Recent Articles
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The Long Tail of the Channel
Back in October 2004, Chris Anderson wrote an article in Wired magazine that explained how a concept known as “The Long Tail” in the age of the Internet is fundamentally changing the impact that channels have on product adoption and distribution. At the risk of oversimplifying the concept, Anderson made the observation that centralization of…
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Microsoft Adds Anti-phishing Tools to IE 7
Microsoft inked an agreement with whitelist specialist Digital Resolve on Sept. 5 to help its next-generation Internet Explorer 7 Web browsing software and Windows Live Toolbar application protect users against fraudulent Web sites. Under the terms of the deal, Digital Resolve, a unit of Digital Envoy, will provide its Trusted Server data feed directly into…
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IT Success Knows No Boundaries
This is the tale of two IT executives. One runs an outsourced data center for organizations such as hospitals that want to outsource their data center processing rather than worry about uptime, network transport speeds and never-ending data storage upgrades. The other exec is now in Hong Kong after spending a few years in the…
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Sandia’s Red Teams: On the Hunt for Security Holes
Is it possible for a cyber-terrorist to hack into a city’s water distribution system and poison thousands? Or disrupt air traffic communications to cause two airplanes to collide? Or create a surge in the power grid that would leave millions of people in the dark? These are the types of questions pondered by the so-called…
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New Windows Mobile-Based Treo Makes Up for Lost RAM
Palm has released the second iteration of its smart phone loaded with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. The Treo 700wx is almost identical to its predecessor, with one major exception—a much needed boost in RAM. During eWEEK Labs’ tests of the previous Windows Mobile-based Treo—the 700w—a shortage of memory available to programs caused the device…
