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Microsoft Reinvents Desktop Graphics in Windows Longhorn
Microsoft Corp. is working away on the next-generation of Windows, code-named Longhorn, due in 2006. According to developers, the new operating system will reshape the Windows graphics architecture, from 2D to 3D, with the Windows Graphics Foundation. The new architecture was given a sneak peek at Microsoft’s Meltdown conference, which is all about building games…
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Making the Most of Wi-Fi Security
Wi-Fi is everywhere. Many laptops now come with 802.11g and 802.11b-compliant wireless hardware as standard equipment, but wireless security is almost an oxymoron. That’s going to change. Wai Sing Lee, an analyst with market research firm Frost & Sullivan, sees a huge jump coming for wireless security and, in turn, vendors, value-added resellers and integrators…
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SonicWall Package Aids WLAN Security
SonicWall Inc.’s Distributed Wireless Solution merges the security benefits of wireless gateways with the access point management features of wireless switch systems on a single platform that provides wireless LAN encryption, packet and application layer filtering, user authentication, access point management, and rogue detection. Click here to read the full review of Distributed Wireless Solution.…
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New iPAQ Packs GPRS, WLAN, Bluetooth
Analysts continue to predict the demise of the PDA, frequently citing Sony’s exit from the market, but Hewlett Packard Corp. is moving in a different direction. The company is introducing six new iPAQ models in its Pocket PC line, including its first phone/PDA combo. The iPAQ h6315, which is being introduced in partnership with T-Mobile,…
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Integrating Windows and Linux Desktops
It departments charged with integrating Linux clients among the Windows desktops they’re running can make life easier by administering Linux user accounts with Microsoft Corp.’s Active Directory. Samba, the open-source project for providing Windows-compatible file and print services, makes this possible, but it doesn’t make it easy. After some time spent consulting documentation and tweaking…
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New Apps Let Servers Mind Themselves
Enhanced server management software from Opsware Inc. and SWsoft Inc. is designed to help businesses push the automation of certain IT tasks, such as patching and provisioning, deeper into their data centers, resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiencies. Opsware, of Sunnyvale, Calif., this week will unveil an upgrade to its namesake data center automation…
