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CompUSA Offers Free Vista Evaluation
CompUSA is offering consumers and small businesses a free evaluation to prepare them for the Jan. 30 launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista. The free evaluation is available at all 229 CompUSA stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and is designed to answer computer readiness questions. “This is one of the most exciting software…
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ActiveGrid Appoints Chris Keene CEO
ActiveGrid, which provides an SOA platform built on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl software infrastructure stack, has appointed Christopher Keene as chairman and CEO. Founder and former CEO Peter Yared, who is also a former Sun Microsystems executive, will become chief technology officer and focus on the technology side of the business, especially its…
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Verbatim Takes USB Storage to 12GB
LAS VEGAS—Verbatim unleashed a plethora of new USB drives at CES here on Jan. 9, including a 12GB USB hard drive. The newest Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive is based on 1-inch hard drive technology and carries 12GB of hard drive storage on a unit the size of a business card. The drive weighs in…
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VeriSign Offers Hackers $8,000 Bounty on Vista, IE 7 Flaws
VeriSign’s iDefense Labs has placed an $8,000 bounty on remote code execution holes in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. The Reston, Va., security intelligence outfit threw out the monetary reward to hackers as part of a challenge program aimed at luring researchers to its controversial pay-for-flaw VCP (Vulnerability Contributor Program). The launch of the…
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Autotask Mobile Gives Techs Access to Client, Ticket Data
Autotask launched Autotask LiveMobile on Jan. 10, making its business management platform for IT service providers accessible from handheld devices including smart phones, PDAs and PocketPCs. The mobile access is designed to tie the activities of technicians in the field to the platform in real time, allowing solution providers better control over service delivery and…
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Encryption Firm Looks to Channel to Capitalize on Lapses
U.K. data encryption specialist Data Encryption Systems has been acquiring U.S. partners in the hopes of capitalizing on a new product and awareness following a slew of high-profile data security lapses in 2006. In December, DES signed T3, a Centerville, Va.-based security software reseller specializing in federal government clients, which has designs to build a…
