The Department of Defense has advised its vendors that its spending on traditional IT goods and services will slow, in favor of additional spending on network-based and embedded IT technologies. The...
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by Eileen Peck on December 26, 2007
A new paper entitled "Controlling VM Sprawl" offers a new perspective on the growing use of virtual machines in the IT environment. Virtual machines are often used by software developers and...
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by Eileen Peck on December 25, 2007
A study commissioned by devry university, and conducted by CompTIA and Rasmussen Reports reveals that more than 80 percent of IT professionals believe the government should not regulate the Internet...
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by Eileen Peck on December 20, 2007
According to a document released by Microsoft, the anticipated vista sp1 will contain more than 300 hotfixes. The list, which has been posted on Microsoft's Web site, is also downloadable....
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by Eileen Peck on December 19, 2007
The IEEE 1394 specification will be modified to quadruple its top speed to 3.2 Gb/s and will not require additional AC support. The latest spec, called S3200 was unveiled last week and will be able to...
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by Eileen Peck on December 18, 2007
Everest Research claims that IT outsourcing will decline in popularity in 2008, predicting a decline in both the number and size of outsourcing deals in the coming year. The prediction applies to...
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by Eileen Peck on December 17, 2007
Forrester Research predicts slowed IT spending in 2008. According to the firm, the tightening of credit, mortgage foreclosures and eroding consumer confidence will slow the pace of IT spending, which...
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by Eileen Peck on December 12, 2007
Recent performance tests conducted by Devil Mountain software show that Windows XP outpaces Vista by a two-to-one margin. Microsoft fired back at the report saying that Devil Mountain's...
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by Eileen Peck on December 10, 2007
A recent survey of 1,400 CIOs of businesses with more than 100 employees suggests that IT hiring will increase by as much as 10 percent in early 2008. Thirteen percent of respondents plan to add IT...
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by Eileen Peck on December 05, 2007
Image spam is gaining popularity with spammers because most spam filters are not sophisticated enough to identify spam that's been embedded in a photograph or image. To combat this, several...
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by Eileen Peck on November 29, 2007
If Earthlink's municipal Wi-Fi network figured into your remote access plan, you may want to think again. The company announced last week that it was halting investments in new muni builds and...
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by Eileen Peck on November 28, 2007
McAfee is predicting hard times in 2008 for Vista. The operating system is approaching the 10-percent Market penetration mark, which will make the system more attractive to malware authors and...
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by Eileen Peck on November 27, 2007
A study released last week by Nemertes Research suggests that Internet capacity will be unable to meet user demand by 2010 in North America and within the next three to five years worldwide. The...
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by Eileen Peck on November 26, 2007
For networks that support a lot of MySpace traffic, your network load is about to get a little heavier. MySpace.com has announced plans to add Facebook-like news feeds for each MySpace user. The...
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by Eileen Peck on November 22, 2007
Last week, a Nyquist Capital analyst indicated that Google may have developed its own 10 Gb/s Ethernet switches. The switches are allegedly deployed in Google's own data center and are used for...
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by Eileen Peck on November 21, 2007
The strategic importance of server virtualization is growing, according to a survey of IT professionals in Fortune 1000 companies, conducted by TheInfoPro. More than two-thirds of respondents...
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by Eileen Peck on November 20, 2007
According to the most recent survey on IT spending from Computer Economics, large organizations are increasing their budgets conservatively for the upcoming years. The median increase is projected to...
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by Eileen Peck on November 12, 2007
Microsoft has undertaken the task of evaluating leading Web browsers to determine which ones work properly with JavaScript. The list of examinees includes IE, firefox 2.0.0.5, Opera 9.0.2 and Safari...
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by Eileen Peck on November 07, 2007
The Storm Worm keeps on ticking. According to MessageLabs, the worm cranked out more than 15 million automated spam emails encouraging people to invest in penny stocks. In its current iteration, Storm...
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by Eileen Peck on November 05, 2007
Wi-LAN, a Canadian firm, has filed suit against 22 companies in the Eastern District of texas, alleging that the defendants have violated Wi-Fi patents held by the company. The defendants include...
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by Eileen Peck on November 02, 2007
A report at BroadbandReports.com posed the question to readers regarding ISP by-the-byte billing. Currently, most ISPs provide service level agreement for bandwidth up to a certain amount. Use in...
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by Eileen Peck on November 01, 2007
An Australian PhD student claims to have developed a method for squeezing extra bandwidth out of ordinary copper lines. The improvement could extend the life of copper infrastructure, allowing it to...
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