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Patch Tuesday: Critical MS Office Fixes Coming
Microsoft’s security response team has announced plans to release eight security bulletins Jan. 9 with patches for a slew of Windows and Office vulnerabilities. Four of the bulletins will deal directly with the Microsoft Office desktop suite, which includes the Microsoft Word software that has been the target of zero-day malware attacks. During December 2006,…
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The Hybrid Model Is Done, or Is It?
It’s tempting to say that the issue of whether you should mix a reselling and distribution model is settled, in light of solution provider Agilysys’ planned divestment of its distribution business. Agilysys was the last of the hybrid dinosaurs—companies with mixed models that touched the user directly while supplying competitors of its direct business. By…
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Lattix Releases New Software Architecture Management System
Lattix has announced Lattix LDM 3.0, which lets managers, architects and developers visualize, specify and maintain the architecture of a complex enterprise software system through models. With its LDM (Lightweight Dependency Model) technology, Andover, Mass.-based Lattix ushered in a new approach known as the DSM (Dependency Structure Matrix), which uses dependencies to create an accurate…
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Top 4 Reasons Windows Wins and Linux Loses
Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top four reasons why Windows wins and Linux loses. Before I start, though, let me say—because people…
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What Scares Me About Security in 2007
I’m always annoyed when it comes to the end-of-year retrospectives and predictions, especially the predictions. “More of the same” is never an acceptable answer, even if it’s true, because it’s boring. But I do think that the security landscape has been changing over the last year and should accelerate in 2007. The “malware winter” began…
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New SpectraLink Wi-Fi Phones Work on A, B and G Networks
SpectraLink, a manufacturer of enterprise-class wireless phones, has introduced a new series of 802.11 wireless IP phones. According to the company, the new NetLink 8000 Series phones will support 802.11a, b and g. There will initially be two phones, the 8020 and the 8030, the latter of which will feature push-to-talk capability. “SpectraLink first launched…
