Cisco set to fight aftermarket sellers
Call Cisco a victim of its own success; as its dominance in corporate routing and switching grows, so goes the vigorous aftermarket for Cisco gear – a sub-segment that’s reached a point the vendor can no longer ignore.
Microsoft’s Open XML takes next step toward becoming a standard
Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.
Blogger posts Windows Vista SP1 fixes on Web site
The owner of a blog dedicated to software patches has posted online more than 100 fixes he said are expected to be included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft’s first major update to its latest Windows client OS.
New tool lets management restrict use of Internet, IM
A vendor that makes software to protect children from online predators has developed a product for small and midsize businesses that lets management monitor and restrict employee use of instant messaging and the Internet.
Tarpits deter impatient spammers
Researchers have learned that spammers are impatient people, and they’re figuring out ways to exploit that characteristic to block unwanted e-mail.
How to fix e-mail authentication spec
Sender Policy Framework, a specification designed to authenticate e-mail senders and therefore cut down on spam, has one significant flaw – which a technologist presenting at the MIT Spam Conference 2007 last Friday aims to fix.
Microsoft hones Vista licensing for virtualization
Microsoft Monday unveiled two licensing options for Windows Vista Enterprise targeted at helping large companies centralize their desktop management.
JavaScript botnet code leaked to InternetSoftware that could be used to turn a Web browser into an unwitting hacker’s tool has been posted to the Internet, after it was downloaded by a quick-thinking attendee at last month’s Shmoocon hacker conference.
Blogs
Today on Layer 8, where we just ignore most fines:
How is it possible that a state that includes Silicon Valley live with this: California paid $1.2 billion in federal penalties over the past 10 years because it couldn’t create a statewide computer network to track and collect court-ordered child support payments. Published reports say the penalties are really just the tip of the iceberg since one failed system cost the state $111 million and four other failed computer projects have cost the state about $500 million.
Buzzblog: How free Web hosters profit from phishing
Free Web hosters profit handsomely from phishing sites, even those they shut down, says one such hoster who contends that he has all but weaned himself off the juice.
