DNS Flaw Underscores Danger of taking Web Security for Granted
The impact of the DNS protocol flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky is much wider than previously thought, endangering the trust many of us take for granted. The DNS flaw went beyond cache poisoning to target File Transfer Protocol and Secure Sockets Layer certificates. - Perhaps more than any other flaw in the last several years, the DNS protocol vulnerability discovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky has shown that the circle of trust on the Internet can be broken easier than we feared.
After listening to Kaminskys talk today at the Black Hat conference in L...
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Opengear Console Server Revamps KVM Gear
Opengear's new uClinux-based console server let enterprises get more use out of outdated rack-mounted KVM [Kernel-based Virtual Machine]equipment. - Opengear is shipping a uClinux-based console server designed for enterprises with unused KVM [Kernel-based Virtual Machine] infrastructure.
The KCS6000 KVM gateway console turns outdated rack-mounted keyboards and LCD screens into stations where users can remotely administer server equipment using...
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Xandros to Base New Freespire on Debian
Xandros says it will move the Freespire Linux distribution that it acquired from Linspire to Debian's forthcoming Lenny release. - Xandros officials say they will release a new version of Freespire that will be based on Debian's forthcoming Lenny release, expected this fall.
The decision to base Freespire on the Debian Linux distribution comes only a month after Xandros acquired Linspire, the developer of Freespire. Freespire...
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Lightweight GNOME Edition Emerges
The Lightweight X11 Desktops Environment project has designed a new version of GNOME that it says is compatible with the latest netbooks as well as with older computers. - The Lightweight X11 Desktops Environment project
has developed a fast-booting and fast-running implementation of GNOME aimed at quot;netbooks quot;
and older hardware. The LXDE project has already stacked up a number of
distribution partners for this new implementation of GNOME.
LXDE released i...
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AMD Backs OpenCL, Microsoft DirectX 11
In order to develop its ATI graphics, AMD is backing both the OpenCL programming language and Microsoft's DirectX 11 APIs. The move means that AMD is looking for a way to differentiate its graphics from the Intel Larrabee initiative and Nvidia's CUDA programming language for its general-purpose GPUs. - Advanced Micro Devices is throwing its weight behind both the OpenCL
programming language and Microsoft's upcoming DirectX 11 APIs for use with its
line of general-purpose graphics processing units.
AMD, which announced official support for
both OpenCL and DirectX 11 on Aug. 6, will begin upgrad...
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Inside Intel Larrabee
Intel's Larrabee processor is Intel's first multicore processor and first stand-alone graphics card. Larrabee is also a swipe at graphics chip makers Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices, whose powerful graphics chips are starting to look like a threat to Silicon Valley's king of silicon chips. Intel Larrabee will have numerous x86 processor cores (Intel won't reveal how many processor cores) and support for OpenGL and DirectX, allowing it to run existing games and software requiring high-end graphics. -
Intel believes Larrabee is the incarnation of the merge between CPU and GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) performance. Pushed to the edge of performance, CPUs are adding cores and computing power. Motivated by higher-quality graphics and data-parallel programming, GPUs are being tapped to do...
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INSIDE MOBILE: How Apple MobileMe Can Improve Its Data Synchronization and Data-Sharing Service
Apple's MobileMe joins Sharpcast SugarSync and Microsoft Live Mesh, among others, in the battle to provide seamless data synchronization and data sharing for mobile computing. But Apple MobileMe has come out with some cost and service issues that need resolving. J. Gerry Purdy, mobile and wireless analyst at Frost Sullivan, explains. -
It's been several rough weeks since the July 11 launch of Apple's
MobileMe, Apple's sequel to .Mac, concurrent with the availability of the Apple
iPhone 3G. Apple's MobileMe concept is really great: to provide automatic
synchronization between a user's e-mail, contacts, calendar, photos (Galler...
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U.S. Seizes Property in Alleged Internet Ponzi Scheme
The Secret Service claims AdSurfDaily is a massive Internet-based wire fraud scheme. The alleged scam entices investors by promising huge returns if they invest and enroll in a paid autosurf program. Bloggers rally and rip into the government action. - The online pitch goes something like this: Invest in our paid autosurf
program and earn a 125-150 percent return for every dollar invested. All the investor
has to do is surf a few Web sites each day. At least that's what Thomas A.
Bowdoin and his AdSurfDaily.com
site claims.
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Numonyx, Hynix Strike Memory Development Deal
Numonyx and Hynix, which both make NAND flash memory, sign a five-year joint development agreement to develop memory and storage technology for a range of mobile devices, such as cell phones, as well as develop new technology for solid state drives (SSDs). Intel spun off Numonyx earlier this year. - Numonyx and Hynix are teaming up to develop new types of NAND flash memory technology for use in a wide range of mobile products and wireless devices, such as cell phones.
The two companies announced the five-year pact Aug. 6, and the agreement calls for Numonyx, a new company formed earlier this ...
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Why Security Attacks Continue to Proliferate
In this IT Link podcast with TriGeo chief technology officer Michael Maloof explains why we continue to see high-profile attacks at a time when we seem to spending more money on security than ever. - Audio Podcast Content....
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