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Lindows CEO Says Microsoft Targets European Resellers
Microsoft and Lindows.com Inc. are continuing to battle in the courts of Europe for the hearts and minds of resellers in what Lindows.com CEO and founder Michael Robertson, calls a “lawsuit rampage” begun by Microsoft last month when it went after Lindows on trademark grounds in Finland, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. “I still don’t…
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IBM Preps Next-Generation EXA Chipset
IBM engineers are looking to add high-end virtualization, greater scalability and enhanced I/O capabilities into the next generation of the company’s chipsets that run in many servers powered by Intel Corp.’s Xeon chips. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., is planning to roll out servers featuring the third generation of its EXA (Enterprise X Architecture) chipsets in…
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Fueling the .NET Migration
Microsoft has accomplished a lot in the last year. Just look at the channel. ISVs and providers now accept that .NET is real. Many are even more excited about “Longhorn” and the impact it will have on the industry. Almost none (save fanatical members of the Flat Earth Society) believe Microsoft will fail to dominate…
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HP Patches Tru64 Unix Vulnerability
Hewlett-Packard Co. recently discovered and patched a potential vulnerability in its Tru64 Unix operating system that could have resulted in unauthorized access or a denial-of-service attack. The patch, released Jan. 7, surfaced in the following week though a security bulletin published by HP. The bulletin, referenced as “SSRT3629A/B,” concerns HP Tru64 Unix Version 5.1B PK2…
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NAI Intros 10 Gigabit Ethernet Sniffer
Network Associates Inc.’s Sniffer Technologies group on Monday will introduce its first Sniffer protocol analyzer for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Debuting along with the Santa Clara, Calif. company’s new Sniffer Portable Lab 10 Gigabit Ethernet Analyzer, is its new InfiniStream network management tool, which combines a hardware-based traffic-capture engine and large-scale storage, along with a protocol-decode…
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InterVideo Debuts “Instant On” PC
InterVideo Inc. hopes to bring its “Instant On” PC to U.S. shores this year, company executives said Friday. Equipped with InterVideo’s technology, an Instant On PC can be booted in about ten seconds, far faster than a Windows-based computer. InterVideo’s InstantON technology allows a Windows PC to be transformed into an optimized media player that…
