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DVD XCopy Maker Shuts Doors
This past Monday, 321 Studios shut its doors. Maker of the once popular DVD copying applications, DVD X Copy and DVD Copy Plus, the St. Charles, Missouri company has brought an end to nearly two years of legal battles with the leading Hollywood Studios, which felt the software was in violation of federal law. In…
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Microsoft Releases Security-Focused Windows XP SP2 Update
They say all good things come to those who wait. For Microsoft Corp. customers, the wait for the major security upgrades in Service Pack 2 for Windows XP is nearly over as the company on Friday released the code for the update to manufacturing. This is the last step in the process before the service…
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Don’t Toss That Personal Firewall
The new firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not by any means the most important security advance in the service pack. Other changes, principally locking down the My Computer zone in Internet Explorer, will have more profound implications for security of the average system. But it’s not unimportant. Had Microsoft done the Internet…
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IT Managers: Windows XP Update Not a Priority
Microsoft may have delayed Windows XP Service Pack 2 yet again this week, but IT managers are, in any case, not exactly champing at the bit to roll out the security-oriented update. The most eager IT departments contacted by eWEEK.com said they would deploy SP2 only after extensive testing. Others said the update was not…
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Novell Won’t Rush Linux Desktop
SAN FRANCISCO—Novell Inc. is not, as some had expected, releasing even a beta version of its new Linux desktop at the LinuxWorld tradeshow here. Instead, what the company is doing is just demoing a version of the Novell Linux Desktop at its booth, and it’s looking for user reactions. “We’re not even saying anything about…
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WD Designs RAID Drive
Western Digital Corp. has designed a disk drive specifically targeted for RAID and other heavy-duty cycle applications. WD, based in Irvine, Calif., said Tuesday that it has begun shipping the WD Caviar RAID Edition (RE) drives, a family of three 3.5-inch, 7,200-RPM drives ranging in capacity from 120GB to 260GB. Click here for the rest…
