Four critical Windows fixes coming next week
Microsoft will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system.
IP address depletion looms, ARIN warns
The IPv6 movement got a boost in May when the American Registry for Internet Numbers announced it would actively encourage migration to IPv6. ARIN distributes blocks of IP addresses to service providers and enterprises based in North America.
Ex-Alcatel exec pleads guilty to bribery
A former Alcatel executive has pleaded guilty to paying more than $2.5 million in bribes to secure a telephone contract with Costa Rica’s state telecommunications agency, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
Telecom groups put aside differences, launch new event
Supercomm, the top telecom show in the United States during the industry’s boom in the 1990s and early 2000s, is being reborn later this month as NXTcomm.
Northwestern University eases into VoIP
Northwestern University is getting rid of its old TDM phone switches not in response to a groundswell of demand for communications options unique to its new VoIP system, but to be ready for the day when that groundswell hits.
Microsoft buys data management vendor
Microsoft has purchased a small, privately held data management company and will use the technology to enhance its SQL Server database, Office and related business software, the company said Thursday.
Study: Despite data breaches, database security not a top corporate priority
While 78% of large companies say their databases are “critical” or “important” to their business, 40% of them don’t monitor databases for security purposes.
Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie
If the competition between IBM and HP in the computer storage business were a horse race, you’d need a photo to determine how they finished the first quarter. But it would only be for the second place ribbon.
Antivirus fix in works by security researchers
Antivirus technologies might not be on their last legs, but they could use a second wind, according to security researchers.
Xandros CEO doesn’t agree that Linux is patent violator
Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos said Thursday his company did not agree that its Linux distribution violates any Microsoft patents nor did the software giant ask Xandros to do so as part of the patent cross-licensing deal the two signed Monday.
Podcast
Efficiently cooling and powering big data centersWith everyone talking about global warming, “going green” is the trendy thing to do. For a large data center operator such as Equinix, green is a little harder to do when you’re talking about the power requirements of a small city and a lot of heat that must be dissipated. Joining the program to discuss the company’s efforts at being more energy efficient is Margie Backaus, chief business officer at Equinix and an employee since Day 1 of the company. (14:02)
Blogs
Buzzblog: Gambling joint bans author of Word for being lucky
Running a “gaming” operation, whether you’re a private “gaming establishment” or government, means more than merely having a license to print money: It means you can be as arbitrary and hypocritical as you please. Feeling the sting of this reality recently is Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie, best known as the original author of Microsoft Word, who has been banned from a major “gaming establishment,” he says, for having the audacity to have gotten lucky.
Today on Layer 8 where electrcity is in the air – literally:Power wires are dead, long live power cords. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has experimentally shown how everything from iPods to laptops could be wirelessly recharged by using a carefully designed magnetic field to deliver power to such devices from a range of 10 to 15 feet.Enter to win a free book on Microsoft PowerShell
Windows PowerShell Unleashed is a hot title on Vista’s new scripting tool/command-line shell that helps administrators automate common system management tasks. We have 15 copies of the book to give away.
