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Finally, Microsoft Will Separate Vista Users from the Desktop
Amid the hullabaloo about how intrusive Vista’s User Account Control feature will be to the average user, Microsoft has been quietly ramping up the support infrastructure needed to help companies adopt it. eWEEK Labs’ work with UAC shows that more work lies ahead, however. With Vista’s UAC, Microsoft has finally gotten serious about securing the…
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Making a Recovery Partition
If you’ve ever reformatted your hard drive, reinstalled Microsoft Windows, reloaded all your applications, and reset all your settings, you know what a time-consuming and generally heinous process it can be. I’ve had root canals that were more pleasant—and way less of a hassle. But sometimes, such as after a nasty spyware attack or when…
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Robert Scoble: Life After Microsoft
Robert Scoble has earned a place in the history of corporate communications. Starting at Microsoft Corp. in 2003, he became the first high-profile blogger within a large business, ushering in a new era of interaction among companies, customers, critics and the general public. Using his blog, called Scobleizer, and now-familiar tools such as podcasts, RSS…
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iPaq Takes New Route
Hewlett-Packard’s iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion may not be a smart phone, but it is smart. With a GPS receiver, the Windows Mobile-based device offers business travelers effective navigation, connectivity and entertainment options. eWEEK Labs tested the iPaq rx5900 on the road while covering the 2006 DemoFall conference in San Diego. The device comes equipped with…
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10 Simple Steps to a Green Data Center
Cars and trucks have long been the most visible symbol of America’s insatiable thirst for energy. But data centers—those sprawling computing centers that cram thousands of energy-hungry servers into air-conditioned rooms—though less visible, are starting to take their toll as well. As most CIOs know, data centers are wildly expensive and require gobs of electricity…
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VOIP Versus Net Security
There are no two ways about it: Network security complicates voice-over-IP implementations. But in tests at eWEEK Labs, we have seen that it is possible for VOIP to coexist at least with Secure Sockets Layer VPN security technology. Typically, SSL VPN products enable an encrypted, user-initiated connection to a network resource, such as a file…
