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Canon, Dell Printers Target SMBs
New color laser printing products coming from Canon Inc. and Dell Inc. next month are priced with small and midsize businesses in mind. Canon in September is expected to unveil a color laser MFP (multifunction printer) priced at $999, according to sources. The ImageClass MF8170C can print at 16 pages per minute in monochrome and…
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Locking Down Internet Explorer
If you’ve read about Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, you know about the new, improved firewall that is turned on by default. But there’s a more important security enhancement in SP2 that will make a bigger dent in the stream of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer: SP2 locks down the My Computer zone. The…
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Getting Your XP Systems Ready for SP2
We all now know that there are issues with SP2. There are no showstoppers, however, if you’re careful about getting your customers’ systems up to speed. First things first. Check to see if your users have any of the known “problem child” applications. Chances are you’re not going to care that “Need for Speed Hot…
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x86 64-Bit Server Space Heats Up
With the release last year of its AMD64 technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. made it possible for 32-bit applications to run natively in 64-bit operating environments and address more than 4GB of memory, greatly increasing application performance and scalability. At the time of the release, Intel Corp. was promoting its Itanium architecture and downplayed the…
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Wireless IDSes Defend Your Airspace
eWEEK Labs advises every enterprise that is considering deployment of a wireless network or maintaining an existing one to seriously consider investing in a wireless intrusion detection system. A wide variety of these products stands ready to help identify and troubleshoot security and performance issues related to wireless technology. However, based on our tests of…
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What’s the Real ROI of Self-Checkout?
A recent study by IHL Consulting Group indicates that self-checkout and other self-service systems generated almost $128 billion in sales last year, up about 80 percent over a year before. Projections are that these sales figures will continue to grow exponentially–up 73 percent this year and then a projected 88 percent next year. Although the…
