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Symantec Report IDs Holes in Vista Kernel Security
Anti-virus market leader Symantec has published its third and final report in a series of studies meant to examine the security improvements being made by Microsoft in early versions of its Vista operating system; while lauding the software maker’s efforts to lock down the kernel of the next-generation Windows OS, the security company did find…
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Freespire 1.0 Arrives Early
Linspire was going to announce the release of Freespire 1.0—its free, Debian-based desktop Linux operating system that combines open-source software with legally licensed proprietary drivers, codecs and applications—next week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. Instead, this new desktop Linux distribution has emerged early. Starting on Aug. 7, the final version of Freespire 1.0 became available…
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IBM Tries to Lure SMBs with ‘Express’ Storage
It’s hard to think of normally heavy-duty data storage servers as something like “storage lite,” but IBM is giving it a serious go. Big Blue introduced a new entry-level storage product Aug. 8—System Storage DS4200 Express—designed to compete for SMB customers against similar offerings from EMC, NetApp, and Hewlett-Packard. System Storage DS4200 Express is aimed…
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McAfee Wants to Make Its Partners Rich on Services
McAfee is adding a glut of service offerings to its portfolio and turning much of it over to its partners, in part to make them more profitable. Partners in the Authorized Partner Solutions Services program will be selling and/or delivering an expanded menu of service SKUs by January 2007, McAfee executives told The Channel Insider.…
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A Question of Trust
IT trade association CompTIA is considering launching as part of its effort to develop a set of guidelines to help resellers transform their businesses a new “trustmark” certification solution providers could earn to show that their businesses are based on sound financial principles. While that concept is good in itself, in that anything that helps…
