tighten security and speed recovery of critical business information. CA Recovery Management includes new releases of CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft High Availability (formerly CA XOsoft WANSyncHA) and CA XOsoft Replication (formerly CA XOsoft WANSync), offering channel partners and their customers the latest advances in data protection, business continuity and disaster recovery.
Canonical To Resell Parallels Virtualization Software Through Ubuntu Partner Repository
Canonical announced the availability of Parallels Workstation for Linux through the Ubuntu Partner Repository -- giving Ubuntu users the ability to quickly find, install and run Parallels software. The Ubuntu Partner Repository and associated services from Canonical allow software providers to make their software readily available to Ubuntu users.
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Bruce Schneier Weighs In On IT Lock-in Strategies
'With enough lock-in, a company can protect its market share even as it reduces customer service, raises prices, refuses to innovate and otherwise abuses its customer base. It should be no surprise that this sounds like pretty much every experience you've had with IT companies: Once the industry discovered lock-in, everyone started figuring out how to get as much of it as they can.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
FBI Sought Approval To Use Spyware Through FISC
The FBI hasn't answered any questions about its use of the CIPAV since the program's existence became widely known in July. The FISC is generally regarded as a rubber stamp; it approved over 4,000 surveillance requests in 2005 and 2006[PDF], rejecting none."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
CIO Magazine Trolls For Publicity
All those who insist upon having someone "in the know" conduct the interview are just wasting resources. There's just one small problem. Didn't a supposed PHP subject matter expert recently write an article about the strengths and weaknesses of PHP?
Sphpcompiler
Package: sphpcompiler Summary: Compile PHP scripts in a directory with bcompiler Groups: Code Generation Author: Frederico Mottinha de Figueiredo Description: This class can be used to compiler PHP scripts in a directory using bcompiler. It scans a given directory to retrieve the list of files with the .php extension.
BBCode Parser
Package: BBCode Parser Summary: Replace text with BBCode tags by HTML Groups: Content management, HTML, PHP 5, Text processing Author: Mateusz Charytoniuk Description: This class can be used to parse text with BBCode tags and replace it by corresponding HTML. It takes a given text string and finds all BBCode tags and special characters.