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HP Adds Cisco Switch to Blades
Hewlett-Packard Co. is integrating a Gigabit Ethernet switch from Cisco Systems Inc. into its blade server architecture, a move company officials said will reduce the costs of running the blades and make it easier for users to blend them into their Cisco infrastructure. The two companies co-developed the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module, which will…
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Ray Noorda
Over my years as a computer journalist, I’ve met pretty much everyone who’s anyone in the technology business. Very few of the big names have really impressed me, though. Among those who I’ve thought were really something special have been Steve Jobs of Apple, Linus Torvalds of Linux and, oh yes, Ray Noorda of Novell.…
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Attackers Could Bypass XP SP2 Security Mechanisms
Microsoft Corp. on Monday confirmed it was investigating a claim by a Russian security researcher that two key security technologies built into Windows XP Service Pack 2 could be easily defeated. The weaknesses were highlighted in a research paper published by Alexander Anisimov of Positive Technologies and centers around XP SP2’s heap protection and DEP…
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Microsoft Won’t Bundle MSN Desktop Search with Windows
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Microsoft Corp. has no immediate plans to integrate the MSN desktop search application into its operating system, a company executive said at a conference here this weekend. Speaking on a panel on search technology at the Harvard Business School’s Cyberposium, Mark Kroese, general manager of information services and merchant platform product marketing for MSN,…
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MySQL Bot Attack Thwarted
Last week’s sophisticated bot attack against Windows installations of the MySQL database engine has fizzled after DNS (Domain Name System) service authorities shut off access to IRC servers controlling the worm. The bot, which launched brute-force attacks on weak MySQL passwords, was infecting vulnerable systems at the rate of 100 per minute. At its peak,…
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Former Execs Sue SCO Parent Canopy
According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, recently ousted executives of The Canopy Group Inc. are suing Canopy, the parent company of The SCO Group Inc., for at least $100-million and a return to their positions, alleging that they were illegally fired in December. Sources close to Lindon, Utah-based Canopy confirmed that the…
